I think left-wing writers don't understand this because they don't worry about their speech being counted and don't have day jobs.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
Alternatively, they're fundamentally dishonest political opportunists. I'm cool either way.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
The very idea that prospective voters should have to present photo identification before casting a ballot has been a constant source of Democrat panty twisting. Just yesterday, singer John Legend deemed North Carolina’s new voter ID law “the new Jim Crow.” And today, the Dems are doubling down:
The @GOP —> Limiting voting rights. #MakingItHappen
— The Democrats (@TheDemocrats) August 14, 2013
Oh, puh-leeze. That’s disingenuous at best, and maliciously dishonest at worst. If liberals insist that requiring photo IDs is a violation of our rights, that it’s mandated racism, then what do they have to say about this?
Voting should be as easy as buying liquor. Which of course requires a valid photo ID and a minimum age of 21…
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
In some places, you have to show photo ID to buy spray paint.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
When I return library books late, I have to show a photo ID. When I RETURN THEM and try to pay a fine.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
When I want to rent equipment from Home Depot, I have to show a photo ID.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
When I want to pay by check for my kids' T-shirts for a public school function, I have to show a photo ID.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
When I wanted to begin providing health insurance to my new firm, which is apparently a civil right, I had to show photo ID.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
When I want to rent a car, I have to show photo ID.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
When I want to buy a computer at Best Buy, something I don't do any more, I'm asked for a photo ID.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
When I want to get on a plane, I have to show a photo ID at least twice and frequently three times.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
When I want to buy a fast pass for a toll booth, I have to show a photo ID. I have to show ID to PAY A TOLL.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
When I want to open a bank account, I have to show a photo ID.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
When I want to get a library card from a public library, I have to show a photo ID.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
When I want to speak at a county commissioner meeting, I have to show a photo ID.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
When I lived in DC and wanted to visit Congress or the White House: photo ID.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
When I want to visit my current state legislature and appellate courts: photo ID.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
When I want to go into a Federal District Courthouse or Circuit Court of Appeal, I have to show a photo ID.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
In other words, to vindicate my rights or those of my clients at law, I have to show a photo ID.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
When I want to go to the sheriff's office to speak with an officer about a civil case, I have to show a photo ID.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
Ooh! Another one. If I'm allowed bond or bail, I have to show ID to get that bond or bail.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
If I want to see my newborn child in the hospital and I'm not present when the baby is born, I have to show ID.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
A marriage license needs a photo ID.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
So let's add the right to marry and the right to travel across state lines to the rights that are less precious than voting.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
I want to buy a bus ticket, I need a photo ID.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
In some counties, if I want to buy an energy drink, I need a photo ID.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
If I want to buy cigarettes or any tobacco product, I need a photo ID.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
If I want to visit many local Congressional offices, I need a photo ID.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
If I want to listen to the President speak in person, I need a photo ID and to burn my Republican registration.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
If I want to yell at the President, I need my affairs in order. And a photo ID.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
If I want to apply for a protest permit, I need a photo ID.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
If I want to pay my car tax, I need a photo ID.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
IF I WANT TO PAY A TAX I HAVE TO USE A PHOTO ID.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
I've had to show photo ID to get into movie theaters and minor league baseball games.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
I've had to show a photo ID to purchase a game rated M for Mature.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
To go to a local zoning board meeting, I have to show a photo ID.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
If I receive a summons to appear in court — one that will yield jail time if I don't obey — I have to show photo ID to get in.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
Again, if I want to avoid going to jail because of a court process over which I have no control, I have to show photo ID.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
If I want to tell the local authorities that I'm homeschooling my child, I need to show a photo ID.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
If I want to redeem a pre-order of a book or game — that is, to buy something — I need a photo ID.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
If I want to drive, I need a photo ID.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
In some states, driving while licensed BUT NOT HAVING YOUR PHOTO ID WITH YOU is a motor vehicle offense.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
If I want to see my child during the school day, I have to show a photo ID.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
Again: if I want to see the child over whom I have custody during the school day, I must show a photo ID.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
If I want to check into a hotel, I need a photo ID.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
If I want to go to the zoo, I need a photo ID.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
The last time I went to Disney World, I needed a photo ID to get in.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
If I want to apply for a passport, I need a photo ID. (The passport is of course also a photo ID I need to re-enter the country.)
