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What voter suppression? The new voting laws put into effect by Republican governors are just meant to put an end to the plague that has sickened democracy – voter fraud. Forget the fact that statistically, there’s a better chance Lindsay Lohan will ram you with her car then you’ll find a case of voter fraud. It had to be stopped. And if that means millions of blacks, Hispanics, students, elderly people and Texas women won’t get to vote, that’s just too bad. Those people losing their opportunity to vote is just a little collateral damage in the grand effort to get Republicans elected to their rightful positions. After all, those lazy minorities were probably going to vote for a Democrat anyway. Hey, the poor Republicans need a little edge when it comes to getting elected. Even gerrymandering can only take you so far after you’ve alienated blacks, Hispanics, women and the elderly.” If you think about it, rich white men are now the minority. Maybe we should consider instating some kind of affirmative action for white male Republicans.

You have to give the Republican’s credit for not giving up. If voter suppression, redistricting and Fox News don’t get them elected the first time, I’m sure the Koch brothers will be happy to fund a recall. Standing for their principles, (or principle corporate donors) the Republicans will not take no for an answer. Just look at Obamacare. Like pit bulls on meth, they collectively voted to repeal or defund it 7,386 times and took it to Supreme Court. So resolute were they, that many Republican governors refused to take the 90% funding from the federal government, even though it would afford healthcare coverage for their uninsured constituents. Apparently, no sacrifice is too great if it’s not yours.

When you consider the Republican handicap of the selling a platform that hurts the overwhelming majority, you can hardly blame them for trying to even the odds with a little voter suppression.

Michael D’Antuono

Michael D’Antuono has been called “one of the world’s most controversial artists” by the UK’s ‘American’ magazine. Before becoming a fine artist, he created award-winning advertising campaigns and had a successful career as an illustrator. His artwork has been featured in The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post.