Its been apparent for many years that conservatives would rather poor folks stayed home on election day. But now they're coming right out and saying it!
"Registering them to vote is like handing out burglary tools to criminals," he continues. "It is profoundly antisocial and un-American to empower the nonproductive segments of the population to destroy the country-- which is precisely why Barack Obama zealously supports registering welfare recipients to vote. ... Encouraging those who burden society to participate in elections isn't about helping the poor. It's about helping the poor to help themselves to others' money."
Matthew Vadum of the Capital Research Center
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/09/02/right-wing-commentator-poor-people-voting-is-un-american/
"Registering them to vote is like handing out burglary tools to criminals," he continues. "It is profoundly antisocial and un-American to empower the nonproductive segments of the population to destroy the country-- which is precisely why Barack Obama zealously supports registering welfare recipients to vote. ... Encouraging those who burden society to participate in elections isn't about helping the poor. It's about helping the poor to help themselves to others' money."
Matthew Vadum of the Capital Research Center
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/09/02/right-wing-commentator-poor-people-voting-is-un-american/