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Michelle Malkin: 'We Are All Voter Fraud Police Now' (VIDEO)

Ryan J. Reilly | October 25, 2010, 2:30PM

Conservative pundit Michelle Malkin appeared on Fox News on Monday alongside anchor Megyn Kelly to discuss what Kelly called reports of "voter fraud on a massive scale with the intention of keeping Democrats in office."

Malkin seemed to be throwing her support behind anti-voter fraud efforts like the one started by the conservative website Pajamas Media and the effort by the website Election Journal, which includes an iPhone app.

"We are all voter fraud police now, and I think that the confluence between social media, citizen media and outlets like Fox News of course are making it more difficult for them to operate, but they are doing it any way because after all the modus operandi of these groups is by any means necessary," Malkin said.

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Topics: ACORN, Dick Armey, Megyn Kelly, Michelle Malkin, Tea Parties, voter fraud

voter fraud

Dick Armey: Many Dems Are Voting Early To Commit Voter Fraud (VIDEO)

Rachel Slajda | October 21, 2010, 6:13PM

After CBS News reported today that Democrats are showing strong numbers at early voting polls, FreedomWorks CEO Dick Armey offered his theory as to why: Those Dems are committing voter fraud.

Appearing on Fox News this afternoon, he told Neil Cavuto that Democrats vote early because there's "less ballot security," creating a "great opportunity" for fraud. He also claimed that such fraudulent early voting is "pinpointed to the major urban areas. The inner city."

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Topics: Dick Armey, voter fraud

History Lessons With Dick Armey: Tea Parties Predate Obama, Clarence Thomas Was 'Lynched'

Megan Carpentier | October 2, 2010, 3:00PM

Dick Armey, FreedomWorks chairman

Speaking to a largely unfriendly -- and often openly hostile -- audience at The New Yorker Festival's Tea Party panel on Saturday morning, former House Majority Leader and current FreedomWorks Chairman Dick Armey attempted to explain to those in attendance the true origins of the tea party and why so many people seem to be so angry right now. And, despite sharing the stage with Harvard history professor and author Jill Lepore, CNBC's Rick Santelli and Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY), he openly attempted to rewrite more than a little history to fit his preferred narrative.

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Topics: Americans For Prosperity, Anita Hill, Anthony Weiner, Clarence Thomas, Dick Armey, FreedomWorks, HAMP, J.C. Watts, Koch Industries, Rick Santelli, TARP , Taxes, Tea Parties, Teabaggers

voter fraud

Tea Party Groups Pick Up The Mantle of GOP's Bogus Voter Fraud Claims

Ryan J. Reilly | September 9, 2010, 10:50AM

Across the country, Tea Party groups are raising concerns ahead of the midterm elections about potential voter fraud -- a problem that most voting experts say has been exaggerated by the GOP in order to push for policies that suppress Democratic turnout. But to combat what they say is a major threat to the integrity of elections, many local sections of conservative organizations are setting up educational events, creating videos and preparing their members to serve as poll watchers and workers on election day.

Their concerns about illegitimate voters stealing the election have been ginned up by movement leaders like Dick Armey, who recently stated at a GOP event in California that he believes about three percent of the Democratic vote was not legitimate.

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Topics: Dick Armey, Tea Parties, Tea Party Patriots, Voting, voter fraud

Horace Cooper

Abramoff Scandal Figure Pleads Guilty To Hiding Gifts On Disclosure

Justin Elliott | April 7, 2010, 5:44PM

Horace Cooper

Former aide to Dick Armey and former Bush Labor Department official Horace Cooper plead guilty today to falsifying a disclosure report after accepting gifts from lobbyist Jack Abramoff in 2003.

"Cooper admitted that in 2003 he solicited and accepted gifts from Jack A. Abramoff and Neil G. Volz, former Washington lobbyists who had a client with business before the DOL. Cooper admitted he concealed his receipt of these gifts from DOL ethics officials and his supervisors," according to a Justice Department press release.

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Topics: Bush Administration, Department of Labor, Dick Armey, Horace Cooper, Jack Abramoff

Goldwater Institute

Group That May Bring Health-Care Lawsuit Is Backed By Big-Name Conservative Funders

Zachary Roth | April 7, 2010, 11:14AM

Gov. Jan Brewer (R-AZ)

A conservative think tank that's funded by several prominent backers of right-wing causes may bring a lawsuit over health-care reform on behalf of the governor of Arizona.

The Goldwater Institute has offered to bring the suit for free, and Gov. Jan Brewer is considering the offer, a spokeswoman for the institute told TPMmuckraker.

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Topics: American Enterprise Institute, Americans For Prosperity, Astroturf, Barry Goldwater, Cato Institute, DCI Group, Dan Quayle, Dick Armey, Federalist Society, FreedomWorks, Global Warming, Goldwater Institute, Health Care Reform, Heritage Foundation, Jan Brewer, Koch Industries, Terry Goddard

Virginia Thomas

Clarence Thomas's Wife Teams With Federalist Society Exec On New Conservative Lobby Group

Zachary Roth | March 15, 2010, 3:28PM

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and Virginia Thomas

The new conservative advocacy group launched by Virginia Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, has close ties to Washington's powerful conservative legal community.

As the Los Angeles Times reported over the weekend, Virginia Thomas recently created Liberty Central, a new lobbying group that seeks to tap into the grassroots energy unleashed by the Tea Party movement.

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Topics: Citizens United, Clarnece Thomas, Dick Armey, Federalist Society, John Roberts, Leonard Leo, Samuel Alito, Supreme Court, Tea Parties, Virginia Thomas

FreedomWorks

Armey Leaves Lobby Firm, Citing Negative Attention Brought by FreedomWorks

Zachary Roth | August 14, 2009, 4:16PM

Dick Armey, the former House Majority Leader, is leaving his job with top Washington lobbying firm DLA Piper, citing negative attention that the firm is receiving thanks to the role of Armey's corporate-backed outfit, FreedomWorks, in turning out protesters to shut down town hall meetings on health care.

In a Friday afternoon news dump, Armey, a committed anti-government extremist, gave Politico the following statement:

It is painful and frustrating to see a good, decent, able and effective partnership of honorable men and women and their clients attacked for things in which they are not involved simply because of their association with me. One would expect a higher degree of competence and professionalism from members of the media than spurious attacks on innocent bystanders.

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Topics: Astroturf, Dick Armey, FreedomWorks, Lobbyists