Examiner Fails to Note Soros’ Funding of Voter ID Controversy
Paul Bedard of the Washington Examiner wrote a piece entitled “Democrats boycott Coke, Walmart over voter ID laws” on April 4. The piece reported the situation well, with one exception: it didn’t mention that one side of the voter identification debate is almost completely fought by Soros-backed organizations.
The focus of the article was on a push by Color of Change, the Center for American Progress and democratic lawmakers to boycott Walmart, Coca Cola and other companies who financially contribute to one of the new voter ID laws’ biggest supporters: the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). ALEC, as Bedard pointed out, is also supported by Koch Industries.
According to Open Society’s website, Color of Change is a project of Citizen Engagement Link, which received $550,000 from the Open Society Foundation (OSF) since 2009. The Center for American Progress has received over $5.7 million from Soros’ OSF since 2006.
Florida, Texas, Tennessee, Kansas and Wisconsin are all considering laws requiring voters to present photo IDs upon arrival. Most of these states currently require only a signed statement affirming that the person voting is who they say that they are.
According to Bedard, an estimated 2-3 million democratic voters do not have a photo ID.
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Submitted by desert3030 on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 10:39am.
I will be going to Walmart for soda and just spend some money. I plan to go at least once a week now. Before the boycott was maybe at best once a quarter.
I will look at the guns but won't buy any. As I live in Phoenix and I can get a "below cost" deal from the DOJ. They sell them on the corner here. All I do is have my Hispanic friend handle the "transaction".
Time
Submitted by rhondacoleridge on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 10:43am.
Time to double my intake of diet Coke and I plan to buy it ALL at Wal-Mart.
Screw Coke. They just caved.
Submitted by SickofLibs on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 10:57am.
But, hey, they held out for five whole hours.
The politically correct but
Submitted by John21 on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 11:36am.
The politically correct but the morally bankrupt.
I did not realize that the Coke brand name was so weak that they had to surrender to this kind of intimidation. Well I will be buying my non-Coke products at Wal-Mart. I notice that they managed to work the bogey men (the Koch brothers) into the argument.
I really think they dislike the Koch's because they still have a pair and will ignore the liberal propaganda whine unlike others.
Guess I'll
Submitted by chiefpayne on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 11:51am.
Guess I'll have to start making SURE I buy ALL my COKE products at Wal-Mart from now on...or at least SAMS
Correction
Submitted by KC Beach on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 1:55pm.
Kansas has passed the voter ID into law. I gladly showed my ID (as now required) Tuesday when voting in a local election.