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In N.C., GOPer Raises, Then Lowers, Voter Fraud Alarms
On June 5, less than thirty minutes before the North Carolina State Senate was scheduled to vote on a bill that would allow voters to register up until three days before an election (down from 25), the Republican state auditor sent out an email to legislators saying that he had "sensitive information" about voting irregularities. Lawmakers agreed to delay the vote.
So what was all the fuss about? His office's preliminary report had discovered tens of thousands of potentially invalid voters and nearly 400 votes by dead people, he announced. Clearly the scourge of voter fraud had hit North Carolina -- more registered voters could only logically mean more chances for fraud.
The Department of Justice also got into the act, writing (pdf) the board of elections about the state's voter list maintenance on April 18th. The letter seemed a precursor to other actions taken by the Civil Rights Division to force state's to purge voter rolls of illegitimate voters -- most notably in Missouri, where the Division lost its lawsuit.
But the director of the state election's board, Gary Bartlett, a Democrat, hit back, detailing in a 10-page letter how little the auditor, Less Merritt, appeared to understand election laws or process (e.g. those dead voters had voted by absentee ballot and then died before election day). Bartlett was similarly blunt in his response (pdf) to the Justice Department.
The auditor so far doesn't have an answer to Bartlett's response.
From today's Charlotte Observer:
State Auditor Les Merritt backed away Tuesday from the early findings of a review of North Carolina's voter rolls, telling lawmakers his office might find no irregularities at all."We'll eventually get to a correct, final report," Merritt said, "and that final report, it could very well say there isn't anything here, that everything's fine, we're doing a super job.
"I think we are really doing a diligent job," he added, "but we've still got some questions."
So much for widespread fraud. The state senate is scheduled to vote on that registration bill today.
But suspicions remain about why the efforts of the Justice Department and state auditor seemed to ramp up simultaneously -- and as the state legislature was considering a bill to expand voter registration.
For more on this, see the Institute for Southern Studies' blog, Facing South.
Comments (65)
parrot wrote on June 20, 2007 1:01 PM:Suspicions? Oh, you mean suspicions of a criminal conspiracy to void the Bill of Rights and the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution?! Pshah! That was last year...
whenwego wrote on June 20, 2007 1:12 PM:So a vague rewrite of somebody else's article (facing south) is muckraking now? This was co-published yesterday on Kos.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/6/19/165743/533
aimai wrote on June 20, 2007 1:14 PM:That guy isn't really named "Less Meritt" is he? I mean, the jokes just right themselves...if you find this kind of thing humorous.
aimai
POed Lib wrote on June 20, 2007 1:23 PM:YADFR
yet another dumb fuck repukeliscum
Mrs panstreppon wrote on June 20, 2007 1:23 PM:I have a question about the NC voter registration lists.
In his April 2006 letter to NC State Board of Elections Executive Director Gary Bartlett (link below), DOJ Voting Section Chief John Tanner requested the NC current voter registration list with names, addresses, SS#s, etc. even though NC had provided that same info in August 2006.
Was getting the NC current voter list part of another GOP scheme? By comparing the two lists of NC voters, the DOJ then has the names of all newly registered NC voters.
Is the DOJ going to use the NC list to identify potential fraudulent voter registration cases? I'm thinking about Schlozman's statement on 11/1/06 when he announced the indictment of the ACORN Four: "This national investigation is very much ongoing."
What is not as well known is that on 10/28/06, Senator Grassley demanded that ACORN answer 62 questons. From OMB Watch:
"...Grassley requested ACORN provide ACORN provide vast information in a searchable, electronic format within nine days, and many of his questions had no apparent relationship to the organization's voter registration activities..."
Has ACORN or any other left-leaning organization been active in NC recently?
Mrs P wrote on June 20, 2007 1:27 PM:BTW, Hans Von Spakovsky's replacement at the DOJ is Cameron P. Quinn. Quinn is or was an American Center for Voting Rights director.
