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Leaked Stratfor Emails: Democrats tampered with 2008 election
Business Insider ^ | 4-20-12 | Michael Kelly

Posted on 04/21/2012 10:36:26 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic

John McCain's 2008 campaign staff allegedly had evidence that Democrats stuffed ballot boxes in Pennsylvania and Ohio on election night, but McCain chose not to pursue voter fraud, according to internal Stratfor emails published by WikiLeaks.

In an email sent on November 7, 2008, and titled " Insight - The Dems & Dirty Tricks ** Internal Use Only - Pls Do Not Forward **," Stratfor vice president of intelligence Fred Burton wrote:

1) The black Dems were caught stuffing the ballot boxes in Philly and Ohio as reported the night of the election and Sen. McCain chose not to fight. The matter is not dead inside the party. It now becomes a matter of sequence now as to how and when to "out".

In an email sent two days earlier and titled "Insight - McCain #5 ** internal use only - Pls do not forward **," Burton wrote:

After discussions with his inner circle, which explains the delay in his speech, McCain decided not to pursue the voter fraud in PA and Ohio, despite his staff's desire to make it an issue. He said no. Staff felt they could get a federal injunction to stop the process. McCain felt the crowds assembled in support of Obama and such would be detrimental to our country and it would do our nation no good for this to drag out like last go around, coupled with the possibility of domestic violence.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ineligiblemccain; mcain4mccain; mccain; mccain4obama; mccainvsamerica; obama; romney; voterfraud
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1 posted on 04/21/2012 10:36:32 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Such a shocking revelation.


2 posted on 04/21/2012 10:38:03 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal The 16th Amendment!)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

McCain made exactly the wrong decision.


3 posted on 04/21/2012 10:39:27 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (zerogottago)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Im shocked..shocked I tell ya/sarc
Not surprising that McCain chose not to do anything about it, he behaved like a coward throughout the 2008 campaign
Now we have to make sure this doesn’t happen again. You all know Obama will be working even harder this time around to make sure that he steals another election


4 posted on 04/21/2012 10:39:54 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Racist claims! No need for voter ID! /s


5 posted on 04/21/2012 10:40:50 AM PDT by FatherofFive (Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
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To: unixfox
No skin off McCain's nose. He still would not have won, even with PA and OH, so he just bailed on the country and let it go.
6 posted on 04/21/2012 10:40:50 AM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: afraidfortherepublic

I don’t believe it. I just know that those wonderful people wouldn’t do such a thing. /s


7 posted on 04/21/2012 10:42:34 AM PDT by davisfh
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To: afraidfortherepublic

McCain is such a doooosh.


8 posted on 04/21/2012 10:43:15 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic
This M-Fer McCain was seeking the "highest office in the land" and was going to take an oath to defend the Constitution and we find his campaign had hard EVIDENCE of voter fraud of which he did nothing about? He is just as guilty of treason as those who were doing the tampering. If he was to "defend the Constitution", it is his duty to bring this to light; but instead he went with appeasement and more "reaching across the isle" bullcrap.

Explain to me again why I should be supporting the GOP-e and Republicans? They obviously and clearly care more about opponents than I, a disenfranchised voter.

9 posted on 04/21/2012 10:44:13 AM PDT by Michael Barnes (Obamaa+ Downgrade)
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To: hinckley buzzard

You don’t know the extent of the voter fraud in other areas of the country. Milwaukee’s police chief disbanded the voter fraud task force right before the 2008 election, despite evidence of all kinds of fraud in the 2004 election. The 2004 report has recently been scrubbed from the Internet, but in 2004 there were thousands of extra ballots counted in Milwaukee that had not been issued. And on and on.


10 posted on 04/21/2012 10:45:28 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: davisfh

Well, we have this, We have Minnesota with Al Franken, we have Washington State, we have Florida in 2000, hell, we have Texas and Illinois in 1960... and they still claim that we have no indications of voter fraud which would necessitate voter ID.


11 posted on 04/21/2012 10:48:46 AM PDT by fhayek
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Oh I see, now intimidation or threat of violence prevents us from getting at the truth. This country is lost.


12 posted on 04/21/2012 10:49:27 AM PDT by mosaicwolf (Strength and Honor)
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To: afraidfortherepublic
I despise McCain almost as much as President DumbA$$ (aka America's President Mugabe). I despised McCain for NOT going after Obama and his Marxist buddies. I despised McCain for telling Americans that they should not fear Obama. WELL....look at our deficit now? Look at ObamaCare! Look at the EPA! Look at our Energy Policies! Look at our once dependable ally Egypt! And what has the idiot Senator done? Effing NOTHING. NADA. Instead he saddled us with his inane blathering blithering idiot of a daughter!
13 posted on 04/21/2012 10:50:13 AM PDT by Chgogal (WSJ, Coulter, Kristol, Krauthammer, Rove et al., STFU. Thank you.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

InSane lost fair and square.


14 posted on 04/21/2012 10:51:47 AM PDT by Vision ("Did I not say to you that if you would believe, you would see the glory of God?" John 11:40)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Democrats tamper with EVERY election

There—Fixed it


15 posted on 04/21/2012 10:52:27 AM PDT by CMailBag
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Democrats have no problem dragging out the process to the detriment of the country. If you think election fraud was a problem in the last election you ain’t seen nothin’ yet. That and some strategic voter intimidation will win an election for you.


16 posted on 04/21/2012 10:52:50 AM PDT by saganite (What happens to taglines? Is there a termination date?)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

“Im shocked..shocked I tell ya/sarc”

Thufferin’ thuccotash!


17 posted on 04/21/2012 10:52:56 AM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Of course not. McCain had already made a deal with Soros to lose.


18 posted on 04/21/2012 10:53:23 AM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: afraidfortherepublic
"Anyone (conservative, or republican) found guilty of committing voter fraud faces up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine."
19 posted on 04/21/2012 10:53:29 AM PDT by Baynative (Please check this out - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFIcZkEzc8I)
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To: afraidfortherepublic
No wonder Eric "The Red" didn't investigate Philly.... It may have led to confirmation voter intimidation AND voter fraud, which is the prime way Dems win elections.

20 posted on 04/21/2012 10:54:17 AM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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