Somebody Somewhere Is Getting Away With Something

Let us begin today's post with a reading of the sacred text.

"And so sayeth Dave-El in the holy book of My Suffering Amuseth Thou, I Am Doth So Glad Of It, that the Ted Cruz doth goeth forth into the land to lie and lie in a manner of one who doth be a bastard who shall fucketh!" 

Say it with me, my children! 

Ted Cruz is a lying fuck bastard! 

Ted Cruz is a lying fuck bastard! 

Amen! 

Amen! 

A favorite strategy of Ted Cruz is..

A LYING FUCK BASTARD! 

Thank you!

A favorite strategy of Ted Cruz is appeal to the fear that somebody somewhere... Who? Where? It doesn't matter but somebody somewhere is getting away with something. 

Ted Cruz tried to pull this shit when the COVID relief bill was in the Senate and he tried to introduce a measure that illegal immigrants would not receive stimulus checks. 

Except Ted's efforts were much ado over nothing. No specific measures were introduced in previous relief measures to keep illegal immigrants from getting stimulus checks because no such measures are needed. 

You get a stimulus check if you have a social security number. 

Illegal immigrants by being illegal do not have social security numbers. Ipso facto, we can draw two conclusions: 

1) illegal immigrants CAN'T get stimulus checks. 

2) Ted Cruz is a lying fuck bastard! 

Ted Cruz is a lying fuck bastard! 

Amen! 

Amen! 

But that's Ted Cruz playing to the conservative base back home, casting himself as the savior of our tax dollars from falling into the hands of illegal immigrants! 

Recently, Ted Cruz was being his Ted Cruziest while addressing the American Legislative Exchange Council, a corporate-backed, conservative group that provides model legislation to state legislators.

The latest scourge of Ted's ire? Somebody somewhere might be voting who shouldn't. 

There is a Democratic proposed legislative package called H.R. 1 that would impact voting in various ways. For example, the bill would...

• require states to automatically register eligible voters
• offer same-day registration. 
• limit states’ ability to purge registered voters from their rolls 
• restore former felons’ voting rights. 
• require states to offer 15 days of early voting
• allow no-excuse absentee balloting. 

Ted's takeaway from H.R.1 is that it “says America would be better off if more murderers were voting, America would be better off if more rapists and child molesters were voting." 

While Ted Cruz is preaching that Democrats really wants that raping, child molesting murderer voting block, he is once more fighting a battle that does not need fighting. 

In the United States, the federal government defines a felony as a crime punishable by death or imprisonment in excess of one year. A consequence of being convicted of a felony is disenfranchisement, being denied the right to vote.  

Yes, raping, child molesting and murder are felony offenses. There are also other crimes that can be defined as felonies. Including the possession of certain types of illegal drugs for personal use.

Felons who have done their time can still find their right to vote constrained. Each state has it's own provisions for paroled felons to appeal to get their voting rights back. Some states are purely arbitrary in their decision making process. 

No surprise Florida is one of them. 

A couple of years back, I saw the story of an older African American man in Florida who had felony conviction from his youth for possession of illegal drugs for personal use. He appeared before an all white all Republican panel and made a heartfelt appeal of how he was trying to do right by his second chance at life and his fervent hope to regain his right to vote. The panel denied his appeal. 

Rick Scott, the Republican Party's real life Lex Luthor, was on that appeals panel and explained his no vote was because he didn't feel the sincerity of the man's plea for his right to vote to be restored. 

This man who made a mistake in his youth is denied the right to vote as an old man because Rick Scott didn't "feel" it. 

Neither does Ted Cruz. 

Ted Cruz does not give a fuck about this man or anyone like him. Hell, some old black man ain't going to vote Republican no how! 

Here is what Ted does give a fuck about.

“H.R. 1′s only objective is to ensure that Democrats can never again lose another election, that they will win and maintain control of the House of Representatives and the Senate and of the state legislatures for the next century." 

My blessed children, it's been a minute. Let us speak the sacred mantra once more. 

Ted Cruz is a lying fuck bastard! 

Ted Cruz is a lying fuck bastard! 

Amen! 

Amen! 

Of course Ted Cruz sees the purpose of H.R.1 is only to help the Democratic Party. Because that's how his own party has seen their efforts over the last decade to suppress voting and gerrymandering voting districts, actions taken with the express purpose for Republicans to win and maintain control of the House of Representatives and the Senate and state legislatures. 

Ted Cruz is not alone. There is a massive effort by Republicans in state houses across the country to push for laws to make voting harder, reducing the time for early voting, reducing hours and outlets for voting locations, restricting mail in voting. 

This rush to restrict voting is fueled by the great lie perpetuated by Donald Trump that the election of 2020 was rife with fraud and his victory was stolen from him. 

There is no evidence of widespread fraud in the wake of recounts, investigations and legal challenges. But the great lie persists because it is quite the helpful cheeky little lie. 

As I've said before, Republicans lack faith in their own beliefs and ideology. Instead they seek victory in the repudiation of their enemies. It's easier to throw up roadblocks to Democratic voters than it is to convince more people to vote Republican. 

Ted Cruz knows this. His whole strategy is based on fear and loathing of the other, whoever that other may be. 

Ted Cruz hopes to hold on to power hinge on promulgating the fear that somebody somewhere is getting away with something. 

Which is why....

SAY IT WITH ME, MY BELOVED BRETHREN! 

Ted Cruz is a lying fuck bastard! 

Ted Cruz is a lying fuck bastard! 

Amen! 

Amen!