http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/howtostealanelection/ en-us Wed, 1 Jul 2009 14:07:41 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283244/posts Just when you thought things couldn’t get more farcical in our nation’s capitol, the Al Franken Circus heads to town. Franken was declared the winner yesterday of the long-contested Senate race by the Minnesota Supreme Court with a razor-thin margin of 312 votes out of over 2.9 million votes cast. Norm Coleman chose to bow out of the race rather than continue the contest taking the fight to the federal courts. It is estimated the two camps have spent more than $1.7 million in legal fees through March, the end of the last FEC reporting period. Rumors abound that Coleman... HumanEvents.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283244/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 14:07:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282611/posts Al Franken confirmed to MN senate by MN supreme court. Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282611/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:11:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281619/posts Some Republican members of Congress want the U.S. Census Bureau to end a 2010 Census partnership with Acorn, the community organizing group that was hit by accusations of voter-registration fraud in the 2006 and 2008 elections. Acorn, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, signed up in February with the bureau to be a "2010 Census Partner," which includes, among other things, identifying job candidates, encouraging its members to participate in the count and distributing literature explaining the importance of the census. But in the wake of accusations that some former Acorn employees engaged in voter registration fraud in... Wall St Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281619/posts#comment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:40:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278178/posts The National Republican Senatorial Committee spent almost $1 million last month on Republican Norm Coleman's attempt to win last year's U.S. Senate race. Coleman is attempting to overturn Democrat Al Franken's slender lead. The former senator's appeal of a trial court's decision that Franken won is awaiting a ruling from the Minnesota Supreme Court. That ruling could be issued any day. Last month, the NRSC spent $937,917 to help Coleman in that effort. Minneapolis law firm Dorsey & Whitney, home to Coleman attorney Jim Langdon, received $350,171 of that and Washington, D.C., law firm Patton Boggs, Coleman legal spokesman Ben... Twin Cities Pioneer Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278178/posts#comment Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:21:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277584/posts The infamous Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now, more commonly known as ACORN, is changing its name. The new moniker, Community Organizations International (COI), is the nefarious organization’s attempt to change its thuggish image.  ACORN is under investigation for voter registration fraud in at least 14 states, the result of widespread allegations during the 2008 presidential campaign.  There are also mounting charges from a growing list of current and former ACORN employees with allegations ranging from threats and intimidation to systemic fraud and financial mismanagement. Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), who has been battling for accountability from ACORN, reacted to... HumanEvents.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277584/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:05:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276941/posts CLEVELAND - Proceedings took a bizarre turn Friday as the man suspected of casting nine ballots in Cuyahoga County during last year's presidential election appeared in court, Fox 8 News reports. Darnell Nash proclaimed to the judge that he was a transvestite before pleading not guilty to nine counts of record tampering, nine counts of false registration and one count of illegal voting -- a total of 19 charges that includes several felonies. Prosecutors say that, with the help of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (better known as ACORN), Nash voted using fraudulent names and addresses. ACORN... fox8.com (Cleveland) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276941/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:51:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2270484/posts President Obama should just join the cast of "I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!" It's not that farfetched; he's been on everything else. I'm still a fan, but there's a fine line between being transparent and being overexposed. Every time you turn on the TV, there's Obama. He's getting a puppy! He's eating a cheeseburger with Joe Biden! He's taking the wife to Broadway and Paris -- this is the best season of "The Bachelor" yet! I get it: You love being on TV. I love my bong, but I take it out of my mouth every once... LA Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2270484/posts#comment Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:42:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264636/posts A review of Minnesota’s statewide database of registered voters revealed at least 2,812 deceased individuals voted in last November’s general election, according to a new report by the “traditional values” advocacy group Minnesota Majority. After obtaining the list of voters who participated in November’s election, the group hired an independent firm who specializes in “death suppression” for direct mailing lists to review the data. The process, which involved matching names and addresses to state death records, bore troubling results. According to Minnesota statute 201.13, the commissioner of health is to report monthly the name, address, date of birth, and county... Redstate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264636/posts#comment Thu, 4 Jun 2009 14:59:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263806/posts The Department of Justice on Tuesday said the state of Georgia's system cannot check driver’s license information and Social Security numbers to prove that prospective voters are U.S. citizens. Georgia’s voters have an entirely different perspective. Rasmussen Reports polling