Labor's Pains: Ed Schultz

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Saturday, October 5, 2013

The Ed Show - McConnell and Paul caught on camera

Thursday, August 9, 2012

From Ed Show: Ohio lawmaker on voting restrictions: 'Jim Crow has been resurrected'

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Ohio State Sen. Nina Turner (D) said on The Ed Show Thursday that "people are outraged," adding that "no one should have to beg to vote, and that is exactly what is happening in Ohio in the predominantly urban areas."

"It is absolutely shameful that Jim Crow has been resurrected in this country," Turner continued, "particularly in the state of Ohio. He has packed his bags and he has moved north. He is in Ohio, he's in Pennsylvania, he's making repeat performances in Florida."

The restrictions are expected to disproportionately affect African-American voters, who tend to turn out in high numbers for early voting, as well as working class voters in general, who can find it difficult to get to the polls on Election Day.

Republicans in the state have said that they cut the hours to save money. But Ari Berman ofThe Nation said that line doesn't hold up.

"It's funny that the Republicans are saying they don't have the money to extend early voting, when they spent millions and millions and millions of dollars on unnecessary and costly voter ID laws."

"The Democrats were willing to pick up the tab in these counties to pay for early voting," Berman added, "and Republicans didn't even give them the option to have early voting."

Minutes later on The Rachel Maddow Show, the Washington Post's E.J. Dionne put what Republicans are doing in perspective.

"This is much bigger than a partisan story," Dionne said. "We passed a great law in our country in 1965 called the Voting Rights Act. And the Voting Rights Act was designed to tear down illegitimate barriers to voting in our country, particularly for African-Americans. What's happening this election year—Ohio is an excellent example—is, I think, the most fundamental attack on the right to vote in the country since the Voting Rights Act was passed."

Full Story: http://leanforward.msnbc.com/_news/2012/08/09/13205961-ohio-lawmaker-on-voting-restrictions-jim-crow-has-been-resurrected?lite

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Insightful by Thomas Frank.

Friday, June 1, 2012

Very good coverage on Ed Schultz on voter purge

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Friday, May 25, 2012

The ED Show - Romney flunks education trip to Philly

Mitt's just loves him some charter school urban kids. He blew in to meet the masses. He must hate the running for office part of this job. They really just should have someone anoint him.

Educational genius who gets the Educational kickback Tagg Romney

More on Mitt's own family background and the teacher to student ratio here: http://laborspains.blogspot.com/2011/09/further-trevails-of-middle-class-mitt.html

This is to say nothing of how they can have their debts forgiven by serving as human cannon fodder in the military which is something that neither Mitt or any of his pampered boys bothered to do. I guess that's only an option for the others.