I’m going to assume Steve Vladeck is too young to remember “literacy tests.” I mean, his argument is perfectly sound, but that was the reason for them: some people weren’t smart enough to vote. If those people just happened to be non-white, well, that was just Nature, wasn’t it?More democracy is better not because more voters would necessarily be informed and intelligent; it’s better because more democracy is ... democracy.
— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) April 8, 2021
A government that derives its legitimacy from “the consent of the governed” isn’t legitimate if it’s choosing who gets to consent. https://t.co/AgPKm6i5PL
I am openly comparing such arguments to Nazism. Fuck Godwin, the shoe fits. Make them wear it.Ah yes, because voting is best analogized to a vocation that requires years of incredibly expensive and rigorous training. https://t.co/PN5iw33HmY pic.twitter.com/RzPbY5ahQS
— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) April 7, 2021
I mean, am I the only person old enough to remember this? Has Gingrich disappeared that far down the memory hole along with literacy tests and Jim Crow?How did the GOP party change from one of ideas and policy to just owning the libs and getting on Fox? Newt Gingrich set the stage, says political analyst @JulianZelizer.
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) April 9, 2021
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Those who write history get to exonerate themselves. Or at least try to. I don’t care what John Boehner says about Trump or who is to blame for what. He bought the ticket, he took the ride. I remember that, too. The ride is over now. Nobody wants to be associated with it. Nobody was a Nazi in Germany in 1946, either.In his new memoir, John Boehner seems to regret what the modern Republican Party has become, but his record shows that he had a large hand in creating it, our reviewer says. Read the full review: https://t.co/gH17iCQgHW
— New York Times Books (@nytimesbooks) April 8, 2021
I'm old enough to remember when the young William F. Buckley was writing pieces in support of Jim Crow because if Black People voted they would vote for people who were good for Black People and they weren't the people who would be good for white racists. So the Nazional Review is going back to its roots.
ReplyDeleteFrom reading that NYT review of Boehner’s book, I was reminded Boehner came to Congress as a Gingrich acolyte. So he can’t escape responsibility for what he and Gingrich wrought.
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