October 21, 2012

Should Obama expose the rampant GOP election fraud during tomorrows debate?

This is just within the past few days, becoming much more widely known, and
talked about; and it IS most definitely an issue that is crucial to having a viable
authentic democratic form of governance in the US of A.

I'd love to see some payback for how ACORN was drummed out of existence for
nothing, for a few trifling and unintended pranks like some idiot writing in Mickey
Mouse and ACORN not catching it in time before it was turned in. minor stuff.

This GOP ELECTION FRAUD HOWEVER IS PREMEDITATED AND DELIBERATE
these are not petty crimes, they are FELONIES, and this goes all the way up to the
GOP chain of command, straight to the Republican National Committee itself.

If Obama doesn't bring this up, who will? Who else has a bully enough pulpit to
do so, to shut down this travesty before we have a replay of 2000 and 2004 on our
hands?

3rd GOP Operative caught trashing Dem Voter Reg. Forms, Local Authorities NOT investigating
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251161075

GOP Voter Registration Scandal Widens, Prosecutors File Criminal Charges
A Virginia official is busted for tossing voter forms. Turns out he works for the national party, too.
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/gop-voter-registration-scandal-widens-prosecutors-file-criminal-charges

October 21, 2012

3rd GOP Operative caught trashing Dem Voter Reg. Forms, Local Authorities NOT investigating

Third instance of voter registration dumping found in Virginia
By David Ferguson
Friday, October 19, 2012 14:24 EDT

A third instance of fraudulent voter registration has been uncovered in the important swing state of Virginia, where a Republican consultant has been arrested and thousands of discarded voter registration forms were recovered from a dumpster earlier this week. According to the Not Larry Sabato blog, a law student at James Madison University registered to vote on campus, but found when she tried to verify the change online, found that her form had never been submitted.

On Thursday, Raw Story reported that 31-year-old Colin Small, a Republican operative employed by Pinpoint, a firm contracted by Republican Party of Virginia, was arrested and charged with “four counts of destruction of voter registration applications, eight counts of disclosure of voter registration application, and one count of obstruction of justice” for throwing active voter registration forms into a dumpster.

Not Larry Sabato blogger Ben Trippett wrote that 2 to 3 weeks ago, a woman, identified only by her first name, Lucy, attempted to update her voter registration at a table on the campus of James Madison University.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/10/19/third-instance-of-voter-registration-dumping-found-in-virginia/


Virginia AG won’t investigate GOP worker who dumped voter registration forms
By Jonathan Terbush
Sunday, October 21, 2012 15:48 EDT

The Virginia State Board of Elections announced Friday that it will not ask the state’s attorney general to investigate the Republican operative accused of tossing out eight completed voter registration forms, rejecting Democratic-led efforts at a full investigation into the alleged tampering.

State Senator and chairman of the Senate Democratic Caucus Donald McEachin had called for a complete investigation of the incident, in which 31-year-old Colin Small is accused of deliberately discarding valid voter registration forms.

“This is simply too serious an issue,” McEachin said in a statement. “Voting is the bedrock of our democracy and we, as Virginians, deserve to know exactly what happened, how widespread the abuse and under whose orders, if any, the individual in question acted.”

et the board decided not to request a formal investigation by Republican Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, leaving the matter up to local authorities. A spokesman for Cuccinelli’s office told the Washington Post that the attorney general could only review the case if the State Board of Elections asked him to do so.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/10/21/virginia-ag-wont-investigate-gop-worker-who-dumped-voter-registration-forms/

October 20, 2012

"Bain-Controlled Company Owns 2012 Voting Machines"

It would appear that Romney already "owns" your vote.

WTF are we doing about this?

Is Holder and Team Obama onto this?

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October 18, 2012

Did ANYONE see this coming? Citizens United lets CEOs tell their workers how to vote!!

A labor specialist on Thom Hartman explains about how this practice HAD BEEN ILLEGAL
EVER SINCE 1970's, and how CITIZENS UNITED CHANGED ALL THAT, so that it is now
entirely legal.
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And now guess who's been out there taking FULL advantage of this new perk for
GOP/1%'s bought/$old politicians? You guessed it. Gov. Rmoney is. So as not
to duplicate, here is another DU OP on that subject, with an audio of Mitt talking
this up on the campaign trail. Mitt does this at very end of this 30 minute audio
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=269981

OR

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Did anyone even see this coming? I hadn't heard anything about this practice, of
employers telling workers how to vote "if they'd like to keep their jobs". JEEE_sus!!
.. This is the first I've heard of this. Did I miss something? This is really not
good.

