Oh, this is rich. TheHill.com is reporting that Texas Congressman Gene Green is going to require photo identification for anyone who wants to attend his town hall meetings.

Has anyone told Congressman Green that his constituents don't need photo i.d. to vote for him?

That obvious piece of tragic irony aside, who does Congressman Green think will show up at his town hall, exactly? What good will it do to have people show identification - are they being accused of not being who they say they are? Oh, wait, I know. He's like Congressman Doggett, and can't fathom that people from his entire district would show up at one town hall, and mistakes them for other congressional constituents.

Utter foolishness. Green is attempting to dissuade folks from showing up at his town halls. But everyone knows, Grandma, Uncle Alphie, and Aunt Sophie all have legal identification (after all, they have to DRIVE to get to the town hall meeting, and one assumes that to DRIVE they have state-issued DRIVERS LICENSES with PHOTO identification on them). What will having legal identification prove to Congressman Green about these people? Really nothing more than that they are citizens who are concerned enough to show up.

I mean, we wouldn't want to to assume that Congressman Green is requiring photo i.d. so he can collect information on attendees. Surely, nothing like that.

Apparently, individuals petitioning for redress must be held to a higher standard than those wishing to vote in the eyes of Democrat Gene Green.