Tuesday, March 08, 2011

New Hampshire Speaker William O'Brien: Take the vote away from those we disagree with

Here with your morning dose of undemocratic Republican blathering:



Oh look, the room is filled with greying old white people. Quelle surprise!

New Hampshire's new Republican state House speaker is pretty clear about what he thinks of college kids and how they vote. They're "foolish," Speaker William O'Brien said in a recent speech to a tea party group.

"Voting as a liberal. That's what kids do," he added, his comments taped by a state Democratic Party staffer and posted on YouTube. Students lack "life experience," and "they just vote their feelings."

New Hampshire House Republicans are pushing for new laws that would prohibit many college students from voting in the state - and effectively keep some from voting at all.


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