Rusty wrote on June 20, 2007 1:33 PM:Wow. Mrs. P. You're on top of things again. That definitely sounds like an odd request. Especially when coupled with Meritt's odd behavior.
SC - fear
Rusty wrote on June 20, 2007 1:39 PM:These are not solid evidence - they are from our local A&E Mag, Independent Weekly and both hint at ACORN being at work in the State (best I could do in 5 minutes).
http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A43211
http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A37613
I'll see if I can find anything harder, these lead me to a "highly likely" response to your quirey.
Mrs P wrote on June 20, 2007 1:41 PM:Rusty, This story stinks.
From the Facing South story:
"...One issue won't go away: the role of Chris Mears, former political director of the N.C. Republican Party, and now a public affairs staffer at the auditor's office. In a private email, he had admitted the "fraud" allegations were raised to stop the same-day bill (even as the auditor's office formally declared they had "no position" on same-day registration)..."
Steve5117 wrote on June 20, 2007 1:45 PM:Mrs P
Remember back in March...
"White House Cites Lax Voter-Fraud Investigations in U.S. Attorneys' Firings"
Click my name for link
mo2 wrote on June 20, 2007 1:49 PM:I think that what is muckraking about this article is the rapidity of the Republican response. The speed at which the DOJ and Counsel to the President are able to respond to political activity is being shown to be a pattern. Who is orchestrating the pattern? And is this orchestration legal?
Contrast this ability with the people stranded in New Orleans for 4 days with NO DRINKING WATER - and we see a government that is working its ass off to gain and keep power, but ain't doing squat for the country.
Rusty wrote on June 20, 2007 1:51 PM:Looks like they have offices in Raleigh and Charlotte as well, and are hiring (which means they must be doing something). With the way this state is trending - which is a hard left, it wouldn't surprise me at all if this was a area of interest to the RNC. Off to read the Facing South story now.
Steve5117 wrote on June 20, 2007 1:57 PM:From the article:
"The GOP allegation, repeated in several swing states where voting margins have been narrow, is that Democrats have illegally ratcheted up their tallies by permitting ballots to be cast by felons, by residents without proper identification, or by people who forged signatures on absentee ballots"
So lets look at the Powerpoint presentation for the areas the Karl is concerned about, the swing states, and see who (DoJ) might be investigating what (any voter/election related issue).
The travails this administration are and will be encountering reminds me of the title of a book I read in college; Things Fall Apart.
Rusty wrote on June 20, 2007 2:02 PM:A bit more on this here, with a few more links...
http://wunc.org/news/Isaac-Hunters-Tavern
Mrs P wrote on June 20, 2007 2:05 PM:Steve, The GOP has been trying to make the case for awhile now that ACORN, ACT, the NAACP National Vote Fund and the AFL-CIO are acting in concert and nationally to intentionally register fraudulent voters, i.e. racketeering.
In the infamous Ohio Report submitted to Congress and the DOJ in March 2005, the American Center for Voting Rights included a civil RICO lawsuit against the ACVR et al as evidence of voter fraud.
The Ohio civil RICO lawsuit was funded by the Free Enterprise Coalition, a GOP front that spent almost $2.5 million on election-related legal expenses between 2004 and 2005. Alex Vogel, a major GOP operative, is one common denominator between the ACVR and the Coalition.
From the EAC's summary of the testimony of Jason Torchinsky, former DOJ Civil Rights Division attorney and ACVR Assistant Counsel:
"...P. 12 of the Ohio Report references a RICO suit filed against organizations regarding fraudulent voter registrations. Mr. Torchinsky does not know what happened in that case. He stated that there was a drive to increase voter registration numbers regardless of whether there was an actual person to register. He stated that when you have an organization like ACORN involved all over the place, there is reason to believe it is national in scope. When it is the same groups in multiple states, this leads to the belief that it is a concerted effort."
Torchinksy is now an associate with Alex Vogel's law firm. Holtzman Vogel PLLC.