October 17, 2012

I loved how Obama waited until JUST the perfect moment

to drive home the 47% issues during his closing remarks, so
smarmy-pants couldn't parrot his pre-pre-prepared come-back.

It was masterful timing.

October 16, 2012

"Margin Call" <-- Kevin Spacey movie about 2008 economic collapse

I just watched this last night on NETFLIX. Very well done IMHO, which
definitely helped me understand how human beings can be suckered
and/or sucked into doing just about any crazy shit, with the "correct
incentive $$$" I missed this when it came out, so was glad to have
stumbled across it on Netflix.

Here's a trailer:

October 16, 2012

Uruguay to become 1st government to SELL cannabis to its citizens

Certainly makes sense to me. I say legalize it in U.S. as well.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2162570/Uruguay-government-SELL-cannabis-citizens.html#ixzz29UcXjtjF

October 15, 2012

DU needs a "Trash Talk Forum" where stuff like this can be posted

so we know WTF the new lies are that are being bandied about on FOX, et. al.

There are numerous posts on DU today URGING OBAMA to focus on Sensata
as a case-in-point of how Rmoney is Mr. Outsourcing American Jobs to China,
but if there is ANY truth to the claims re: Obama's pension funds, then that
needs to be dealt with somehow, PRIOR to bring up Sensata on campaign
trail.. or else it becomes "he said she said' and goes nowhere.

"OBAMA OWNS STOCK IN SENSATA, ersonally Benefits By Outsourcing Of Jobs To China"
http://nation.foxnews.com/obama/2012/10/14/obama-owns-shares-sensata-personally-benefits-outsourcing-jobs-china#ixzz29OzG4500

October 11, 2012

Kucinich: "Want to Stop Attacks on US Embassies? Stop trying to overthrow Governments"

Want to Stop Attacks on US Embassies? Stop trying to overthrow Governments
By: Kevin Gosztola Wednesday October 10, 2012 4:27 pm

A congressional committee held a hearing on the security failures that led to the killings of four Americans at a US consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11. The hearing included two witnesses from the State Department that agreed to begin to share key details on what occurred.

Rep. Darrell Issa, chairman of the House Oversight & Government Reform Committee that held the hearing, said in his statement the State Department had just yesterday begun to publicly acknowledge the truth that was long suspected. There had been no protest related to any anti-Islam video. What happened was a clearly planned attack by “terrorists on the eleventh anniversary of the terrorist attacks on New York and the Pentagon.” And he added the hearing had been scheduled to address the concerns of citizens with “direct knowledge of the events in Libya.”

The opening of the hearing featured a prime example of how the United States government engages in secrecy to shield itself from embarrassing information that might invite criticism or scrutiny. Ambassador Patrick Kennedy, Under Secretary for Management at the State Department, was asked directly by Issa whether he was prepared to share with Congress members unclassified “memos” or diplomatic cables. Kennedy said he would not share them because the “totality” of the documents make them restricted. Issa did not buy this mosaic theory intended to conceal information and he said to say an array of unclassified documents are restricted when combined together is to “make everything you do unavailable to Congress.”

COMPLETE ARTICLE: http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2012/10/10/kucinich-want-to-prevent-attacks-on-us-embassies-stop-trying-to-overthrow-governments-video/

October 9, 2012

Big Bird steals spotlight from Speaker Boehner in New Hampshire

Big Bird steals some spotlight as Speaker Boehner blasts Obama in Derry visit
By KEVIN LANDRIGAN * Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Staff Writer

DERRY – U.S. House Speaker John Boehner vowed Monday that top Democrat Nancy Pelosi will be unable to grab the gavel from his “stone, cold hands” in the Nov. 6 election.

That’s yet to be seen, but a certain yellow, feathered Sesame Street character managed to steal some of the spotlight from the top congressional GOP leader’s visit to the Mitt Romney campaign headquarters in Derry.

Outside, the Barack Obama re- election team had convinced a volunteer to don a Big Bird outfit straight from a Boston costume store to mock Romney for declaring he would end federal support for public television.

The volunteer held a sign that read, “Romney-Boehner. Tough on Sesame Street; Soft on Wall Street.”

Boehner came to New Hampshire for a brief visit that included a public rally with 1st District congressman Frank Guinta, R-N.H.

http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/978501-469/big-bird-steals-some-spotlight-of-speaker.html

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GO BIG BIRD!!!!!