The Republicans ACORN

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The Republicans ACORN
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Sat, 10-18-2008 - 6:26pm

Voters say they were duped into registering as Republicans


Fraud


Stephen Osman / Los Angeles Times

"I am not a Republican," insisted Karen Ashcraft, 47, a pet clinic manager from Ventura who said she was duped by a signature gatherer into joining the GOP. "I certainly . . . won't sign anything in front of a grocery store ever again."

YPM, a group hired by the GOP, allegedly deceived Californians who thought they were signing a petition. YPM denies any wrongdoing. Similar accusations have been leveled against the company elsewhere.

By Evan Halper and Michael Rothfeld, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers
October 18, 2008


SACRAMENTO -- Dozens of newly minted Republican voters say they were duped into joining the party by a GOP contractor with a trail of fraud complaints stretching across the country.

Voters contacted by The Times said they were tricked into switching parties while signing what they believed were petitions for tougher penalties against child molesters. Some said they were told that they had to become Republicans to sign the petition, contrary to California initiative law. Others had no idea their registration was being changed.


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Registered: 02-10-2008
Wed, 10-22-2008 - 11:52pm
WHAT? the heroes of truth, justice, honesty and decency duping voters? I am shocked. What fantasies will you tell s next? That the woman of the people, Jane six pack,
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Registered: 09-08-2008
Thu, 10-23-2008 - 12:05am
It's soooo quiet in here. lol. Talk about shocking, the many people linked to YPM and McCain . It reminded me of that game about Kevin Bacon - 6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon. lol.

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Registered: 09-26-2008
Thu, 10-23-2008 - 1:23am
bump - can't let this get too far down....


Edited 10/23/2008 1:28 am ET by jjcruise3
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Registered: 08-20-2008
Thu, 10-23-2008 - 2:29am
You would think McCain would apologize. But then that would mean he was still a decent human who hadn't sold out by saying absolutely anything, the less true the better, to get elected.
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Registered: 09-26-2008
Thu, 10-23-2008 - 5:17am
bump
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Thu, 10-23-2008 - 11:35am

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/#27313459

Thanks for the video link--excellent!

And a reminder, why did the Bush-Rove machine dismiss those U.S. Attorneys in 2006?

"In contrast to the 2006 dismissals, Presidents rarely dismiss U.S. attorneys they appoint. Kyle Sampson, Chief of Staff at the Department of Justice, noted in a January 9, 2006, e-mail to Harriet Miers: "In recent memory, during the Reagan and Clinton Administrations, Presidents Reagan and Clinton did not seek to remove and replace U.S. Attorneys they had appointed, but instead permitted such U.S. Attorneys to serve indefinitely under the holdover provision" (underlining original). There is no precedent for a President to dismiss several U.S attorneys at one time while in the middle period of the presidential term in office."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dismissal_of_U.S._attorneys_controversy

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http://www.pnhp.org/news/2009/october/meet_the_new_health_.php

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQTBYQlQ7yM

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Registered: 10-20-2008
Thu, 10-23-2008 - 12:44pm
Yeah, it's astonishing how loud the Silence Of The GoOPers™ is on this one.

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Registered: 10-07-2008
Thu, 10-23-2008 - 12:51pm

This is so funny, comparing this Democrat Secretary of State search for something to complain about to FRAUD CONVICTIONS.

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Registered: 10-20-2008
Thu, 10-23-2008 - 1:18pm
Your wish is my command:

Ever hear of a guy named Nathan Sproul? He's a Republican operative who's his own eponymous voter-registration/petitioning firm, Nathan Sproul & Associates. So what? Well, apparently the problems with him and his firm were - and are - widespread:

Here's Sproul's group trashing registrations in Nevada in 2004.

Here he is committing fraud in Arizona, that same year.

Here's a personal story of Sproul's activities in Pennsylvania.

Here's a bit more about Sproul's efforts on behalf of John McCain (and in his employ, and the RNC's as well).

Anything else?

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Registered: 09-08-2008
Thu, 10-23-2008 - 1:42pm

It really doesn't matter much, since most all of the Acorn nuts are in Californeee, and will deliver all the electoral votes to the Dems.