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« Reply #525 on: July 11, 2010, 10:58:55 PM »
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‘We Will Not Be Silenced’: Democrats Produce Documentary Alleging Rampant Vote Fraud by Obama Campaign vs. Hillary in 2008 Primaries

Referring to the controversial 2008 Democrat presidential primary, Carolyn Tackett asks, “Was Barack Obama selected rather than elected?.”

    Fox & Friends had an explosive interview with Gigi Gaston, a writer/director who has made a documentary outlining the rampant voter fraud perpetrated by the Obama campaign during the 2008 primaries against Hillary Clinton.  Gaston is a lifelong Democrat whose grandfather was a Democratic governor of Massachusetts…

http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2010/07/11/we-will-not-be-silenced-democrats-produce-documentary-alleging-rampant-vote-fraud-by-obama-campaign-vs-hillary-in-2008-primaries/
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« Reply #526 on: July 18, 2010, 06:07:10 PM »
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And we all know it is far worse than the report says....

Joe Biden fined $219K for 2008 presidential campaign violations

By KENNETH P. VOGEL

The Federal Election Commission has penalized Vice President Joe Biden’s 2008 presidential campaign $219,000 for accepting over-the-limit contributions and a discounted flight on a jet owned by a New York hedge fund. His campaign also was charged with sloppy record-keeping.

Biden’s campaign has indicated it will pay the penalty to the U.S. Treasury to resolve the campaign finance compliance issues, which were revealed in an audit report released Friday by the commission.

Elizabeth Alexander, a spokeswoman for Biden in the vice president’s office, called the FEC-ordered repayment “relatively small,” and said "some repayment is commonplace after presidential campaign audits.”

Biden was subject to the audit as a condition of accepting taxpayer funds for his campaign through the presidential public financing system. In all, Biden, who dropped out of the race after coming in fifth in the Iowa caucuses and was tapped eight months later to be Barack Obama’s running mate, received $857,000 in taxpayer money for his presidential campaign (including thousands of dollars after he was elected vice president) which raised $8.2 million from individual contributions, according to the report.

It found that the campaign accepted an illegal corporate contribution in the form of a round-trip flight between New Hampshire and Iowa in June 2007 for three people (it does not indicate if Biden, then a senator from Delaware, was among the passengers) on a private jet owned by GEH Air Transportation, LLC. Federal Aviation Administration records show that GEH Air Transportation is owned by the Clinton Group, a New York hedge fund controlled by George E. Hall.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0710/39875.html#ixzz0u4f0duXq
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We could say [Democrats] spend money like drunken sailors, but that would be unfair to drunken sailors. It would be unfair, because the sailors are spending their own money.  --Ronald Reagan

Al Gore didn't invent the internet, he invented global warming

The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants - Camus

The person who advocates government planning of the economy always assumes that it is his plan that will be put into effect.  --Hayek
« Reply #527 on: July 22, 2010, 05:58:48 PM »
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Should have been done years ago...


Rangel charged with multiple ethics violations
New York Dem gave up Ways and Means gavel in February

A House investigative committee on Thursday charged New York Rep. Charles Rangel with multiple ethics violations, a blow to the former Ways and Means chairman and an election-year headache for Democrats.

The committee did not immediately specify the charges against the Democrat, who has served in the House for some 40 years and is fourth in House seniority. The announcement by a four-member panel of the House ethics committee sends the case to a House trial, where a separate eight-member panel of Republicans and Democrats will decide whether the violations can be proved by clear and convincing evidence.

The timing of the announcement ensures that it will stretch into the fall campaign, and Republicans are certain to make it an issue as they try to capture majority control of the House. Speaker Nancy Pelosi had once promised to "drain the swamp" of ethical misdeeds by lawmakers in arguing that Democrats should be in charge.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38367462/ns/politics-capitol_hill/
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We could say [Democrats] spend money like drunken sailors, but that would be unfair to drunken sailors. It would be unfair, because the sailors are spending their own money.  --Ronald Reagan

Al Gore didn't invent the internet, he invented global warming

The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants - Camus

The person who advocates government planning of the economy always assumes that it is his plan that will be put into effect.  --Hayek
« Reply #528 on: July 31, 2010, 07:25:36 AM »
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It’s not just Rangel — Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., to be tried on ethics charges
By: Mark Hemingway

Here’s your Friday night news dump — move over Charlie Rangel:

    Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) has chosen to go through an ethics trial, like the one lined up for New York Rep. Charles Rangel, rather than accepting charges made by an ethics subcommittee, a source familiar with the process tells POLITICO.