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
To return to my home where I have the absolute right to be, I need a photo ID.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
But somehow, the right to vote is infinitely more important than the right to get back into my country.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
Excellent reminder by @ThePantau: I need a photo ID to buy cold medicine.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
To visit my wife, recuperating in the maternity ward with our child, I need a photo ID.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
Before I can take my child home from the hospital, I must show photo ID.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
I spent a week in PICU with one of my children. I did not leave all week. To take him home, I needed to show photo ID.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
To pick up a prescription for ADHD medicine for my child, I need a photo ID.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
If I want to register my child in the local public schools, I need a photo ID.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
To get cable internet — which I'm told is an inherent right — I need photo ID.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
To get cell phone service — also allegedly an inherent right — I need photo ID.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
If the left is to be believed, the act of voting is more important than anything else at all you will ever do in life.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
Having a baby, public protest, getting married, buying alcohol, driving, getting medical care: all less important than voting.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
Getting an education, petitioning our elected representatives, going to court, seeing your children: less important than voting.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
This is the elevation of an important procedural and substantive right beyond all proportion for cheap electoral points.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
Yep. The Dems aren’t doing this out of love and respect for Americans; they’re doing it purely for votes.
I'd say it's fundamentally dishonest, but that's giving too much credit.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
Some more. If I want to open a business, I need a photo ID.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
If I want to purchase a car, I need a photo ID.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
If I want to register a car with my county, I need a photo ID.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
Obviously, if I want to get a shotgun (to fire it in the air like Joe Biden because bullets defy gravity forever), I need a photo ID.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
I've been caught trying to buy spray paint while coonass. The man is always cracking down on my people.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
Freaking pig at Wal-Mart made me show a photo ID for that. It reminded me of when Cajun kids were beaten for speaking Cajun French.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
@Polligraphics makes another point: to register for Medicaid and SSDI, my clients used to need photo ID.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
If I want to pay the ad valorem tax on my house, I need a photo ID.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
If I want to file a deed in the county courthouse for the property I've purchased, I need a photo ID.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
If I want to look through the deed record in the county courthouse to avoid real estate fraud, I need a photo ID.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
Oh, via @KennedyX8, a good one: If I want to be employed, I need to show a photo ID.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
If I want to use a credit card, I have to show a photo ID.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
Via @evantheamerican, if you want to take out a loan for school or otherwise, you need a photo ID.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) August 14, 2013
These Twitter users offered up more:
@ThomasHCrown Want to open a bank account (if you're lucky enough to have a job in this economy)? #YouNeedID
— Mike (@ThePantau) August 14, 2013
@ThomasHCrown I just bought life insurance. "Can I see a Driver's License? What's your SSN?"
— Area Man (@lheal) August 14, 2013
To purchase Claratin-D, I need to show photo ID. I thought health care was a constitutional right? @ThomasHCrown
— Mike (@ThePantau) August 14, 2013
https://twitter.com/daniel_thecuban/status/367669873889275904
@ThomasHCrown not only that – you can't get on the maternity ward without showing the wristband (usually) that confirms they have checked ID
— Ranch King (@thebatshatters) August 14, 2013
@ThomasHCrown @ThePantau I need it for dangerous things like nail polish remover. Hormone bombs are fine for anyone though. #HealthAndBeauty
— z_annie3592 (@z_annie3592) August 14, 2013
I think even homeless beach bums need ID once a year to get monthly #SNAP benefits. @ThomasHCrown
— Polligraph (@Polligraphics) August 14, 2013
You need a photo ID to leave the country, but not to enter #credibleFear #amnesty #cir @ThomasHCrown
— Chip (@cyamas) August 14, 2013
@ThomasHCrown Wife and I just bought new cars through a leasing complany. We both had to scan and email our DL's to the leasing agent.
— Grave E. Pan (@Gravypan) August 14, 2013
https://twitter.com/jaxnmelody/status/367678737665757184
@ThomasHCrown Had to show ID when I worked for McDonald's as a kid. Obvious conspiracy.
— Spider-Ken (@SpiderKenX) August 14, 2013
@ThomasHCrown Obama wants to make college affordable, but you need an ID to get into one in the first place.
— Kel Varnsen Speaking (@the_agrippa) August 14, 2013
@ThomasHCrown if you want to pick up a package at the Post Office, you need photo ID.
— Pouncing Coder Brad (@bradcundiff) August 14, 2013
@ThomasHCrown To do your civic duty and serve on a jury, you need an ID. But to do your other civic duty, voting, you do not need one.
— Kel Varnsen Speaking (@the_agrippa) August 14, 2013
Funny, that.