A lot of the same names keep popping up in these voter fraud and voter intimidation stories: Mark "Thor" Hearne, Alex Vogel, Cameron Quinn, Dalton L. "Dale" Oldham, William M. Todd, etc.
Rusty wrote on June 20, 2007 2:17 PM:More slimey behavior from Mr. Mears in the WaPo...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/17/AR2006021701978.html
Basically, it is okay to organize help churches, but if you get blacks or poor people in the mix, it is fraud.
Rusty wrote on June 20, 2007 2:18 PM:More slimey behavior from Mr. Mears in the WaPo...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/17/AR2006021701978.html
Basically, it is okay to organize/help churches, but if you get blacks or poor people in the mix, it is fraud.
Leta wrote on June 20, 2007 2:18 PM:When they coughed up the info - they sent SS#'s - oh boy, the DOJ (Republican Party) has all the SS#'s of all the voters in NC - Chilling.
Which bring me to a story, I'm a successful business women in my state - buried in the red-ist of red counties - my name appears all over D donation lists - nationwide...yet, I got a call from the R party, asking if I wanted to attend a dinner w/GWB, cause they knew I was a good R - for as little as 5K. Now, this makes me very suspcious...if the DOJ (Rep Party) is gleaning SS#'s of voters through various strong arm tactics, they also could have easy access to those voters earnings - since I'm a + 6 figure taxpayer - business women - then the assumption that I'm an R would be easy to make...right? If the R Party would have done a search on my name, they'd of found...ding...ding...ding - I'm a devote D. IMHO this is about getting the SS#'s and using the voter fraud division and the DOJ to accomplish this task. Some voters in NC should file a suit against the state for giving the DOJ their SS#'s.
mo2 wrote on June 20, 2007 2:23 PM:The comma-delimited list of voters was to be sent to Robert Popper. About him:
http://www.epluribusmedia.org/features/2007/20070519_robert_popper.html
bjobotts wrote on June 20, 2007 2:33 PM:This is exactly the kind of activity one can expect more often if Spakovsky is appointed to the FEC. A constant disruption in voter affairs like screaming "Stop the recount" etc. He and Schlozman should be barred from ever holding public office again, not promoted
mo2 wrote on June 20, 2007 2:35 PM:The issues raised by the state auditor have all been previously dealt with. He should have known about dying before election day etc., so publicly causing an uproar about these issues is just incompetent on his part but it is disruption on the part of the DoJ because they know better but jumped on board anyway.
Mrs Panstreppon - 01:23 PM - click on her name to see a letter by John Tanner requesting SS#s be sent to Robert Popper. Looking for more about John Tanner led to this letter about voter suppression in Ohio:
Leta wrote on June 20, 2007 2:37 PM:http://freepress.org/columns/display/3/2005/1158
When they coughed up the info - they sent SS#'s - oh boy, the DOJ (Republican Party) has all the SS#'s of all the voters in NC - Chilling.
Which bring me to a story, I'm a successful business women in my state - buried in the red-ist of red counties - my name appears all over D donation lists - nationwide...yet, I got a call from the R party, asking if I wanted to attend a dinner w/GWB, cause they knew I was a good R - for as little as 5K. Now, this makes me very suspcious...if the DOJ (Rep Party) is gleaning SS#'s of voters through various strong arm tactics, they also could have easy access to those voters earnings, my earnings - since I'm a + 6 figure taxpayer - business women - then the assumption that I'm an R would be easy to make...right? If the R Party would have done a search on my name, they'd of found...ding...ding...ding - I'm a devote D. IMHO this is also about getting the SS#'s and using the voter fraud division and the DOJ to accomplish this task. Voters in NC should file a suit against the state for giving the DOJ their SS#'s.
To me the clear assumption was that the R machine knew how much I made and I had to be a good business Republican. Does this go deeper than we think? Is the political arm of the R Party, the DOJ not only supressing votes by the accusation of suppression of voters but as well gleaning some valuable information on voter identification and future fundraising efforts?
