Obama Attacks Soldiers' Votes?

http://aclj.org/us-constitution/oppose-obama-lawsuit-against-military-voting-rights

http://factcheck.org/2012/08/obama-not-trying-to-curb-military-early-voting/

I've ready a good number of articles about this issue, but the best one is the one from FactCheck.org. While an obviously left-leaning site, I've found their analyses of political issues to be full of facts which the reader can use to draw her own conclusions. And boy, have I!

First of all, I can't fathom any real reason for the Obama campaign to even bother with the time and expense of opposing the Ohio law extending in-person voting for military personnel by three days. Federal law provides for 32 days during which voters may cast their votes in person at approved locations, with the cutoff being the Friday before the election. The Ohio law extends this for the military through the Monday before. This adds a little flexibility for military folks, whose schedules are already tightly regimented and largely determined by the needs of the government.  The Obama campaign filed an injunction blocking implementation of the law, claiming it creates a separate class of voters in Ohio.

Well, here's where things get nasty. The Romney campaign immediately jumped on the lawsuit, claiming that Obama is trying to limit the voting rights of the military. (Not true, since the suit is merely trying, they claim, to restore equal voting rights to all people regardless of military status.) Liberals, in turn, immediately seized on the condemnation as yet another example of Romney outrightly lying in order to buy votes. (True, as far as I can tell. Romney changes positions more often than a temple prostitute.) The issue is still fresh, but I'm sure this sandlot brawl will devolve even further into partisan bickering.

Here's my conclusions.  Ohio is merely exercising her Constitutional rights to conduct state affairs, and the Obama lawsuit is baseless. Romney is a liar who will do anything to get votes. Extremist commentators like Rachel Maddow, Keith Olbermann and Rush Limbaugh should be lobotomized.

Worst election season ever! It makes 1988 look like a tea social.