Josh "Penal" Penry: Felons vote the Democratic ticket
Categories: Politics  josh penry.jpg "How can I woo the sex
offender vote?" Yes, it's the season for blustery rhetoric and
high-pressure posturing down at the statehouse.  But few stunts
can match, for sheer unintended hilarity, this recent blast from
Colorado Senate Republicans, denouncing a bill to restore voting
rights to state parolees as a conspiracy by Dems to stuff the
ballot boxes this fall.   Now, you could make a case for letting
parolees vote as part of a general philosophy of re-integrating
convicted felons into society. You could also make a pretty
strong argument against it; in most states, the right to vote is
one of those rights -- along with the right to a cell phone,
porn and a Twitter account -- that are stripped when you are
incarcerated, and not restored until you have completed all
aspects of your sentence. Why? Because a criminal has forfeited
certain freedoms and privileges through antisocial behavior,
that's why.  The local GOP's