[EL] News21 analysis of voter fraud

Tue Aug 14 11:28:21 PDT 2012

Those comments about politics, war and society are indeed cynical and worrisome. I would suggest that they turn to Edward Wilson's magnificent book on the "Social Conquest of the Earth". In it, he details convincingly  that what characterizes homo sapiens  and is responsible for its dominance in the universe has been  its "eusociality". Eusociality is many things, but its foremost feature is altruism-the willingness to collaborate. 
Selfishnesss is in our genes but for survival in the long-term for individual and  the larger community  altruism   the altruist win out. .   When cynics boast and gloat that the outcome should go to the guys with the most votes (assets or guns), I cringe. It fails to appreciate that We're In It Together. That is why homo sapiens has thrived and flourished in spite of the innate and inherited proneness to aggression. Wilson characterizes homo sapiens as a chimera of highest intellectualism and thought  but when it comes to emotions and feelings we harbor within us that  from our evolutionary ancestors millions of years ago. Interestingly and in passing,  he characterizes the current "prostituted or pseudo-capitalism" as a more palatable form of warfare than guns and tanks-even though it is equally destructive of society.
Richard C. Bozian M.D. F.A.C.P.Professor Emeritus University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

From: larrylevine at earthlink.net
To: BSmith at law.capital.edu; sean at impactpolicymanagement.com; dschultz at gw.hamline.edu; law-election at uci.edu
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 09:57:33 -0700
Subject: Re: [EL] News21 analysis of voter fraud

I understand. It also is a dose of reality about politics and war. Both side call upon the deity to bless their efforts and justify their actions. In the face of such bi-partisan invocation it is reasonable to conclude that ultimately God will have more important things to do and leave the outcome to the guy with the most votes, or the biggest guns.Larry From: Smith, Brad [mailto:BSmith at law.capital.edu] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 9:53 AM
To: 'larrylevine at earthlink.net'; 'Sean Parnell'; 'David A. Schultz'; law-election at UCI.EDU
Subject: RE: [EL] News21 analysis of voter fraud Larry, I’m just saying to hear any political consultant/lawyer etc. make that statement will make people on the other side worry. That’s a non-partisan net about how people view partisanship! Bradley A. SmithJosiah H. Blackmore II/Shirley M. Nault   Professor of LawCapital University Law School303 East Broad StreetColumbus, OH 43215(614) 236-6317bsmith at law.capital.eduhttp://www.law.capital.edu/faculty/bios/bsmith.asp From: Larry Levine [mailto:larrylevine at earthlink.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 12:51 PM
To: Smith, Brad; 'Sean Parnell'; 'David A. Schultz'; law-election at UCI.EDU
Subject: RE: [EL] News21 analysis of voter fraud Ahh. You cast a partisan net. In homily #2 I didn’t assign any partisan identification to the God of Majority Rule. In the case of voter ID, God seems to be on the side of Republican controlled legislatures and governors’ mansions. I trust my Republican colleagues and friends can cite ample examples of instances in which God was on the other side. The homily, of course, was borne of the frequency with which the deity in evoked to justify the position or action of both sides of a debate.Larry From: Smith, Brad [mailto:BSmith at law.capital.edu] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 9:12 AM
To: 'Sean Parnell'; larrylevine at earthlink.net; 'David A. Schultz'; law-election at UCI.EDU
Subject: RE: [EL] News21 analysis of voter fraud In my experience, it’s the expression of ideas such as Larry’s Homily #2 (below) by Democrats such as Larry that send Republicans rushing to sign on to Voter ID laws. If you wanted to make any citizen worry about vote fraud by the other side, it would be hard to think of a better way than hearing a skilled operative of the opposite party say something like “God is on the side of the guy with the most votes. If you control the legislature and the governor’s office you can do whatever you damned well please.” But Larry’s Homily seems meant to channel his inner Madison: he shares the Great Little Madison’s concern that “parchment barriers against the encroaching spirit of power” will not stop the growth of government:  “experience assures us, that the efficacy of the provision has been greatly overrated; and that some more adequate defense is indispensably necessary for the more feeble, against the more powerful, members of the government. The legislative department is everywhere extending the sphere of its activity, and drawing all power into its impetuous vortex. “… An elective despotism was not the government we fought for… “… a mere demarcation on parchment of the constitutional limits of the several departments, is not a sufficient guard against those encroachments which lead to a tyrannical concentration of all the powers of government in the same hands.”  Bradley A. SmithJosiah H. Blackmore II/Shirley M. Nault   Professor of LawCapital University Law School303 East Broad StreetColumbus, OH 43215(614) 236-6317bsmith at law.capital.eduhttp://www.law.capital.edu/faculty/bios/bsmith.asp From: law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu [mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] On Behalf Of Sean Parnell
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 11:43 AM
To: larrylevine at earthlink.net; 'David A. Schultz'; law-election at UCI.EDU
Subject: Re: [EL] News21 analysis of voter fraud Alternately, while to ‘objective’ observers on the left it’s nothing more than an attempt to disenfranchise certain groups of voters, to this ‘objective’ observer it’s a reasonable effort to address a fairly minor concern, and hardly represents the first time elected officials and their ideological/partisan allies have chosen to spend a great deal of effort and time addressing fairly minor concerns. Choose your metaphor – gnats and sledgehammers, molehills and mountains, etc. Best, Sean ParnellPresidentImpact Policy Management, LLC6411 Caleb CourtAlexandria, VA  22315571-289-1374 (c)sean at impactpolicymanagement.com From: law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu [mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] On Behalf Of Larry Levine
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 11:30 AM
To: 'David A. Schultz'; law-election at uci.edu
Subject: Re: [EL] News21 analysis of voter fraud Several homilies pop to mind regarding the Republican push for voter ID, which to objective observers has been nothing more than an attempt to disenfranchise certain groups of voters right from the start.Homily 1 – You are entitled to your own opinion, but you are not entitled to your own facts.Homily 2 – God is on the side of the guy with the most votes. If you control the legislature and the governor’s office you can do whatever you damned well please and you can make up whatever facts you want to justify it.Larry From: law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu [mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] On Behalf Of David A. Schultz
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 7:30 AM
To: law-election at uci.edu
Subject: [EL] News21 analysis of voter fraud Hi all

An interesting analysis and study on voter fraud as well as a national database.  Several of us on this listserv are featured in the commentary and story.

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