There is apparently no news of importance this Memorial Day weekend. The top article on the front page of the Sunday New York Times is about how Republicans are passing laws that require photo ID's for voters in various states. According to Democrats (and the Times), this is an effort at surpressing the votes of minorities. This can only be described charitably as BS. Those with keener insight would see that this effort by Democrats and their allies in the media is actually an effort to try to bind minorities more tightly to the Democrat party. Think of it this way. The average minority voter has a drivers license that can easily be used as a phote ID for voting. These changes in the law will have nothing to do with that voter. But now, the Democrats come forward and claim (falsely) that the Republicans are trying to disenfranchise poor blacks and other minorities. Oh, those evil Republicans! Minorities have to stay with the Democrats or they will find themselves back in the Jim Crow South (the Times actually uses the analogy).
Here's the truth: Anyone who wants to enter the headquarters of the New York Times in Manhattan must present a photo identification. The same is true if you want to enter the Hearst building or the offices of every other media company in NYC. If the Times can require a photo ID just to walk down the corridors of its building, why is it suddenly racist to put the same safeguards in place for voting to select the leaaders of our country? simple answer: it is not!
When the New York Times opens its building to anyone regardless of ID, then it can speak about election requirements. After all, it is a lot more important who gets to vote than it is who gets to enter the halls of a dying newspaper.
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