Hilliary Loves Felons
Today, Senator Hillary Rodham Rodham (as Rush calls her) introduced the Count Every Vote Act of 2005 (”CEVA”). CEVA, if passed, would create a national holiday on Election Day and permit ex-felons to vote.
My beef with CEVA is the political raison d’etre for its introduction–empowering 4.6 million ex- felons to vote for the Dems without any consideration as to the why our nation removes the privilege of suffrage from those who malign society with their criminal actions. Voting is a privilege not a right. The Founders believed that only persons of good moral character should be permitted to participate in our representative government. A felony is not throwing spitwads, but in many cases brutally assaulting another human being. Although a complete ban on ex-felons might unfairly punish a few, it would be more unjust to allow murderers and rapists to be permitted to vote and select those persons of good moral character to represent my interests in Washington D.C.
One other interesting tidbit: Senator Hillary Clinton’s press release names Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Representative Tubbs Jones (D-OH) as participating in the CEVA unveilment. However, guess who was also there but not included in the title of Sen. Clinton’s press release–Senator John F. Kerry. How was he described? As an “other.” Hilliary is already bashing Senator Waffles . . . what a shame.