As a marketing professional, I can easily look at a guys income and make a very accurate assumption where he might be on the political map. Makes for easy and inexpensive target marketing. Are we just scratching the surface. There is no way in hell that the Republican Party could have EVER assumed that I was an R - the only they they could of assumed it, was by my income.
bjobotts wrote on June 20, 2007 2:41 PM:This is exactly the kind of activity one can expect more often if Spakovsky is appointed to the FEC. A constant disruption in voter affairs like screaming "Stop the recount" etc. He and Schlozman should be barred from ever holding public office again, not promoted
Leta wrote on June 20, 2007 2:45 PM:The issues raised by the state auditor have all been previously dealt with. He should have known about dying before election day etc., so publicly causing an uproar about these issues is just incompetent on his part but it is disruption on the part of the DoJ because they know better but jumped on board anyway.
When they coughed up the info - they sent SS#'s - oh boy, the DOJ (Republican Party) has all the SS#'s of all the voters in NC - Chilling.
Which bring me to a story, I'm a successful business women in my state - buried in the red-ist of red counties - my name appears all over D donation lists - nationwide...yet, I got a call from the R party, asking if I wanted to attend a dinner w/GWB, cause they knew I was a good R - for as little as 5K. Now, this makes me very suspcious...if the DOJ (Rep Party) is gleaning SS#'s of voters through various strong arm tactics, they also could have easy access to those voters earnings, my earnings - since I'm a + 6 figure taxpayer - business women - then the assumption that I'm an R would be easy to make...right? If the R Party would have done a search on my name, they'd of found...ding...ding...ding - I'm a devote D. IMHO this is also about getting the SS#'s and using the voter fraud division and the DOJ to accomplish this task. Voters in NC should file a suit against the state for giving the DOJ their SS#'s.
To me the clear assumption was that the R machine knew how much I made and I had to be a good business Republican. Does this go deeper than we think? Is the political arm of the R Party, the DOJ not only supressing votes by the accusation of suppression of voters but as well gleaning some valuable information on voter identification and future fundraising efforts?
As a marketing professional, I can easily look at a guys income and make a very accurate assumption where he might be on the political map. Makes for easy and inexpensive target marketing. Are we just scratching the surface. There is no way in hell that the Republican Party could have EVER assumed that I was an R - the only they they could of assumed it, was by my income.
modmom wrote on June 20, 2007 2:48 PM:Mrs P,
Would you please provide a link to Cameron Quinn's appointment as replacement. I googled but didn't find it. I believe one of your posts gave a March appointment date.
Anonymous wrote on June 20, 2007 2:50 PM:So a vague rewrite of somebody else's article (facing south) is muckraking now?
So TPM can't use the facts and write its own story?
Leta wrote on June 20, 2007 2:50 PM:When they coughed up the info - they sent SS#'s - oh boy, the DOJ (Republican Party) has all the SS#'s of all the voters in NC - Chilling.
Which bring me to a story, I'm a successful business women in my state - buried in the red-ist of red counties - my name appears all over D donation lists - nationwide...yet, I got a call from the R party, asking if I wanted to attend a dinner w/GWB, cause they knew I was a good R - for as little as 5K. Now, this makes me very suspcious...if the DOJ (Rep Party) is gleaning SS#'s of voters through various strong arm tactics, they also could have easy access to those voters earnings, my earnings - since I'm a + 6 figure taxpayer - business women - then the assumption that I'm an R would be easy to make...right? If the R Party would have done a search on my name, they'd of found...ding...ding...ding - I'm a devote D. IMHO this is also about getting the SS#'s and using the voter fraud division and the DOJ to accomplish this task. Voters in NC should file a suit against the state for giving the DOJ their SS#'s.
To me the clear assumption was that the R machine knew how much I made and I had to be a good business Republican. Does this go deeper than we think? Is the political arm of the R Party, the DOJ not only supressing votes by the accusation of suppression of voters but as well gleaning some valuable information on voter identification and future fundraising efforts?
