Ralston During '04 Election! FOX Won't Correct Error! GOP Fraud in TN!

[BradBlog]

Once again, lots breaking today...It's Friday after all, so what would you expect? -- Brad

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BREAKING: KARL ROVE AIDE RESIGNS IN 'ABRAMOFF FALLOUT'!
Susan Ralston, One Time Abramoff Colleague, Was Also White House 'Liason' to Bush/Cheney '04 Campaign…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An aide to top White House political adviser Karl Rove resigned in the fallout over a congressional report showing many White House contacts with ex-lobbyist Jack Abramoff, a spokeswoman said on Friday.

Last week's report by the U.S. House of Representatives Government Reform Committee said Rove aide Susan Ralston had passed inside White House information to Abramoff while she was also accepting his tickets to as many as nine sports and entertainment events.

Our report also includes information about VelvetRevolution's questions last January on Ralston's ties to the 2004 Presidential Election "Miracle". At the time, she was busy being interviewed by the grand jury in the Abramoff affair. Details at the link below (Ralston is pictured here on Election Night 2004 in the WH War Room next to Rove. She was the "White House Liaison" to the Bush-Cheney ’04 campaign.)



FULL STORY: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3585

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Fox/O'Reilly Producer Admits No Correction 'Per Se' on Labelling Foley as Democrat
Statement to E&P Claims 'Honest Mistake' But Not Worth Noting to Viewers Apparently, Since 'Everyone Knows' Foley is a Republican…



FULL STORY: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3583

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OHIO MELTDOWN '06: Cuyahoga County Candidates Party Designation Switched On Absentee Ballots!
Democratic Incumbent Listed as Republican…

URL: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3584

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REPORT: National GOP May be Tied to Voter Registration Fraud Cases Just Discovered in Tennessee

FULL STORY: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3582

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CNN's Lou Dobbs: 'Flawed elections? We're talking about a disaster here.'

COMPLTE TRANSCRIPT: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3580

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Appeal in Busby/Bilbray CA50 Election Contest Now Filed
Challenge to Unconstitutional and Premature Swearing-In of Republican Brian Bilbray Continues…

FULL STORY: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3568

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[DoYouEverWonder]

1. Doesn't the Hatch Act apply here?

BTW: That Lou Dobb's headline gives me chills.

'Flawed elections? We're talking about a disaster here.'

You realize this is what BushCo wants? If the election results are so screwed up, then they might use it has an excuse to try to stay in power. Especially, if they pull some sort of 'scare' after the election.

[BradBlog]

2. Yup...

Confusion R us.

[No Exit]

3. Republican strategy: swear them in BEFORE the election?

From your Bilbray/Busby article (bold print added by me):

"According to Simpkins, this "was a unique situation because they actually swore Bilbray in before we got certification of this election, before all the votes were counted. Congress is basically saying we're going to swear in whoever we want to swear in, it doesn't matter if the election has been completed or not. That's another treading on the state's constitutional right to determine the time, place and manner of elections," he said.


Simpkins says, "The only way this could be more a violation of states' rights is if they actually swore Bilbray in before the election. Where do you draw the line? Where is it that the Congress gets to determine the qualification of its members? Before the election? A minute after the election? Or after the election’s been certified by the state?"

A ruling on the appeal is expected before the election. While the defense will likely argue that the case is moot because the partial term being served by Bilbray ends in January, Simpkins explained that the court can still render an opinion because it would be instructive for future cases where similar facts are subject to being repeated.

This case, along with a related one in Nevada, previously covered by The BRAD BLOG, may be a trial run for a Republican strategy to swear in Republicans regardless of election outcomes this November. Just as the Busby-Bilbray race in San Diego County provided the best place to challenge the practice of sending hackable electronic voting machines home with pollworkers, the same district may be providing the best opportunity to pre-empt this threatened further usurpation of our elections."

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http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3568

I seem to remember that Hastert's fat finger marks were all over that outrageous installment of Bilbray into congress even BEFORE he'd actually "won" the election.

Oh, and... states' rights? We don't need no stinkin' states' rights! Well, well, "conservative limited-government" voters, what do you think of YOUR republican party NOW??