{"id":29068,"date":"2012-08-06T08:45:03","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T14:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/06\/get-out-the-vote-or-get-rid-of-the-vote.html"},"modified":"2013-05-01T07:46:42","modified_gmt":"2013-05-01T13:46:42","slug":"get-out-the-vote-or-get-rid-of-the-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/06\/get-out-the-vote-or-get-rid-of-the-vote.html","title":{"rendered":"Get out the vote? Or get rid of the vote?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have to give the Romney campaigns kudos for chutzpah for translating the Obama campaign's complains about a law that limits early voting in Ohio for everyone but military personnel into the Obama campaign attacking military voting rights.<\/p>\n

Of course, it's therefore worthwhile noting that the Ohio law Romney's campaign is voting for restricts veterans as well. \u00a0Why does Mitt Romney hate veterans?<\/p>\n

(He doesn't, of course, but not only is it a fair parallel calumny, it's even somewhat more factually based.)<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +Think Progress<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Important info about voter suppression in Ohio, a state that could very well swing the presidential election.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhy Does Mitt Romney Want To Restrict Voting Rights For More Than 900,000 Ohio Veterans?<\/a>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOur guest blogger is Jon Soltz (@jonsoltz) is a two-tour Iraq veteran and Chairman of VoteVets.org. When I read stories this weekend that said the Obama campaign was suing to restrict the voting right…\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Google+:<\/strong> View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have to give the Romney campaigns kudos for chutzpah for translating the Obama campaign's complains about a law that limits early voting in Ohio for everyone but military personnel into the Obama campaign attacking military voting rights. Of course, it's therefore worthwhile noting that the Ohio law Romney's campaign is voting for restricts veterans … Continue reading “Get out the vote? 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