    The back-to-back trials of a pair of black lawmakers represent an unprecedented use of an ethics adjudication system that has rarely been used by House members accused of breaking House rules.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/its-not-just-rangel--rep-maxine-waters-d-calif-to-be-tried-on-ethics-charges-99670349.html
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We could say [Democrats] spend money like drunken sailors, but that would be unfair to drunken sailors. It would be unfair, because the sailors are spending their own money.  --Ronald Reagan

Al Gore didn't invent the internet, he invented global warming

The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants - Camus

The person who advocates government planning of the economy always assumes that it is his plan that will be put into effect.  --Hayek
« Reply #529 on: August 09, 2010, 06:02:39 AM »
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Democrats' version of 'culture of corruption'
By: Mark Hemingway

Reporting on corrupt Democrats these days is a bit like covering planes that land safely. If corrupt Democrats were once a rarity, these days it's hard to keep track of who is accused of what.

Two weeks ago, we learned Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., and Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., were both facing House ethics trials. Rangel is accused of everything from tax evasion to exchanging congressional favors for donations. Waters helped secure a $12 million TARP bailout for a bank in which her husband was a major investor.

President Obama headlined a fundraiser this past Thursday for Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias, the Illinois state treasurer who financed mob casinos with his failed family bank. Meanwhile, we still don't have a verdict in the trial of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, caught on tape by the feds allegedly trying to sell Obama's old Senate seat, the same seat Giannoulias is running to fill.

Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columns/Democrats_-version-of-_culture-of-corruption_-1008422-100230054.html#ixzz0w6MRa6sx
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We could say [Democrats] spend money like drunken sailors, but that would be unfair to drunken sailors. It would be unfair, because the sailors are spending their own money.  --Ronald Reagan

Al Gore didn't invent the internet, he invented global warming

The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants - Camus

The person who advocates government planning of the economy always assumes that it is his plan that will be put into effect.  --Hayek
« Reply #530 on: August 26, 2010, 07:01:15 AM »
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Obama Appointee under Ethics Cloud
by  Audrey Hudson

Atty. Gen. Eric Holder is facing his first real test to enforce the most heralded value of President Obama’s Administration—the ethics pledge.

Holder is being pressured to determine whether Craig Becker, a controversial recess appointment to the National Labor Relations Board, has violated that pledge more than a dozen times in just a few short months.

Prior to his confirmation being steamrolled past the Senate process in March, Becker served as associate general counsel for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), which represents 1.8 million members, and is a former staff counsel for the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO).

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=38704
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We could say [Democrats] spend money like drunken sailors, but that would be unfair to drunken sailors. It would be unfair, because the sailors are spending their own money.  --Ronald Reagan

Al Gore didn't invent the internet, he invented global warming

The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants - Camus

The person who advocates government planning of the economy always assumes that it is his plan that will be put into effect.  --Hayek
« Reply #531 on: August 29, 2010, 07:05:32 AM »
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Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson violated rules, steered scholarships to relatives

By TODD J. GILLMAN and CHRISTY HOPPE / The Dallas Morning News

Longtime Dallas congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson has awarded thousands of dollars in college scholarships to four relatives and a top aide's two children since 2005, using foundation funds set aside for black lawmakers' causes.
Eddie Bernice Johnson

The recipients were ineligible under anti-nepotism rules of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, which provided the money. And all of the awards violated a foundation requirement that scholarship winners live or study in a caucus member's district.

