Wowie wow wow.

I hope someone will ask about the role of Missouri attorney Mark F. Thor Hearne, II who served as the Executive Director of the fraudulent American Center for Voting Rights nonprofit during the 2004 election cycle.

I really would like someone to ask about why Mr. Hearne received a significant payoff from then CIA Director Porter Goss in the form of a portion of Mr. Goss' waterfront estate in Sanibel, FL.

(Hint, check the Lee County, FL public records for transfers between Goss and "the Pillar Foundation" which is overseen by Hearne. Coincedentally the deal also involves the wife of Mark Andrews, who was a Swiftboat funder).

I'd like to hear some questions about how the American Center For Voting Rights and the lesser known Free Enterprise Coalition coordinated their efforts with Ken Blackwell and the Bush administration. Alex Vogel, top Republican op, managed the efforts of both entities.

$2.8 million was funneled through the FEC between 2004 and 2005. Robert L. Livingston, Mark Elam and Dalton Oldham and other Republican operatives were FEC officers and directors.

The FEC was behind a bogus lawsuit filed in Ohio against ACORN, the NAACP and the AFL-CIO, charging them with criminal wrongdoing in connection with their voting registration drives.

If I remember correctly, ACVR was was the only voting rights group to testify about election fraud during Bob Ney's hearings into the '04 election, held in Ohio in March 2005. The fact that the ACVR had only came into existence three days before it testified didn't bother Ney.

I'd also like to hear someone ask Ken Blackwell about his communications with William M. Todd who was then with Squire Sanders & Dempsey.

From Todd's SSD bio:

"...He serves as general counsel for the Ohio Chamber of Commerce, and its affiliated "issue advocacy" entity, Citizens for a Strong Ohio. He has served as counsel for numerous other groups involved in public information campaigns. Mr. Todd has been active in election law issues, particularly matters involving the federal Help American Vote Act and various state law issues. Mr. Todd served as litigation counsel in these election matters for groups such as the Free Enterprise Coalition, the American Center for Voting Rights and the Ohio Republican Party. In addition, he has been active in drafting legislation in both campaign finance reform and election law matters."