Ex-GOP operative tells cautionary tale about 'how to rig an election'

What a way to win.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/22/rigging.election/index.html

Truly sad.

Abner

 

Aw, and Allen Raymond is so sorry about the fact that he's a felon and he thinks about it every day. More like it, he's not sorry about jamming the Democratic phone lines in New Hampshire, he's just damn sorry he got caught.

 

You want truly sad?

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/breaking/s_594742.html

 

I would say that both the republicans and obama have a lot to answer for in regards to their involvement with ACORN.

"Most hypocritically Republicans have been working with ACORN for years. Earlier today I posted a picture of John McCain at an ACORN rally. (Here is another one on the left.) According to a Miami-Dade Community College press release.

John McCain Wasn't alone among Republicans who have worked with ACORN. Texas Governor Rick Perry worked closely with the group.

- Gov. Rick Perry signed a bill that makes important changes in the use of contracts-for-deed, a form of home lending that withholds a title from buyers until they have fully paid their loan.

- Florida Governor Charlie Crist? He wasn't "bothered’ by ACORN FL registration efforts and even signed a voting rights bill promoted by ACORN. According to the Orlando Sentinel

- And according to Governor Crist's own website, Laura Goodhue, ACORN’s Florida policy director, and Travis Munnerlyn, an ACORN member, contributed to the agenda and presented for the Governor’s “H.O.P.E.” task force.

- Michael Bloomberg? He kissed ACORN’s New York leader while announcing an affordable housing plan. The scandalous moment was caught on film.
Arnold Schwarzenegger? According to the San Francisco Chronicle on 7/9/08, Arnold Schwarzenegger signed SB1137, a bill designed to help California homeowners avoid foreclosure.” He was joined by “members of community group ACORN, which helped draft the measure.

- Senator Mel Martinez even awarded a grant to ACORN:

According to the Times-Picayune on 10/3/03 the,

U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Mel Martinez recently announced that his agency has awarded grants to Xavier and Tulane universities as well as ACORN and the city of New Orleans. The money will be spent to remove lead, educate the public about the dangers of lead-based paint and support research.

- Even Mitt signed into law a bill supported by ACORN. According to the South Coast Today, Governor Mitt Romney signed a law that “cracked down on the practice of ‘loan flipping.’” The article notes state legislator John Quinn, who authored the bill, held “nearly two-years-plus of hearings and meetings” with ACORN and that ACORN supported the final bill.

http://oxdown.firedoglake.com/diary/707

Which party can I trust to take care of business. I have not decided who to vote for. I want to vote, but if I continue to hear baloney from both party candidates, I may stay at home in protest.

 

How does one get falsified or duplicate voter registrations? If the issue were primarily one of duplicate registrations, that problem could easily be solved by either (a) educating prospective voter registrants as to how to know if they're already registered and/or (b) doing a computerized merge and purge once you get back to the office.