Johnson, a Democrat, denied any favoritism when asked about the scholarships last week.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/082910dntexcongress.2c049bb.html
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We could say [Democrats] spend money like drunken sailors, but that would be unfair to drunken sailors. It would be unfair, because the sailors are spending their own money.  --Ronald Reagan

Al Gore didn't invent the internet, he invented global warming

The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants - Camus

The person who advocates government planning of the economy always assumes that it is his plan that will be put into effect.  --Hayek
« Reply #532 on: August 30, 2010, 03:15:07 AM »
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Procecutions "NOT" coming anytime soon.
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« Reply #533 on: September 01, 2010, 07:57:44 PM »
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Powerful Md. state senator indicted on extortion, bribery charges
By: Scott McCabe

A federal grand jury has indicted powerful Maryland Senate committee chairman Ulysses S. Currie on charges of bribery, extortion, and mail fraud and making false statements.

Currie, a Democrat from Forestville in Prince George's County, is accused of taking an off-the-book job with Shoppers Food Warehouse in exchange for using his official position to influence government business to benefit the supermarket chain. He has been under federal investigation for more than two years for working as a consultant for Shoppers without disclosing the work in financial disclosure forms.


Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/crime/Powerful-Md_-state-senator-indicted-on-extortion_-bribery-charges-685122-102007568.html#ixzz0yEOHBa9o
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We could say [Democrats] spend money like drunken sailors, but that would be unfair to drunken sailors. It would be unfair, because the sailors are spending their own money.  --Ronald Reagan

Al Gore didn't invent the internet, he invented global warming

The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants - Camus

The person who advocates government planning of the economy always assumes that it is his plan that will be put into effect.  --Hayek
« Reply #534 on: September 10, 2010, 07:14:31 PM »
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Audit finds Sharpton's nonprofit on brink

By CARL CAMPANILE

An accounting firm hired by Al Sharpton's National Action Network found the civil-rights group in such financial disarray that it flunked its record-keeping -- and may not even survive, The Post has learned.

The scathing critique was spelled out in a hard-hitting internal audit of NAN's books, a copy of which was obtained by The Post.

"The organization has suffered recurring decreases in net assets -- and has been dependent upon advances from related parties and the nonpayment of payroll tax obligations -- to maintain continuity," the firm KBL concluded in an April 2 audit of NAN's 2008 financial records, the most recent available.


Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/al_net_lo_es_f52rRrLNnBRAZagK0TgvwN#ixzz0z4pzrTrC
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We could say [Democrats] spend money like drunken sailors, but that would be unfair to drunken sailors. It would be unfair, because the sailors are spending their own money.  --Ronald Reagan

Al Gore didn't invent the internet, he invented global warming

The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants - Camus

The person who advocates government planning of the economy always assumes that it is his plan that will be put into effect.  --Hayek
« Reply #535 on: September 18, 2010, 06:48:34 AM »
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Ex-Cuyahoga County auditor admits bribery

CLEVELAND -- A former county elected official in Cleveland has pleaded guilty to bribery in a widening federal investigation of public corruption.

Former Cuyahoga County Auditor Frank Russo, a Democrat who resigned last week, pleaded guilty today and faces a sentence of nearly 22 years in prison under a plea deal with prosecutors. The agreement spares family members from facing any charges in the case.

Russo's political ally, county Commissioner Jimmy Dimora, was charged with bribery yesterday. Dimora, a former county Democratic chairman, denies wrongdoing.

The latest dragnet in the two-year investigation also nabbed two judges, a labor union business manager, a contractor and three employees in Russo's office.

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/09/16/ex-cuyahoga-auditor-pleads-guilty.html?sid=101
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We could say [Democrats] spend money like drunken sailors, but that would be unfair to drunken sailors. It would be unfair, because the sailors are spending their own money.  --Ronald Reagan

Al Gore didn't invent the internet, he invented global warming

The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants - Camus

The person who advocates government planning of the economy always assumes that it is his plan that will be put into effect.  --Hayek
« Reply #536 on: September 22, 2010, 05:22:22 PM »
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Rep. Jackson: I did nothing wrong but 'deeply sorry' over 'social acquaintance'
Chicago congressman vows to remain in office in wake of Sun-Times report

By NATASHA KORECKI AND ABDON M. PALLASCH

U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) said Tuesday he is “deeply sorry” for having “disappointed some supporters” regarding his relationship with a female “social acquaintance.”

