This is really a reach. The current and former Presidents, VP, and other officials are not all in the building when we vote. I would assume - and want - everyone to show ID at a gathering like this. Please don't waste our time with such bogus arguments.

But it is ok for the Republicans to 'all of a sudden' want to make sure photo id is presented at the time of voting when this is something that should have been done from day 1. It's only right. Get them Dem's, get em.

What's the problem? Don't we all have to have i.d. to vote? Is that pill really that hard to swallow?

I don't see a problem here. Same as requiring ID to pickup tickets at will call... you want to make sure you are who you are. Someone's got their nickers in a bunch.

So to the Dems, a photo ID for this is important, but not so much for voting.

Republicans are purposefully obtuse and just don't get it.

MonhandASS: You're the obtuse one. Government will solve everything. No individual responsibility, no liberty, just tell me what line to get in to git my free stuff. Oh No, you mean I need an ID to git my free stuff?? That's not fair!!!

Nah, they don't need an ID for free stuff, that's why they're so mad. They have to have an ID to vote and put the morons in office who give them the free stuff. We're cramping their style. In MD we always had to show our photo ID before we could sign our vote card before every election. The only ones who are making a big deal are the ones who know they can't win without the illegals being able to vote.

gotta admit - this is pretty funny.

Reruns of the Republican convention. You can see their wooden jaws moving up and down as their noses grow.

A report about potential voter fraud in North Carolina.

The political establishment says "there's no such thing as voter fraud."

But they're lying, and I can prove it.

My name is James O'Keefe, and a few months ago my organization, Project Veritas, released a report about potential voter fraud in North Carolina. At the time, we were criticized and censored by the media, but we were right to be concerned.

Last week, independent investigators presented the North Carolina Board of Elections with a list of 30,000 RESIDENTS who died between 2002 and 2012 - but are STILL registered to vote.

. . . That's 30,000 opportunities for voter fraud in a state that President Obama won by just 14,000 votes in 2008!

The truth is that the vast majority of Americans – over 64 percent – now consider voter fraud to be a problem, and the Attorney General works for us. It's time for him to do his job.

see more at http://www.endvoterfraudnow.com/

Lmfao! How dare the democratic party discriminate against elderly, poor and minorities! Dont they know these groups find it impossible to aquire id!

Confused or obtuse? Desperate attempts to obfuscate the issue.

You'll need to scrawl on another cave wall and imitate the behavior of someone who might be intelligent. In the mean time, stop showing your ass.

Democrats are afraid of voter ID laws because people who are not allowed to vote - illegal aliens and convicted felons are overwhelmingly Democrats. Note also that Democrats will make it very difficult for US soldiers serving overseas to vote - that's becuase US troops are overwhelmingly Republican.

@Mohandus.......prove it. Cite that the motivation is to suppress votes. Really, just what is wrong with making sure voter fraud doesn't happen?

What bankrupt narrative? That the country is in dire straits and the current direction is disasterous? That the current administration has made the situation worse?

I can't say at this time if a Republican Whitehouse will make any difference, it may be too late, but your base is without a valid foundation and as best I can tell your parroting words you have never really thought about on your own.

Trying to equate apples and oranges. Proving who you are in a private party run venue is and always has been required. If someone wanted to go to the convention and pretend to be you and cast your delegate's vote, this will prevent that. No one can pretend to be you at the polls because the signature has to match and the poll workers likely are your next door neighbors who know your face anyhow. The PA GOP made the rules to get a photo ID so difficult for colleges students, elderly non-drivers and those born in the southern states to midwives, that it was obvious the intent to suppress likely D voters.. THey even admitted that in their meeting-see utube. All the nasty remarks in the world can not hide the R's mendacity (for those who need help, that means LIES.)

No one can pretend to be you at the polls because of the signature? And just HOW did that signature get there? Wasn't photo ID required to register to vote?

