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We want the commander in chief. what's the difference? isn't the law meaningful? doesn't it mean something? doesn't the constitution mean something? i think we need to go back to a 101 constitutional law test or civics test for folks who are going to talk about that for everybody to understand that we are a society who believes in equal justice under the law, one person, one vote. if you get more than, more votes than your opponent you win. it's over. get over it and let's move forward. >> you think we could have a civics test for pundits and paid political speakers but not for voters? >> i th...

Speech, one of the convention's organizers was asked his response to this proposal. >> what do you think the message is when you're saying obama voters cannot pass a basic civics literacy test? it. >> well, you know, tom tancredo gave a fantastic speech last night. i think he's an amazing politician. >> amazing, yes. the tea party crowd that cheered the proposed return to literacy tests, literacy tests used for 70 years to keep black americans from voting, also hosted sarah palin as the event's keynote speaker. >> the republican party would be really smart to start trying to absorb as much of ...

Marbles, and had to get the number right. all of these questions were designed to keep blacks from voting. but what tancredo said is remarkable. if you're talking about literacy tests, are you saying those people did not have the right to exercise one person, one vote? i think it's part of using the buzz words literacy i think it's part of thinking of using the buzz words, literacy test, that implies blacks because blacks have been denied that right. i think tom tancredo needs to read the constitution and think about what he means because there are a lot of black, white, and brown citizens all...

Who talks about the constitution and rights. we want the commander in chief. what's the difference? isn't the law meaningful? doesn't it mean something? doesn't the constitution mean something? i think we need to go back to a 101 constitutional law test or civics test for folks who are going to talk about that for everybody to understand that we are a society who believes in equal justice under the law, one person, one vote. if you get more than, more votes than your opponent you win. it's over. get over it and let's move forward. >> you think we could have a civics test for pundits and paid p...

Put a committed socialist idealoge in the white house. the name is barack hussein obama. >> he's made a living out of this schtik for sometime. what is important here is that a suggestion like that would be greeted with cheers from an american crowd. hey, let's go back to the ways we used to keep black people from voting in this country. >> mostly because i think we do not have a civics literacy test before people can vote in this country. >> tom pancredo, what an idea. the crowd cheering the proposed return to literacy tests for voting. the day after the speech one of the convention's organiz...