You must be referring to this cover. It's the FIRST issue (of many) that I bought.
Posted on 06/25/2004 2:11:46 PM PDT by neverdem
THE RACE TO THE WHITE HOUSE
From Associated Press
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A Democratic group crucial to Sen. John F. Kerry's presidential campaign has paid felons — some convicted of sex offenses, assault and burglary — to conduct door-to-door voter registration drives in at least three election swing states.
America Coming Together, contending that convicted criminals deserve a second chance in society, employs felons as voter canvassers in major metropolitan areas in Missouri, Florida, Ohio and perhaps in other states among the 17 it is targeting in its drive. Some of the felons lived in halfway houses, and at least four returned to prison.
Canvassers ask residents which issues are important to them and, if residents are not registered, they can sign them up as voters. They gather telephone numbers and other personal information, such as driver's license numbers or partial Social Security numbers, depending on what a state requires for voter registration.
Felons on probation or parole are ineligible to vote in many states. Doug Lewis, executive director of the Election Center, which represents election officials, said he was unaware of any laws against felons registering other people to vote.
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Interesting to note that felons would gravitate to the RAT party. Neither group has any interest in the support of our laws.
Americans Coming Together(ACT) is funded by that great patriot, George Soros.
I wouldn't say that. Guy who just got out of jail have to take any job they can get.
The real question is who's hiring.
I'm shocked! SHOCKED, I tell you!
This is why I have a sign on my door that says "No Solicitors" and a barky dog.
If there's a problem with this it's not on the ACT side. It's on the side of the state for not banning jailbirds for theft/fraud crimes from jobs handling personal data.
RATS and criminals, same thing.
Felons should be allowed to be judges at all levels of government, including the Suprime Court and the Hague!
/sarcasm
Partial Social Security numbers ? What kind of proof is that?
Surely if they need a Social Security card to register, the person canvassing is seeing the whole number, even if they may only write down "officially" the partial number.
OH MY GOSH! This would be a GREAT campaign ad!!
You can make it into a GREAT campaign ad, yeah.
A couple of guys who resemble the perps from Home Alone, shown visiting a residence. One steals credit cards, the other stares at kids, salivating. Background text from LA Times. End the ad with "Call Mr. Kerry today and ask him not to endanger our lives".
OOOOOOOOOOO good one! You need to email it to W's camp!! Pronto!
I have a vague recall of , what was it...aNational lampoon ad, guy holding a gun to a dogs head..."subscribe or we shoot the dog"
Along those lines...
"register and vote democrat and we wont kill you."
"we know where you live"
Well you know, Kerry might have quite a money saver idea here. Heck, he could have his felon friends hand out their own registered sex offender fliers as they go door to door in our neighborhoods, playgrounds and school grounds.
Yep...a real thinker....this is what America needs!!!
You do it... I don't know how. Was not someone on FR who made commercials clips? He would be the person to contact.
Funny... one of the AP's favorite lines to add to anything Bush's adminstration says is "There was no way to confirm ________'s claim." It appears to be missing from all AP's articles quoting Kerry folks.
You must be referring to this cover. It's the FIRST issue (of many) that I bought.
I heard that the felons are getting paid $8 to $12 an hour. With all of the libs' whining about the bad economy, you would think they wouldn't have to resort to felons to get out the vote. But that's the point, isn't it -- hiring thugs to go door-to-door? Hiring some Birkenstock-wearing Deaniac wouldn't make quite the same impression.
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