The Republicans ACORN

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Registered: 09-26-2008
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: 10-20-2008
Thu, 10-23-2008 - 3:19pm
Yes....good heavens....what a terrible socialist hell it has been under Republican Governator Ah-nuld.

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Registered: 09-26-2008
Fri, 10-24-2008 - 9:59am

bump...

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Registered: 09-08-2008
Fri, 10-24-2008 - 10:52am
yep, Arnold is a RINO, and not anything near a Conservative.
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Registered: 08-20-2008
Fri, 10-24-2008 - 9:05pm

"Last time I heard about California, they were deep in debt with all their social programs."

Go complain to their Republican Governorator.

PS You are complaining about a Hollywood bailout, but you got it backwards. It's the red states that bleed our federal government of money. You know, those states that complain about government welfare while sucking up all they can get. Kind of like how Palin sucked up all the earmarks she could get as Mayor and Governor, and then said she was against them. Just more of the same hypocrisy and total lack of understanding of reality I guess.

"States Receiving Most in Federal Spending Per Dollar of Federal Taxes Paid:
1. D.C. ($6.17)
2. North Dakota ($2.03)
3. New Mexico ($1.89) (flipped Red in 2004)
4. Mississippi ($1.84)
5. Alaska ($1.82)
6. West Virginia ($1.74)
7. Montana ($1.64)
8. Alabama ($1.61)
9. South Dakota ($1.59)
10. Arkansas ($1.53)

In contrast, of the 16 states that are "losers" -- receiving less in federal spending than they pay in federal taxes -- 69% are Blue States that voted for Al Gore in 2000. Indeed, 11 of the 14 (79%) of the states receiving the least federal spending per dollar of federal taxes paid are Blue States. Here are the Top 10 states that supply feed for the federal trough (with Blue States highlighted in bold):

States Receiving Least in Federal Spending Per Dollar of Federal Taxes Paid:
1. New Jersey ($0.62)
2. Connecticut ($0.64)
3. New Hampshire ($0.68) (flipped Blue in 2004)
4. Nevada ($0.73)
5. Illinois ($0.77)
6. Minnesota ($0.77)
7. Colorado ($0.79)
8. Massachusetts ($0.79)
9. California ($0.81)
10. New York ($0.81)"

http://bigpicture.typepad.com/writing/2004/11/red_states_feed.html

It was the Bushies who told us with great confidence that reality didn't matter. "It was a tale, told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." The Bushies and Republicans. I think America has seen what they are about.

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Registered: 09-26-2008
Sat, 10-25-2008 - 12:19am
Bump again for the "corn nuts."
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Registered: 10-25-2006
Sat, 10-25-2008 - 12:29am
You know a lot about CA. What do you know about MI? Are they a bunch of socialists, too?

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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: 09-26-2008
Sat, 10-25-2008 - 11:19am
bump just to remind the "right" thinking on here.
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Registered: 10-25-2006
Sat, 10-25-2008 - 11:38am
The stats showing that the federal dollars spent in a state compared to federal tax revenue received from the state is interesting. Red states get much more and yet they are the ones making the big stink about earmarks.

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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: 09-26-2008
Sat, 10-25-2008 - 5:16pm
bump
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Registered: 09-08-2008
Sat, 10-25-2008 - 6:09pm

From what I hear about Michigan, things are not good for most, and Michigan is suffering a serious economic downturn.