David Ortez

Conservatives are creative when it comes to spinning issues; I have to give them credit for that. In light of the newest crisis to hit America, the Auto Industry is on the brink of collapse and the right wing pundits have released the newest memo with the culprit for this mess.

It turns out that the reason why GM, Chrysler and Ford are in this crisis is because of the United Auto Workers Union. What did these folks do that sparked this mess?

They fought to maintain wages and benefits for the workers that mass-produce the vehicles that the Big 3 sells.

This latest excuse for why the Big 3 are in a dire situation is laughable at best.

I mean come on … really the reason why the Big 3 are in a bad situation is because of the workers?

The Republican Party will go down in history as the party that concocts unique and clever ways to steal elections. In 2000, they made ballots confusing in Florida and targeted blacks by labeling them as felons so they would be denied voting privileges. In 2004, they moved to Ohio and New Mexico where they targeted minority heavy regions where they handled out provisional ballots to give President George Bush a temporary victory. That is until later on in the week when they discovered that John Kerry had actually won but who cares, right?

So in 2008, they have moved their operations to Michigan and other areas devastated by home foreclosures. Ready for their plan? Their strategy is to challenge and thus deny voters who have had their homes foreclosed to vote in their precinct.