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Tue Nov 03, 2009 at 01:35:49 PM EST
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The right isn't waiting for the election to end before they start making excuses for why they might lose. In the Wall Street Journal yesterday, John Fund kept up the drumbeat of ballot fraud:The race for governor in New Jersey is so close in final polls that it may well end up in a recount -- the 1981 election did and was decided by less than 1,800 votes. If there is a recount, you can bet disputes about absentee ballots will loom large. Moreover, if serious allegations of fraud emerge, you can also expect less-than-vigorous investigation by the Obama Justice Department -- which showed just how seriously it takes such allegations when it walked away from an open-and-shut voter intimidation case against the New Black Panther Party in Philadelphia earlier this year.
Plenty of reasons exist for suspecting absentee fraud may play a significant role in tomorrow's Garden State contests. Groups associated with Acorn in neighboring Pennsylvania and New York appear to have moved into the state. An independent candidate for mayor in Camden has already leveled charges that voter fraud is occurring in his city. Meanwhile, the Democratic Party in New Jersey is taking advantage of a new loosely written vote-by-mail law to pressure county clerks not to vigorously use signature checks to evaluate the authenticity of absentee ballots, the only verification procedure allowed. Pick your poison, is what he's saying. No way that Democrats can be elected without some brand of shananigans. And as for Fund raising either intimidation or fraud, it's unintended irony, given that party's history. For him, just toss in a few scare-words - ACORN, Black Panthers - and you can begin to try and delegitimize an election before it even happens. The echo chamber is already tossing these rumors around on Twitter, and Rush Limbaugh is already talking fraud on his show today.
It's not surprising to see a huge increase in "absentee" ballots now. We have a new balloting law that makes it easier to vote from home. All of the campaigns have been focusing resources into letting people know that their voting options are increased and how to successfully vote that way. Both sides. You'd think Fund and the Wall Street Journal would be pleased with efforts to increase the civic engagement of fellow Americans.
If Christie wins, expect no howling of skullduggery in this race. If Corzine wins, well, they've already put their people on notice - with not one scrap of evidence - to say Corzine cheated.
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Wed Oct 28, 2009 at 11:00:00 AM EDT
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What a star studded lineup in Morristown this weekend as they'll hold yet another tea party:Rep. Joe Wilson, who gained fame for heckling President Obama with the words "you lie" while Obama spoke about health care to a joint session of Congress last month, will join a rally Sunday in Morristown. Famous or infamous? Either way, he'll be joined by another fox news icon:Other speakers at the rally Sunday morning at George Washington's headquarters in Morristown include the "ACORN pimp," James O'Keefe of Westwood. O'Keefe posed as a pimp with a prostitute who visited offices of the community group ACORN with a hidden video camera. But the question isn't who is attending, but rather who may not be there:Wilson is expected to speak around 11:30 a.m. before attending a private fund-raiser, Weingarten said. Wilson's office confirmed the visit was planned.
Weingarten said Christie has not agreed to appear "even though he's only going to be half a mile away" on Sunday. Christie's campaign did not immediately respond to a call for comment. There's a nice contrast. While Democrats hold events with President Obama, the Acorn Pimp and Congressman You Lie will rally the GOP base. And Christie will turn his back on them while they do it, instead attending a private fundraiser under a mile away.
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Tue Sep 22, 2009 at 10:23:31 PM EDT
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Representative Frank LoBiondo wisely has saved a million dollars in his campaign fund and broken his 1994 term limits pledge so that he could grant us the benefits of his wisdom without fear of the consequences. Years of fighting in Congress, with his special role in overseeing the Coast Guard's Deepwater Project, has brought him the hard-earned experience to know what to do when faced with corruption and incompetence. The results...
LoBiondo has co-sponsored H.R. 3571, which reads:
To prohibit the Federal Government from awarding contracts, grants, or other agreements to, providing any other Federal funds to, or engaging in activities that promote certain indicted organizations.
Now, Frank LoBiondo's no dummy. He knows that crooked contractors won't give up their money easily. That's why he and his Republican friends chose the name "Defund ACORN Act," to throw everyone off the scent. You see, even if ACORN stole every cent it was granted in the last decade, it wouldn't even make the top thirty list of contractor misconduct. And, as Lobiondo and we all know after the AGI bonus outrage, a Bill of Attainder aimed at punishing specific people or companies is unconstitutional. So who will LoBiondo defund with his new rules?
Here's one: Lockheed-Martin, in the past a big supporter of LoBiondo, is responsible for $577 million in misconduct in 50 separate cases according to POGO's Federal Contractor Misconduct Database .
It's too bad Representative Alan Grayson figured out that so many crooks would be caught in LoBiondo's net. Feel free to add to his google spreadsheet of contractor abuse so that Grayson can file the list of crooked contractors in the legislative history.
I'm sure my interpretation of LoBiondo's intentions is accurate. After all, it's not possible that Frank LoBiondo only cares about fraud by a non-profit that helps poor people of color?
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Sun Oct 19, 2008 at 12:35:42 AM EDT
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Bob Bauer, general counsel for the Obama campaign, sent a letter to Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey and Special Prosecutor Nora R. Dannehy, who is investigating the attorney firings, requesting that Ms. Dannehy also look into the whether F.B.I. investigations of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or Acorn, were politically motivated.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes...
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Fri Jul 11, 2008 at 08:15:00 AM EDT
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If you haven't already heard of Half in Ten, hopefully you will soon. Picking up where his presidential campaign left off, Senator John Edwards, together with ACORN, the Center for American Progress Action Fund, the Coalition on Human Needs, and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, has launched a campaign whose goal is as ambitious as it is simple: to reduce poverty in the United States by 50 percent within 10 years. The plan goes something like this:(1) Elevate and sustain a focus on the situations facing the poor and middle class today
(2) Build and strengthen an effective constituency to demand legislative action on poverty and economic mobility
(3) Advance specific legislative and policy proposals that will deliver real benefits to struggling American families There really is no reason the richest nation on earth can't achieve these goals. We have more than enough money. It's just a matter of political will, adjusted priorities, and a commitment to get it done.
Edwards will be in Newark today as part of a national tour to promote the Half in Ten campaign, and to join the call for a hike in New Jersey's minimum wage. He'll be visiting the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, which has been described as a "think and do tank" with a focus on urban research and advocacy to the advancement of New Jersey's urban areas and residents. (And, luckily for me, it's conveniently located just steps from my office - so, I should be able to drop in at lunchtime and report back later this afternoon.)
So - is there anything you want me to ask him?
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