conducted during Election 2008 found that 77% said prospective voters should first be required to show a legal photo ID first. Georgia’s voters also held that view two years earlier despite a state judge’s ruling that a new law requiring a photo ID at the polls was a violation of the state constitution. Nationally, three-out-of-four U.S. voters (76%) said a person... rasmussen report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263806/posts#comment Wed, 3 Jun 2009 15:48:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2254726/posts WASHINGTON - One out of every four ballots requested by military personnel and other Americans living overseas for the 2008 election may have gone uncounted, according to findings released at a Senate hearing. Sen. Charles Schumer, chairman of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee, said the study released Wednesday, while providing only a snapshot of voting patterns, "is enough to show that the balloting process for service members is clearly in need of an overhaul." The committee, working with the Congressional Research Service, surveyed election offices in seven states with high numbers of military personnel: California, Florida, North Carolina, Pennsylvania,... Military.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2254726/posts#comment Wed, 20 May 2009 15:48:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2254098/posts Inconvenient Emails from the NY Times by: Bethany Stotts, May 19, 2009 Now that New York Times public editor Clark Hoyt has published his official story of the events surrounding the decision to spike Stephanie Strom’s investigation of ACORN’s alleged fundraising connections to the Obama campaign, it becomes imperative for this correspondent to reiterate that Strom personally attempted to mislead AIM just days after she cut off contact with Anita Moncrief. “The story involved allegations that Barack Obama’s campaign, in league with Acorn, a left-leaning community activist group, was guilty of technical violations of campaign finance law. Evidence supplied by... Campus Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2254098/posts#comment Tue, 19 May 2009 18:53:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2253994/posts A group of ACORN whistle-blowers known as 'ACORN-8' is making explosive allegations against their organization. The group contends that that ACORN has mishandled multi-millions of dollars of taxpayer funds and engaged in the breaking of federal law. The group is also calling on their fellow members to stop paying their dues until ACORN opens up its books for an accounting. And at the center of the whistle-blowers' concerns is an apparent conflict of interest that leads directly to Barack Obama. Columbia Conservative Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2253994/posts#comment Tue, 19 May 2009 16:17:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2253957/posts New York (AP) -- Longtime fundraiser Norman Hsu was convicted Tuesday of violating campaign finance laws in a case that became an embarrassment to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and other prominent Democrats. Prosecutors had argued that Hsu, 58, used straw donors to make thousands of dollars in campaign donations to bypass rules limiting the amount any single individual or group can donate. Hsu's defense argued he was framed by investors who cut deals with the government to avoid prosecution. AP via SFGate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2253957/posts#comment Tue, 19 May 2009 15:37:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2253180/posts Acknowledging what the blogosphere has known for weeks, the New York Times finally went on record to admit that just before last Election Day it killed a politically sensitive news story involving corruption allegations that might have made the Obama campaign look bad. But the admission on Sunday, which came seven months after NYT staff reporter Stephanie Strom's reporting about possibly illegal coordination between the Obama campaign and ACORN last year, took the form of a snarky column from Clark Hoyt, the Old Gray Lady's "public editor." Hoyt used the word "nonsense" to describe the allegations of impropriety leveled against... The American Spectator http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2253180/posts#comment Mon, 18 May 2009 14:25:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2249871/posts Changing the formula for the U.S. Census could mean shifting up to two dozen congressional seats to the Democrats, a Republican congressman warned Tuesday, as the Senate prepared to consider the nomination of Robert Groves as director of the Census Bureau. Groves supports “sampling” in the census count. Sampling uses statistical “adjustments” to add people to the Census who apparently were not counted. The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs will hold a hearing Friday on the nomination of Groves, who currently serves as director of the Survey Research Center at the University of Michigan's Institute for Social... CNSNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2249871/posts#comment Wed, 13 May 2009 10:56:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2251604/posts Two former employees of ACORN today said they and other workers were pressed to gather voter registrations and threatened with firing if they failed to meet a quota of 20 to 25 each day. "We definitely had to reach a quota. If we didn't reach a quota we'd lose our jobs," said Mario Grisom, a Wilkinsburg man who was among seven people charged with a variety of counts, including forgery, last week. A preliminary hearing into the ACORN charges began this morning in Municipal Court. Mr. Grisom, 28, and three others charged along with him waived their rights to preliminary... Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2251604/posts#comment Fri, 15 May 2009 15:03:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2250328/posts MSNBC's Sole Purpose Is To Remind Viewers Why They Should Hate Republicans Moments ago, I saw a promo for Chris Matthews, in which the announcer asked, "Is the Right sucking the wind out of the GOP?" Matthews contemplated running for Senate as a Democrat. He worked for Tip O'Neill. It's not like the host has an interest in the future success of the Republican Party. So why is he so obsessed with the health of the party he disagrees with? With 39 seats in the Senate and only 178 seats in the House of Representatives, Republicans have little to no... NRO http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2250328/posts#comment Wed, 13 May 2009 22:01:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2250199/posts Is Congressman Murtha About To Become the New Tom DeLay? By Bill Pascoe | May 13, 2009 9:13 AM Is Rep. John P. "The P is for Power" Murtha about to become the new Tom DeLay? He will if Rep. Pete Sessions and the National Republican Congressional Committee have anything to say about it. DeLay, of course, became the face of Republican congressional corruption in the 2006 cycle. Though DeLay himself has never been convicted of anything -- and continues to maintain his innocence as federal and state prosecutions against him move forward at a glacial pace -- several... Congressional Quarterly Political Blogs http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2250199/posts#comment Wed, 13 May 2009 19:15:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2249437/posts Here’s a curious development for you: Brian Rogers, spokesperson for John McCain’s presidential campaign last year, is now working for Al Gore. Rogers sent an email dispatch on Friday announcing his new job as research director for Gore’s Alliance for Climate Protection. In the email, Rogers said he will be “working on the Repower America campaign to pass comprehensive energy and climate change legislation.” On the campaign trail last year, Rogers’ shining moments included attacking Barack Obama for opposing increased domestic oil and gas production, arguing that Obama lived in “a frickin’ mansion” that was “bought in a shady deal... Grist http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2249437/posts#comment Tue, 12 May 2009 19:05:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2246394/posts Where ACORN goes fraud follows. The non-profit activist group formally known as the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now is the subject of vote fraud investigations in at least 12 different states. Charges were filed in Nevada on Monday. And today six ACORN workers in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania were charged with falsifying voter registration forms. The local DA implied that there may be some higher ups getting charged also. Newsday/The Lid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2246394/posts#comment Thu, 7 May 2009 21:00:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2246352/posts [T]he House Judiciary Committee chairman's May 4 statement exonerating ACORN couldn't have come out at a worse time. "Based on my review of the information regarding the complaints against ACORN, I have concluded that a hearing on this matter appears unwarranted at this time," Conyers said in a statement aired that night on CNN's "Lou Dobbs Tonight." Just hours earlier his fellow Democrats in Nevada, Secretary of State Ross Miller and Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto dropped a bombshell. ACORN and two former senior ACORN employees in the state, they announced, had been charged with a total of 39 felony... American Spectator http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2246352/posts#comment Thu, 7 May 2009 20:15:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2243990/posts Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto and Secretary of State Ross Miller announced Monday that voter registration fraud charges have been filed against an organization that works with low-income people and two of its employees in its Las Vegas office. The complaint includes 26 counts of voter fraud and 13 counts for compensating those registering voters, both felonies. The Association of Community Organization for Reform Now, Inc., also known as ACORN, operated a Las Vegas office that helped register low-income voters last year. Throughout 2008, ACORN employed canvassers to register people to vote in Nevada, the complaint said. ACORN paid the... The Las Vegas Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2243990/posts#comment Mon, 4 May 2009 19:28:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2240491/posts After 100 days, television comics are still trying to get a grip on Barack Obama. It's not that Obama's opening days have been free of the criticism or embarrassment that feed David Letterman, Jay Leno, Jon Stewart, Conan O'Brien, "Saturday Night Live" and the rest of TV's powerful comedy machine. When many of his appointees seemed to consider it optional to pay their taxes, Leno cracked that the IRS was going to start paying Obama a finder's fee. When bailout money went to some of the executives who had dug the hole, Letterman joked that "the Big Three CEOs have... New York Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2240491/posts#comment Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:50:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2236587/posts NEWARK, Del. – The men who ran the presidential campaigns of Barack Obama and John McCain appeared together on stage for the first time Thursday at the University of Delaware to complete a pair of tasks: To articulate their (remarkably similar) views of the election, and to hash out the details of continuing coursework so that they can, at last, graduate. McCain chief strategist Steve Schmidt and Obama campaign manager David Plouffe seemed to agree on a central point: McCain was always the longest of long-shot candidates. (You would not have known this from hearing either of them talk during... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2236587/posts#comment Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:14:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2228397/posts Over five months after the election, a three-judge panel has declared Democrat Al Franken the winner of the Minnesota U.S. Senate race. The judges issued their final ruling late Monday, stating "Franken received the highest number of lawfully cast ballots in the Nov. 4, 2008 general election." They also have determined that Franken is entitled to receive the certificate of election. Last week, Republican Norm Coleman suffered a blow after a few hundred previously rejected absentee ballots were opened and counted at the tail end of Coleman's lawsuit contesting his loss in a statewide recount. They broke almost 2-to-1 for... KSTP.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2228397/posts#comment Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:37:37 GMT