Your lacking in your historical overview of just why it became hard to obtain legal government issued identification. A little thing called 9/11. That combined with the rampant fraud associated with ID (i.e. indentity theft) it became more difficult to get ID. Are you claiming that those born to midwives in the South have never opened a bank account, never had a job, never had a Social Security number, never applied for government programs (social or otherwise), never enrolled kids in school, never went to school themselves, never traveled anywhere, never had contact with police......the list is endless. In today's world if you don't have ID your not going to be doing much of anything so I'd imagine voting is low on the priority list.

Drug test welfare recipients next

Evidence that man has descended back into apes.

I find it odd (may be hypocritcal) that when some of want to make changes to existing programs that are not working or can be improved, moderized, steamlined, or even eliminated, we are called "radical" But the progressives promote programs that are progressive to even radical, and refuse to allow changes to the programs unless it is to make them more inclusive. By nature, a government program to "help" if it works would self distruct over time, meaning it would work and fewer would need it. That's not the case. The D's have never met a program that they couldn't expand, cover more people and have more power over us. What does the Dept, of Education do??, the Dept. of Commerce?? the Energy Dept. Other than baby sitting, Head Start is a feel good program with no better results since implimented.
Maybe there are smarter ways to spend out $$. The Dems are so progressive unless it it change their "untradable players" who are old, overpaid, and not skilled anymore.

Serial masturbators? Really, this just might explain all the political BS going on. This country is not run by democrats or republicans. It's run by the lobbyists. Money talks on both sides of the isle.

Here are the job numbers the media is not reporting about the August job numbers that just came out. This is what the media is telling you...and it's true. "The unemployment rate dropped from 8.3% to 8.1%. 96,000 jobs created in August."

Here are numbers they are NOT telling you:

1) 368,000 people STOPPED looking for work in August. Meaning they CANNOT be counted as unemployed. These people have no more unemployment benefits to claim and have realized there are zero jobs out there for them. If you were to re-calculate those numbers and include the people who are no longer looking for work, the unemployment rate would be 12%. This number does not include the UNDEREMPLOYED, or the people who have stopped looking for work over the past 3 years; that number would be an astonishing 23%.

2) 69% of men are working. Meaning 31% are not. The lowest % of working men since the 1940's.

3) The number of employed Americans is at the lowest number in the past 31 years. An incredible number considering there are more people now in the USA than there were in 1981.

4) A record high of 88,921,000 Americans whom are not in the civilian labor force.

5) Manufacturers have cut the most jobs in August than at anytime in the past two years.

6) The supposed "job growth" each month is LESS THAN the number of people LEAVING the workforce every month. People leaving the work force CANNOT be counted as unemployed.

Another Fun Fact: When US Attorney General Eric Holder went to speak to the NAACP about voter ID laws in various states, you could not get into the venue without showing a photo ID!!

Obama condemns Romney before.................condemning terrorists! When will Barack Obama's "Apology Tour" begin for Libya's killing of 4 Americans?

http://weaselzippers.us/2012/09/12/obama-campaign-condemns-romney-before-condemning-terrorists-who-attacked-our-embassies/

The thing I see as "sad and pathetic" is the fact anyone is labeling any party in such a way. I'd say it is quite disingenious to blanket an entire organization in such a way. Gee..I wonder why we have so much animosity within our politics? Anyone putting down everyone else in this manner is as large a part of the problem as any other part of the problem. We'll never get to root causes, accomplish lasting results or stabilize failing policy with this myopic and useless thinking.

Don't worry Marc, your young. One day you'll get it....maybe. In the words of Winston Churchill..."If at 20 your not a liberal you have no heart. If at 40 you aren't a consevative you have no brain." Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know....a blanket statement. But with a certain ring of truth to it.

Oh snap! Sorry Marc....I also meant to include my opinion on the condemnation itself. Yes, you are correct. Some people went looking for a sleazy backdoor shot at the President without giving full facts as to the timeline. It happens from both sides and should be equally dismissed from both sides.

Why is it that these cry-babies are upset that nobody brought a knife to a gun fight?
I mean really! Going from "NO! Everybody should have ID's..." to now they are upset that the Dems brought them. What's next to follow? A large democratic turnout at the polls with proper ID's?? The nerve! Then the GOP will have to turn to stacking the polls like they did for W.