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Romney's 47%: What Other Rights Would The GOP Deny Them?

Demonizing Obama's supporters as government dependents makes it easier to pass repressive voting laws.

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UPDATE Sept 20:

That didn't take long. Pennsylvania State Representative Tim Metcalfe, an ALEC member and the sponsor of that state's voter ID law, has used Romney's reasoning to justify the law's impact on the voting rights of the most disadvantaged members of society:

"As Mitt Romney said, 47% of the people that are living off the public dole, living off their neighbors’ hard work, and we have a lot of people out there that are too lazy to get up and get out there and get the ID they need. If individuals are too lazy, the state can’t fix that."

Brendan Fischer is a law fellow at the Center for Media and Democracy, publisher of PR Watch.
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