Military votes rejected, felon votes courted in Virginia

In Fairfax, Virginia, the county Registrar is rejecting absentee ballots sent in from military members abroad, in effect, disenfranchising many of our most patriotic, self-sacrificing citizens...the ones who truly earned the right to vote.

With the back of the same hand, Fairfax County is also registering inmates in the county jail to vote and Virginia has restored the right to vote to almost six thousand convicted felons, inviting each of them to step up and have a say in what sort of government we'll have and what type of laws that we'll live under. ("Hey, you guys want drug-dealing decriminalized and more gun-control laws that will keep your victims from shooting you? Just come on out and vote for Obama!")

Not only is this a travesty on multiple levels, but Virginia is one of the crucial battleground states that may determine who becomes our next president.

If it comes right down to it, who would you rather have making that choice: Our honorable soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines who have put their lives on the line for this country, or a bunch of crack dealers, murderers, rapists and child molesters?

Keep in mind that the military vote is always overwhelmingly Republican and the convicted felon vote is even more heavily weighted towards the Democrats, and you can see how important this issue is in one of the few undecided states in our nation.

Credit to apackof2 for the tip.