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Sheila Jackson Lee wants DOJ to monitor tea partiers at polls
Politico ^ | 10/28/10 4:21 PM EDT | SIMMI AUJLA

Posted on 10/29/2010 11:13:59 AM PDT by BradtotheBone

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) is asking the Department of Justice to investigate whether tea party groups are intimidating black and Hispanic voters in her district.

Jackson Lee has asked Attorney General Eric Holder to send poll monitors to her district on Nov. 2 to make sure the King Street Patriots, a local conservative voter turnout and tea party group, aren’t stopping people from voting.

“Many of these incidents of voter intimidation have been occurring in predominately minority neighborhoods and have been directed at African-Americans and Latinos,” she said in the letter. “It is unconscionable to think that anyone would deliberately employ the use of such forceful and intimidating tactics in 2010 to undermine the fundamental, constitutional right to vote.”

“I urge you to order an immediate investigation into these incidents and call for the Department of Justice to send poll monitors to Harris County immediately to ensure a safe and neutral voting environment during the Nov. 2 election,” Jackson Lee wrote.

Lee says the tea party group is sending in poll watchers who have been trained to aggressively monitor voters by standing directly behind them.

The King Street Patriots have also gone after Jackson Lee, saying Jackson Lee is asking for votes right outside polling places.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Government; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: district18; kingstreetpatriots
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To: BradtotheBone

my head just exploded


41 posted on 10/29/2010 11:45:31 AM PDT by vanilla swirl (We are the Patrick Henry we have been waiting for!)
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To: ColdOne

I’m one...

and the audacity of this bitch continues to amaze
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2skCRGjPeOw&feature=youtu.be


42 posted on 10/29/2010 11:45:53 AM PDT by TV Dinners (Hope is not a Strategy)
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To: highlander_UW
She apparently didn't get the memo...Obama disbanded the Justice Department...he did replace it with...


43 posted on 10/29/2010 11:47:03 AM PDT by Tex-Con-Man
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To: BradtotheBone

What a numskull, there has to be basic testing of these who have used skin color to wedge themselves in the house,along with drug testing in that things case.


44 posted on 10/29/2010 11:47:12 AM PDT by Cheetahcat (Zero the Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)
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To: BradtotheBone

Mustn’t do anything to discourage the felons and illegals from voting Dem as they always do.
Sheila Jackson Lee is an embarrassment to Texas. Send her back to New York City where her ignorant Socialism would blend in much better.


45 posted on 10/29/2010 11:49:07 AM PDT by kittymyrib
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To: BradtotheBone

Mustn’t do anything to discourage the felons and illegals from voting Dem as they always do.
Sheila Jackson Lee is an embarrassment to Texas. Send her back to New York City where her ignorant Socialism would blend in much better.


46 posted on 10/29/2010 11:49:18 AM PDT by kittymyrib
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To: BradtotheBone
Sheila, you were strangle quiet when the Black Panthers were standing in front of the door to a polling place holding nightsticks. If that's not voter intimidation, then having tea partiers watching the polls to try to prevent fraud sure isn't.

Course, Sheila's a humongous hypocrite like the rest of the libs, so I'm not surprised.

47 posted on 10/29/2010 11:51:01 AM PDT by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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To: BradtotheBone

The current “justice” department, the one that set black panther criminals free, would be only too happy to find a few White people and arrest them for something that they didn’t do.


48 posted on 10/29/2010 11:54:03 AM PDT by Leftism is Mentally Deranged (Annoying liberals is my goal. I will not be silenced.)
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To: ColdOne

With the new construction in Sheila’s district, it’s a lot more diverse than it used to be.


49 posted on 10/29/2010 11:57:23 AM PDT by smokingfrog (Because you don't live near a bakery doesn't mean you have to go without cheesecake.)
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To: BradtotheBone
She is concerned about voter intimidation of African-Americans and Latinos, but no mention of Caucasians. Sounds racist to me.

I, on the other hand, are concerned about voter intimidation of all eligible Americans. Part of that concern includes the dilution of said votes by way of illegal voting and fraud.

Who is the uniter and who is the divider?

50 posted on 10/29/2010 12:01:56 PM PDT by 5thGenTexan
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To: smokingfrog; xd40

I think my son is in her district, is it around Spring?


51 posted on 10/29/2010 12:02:45 PM PDT by wxgesr (I want to be the first person to surf on another planet.)
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To: BradtotheBone

The only reason SJL is doing this is because she got caught electioneering at a polling place by a Tea Partier. Now she wants to keep prying eyes away..Nothing to see move along.


52 posted on 10/29/2010 12:03:10 PM PDT by bjorn14 (Woe to those who call good evil and evil good. Isaiah 5:20)
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To: indylindy

What constitutes a “tea party person”, you dolt Sheila J Lee?
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To her? A white person....


53 posted on 10/29/2010 12:03:52 PM PDT by Irenic
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To: bjorn14

Jackson Lee wants them to keep an eye on the Tea Party folks, just after they check out that flag our men put in MARS (she wanted to Mars rover to “go over there where they planted the flag.”)


54 posted on 10/29/2010 12:05:15 PM PDT by Moby Grape (Formerly Impeach the Boy...name change necessary after the Marxist won)
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To: aberaussie
I have been a poll watcher this week and there is no way I would have been allowed in the area where people were actually voting.

So, just out of curiosity, what are you watching then?

55 posted on 10/29/2010 12:07:28 PM PDT by Maceman
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To: crosshairs
Be advised: they are known to disguise themselves by acting and dressing like regular people...
Consider them “alarmed and dangerous”
56 posted on 10/29/2010 12:10:05 PM PDT by M-cubed
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To: wxgesr
Her district probably does extend to Spring, TX. It's all over the place!


This map doesn't give you any sense of scale, but trust me, it's a huge area.

57 posted on 10/29/2010 12:12:56 PM PDT by smokingfrog (Because you don't live near a bakery doesn't mean you have to go without cheesecake.)
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To: BradtotheBone

How do you identify a tp’r, Sheila? Racist hag.


58 posted on 10/29/2010 12:16:11 PM PDT by hope
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To: a fool in paradise

The New Black Panthers (Quannell X) say they are going to be watching the poll watchers.

http://nation.foxnews.com/black-panthers/2010/10/29/black-panthers-going-back-polls


59 posted on 10/29/2010 12:19:19 PM PDT by smokingfrog (Because you don't live near a bakery doesn't mean you have to go without cheesecake.)
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To: Dawgreg

I know, I know. I’m so sick of the chipper channel 2 nes in the evening with all their useless stories.
*^*^*%*(^(*^ (SCREAMING)


60 posted on 10/29/2010 12:21:50 PM PDT by Marty62 (marty60)
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