The GOP here in Georgia sure loves to hurt it's own causes. For those who don't know, a center of controversy here in the ATL is the proposed voter ID law, which will require a driver's license or other form of government issued picture ID in order to vote. Seems reasonable to me, but it's being couched as a racist poll tax. In making such an accusation, the accuser is saying that they don't think black people are as capable of getting a driver's license as white people, which strikes me as pretty racist (this is Georgia, it's all black and white, no one bothers to mention the hispanics and others). Anyway, some retard Georgia Republican state senator said soemthign really dumb, along the lines of, "Black people only vote when they're paid." Great, you had the moral highground, but you decided you preferred to come from behind, so you made sure everyone knows that you are just as racist as the people who don't think black people can driver's licenses.

For the record, I think the proposed bill is a good one, as long as the state does more to make sure that it's easy to get a driver's license.