Anyone who is as out of touch as Mitt Romney is when it comes to the concerns of average Americans like myself should not be considered seriously as a possible president.
Romney, who so casually offered a $10,000 bet in one debate and once barked that "corporations are people," has now injected himself into the Republican party's campaign to disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of voters throughout our country.
Romney with his millions may be able to casually tell a questioner that it's so easy for someone to get a state-issued ID for free. Does he not understand that such an undertaking may not be so free for someone who doesn't live anywhere near a DMV office or may have to miss work just to secure such an ID?
Evidentally, judging from this clip, Romney doesn't seem to care. And that brings me to this question-- does Mitt Romney really believe in participatory democracy.
The answer, again from judging from this clip, is that he does not.
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Here's the clip of Romney defending South Carolina's voter ID law:
Needless to say, Attorney General Eric Holder is right to challenge the South Carolina law and others like it in places like where I live (Texas). My wife and I may be fortunate enough to have state-issued IDs, but what about those who don't have the time or means to go to a DMV office and obtain an ID?
Mitt Romney has once again proven that he is out of touch with the concerns of average folks like me who struggle to make ends meet. Furthermore, in supporting legislation whose intent is to discourage the participation of folks who may not think like or look like him, Romney has demonstrated that he cannot be considered a mainstream candidate for the nation's highest office.
He has earned not only defeat, but also humiliation by injecting himself as a supporter of anti-democracy legislation such as South Carolina's voter ID (more properly called voter disenfranchisement) law.