As a marketing professional, I can easily look at a guys income and make a very accurate assumption where he might be on the political map. Makes for easy and inexpensive target marketing. Are we just scratching the surface. There is no way in hell that the Republican Party could have EVER assumed that I was an R - the only that they could of assumed that, was by my income.
Cowboy wrote on June 20, 2007 2:51 PM:Leta, odds are that the RNC has no access to your social security number.
My bet is that they probably have some microtargetting genius(es) who look at areas where people are likely making 6 figures plus; where they vote heavily R, and where they tend to give large sums to the national party. Maybe they even pull tax information from the DMV on vehicle type. They probably would be wise to match names up against DNC donor information, but as far as microtargetting goes, direct marketing techniques are advanced enough that other publicly available, or privately purchased information (e.g. magazine subscription information, mail order information, etc) can create a profile which equals "a person who is likely to give large sums of money to the RNC". In your case, it sounds like you defied the RNC's rough donor profile type. That happens, because those direct mail/phone calls solicitations are all about quotas and playing the percentages, not about getting a match right 10 times out of 10 (actually they're probably happy with a 1 out of 50 to 100 batting percentage--I'm guessing that they don't have $5,000 an hour attorneys placing those solicitation phone calls; probably just volunteers).
I'm also skeptical about the social security information being released because it would create too much liability for the RNC. If it's true, it would be a stupid move for them politically and an even worse decision from a legal and fundraising angle.
Mrs P wrote on June 20, 2007 2:51 PM:Let me add that if the DOJ were to file a criminal RICO lawsuit against ACORN et al, it would have a chilling effect on next year's election.
Not only would ACORN et al be enjoined from conducting vote registratin drives, the DOJ could use such a lawsuit to step up the number of "file maintenance" lawsuits.
We all remember what happened when the state of Florida purged its voter rolls of so-called felons.
It wouldn't matter to the DOJ so much if it lost a case against ACORN. The real purpose would be to tie ACORN's operations in knots in a long, drawn out, expensive lawsuit.
mo2 wrote on June 20, 2007 2:52 PM:How does one ask the IRS if they have been asked to supply information on certain SS#s to the DOJ? If the IRS helped the Republican Party target potential donors what can be done? Class Action Lawsuit on behalf of a state?
(I pay taxes to fund GOP fund-raisers!)
Rusty wrote on June 20, 2007 2:53 PM:Per the US Attorney efforts, there efforts of the DOJ seem to have been concentrated (by chance I am sure) in Republican battleground areas.
I wonder: 1. Would there be a public record of DOJ requested information (such as names SS# etc.)? If so, then where? 2. Would these requests overlay the political map in the same way as the previous DOJ efforts.
This scares me, I never really thought about the volume of info that could be mined by the DOJ and then sifted by the RNC.
Mrs Pnstreppon wrote on June 20, 2007 3:00 PM:modmom@June 20, 2007 02:48 PM - I did a TPM Cafe post about Cameron P. Quinn - link below. The only online reference to her being appointed to Von Sakovsky's position was in a 3/07 list of EAC Board of Advisors.
Someone who claimed to be an attorney in the DOJ Voting Section wrote to me and told me that Quinn was a woman and that she took Von Spakovsky's old job.
bjobotts wrote on June 20, 2007 3:02 PM:Be aware of posting problems here*************
Steve5117 wrote on June 20, 2007 3:02 PM:****************************** Don't hit post again after you get an error message because it probably posted anyway and will repost and still give you an error message*************** HEADS UP
Mrs. P I think there are now enough of "us", a cross section of American people using the internet to get news and information and to muckrake, vs "them", the AG and his political attack teams at DoJ, to prevent any more travisties of justice from occuring.
The precedence has been set by the administration to provide judges with briefs by lawyers on behalf of defendants, thus organizations not part of any DoJ cases can also weigh in with their opinions.
We must remain viligent since the WH seems not to care that we're on to their game. What have they to lose by continuing with their agenda?
It is the administration that has been operating an illegal enterprise and they need to pay the price.
