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kpete

(71,901 posts)
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 12:03 AM Sep 2012

Team Bush Paid Millions to Nathan Sproul—and Tried to Hide It - by Mark Crispin Miller

Team Bush Paid Millions to Nathan Sproul—and Tried to Hide It

by Mark Crispin Miller and Jared Irmas

All the payments by the RNC to Sproul add up to a whopping $8,359,161. Where did all that money come from? Why did the RNC suppress their real expenditures? And what exactly did Sproul do for all that pay?


In the months before the 2004 presidential election, a firm called Sproul & Associates launched voter registration drives in at least eight states, most of them swing states. The group--run by Nathan Sproul, former head of the Arizona Christian Coalition and the Arizona Republican Party--had been hired by the Republican National Committee.

Sproul got into a bit of trouble last fall when, in certain states, it came out that the firm was playing dirty tricks in order to suppress the Democratic vote: concealing their partisan agenda, tricking Democrats into registering as Republicans, surreptitiously re-registering Democrats and Independents as Republicans, and shredding Democratic registration forms.

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It seems that Sproul did quite a lot of work for the Republicans. Exactly how much did he do? More specifically, how much did the RNC pay Sproul & Associates?

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The documents also suggest that the RNC may have changed the dates of nine payments to suggest expenditures in 2005, thereby shifting focus from the 2004 election.


good STUFF, yeah!
http://baltimorechronicle.com/070505Miller-Irmus.shtml
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Team Bush Paid Millions to Nathan Sproul—and Tried to Hide It - by Mark Crispin Miller (Original Post) kpete Sep 2012 OP
interesting Liberal_in_LA Sep 2012 #1
The Repubs are corrupt....n/t Vadem Sep 2012 #2
The Republican Party is a party of evil outlaws Berlum Sep 2012 #3
K&R..thanks kpete! Cha Sep 2012 #4
wow hrmjustin Sep 2012 #5
Sproul was big in Ohio 2004 Botany Sep 2012 #6
So the RNC has gone "net 180" on payables - interesting Mopar151 Sep 2012 #7
Satan is the head of the republican party Angry Dragon Sep 2012 #8
Independent prosecutor time against Sproul and the Republicans NBachers Sep 2012 #9
I think there should be a RICO investigation. dmr Sep 2012 #10
+1 uponit7771 Sep 2012 #11
Oh, please. Le Taz Hot Sep 2012 #12
+1 progressoid Sep 2012 #13

Berlum

(7,044 posts)
3. The Republican Party is a party of evil outlaws
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 12:15 AM
Sep 2012

as the demonstrate again and again and again. They represent a grave threat to America with their degenerate morals, ethics, and practices.

As every decent human being can clearly see.

Botany

(70,291 posts)
6. Sproul was big in Ohio 2004
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 01:21 AM
Sep 2012

When many people came to register new voters in Ohio some as "America Coming Together"
Sproul and Associates dressed up some people as "Move America Forward" and took voter registrations
but they pitched all democratic registrations. I know because they were active in Columbus, OH around college
campuses. Sproul and Associates were also paid for some kind of work after the 2004 election in
Ohio having to do with the recount.

The republicans know who and what they are getting w/ Sproul.

Mopar151

(9,965 posts)
7. So the RNC has gone "net 180" on payables - interesting
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 01:24 AM
Sep 2012

Or payment was contingent on performance....

NBachers

(17,007 posts)
9. Independent prosecutor time against Sproul and the Republicans
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 01:53 AM
Sep 2012

Now, this is what real journalism looks like

dmr

(28,321 posts)
10. I think there should be a RICO investigation.
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 01:54 AM
Sep 2012

Clearly, this is just the tip of mass corruption.

It's a national threat to our National Security, too, imho.

Le Taz Hot

(22,271 posts)
12. Oh, please.
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 05:37 AM
Sep 2012

Holder cannot POSSIBLY bust MM dispensaries AND look into registration fraud too! There ARE priorities you know!

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