Comments by "Philip B" (@philipb2134) on "ABC News" channel.

Voter suppression is the ultimate in cancel culture.
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Who cares? Trump, at his advanced age, might keel over before the nomination. His dementia started even before his inaugural in Jan 2017 / biggliest of all time. If his lateral / Project 2025 / hasn't struck you: take a closer look. My family lived under Nazi occupation, and damed if I let it happen again.
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@manbearpig9911 Have you forgotten to take your meds? Reality is still there, in case you woant to rejoin it.
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@user-oi8cj9gc4o No, you don't. It is perfectly possible to live your life without an ID. Trump had said that you need an ID to shop for groceries - false. Granted you might be unable to maintain YOUR lifestyle without an ID - but other people have other lives. The fact that there ate people who don't have an ID and never had one, disproves your assertion. Recently a show on PBS had featured an innocent man who was jailed for decades and finally released - without ID, and he can't get one because of bureaucratic inertia. Should he also be denied the right to vote?
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@ericking9547 "you need an ID for literally EVERYTHING " False.
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@Brobold Because you're a citizen.
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@samdherring It can be an issue. "The fee is small" - but if you're poor, even a small fee can be significant. If you can't even afford food, a "small fee: can be prohibitive. Bear in mind also that not all citizens have the mobility and savvy you have which will let them navigate the processes to obtain an ID.
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@user-oi8cj9gc4o For some people, it is. Some people have limited mobility, for example. The fact that you don't care about ensuring someone's right to vote is a stain on your supposed patriotism.
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@user-oi8cj9gc4o You seem to fall under the spell of a myth of voter impersonation. This is immensely rare. The Brennan Center for Justice had analyzed the matter and their conclusion is: "The report reviewed elections that had been meticulously studied for voter fraud, and found incident rates between 0.0003 percent and 0.0025 percent." ...which stands to reason. The penalties for voter impersonation are severe, whereas the potential gains from doing so successfully are trivial.
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@user-oi8cj9gc4o You fail to exercise the cognitive capacity given to you at birth. The penalties for voter impersonation are severe, the potential gains from doing so successfully are trivial. Hence, the incidence of such fraud is beyond negligible. A retail conspiracy to carry out such voter fraud sufficient to sway an election is utterly improbable.
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@ericking9547 What sources are acceptable to your proto-nazi sensibilities?
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@user-oi8cj9gc4o You express a false analogy. Murder occurs - but most often as a consequence of powerful issues which drive the human psyche. Murders often happen in the heat of the moment - but very few will vote in the heat of the moment. If you get caught impersonating a voter, you will do hard time. Because our system is set up that you vote in your precinct, the odds that someone from your neighborhood will identify you as fraudulent are not insignificant.
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@ericking9547 You had triggered a visceral reaction rejecting your BS belittlement of of the Brennan Center. As D, P, Moynihan said: you have the right to your own opinion, but not to your own facts If the barb stings: consider that it might have been deserved. I recognize the pattern.
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@user-oi8cj9gc4o People register to vote. At that time, there is a strong opportunity to deny a registration.
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@ericking9547 Monetary cost is only part of the mix; there also is inconvenience. DMVs are typically closed on the weekends - which means that someone who already is struggling to survive on minimum wage, would have to sacrifice vital wage hours just to wait around to get an ID. There are citizens among the Navajo who live an hour's drive from the nearest post office - let alone from the nearest DMV.. Applying for an ID might be inconvenient for you and me - but immensely costly for others among our People.
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@Brobold We are citizens. We have the right. We have the right to be wrong, or stupid, or even to support Trump - but IT IS A RIGHT. Government of the people, for the people, by the people.
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@PvMFrosties 14th Amendment: All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside.
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@Brobold To your point: we've had 4 years of Trump administration. QED score for you..
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@Brobold Continuing a strong economic trend is not a mark of remarkable competence.
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@user-oi8cj9gc4o You want to fix a problem which does not exist. I won't waste my time doing so.
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@user-oi8cj9gc4o There is scant wisdom in trying to fix a problem which does not exist.
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The "People's Republic" of China lost an election In free Taiwan where Chinese voters massively voted against CCP slavery.
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Maybe they could get more people vaccinated if they offered jabs in the evening?
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That is a fluffy nice sentiment. Alas, even at a retail level, politics needs some built or building skeletal on which to grow.
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2:00 how much will they be pulling their paunches?
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He's sprightly. You might look at some video footage from neutral sources rather than rely on whatever propaganda feed got you to make that bizarre comment.
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There are strong allegations from US, and British intelligence that PR Chines actors and Russia's GRU are manipulating social media to sow doubts over the safety and efficacy of vaccines available in the West. Beyond that, there are domestic nutcases who are having a field day.
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Trick question: how many literary contributors then went on to getting major prizes /Nobels, etc,?
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The GOP nomination is between Trump's insanity and he projected yours, as he goes to bed. Lincoln would not have liked. He's a con man.
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Russia had taken over Japanese islands of Shikotan. Etorofu, Kunashiri. and the Habomai group.. This is not only a European war.
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