Leta wrote on June 20, 2007 3:10 PM:When they coughed up the info - they sent SS#'s - oh boy, the DOJ (Republican Party) has all the SS#'s of all the voters in NC - Chilling.
Which bring me to a story, I'm a successful business women in my state - buried in the red-ist of red counties - my name appears all over D donation lists - nationwide...yet, I got a call from the R party, asking if I wanted to attend a dinner w/GWB, cause they knew I was a good R - for as little as 5K. Now, this makes me very suspcious...if the DOJ (Rep Party) is gleaning SS#'s of voters through various strong arm tactics, they also could have easy access to those voters earnings, my earnings - since I'm a + 6 figure taxpayer - business women - then the assumption that I'm an R would be easy to make...right? If the R Party would have done a search on my name, they'd of found...ding...ding...ding - I'm a devote D. IMHO this is also about getting the SS#'s and using the voter fraud division and the DOJ to accomplish this task. Voters in NC should file a suit against the state for giving the DOJ their SS#'s.
To me the clear assumption was that the R machine knew how much I made and I had to be a good business Republican. Does this go deeper than we think? Is the political arm of the R Party, the DOJ not only supressing votes by the accusation of suppression of voters but as well gleaning some valuable information on voter identification and future fundraising efforts?
As a marketing professional, I can easily look at a guys income and make a very accurate assumption where he might be on the political map. Makes for easy and inexpensive target marketing. Are we just scratching the surface. There is no way in hell that the Republican Party could have EVER assumed that I was an R - the only that they could of assumed that, was by my income.
Robin Boerner wrote on June 20, 2007 3:20 PM:I think that what is muckraking about this article is the rapidity of the Republican response. The speed at which the DOJ and Counsel to the President are able to respond to political activity is being shown to be a pattern. Who is orchestrating the pattern? And is this orchestration legal?
Contrast this ability with the people stranded in New Orleans for 4 days with NO DRINKING WATER - and we see a government that is working its ass off to gain and keep power, but ain't doing squat for the country.
Posted by: mo2
Date: June 20, 2007 01:49 PM
Thirty minutes before? Seven weeks to justify opening a complex investigition? Gary Guarino, Patriot Act Nelson Cohen's Civil Chief took three weeks to manage a call to my fiance's attorney after we were physically assaulted by a US Army minion in an effort to disrupt a federal lawsuit. A federal Civil Rights offense in itself. Then it was only to say that Nelson Cohen wasn't interested in opening an investigation or taking a stand.
Sounds like they are building a strong case for the Democrats that Bush gutted the Civil Rights Division in an effort to do SOMETHING. Protecting the public's Civil Rights better certainly isn't it.
Good job Brownie!
Billy Pilgrim wrote on June 20, 2007 3:24 PM:Check out BradBlog. Arkansas Senators Lincoln and Pryor come out supporting the Kennedy/Whitehouse demand of a DOJ investigation into the vote caging activities of Rove's protege Tim Griffin.
There have been prior convictions of Republicans for this type of activity. Because of that precedent, there could be more.
Robin Boerner wrote on June 20, 2007 3:38 PM:"DOJ investigation into the vote caging activities of Rove's protege Tim Griffin."
What sweet words...I wonder how long it takes to involve Turd Blossom himself? There is something about seeing the hubris, war profiteering, rolling back of Civil Rights, corruption and complete lack of integrity of the Bush Administration go down that makes me want to put down my cane and do the hamster dance. Hopefully there is enough of the America I used to know to take back.
God I hate corruption.
jeffgee wrote on June 20, 2007 3:44 PM:More disenfranchisement by the GOP. Bush and Gonzales used the DOJ for political gain. Why shold NC be any different? Jesse Helms hasn't been gone that long.
Jean Martin wrote on June 20, 2007 3:46 PM:With all this going on, it seems very possble that Bush and his party would spy on citizens, with no judicial oversight, for purely political reasons. After 6 years of everything being done for maximum political gain, which is to establish a permanent GOP majority, AKA Rove's Reich, spying secretly on citizens and Democratic candidates would fit the pattern.
