Change You Can Believe In!

You mean when Bush had Gonzales fired 8 US attorneys, who I believe all serve at the leisure of the president?

And as I recall, the allegations were that some of the attorneys were fired because they were failing to investigate or aggressively pursue voter-fraud cases. And this is “voter suppression” how? Seems like just the opposite.

If it had been Panetta and Reno that did what Rove and Gonzales did</i

Are you for prosecuting real voter suppression?

Sure I am. But not the voter suppression that only exists in your head. The ones where there is actual. documented evidence that voter fraud is occurring. Like the example above.

In a confidential internal memorandum obtained by Face The State (PDF), the Colorado Democracy Alliance outlines a roster of “operatives” who worked for Democratic victory in the 2006 general election. The document outlines specific tasks for various members of the state’s liberal infrastructure, including a campaign to “educate the idiots,” assigned to the state’s AFL-CIO union. Among the operation’s intended targets: “minorities, GED’s, drop-outs.”

Why do minorities tend to vote Democrat? Apparently, it’s because they’re idiots. Just ask Colorado Democrats.

So voter fraud is just another tool in the Progressive toolbox, eh? And it’s justified in your eyes because “the other side does it!”.

You know, in Ohio, the Democrats are doing both: registering nonexistant voters (as noted above) as well as suppressing real ones.

Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner has a reputation as the most partisan state official in Ohio. And she works hard to earn it. The Democrat’s latest stunt rejected absentee ballots for thousands of Republicans.

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Two Hamilton County voters have sued, accusing her of “the disenfranchisement of thousands of voters.”

The John McCain campaign sent out more than 1 million applications for absentee ballots to Republicans. Each had a line at the top next to a box: “I am a qualified elector.”

Brunner sent a memo telling county election officials to reject those applications for absentee ballots if the box was not checked. “Failure to check the box leaves both the applicant and the board of elections without verification that the applicant is a ‘qualified elector’,” she wrote.

But that’s contrary to state law and Brunner doesn’t have the authority, according to the lawsuit and an opinion from Hamilton County’s Republican Prosecutor Joe Deters.

Ohio law allows voters to request an absentee ballot on the back of a grocery sack if they want to, as long as they include their name, address, date of birth, signature and either a driver’s license number, last four Social Security numbers or a valid picture I.D.

There is nothing in the law about checking a box to verify a qualified voter. The voter’s signature is enough, because that’s what is checked to send ballots, said Hamilton County Clerk of Courts Greg Hartmann, who ran against Brunner in 2006 and is now county chairman for the McCain-Palin campaign. “It’s just bald partisanship,” he said. “She’s trying to disqualify likely McCain voters.”

It’s all in the service of bring the The One to power, so it’s OK, right?

So the Michigan Secretary of State reports “a sizeable number of duplicate and fraudulent applications”, with the majority of them coming from the group ACORN. An investigation is started.

But that’s just a smear. Right. Like an ad about Obama’s ties to unrepentant domestic terrorist Bill Ayers is just a smear.

The story also noted that “In recent years, ACORN’s voter registration programs have come under investigation in Ohio, Colorado, Missouri and Washington, with some employees convicted of voter fraud.”

Yep, it’s all just a smear.

I guess “smear” has become the new “swift-boat”, which is defined as “uncomfortable truths for Democrats”.

Fixed. Because cons have been whining for as long a I have been alive and will continue to whine. That’s what they do, that’s who they are. Meanwhile, if everything goes according to plan, America won’t have to listen to the whines because they will be out of power in the Oval Office as well as Congress, maybe even with a filibuster proof majority in the Senate. A fella can dream, can’t he?

I love it. Conservatives are already laying the ground work for the whine fest that will commence on Nov 5 and last, if Obama wins reelection, about 8 years.

You know, Dennis, couldn’t you hold it in for one more month, at least? If not for us, for your own sake. Eight years is a long, long time to sit around with poop in your diapers. You should enjoy this time while you can.

So, you’re saying that if there was a photograph of Palin in a hotel, then it would be credible?

Oh wai

Dave, the ACORN smear has gotten no traction. NONE WHATSOEVER. Put it on the shit-pile of failure together with Wright/Rezko/Ayres etc.

President Barack Obama. Learn to love it.

Palin should’ve just told Katie Couric that she was shot at while in Iraq and that her helicopter was ‘forced down’ while in Afghanistan, then you guys would obviously have no problem with anything else she said.

Thanks for setting me straight on this, Dave in SoCal. All this time I thought Sarah Palin was an ignorant fraud and scary right wing religious nut and that John McCain was an angry old man drooling for power like a fruit bat with rabies, willing to flail about however he could merely to win the day’s news cycle.

But it was the media the whole time.

You sound like you know a lot. Do you also read all the newspapers like Governor Palin does?

Let’s compare the two Enquirer stories, shall we?

Palin:

Hanson family insider, Jim Burdett, has gone on the record and passed a rigorous polygraph test, revealing de­tails of the affair to The NATIONAL ENQUIRER in a world exclusive interview.

Burdett is a former brother-in-law of Hanson’s estranged wife Carolyn’s brother, Craig Batton, and still speaks with many family members.

“I’ve known about Brad having had an affair for a long time, but it wasn’t until just recently that I learned his affair was with Sarah Palin,” Burdett told The NATIONAL ENQUIRER.

Wait, this star witness is the former (Former? For how long?) brother-in-law… of Hanson’s… wife’s… brother. Just how many links away from the actual family is this guy? And his proof? Well he knew that Brad had an affair. but just found out (maybe from one of those 30 Democratic operatives in Wasilla offering cash for dirt on Palin) that… GASP! it was Palin all along!

Edwards:

The Enquirer has photos of Edwards meeting clandestinely with Rielle Hunter in an LA hotel.

In recent years, ACORN’s voter registration programs have come under investigation in Ohio, Colorado, Missouri and Washington, with some employees convicted of voter fraud.

Next stop on the ObamaNation Voter Fraud Tour: Michigan!

Bad voter applications found – Clerks see fraudulent, duplicate forms from group

Several municipal clerks across the state are reporting fraudulent and duplicate voter registration applications, most of them from a nationwide community activist group working to help low- and moderate-income families.

The majority of the problem applications are coming from the group ACORN, Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, which has a large voter registration program among its many social service programs. ACORN’s Michigan branch, based in Detroit, has enrolled 200,000 voters statewide in recent months, mostly with the use of paid, part-time employees.

“There appears to be a sizeable number of duplicate and fraudulent applications,” said Kelly Chesney, spokeswoman for the Michigan Secretary of State’s Office. “And it appears to be widespread.”

Chesney said her office has had discussions with ACORN officials after local clerks reported the questionable applications to the state. Chesney said some of the applications are duplicates and some appear to be names that have been made up. The Secretary of State’s Office has turned over several of the applications to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

They gotta hurry up and get the voting done before that pesky ACORN investigation has a chance to ruin The Obamessiah’s chances in Ohio.

Cuyahoga board probes ACORN voter registration drive

A national organization that conducts voter registration drives for low-income people has curtailed its push in Cuyahoga County after the Board of Elections accused its workers of submitting fraudulent registration cards.

The board is investigating the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. Results of the inquiry could be turned over to the county prosecutor.

Board employees said ACORN workers often handed in the same name on a number of voter registration cards, but showing that person living at different addresses. Other times, cards had the same name listed, but a different date of birth. Still another sign of possible fraud showed a number of people living at an address that turned out to be a restaurant.

Republicans try to stop voting fraud. Again.

There, fixed it for you, Oliver.