skippy the bush kangaroo: before you can vote repubbblican you must swear you're a repubbblican

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

before you can vote repubbblican you must swear you're a repubbblican

the gop never ceases to amaze us. now the virginia repubbblican party is demanding a fealty oath before anyone can vote in their primary. asspress:

you're planning to vote in virginia's february republican presidential primary, be prepared to sign an oath swearing your republican loyalty.

the state board of elections on monday approved a state republican party request to require all who apply for a gop primary ballot first vow in writing that they'll vote for the party's presidential nominee next fall.

there's no practical way to enforce the oath. virginia doesn't require voters to register by party, and for years the state's republicans have fretted that democrats might meddle in their open primaries.

think of all those poor trees killed just to make the virginia gop feel better at night.

addendum: john cole at balloon juice proves godwin's law while discussing this story.

Labels: gop, prez campaign