Remember all of the laptops that have been stolen in the past 2 or 3 yrs.That should tell you how the ss#'s and all other information was obtained.
Jean Martin wrote on June 20, 2007 3:48 PM:Remember all of the laptops that have been stolen in the past 2 or 3 yrs.That should tell you how the ss#'s and all other information was obtained.
NC Voter wrote on June 20, 2007 3:53 PM:Thanks for covering this.
Your link to the "10 page letter" from NC elections chief Gary Bartlett to the republican state auditor Les Merritt (less merit) is incorrect and is going to Bartlett's 2 page letter to the DOJ.
You can read the NCSBOE 10 page letter here:
http://www.ncvoter.net/downloads/NCSBOE_10_Page_Response_Merritt.pdf
And it IS a must read.
I am still worried about what the DOJ might be up to. Much thanks should go to David Ingram, the Charlotte Observer reporter who broke this story after receiving the DOJ memo. He dug into it and he is the reason Les Merritt's involvement showed up. Also thanks to Facing South and also the folks at www.bluenc.com
Billy Pilgrim wrote on June 20, 2007 4:07 PM:Steve @June 20, 2007 03:02 PM
You're on the money. "We" the people using the internet are the last bastion of hope for the survival of our great experiment. We need to remain vigilant and blog on, because we're on track for becoming the WH's greatest tormenter.
The venom inherent in words used in the cause of truth will subdue the vilest of miscreants.
mo2 wrote on June 20, 2007 4:19 PM:BradBlog makes John Tanner out to be a good guy, a career guy, who was turned bad by the Purge Gang. Tanner should talk with Leahy and Fienstein committees.
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4649
"The Schlozman/Acosta/von Spakovsky crew put Tanner in there for that purpose so they wouldn't have to take the heat."
anonymous wrote on June 20, 2007 4:21 PM:I find it interesting that Mears, the GOP operative working in the NC auditor's office, is also a Regent University grad:
http://www.gwu.edu/~action/2004/bush/bushorgnc.html
Steve5117 wrote on June 20, 2007 4:33 PM:Howdy Pilgrim (ala John Wayne)
The internet puts a lot of information at our fingertips. Thankfully there are people like Mrs. Panstreppon who uncover and interpret information that gives us knowledge about the evil doings that have occured under Bush.
JNagarya wrote on June 20, 2007 6:11 PM:It appears the Civl Rights Division is still under the control of Bushit-appointed white supremacists, thus should be added -- beginning specificaly with this instance -- to the internal investigation which is ongoing.
It nothing else, it is politically deaf, or supremely arrogant, to continue subverting the law while being watched.
Anonymous wrote on June 20, 2007 6:57 PM:Who is orchestrating the pattern? And is this orchestration legal?
by: mo2
Date: June 20, 2007 01:49 PM**********************
Answer: Rove. Ralston says as much in her deposition.
The Oracle wrote on June 20, 2007 9:24 PM:In fact, she did a nice job of throwing him under the bus while maintaing her own balance against self incrimination.
The "culture of corruption" Republicans can't seem to stop themselves from corrupting our culture, our democracy, our electoral system, our Constitution, our Bill of Rights.
It's as if patriotic United States citizens are facing a flesh-eating, zombie army in the "culture of corruption" Republican Party of today.
ewastud wrote on June 21, 2007 3:01 AM:I am curious about the identity of Mrs. Panstreppon. I have suspected for some time it is a psuedonym for Melanie Sloan of the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). Is that speculation true? "Mrs. Panstreppon" seems to have a familiarity with law and knowledge of Washington most other people lack.
ewastud wrote on June 21, 2007 3:03 AM:I am curious about the identity of Mrs. Panstreppon. I have suspected for some time it is a psuedonym for Melanie Sloan of the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). Is that speculation true? "Mrs. Panstreppon" seems to have a familiarity with law and knowledge of Washington most other people lack.
