Pa. lawmaker attacked for stolen vote story in support of voter ID

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Source: Philadelphia public radio WHYY

During the voter ID debate earlier this year, O'Neill said he'd once showed up at his Warminster polling place and found someone had already signed in and voted in his place.

After repeated calls about the incident, O'Neill changed his story, telling the Philadelphia Daily News there was once some confusion at his polling place, but that he'd been allowed to vote, and the problem was due to human error.

He said he'd felt pressured to tell the stolen vote story by fellow Republicans, and that he will correct the record when the Legislature returns this fall.

Read more: http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/homepage-feature/item/43705-state-rep-attacked-for-stolen-vote-story-in-support-of-voter-id?linktype=hp_topstory

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What? A Republican lied?

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. Feed them enough rope, and they will hang themselves.

[Coyotl]

8. Amidst the great fanfare they generate, attracting further attention to their criminal ways

The more publicity about the voter ID racial bias and swing-state focus the better.

It is time for the backlash to kick them in the ***

[elleng]

25. IF there's enough time.

[BlueJazz]

2. Good Grief...what the hell is it with Republicans ?? Do they just say whatever is convenient ?

For people that talk so much about "Values" (public and private), they continually show the world how dishonest they are...

My dog has more scruples than most repugs.

[Kolesar]

7. Is he gonna fake that he was attacked by a scary black Democrat?

Remember that girl who cut a backwards B into her face?

[leftyohiolib]

10. ashley todd is her name

[avebury]

3. K&R nt

[kemah]

4. The GOP can not win on the issues so it only has lies, fear, racism to use

When reality is against you, you have to rely on lies, fear, racism, and ignorance to win.

[AndyTiedye]

26. Most of the Time, That is All They Need

When reality is against you, you have to rely on lies, fear, racism, and ignorance to win.

[charmay]

5. Giving in to pressure to lie.

Typical republican behavior.

[abq e streeter]

6. "A Republican lied ? "....I am as deeply shocked as you are.

[rickford66]

9. the same thing happened to me

I live in a very red (and very poor area) area of New York. Most rethuglican candidates run un-opposed. I can't even put up a sign without it being torn down within 24 hours. Once when I showed up to vote, someone had already signed their name on my space and voted. It was obviously a different signature. The elderly ladies didn't bat an eye and had me sign somewhere else and I went into the old lever machine and voted.

[WinstonSmith4740]

11. "What? A Republican lied?"

I'm shocked. Shocked! (Here are your winnings.)

[DWinNJ]

12. I'm sure there are dozens of additional quotes

"We’re not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact checkers."
- Romney pollster Neil Newhouse

"My remark was not intended to be a factual statement"
- Senator Jon Kyl

[RVN VET]

13. "Oh," he says, "you caught me telling an untruth?

Well, since you caught me, let me assure you I'll take care of it sometime in the future. Next question."

Lying is such a part of the GOP psyche that their pols don't even blush when caught red-handed. Jebus, this fool even admits he was pressured into lying. So he's a freaking liar AND a craven little sissy boy besides -- and this is what the people of Pa. will return to office?

Excuse me, I feel my breakfast coming up.

[Mnpaul]

14. They are making that crap up in Mn as well

I had one try to claim that 10 people who had the address of a laundromat were vouched for and voted. I pointed out that you also need a recent utility bill from that address with you name on it. It was BS.

[Thinkingabout]

15. The repubs can't win elections so they are trying to invent voter fraud but without any proof.

They wanted proof of Obama's birth certificate, got and then cried forgery. Now they are crying voter fraud, they are losers. They are becoming a minority because of alienation of hispanic and blacks and with "smart" whites refusing to believe the lies the repubs their share is even less. They have the crazy Todd Akin type, they should be proud of their crazy members.

[Tab]

31. That's not it

The Republicans don't give a shit about voter fraud. What they do give a shit about is minimizing voter support for their opponent, and since minorities and poor tend to vote more Democrat, they want to suppress their vote. To have a voter ID means presenting a birth certificate or driver's license or something similar, but the poor don't usually have passports, may not have a birth certificate around, may not be able to get a replacement, may be in the city and not have a driver's license (or afford the insurance), and so forth. Thus, obtaining a voter ID puts a number of obstacles in their way, making it onerous to vote, which they believe benefits their candidate.

[Jack Rabbit]

16. This deserves a Renault . . .

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[wordpix]

17. "correct the record" - these corrupt lying Rs have a lot of corrections to do - in the Big House of

Corrections.

[bayareaboy]

18. This is why America needs ...

re-education camps. for lairs, RePUGs, and used car salesmen.

I mean a fib here or there, most of us do, but not as often as these RePUGs. It is good though that some of these lairs are once in while admitting their happy horse shit!

I still think that camps might be OK, although we would have to pay the correctional staff big money.

Can I spell slight sarcasm?

[RoccoR5955]

19. I wonder if his pants were on fire.

Generally when they lie, they can't remember their story. This is what this looks like.

[AC_Mem]

20. They open their mouths

And a lie falls out. If democrats lied like the repugs do, there would be widespread outrage. We need to call them out every single time!!!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

29. Nah, that's just them all the time, breathing. It's when their lips are moving. nt

[jerseyjack]

21. Another Republican lying piece of shit called out.

[hootinholler]

22. No republicans conspired to lie

He didn't do it all by himself, but was pressured to do it.

[donqpublic]

23. Republicans/Conservatives believe

the old adage, "If you aren't cheating, you're not trying hard enough."

Honest people believe something quite different. "If you have to cheat, you're not good enough to be there in the first place."

[BlueInPhilly]

24. Might be funny to you

but the problem is very real here in PA.

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32. The OP (me) is from Philly (note the Phillies icon)

So no, I don't think it's a bit funny.

[DallasNE]

27. Human Error Will Occur

Once I had an issue where at first it looked like someone had impersonated a voter but it only took several seconds to resolve what happened. It was a father/son issue where they had the same name. It turned out that one name was the last name on one registeration page while the other name was the first name on the next registeration page. When the first voter came in the Jr/Sr thing was missed so they signed on the wrong line. When the 2nd voter came it and had ID with a signature that didn't match it briefly caused a panic attack. I remember just staring at the page for a couple of seconds before paying closer attention and seeing the Jr/Sr thing, flipped the page and saw the 2nd name. That was a big relief, believe me. I obviously allowed that person to vote and I presume I wrote a note on the registeration page explaining the flip/flop.

[surrealAmerican]

28. What a coward!

"They told me to lie." is no kind of excuse.

[McCamy Taylor]

30. Liar, liar...

[JusticeForAll]

33. I hate seeing my hometown in the news like this

Especially when I live 3k miles away!

[yellowcanine]

35. If he would lie for Republicans he would likely lie for Jesus also.

With every lie it gets easier.