Voting Rights

As is appropriate on July Fourth, Fiorella is concerned about the recent attack on voters' rights, supposedly to prevent "voter fraud," a boogeyman which research has shown is virtually non-existent, at least on the voter end.   Where the major problems have occurred have been is with the middleman and counting procedures--stuffed ballot boxes, fraudulent and inaccurate tallies.

And now we have purge lists.  Hi, there, Tammany Hall.  Hi, there, Boss Paar.







 

LBJ Revisited

Fiorella's father-in-law was a long-time LBJ crony, and thus Fiorella can feed you two tidbits you won't read anywhere else.

When Father-in-Law asked about the notorious Duval County election, Johnson told him that all he knew was that "Boss" Paar had promised he'd turn out the votes.

When Father-in-Law asked him about John Connelly turning Republican in mid-gubernatorial stream, Johnson admitted he'd lost control of the Texas political scene.

Maybe not earth-shaking, but interesting. And it's long enough ago that Fio doesn't feel like she's blabbing state secrets.