Posted on 09/11/2007 2:41:12 PM PDT by flattorney
An excellent editorial in The Examiner(1) today highlights two recent decisions by the FEC that shine a spotlight on election fraud in 2004 by organizations who were largely funded by billionaire George Soros:
In the first verdict, the Federal Election Commission handed Americans Coming Together the third-largest fine ever levied by the agency. The $775,000 fine against ACT followed an FEC investigation that found the group, which was organized for the 2004 campaign with substantial funding and active encouragement from Soros, spent $70 million of its $137 million budget on “clearly identified federal candidates in a manner that could only be paid for with federal funds.” ACT claimed it spent the money on voter registration drives. The FEC concluded ACT illegally spent the $70 million to support Democratic candidates. A $775,000 fine for a $70 million crime seems a mere pittance, but that’s an issue for another day.
In the second verdict, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now — better known as ACORN — agreed to pay a $25,000 fine to settle vote fraud charges brought by Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed. ACORN employees were supposed to help eligible voters fill out their registration cards, but instead were submitting cards with false names like that of former boxing champion Leon Spinks. Reed called ACORN’s actions “the largest case of voter registration fraud in the state’s history.” Again, the fine seems paltry given the seriousness of the crime, but at least ACORN, which has received much funding from Soros, was caught and made to pay something.
That ACT judgement is incredible. Seventy million dollars in direct contributions is enough to fund close to 60 individual Congressional races or about 6 Senate races for the Democrats. And they were only fined $775,000? They should go to jail.
The ACORN case is different. Here Democrats carried on their time honored tradition of falsifying registrations so that come election day, they can illegally stuff the ballot box with votes from people who don't exist. Unless you check ID's (that Republicans are accused of being racist or otherwise "intimidating" for doing so), no one will be any the wiser.
Now we have an entirely different scandal with Norman Hsu and his probably bogus army of campaign contributors. It should be interesting to see where the bread crumbs in this particular campaign finance scandal lead to.
(1) http://www.examiner.com/a-926027%7EThe_sleazy_tactics_of_George_Soros.html
The bread crumbs lead to Soros, and the government of China, and the governments of...
Remember the Democrats won the governor’s race in Washington with the help of 4,000 “provisional ballots” that were added to the others in such a way that no one could tell which ballots were legitimate and which ones weren’t...how many of those “provisional ballots” were cast by people signed up by ACORN?
The Dumbocrat Puppetmaster
These ARE the Democrats, not just Soros operatives.
Why hasn’t this administration just used the I.R.S. to investigate this clown as well as others like the clintons did?
Because they’re all a part of the same charade.
Soros is involved with the World Bank.
A lot of his funding comes from the UN, or those rogue UN nations who want America to fail. I’m betting Soros weilds a lot of oil money.
His support of mainly Democrats (he gave mine own RINO congress critter, Mike Castle, a big donation for betraying Delaware citizens on drilling of ANWR) is very telling about where the Dems are coming from.
Although I generally agree with this piece, the facts in the ACORN case are different from the impression created here. The fraud was determined to be perpetrated for the personal financial benefit of the signature gatherers, who were paid by the number of signatures they gathered, and not to benefit Democratic candidates by having votes cast in the name of non-existent people. No actual votes were cast under fraudulent names.
Are you sure Soros is in bed with The Carlyle Group in an active role - President George H.W. Bush, advisor - which includes many members of G.H.W. Bush's inner and very powerful circle including James Baker?
The only consolation I have where people like George Sore-ass is concerned, is that some day, he’ll stand before God and his money will do him no good.
I'd like to know also, although it would not surprise me, for what is becoming ever more evident. The Matrix.
I really don’t believe that is a true statement. Do you have any facts to show or is it just your opinion?
soros is a evil self serving human...the Carlyle Group is composed by the best of Patriots...period!
This is a dims propaganda!
soros is a evil self serving human...the Carlyle Group is composed by the best of Patriots...period!
This is a dims propaganda!
seems to me i read a couple of years ago that the bush family divested themselves from carlyle.
IMO, he needs to stand before a jury on his way to a long jail term for treason.
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