Friday, July 22, 2016

VA Governor Terry McAuliffe is My Kind of SOB

Speaking of Democratic Virginia Governors with all kinds of bronzed ones, VA Gov. Terry McAuliffe is doing the solid thing for voting rights in his state, because when the Court denied his petition to reinstate voting rights for ex-felons, he decided he would sign the orders to reinstate one by one.

He believes in their rights. Because they did their time and still live there. And he is completely right. And if you want my basic opinion on this one, he's circumventing a voter suppression ethos based on politics. You can read the opinion of the court, and realize what they are doing. And I salute McAuliffe for trying to undo it.

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