ewastud wrote on June 21, 2007 3:05 AM:I am curious about the identity of Mrs. Panstreppon. I have suspected for some time it is a psuedonym for Melanie Sloan of the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). Is that speculation true? "Mrs. Panstreppon" seems to have a familiarity with law and knowledge of Washington most other people lack.
ewastud wrote on June 21, 2007 3:06 AM:I am curious about the identity of Mrs. Panstreppon. I have suspected for some time it is a psuedonym for Melanie Sloan of the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). Is that speculation true? "Mrs. Panstreppon" seems to have a familiarity with law and knowledge of Washington most other people lack.
ewastud wrote on June 21, 2007 3:08 AM:I am curious about the identity of Mrs. Panstreppon. I have suspected for some time it is a psuedonym for Melanie Sloan of the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). Is that speculation true? "Mrs. Panstreppon" seems to have a familiarity with law and knowledge of Washington most other people lack.
ewastud wrote on June 21, 2007 3:09 AM:I am curious about the identity of Mrs. Panstreppon. I have suspected for some time it is a psuedonym for Melanie Sloan of the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). Is that speculation true? "Mrs. Panstreppon" seems to have a familiarity with law and knowledge of Washington most other people lack.
ewastud wrote on June 21, 2007 3:10 AM:I am curious about the identity of Mrs. Panstreppon. I have suspected for some time it is a psuedonym for Melanie Sloan of the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). Is that speculation true? "Mrs. Panstreppon" seems to have a familiarity with law and knowledge of Washington most other people lack.
ewastud wrote on June 21, 2007 3:11 AM:I am curious about the identity of Mrs. Panstreppon. I have suspected for some time it is a psuedonym for Melanie Sloan of the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). Is that speculation true? "Mrs. Panstreppon" seems to have a familiarity with law and knowledge of Washington most other people lack.
ewastud wrote on June 21, 2007 3:14 AM:I am curious about the identity of Mrs. Panstreppon. I have suspected for some time it is a psuedonym for Melanie Sloan of the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). Is that speculation true? "Mrs. Panstreppon" seems to have a familiarity with law and knowledge of Washington most other people lack.
ewastud wrote on June 21, 2007 3:14 AM:I am curious about the identity of Mrs. Panstreppon. I have suspected for some time it is a psuedonym for Melanie Sloan of the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). Is that speculation true? "Mrs. Panstreppon" seems to have a familiarity with law and knowledge of Washington most other people lack.
ewastud wrote on June 21, 2007 3:16 AM:I am curious about the identity of Mrs. Panstreppon. I have suspected for some time it is a psuedonym for Melanie Sloan of the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). Is that speculation true? "Mrs. Panstreppon" seems to have a familiarity with law and knowledge of Washington most other people lack.
ewastud wrote on June 21, 2007 3:17 AM:I am curious about the identity of Mrs. Panstreppon. I have suspected for some time it is a psuedonym for Melanie Sloan of the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). Is that speculation true? "Mrs. Panstreppon" seems to have a familiarity with law and knowledge of Washington most other people lack.
ewastud wrote on June 21, 2007 3:18 AM:I am curious about the identity of Mrs. Panstreppon. I have suspected for some time it is a psuedonym for Melanie Sloan of the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). Is that speculation true? "Mrs. Panstreppon" seems to have a familiarity with law and knowledge of Washington most other people lack.
ewastud wrote on June 21, 2007 3:21 AM:I am curious about the identity of Mrs. Panstreppon. I have suspected for some time it is a psuedonym for Melanie Sloan of the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). Is that speculation true? "Mrs. Panstreppon" seems to have a familiarity with law and knowledge of Washington most other people lack.
JNagarya wrote on June 21, 2007 6:27 AM:It appears the Civl Rights Division is still under the control of Bushit-appointed white supremacists, thus should be added -- beginning specificaly with this instance -- to the internal investigation which is ongoing.
It nothing else, it is politically deaf, or supremely arrogant, to continue subverting the law while being watched.
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