But the congressman vowed to stay in office in the wake of a Chicago Sun-Times report that a major political fund-raiser has told federal authorities that Jackson directed him to offer former Gov. Rod Blagojevich millions of dollars in campaign cash in return for an appointment for Jackson to the U.S. Senate, to succeed President Obama.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/2732904,jackson-responds-to-sun-times-story-092210.article
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We could say [Democrats] spend money like drunken sailors, but that would be unfair to drunken sailors. It would be unfair, because the sailors are spending their own money.  --Ronald Reagan

Al Gore didn't invent the internet, he invented global warming

The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants - Camus

The person who advocates government planning of the economy always assumes that it is his plan that will be put into effect.  --Hayek
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PMA founder pleads guilty on illegal campaign contributions
By Ian Swanson - 09/24/10 05:59 PM ET

The founder and president of the PMA Group pled guilty Friday to making illegal campaign contributions and making false statements to a federal agency.

Paul Magliocchetti offered the plea in federal court in Arlington, Va. Sentencing is scheduled for Dec. 17.

The former lobbyist pleaded guilty to one count each of making false statements, making illegal conduit contributions and making illegal corporate contributions.

The now-defunct PMA Group came under scrutiny in early 2009 from both federal authorities and House ethics committee investigators over campaign contributions made to a number of veteran defense appropriations, including the late Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), the chairman of the Defense appropriations panel.

http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/120883-pma-founder-pleads-guilty-on-illegal-campaign-contributions
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We could say [Democrats] spend money like drunken sailors, but that would be unfair to drunken sailors. It would be unfair, because the sailors are spending their own money.  --Ronald Reagan

Al Gore didn't invent the internet, he invented global warming

The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants - Camus

The person who advocates government planning of the economy always assumes that it is his plan that will be put into effect.  --Hayek
« Reply #538 on: September 27, 2010, 06:18:47 AM »
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Local Tea Party group may have uncovered massive vote fraud in Texas
By: Mark Hemingway

The Examiner’s Mark Tapscott wrote about this story over a week ago, but now Fox News is reporting on Tea Party activists in Texas uncovering vote fraud:

    When Catherine Engelbrecht and her friends sat down and started talking politics several years ago, they soon agreed that talking wasn’t enough. They wanted to do more. So when the 2008 election came around, “about 50” of her friends volunteered to work at Houston’s polling places.

    “What we saw shocked us,” she said. “There was no one checking IDs, judges would vote for people that asked for help. It was fraud, and we watched like deer in the headlights.”

    Their shared experience, she says, created “True the Vote,” a citizen-based grassroots organization that began collecting publicly available voting data to prove that what they saw in their day at the polls was, indeed, happening — and that it was happening everywhere.

    “It was a true Tea Party moment,” she remembers.

True the Vote appears to have made some pretty significant discoveries, including one blockbuster revelation possibly connecting the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) to vote fraud in Houston:

    Their work paid off. Two weeks ago the Harris County voter registrar took their work and the findings of his own investigation and handed them over to both the Texas secretary of state’s office and the Harris County district attorney.

    Most of the findings focused on a group called Houston Votes, a voter registration group headed by Steve Caddle, who also works for the Service Employees International Union. Among the findings were that only 1,793 of the 25,000 registrations the group submitted appeared to be valid.

Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/local-tea-party-group-may-have-uncovered-massive-vote-fraud-in-texas-103823128.html#ixzz10ivxNfTG
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We could say [Democrats] spend money like drunken sailors, but that would be unfair to drunken sailors. It would be unfair, because the sailors are spending their own money.  --Ronald Reagan

Al Gore didn't invent the internet, he invented global warming

The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants - Camus

The person who advocates government planning of the economy always assumes that it is his plan that will be put into effect.  --Hayek
« Reply #539 on: September 30, 2010, 07:25:59 PM »
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Hmm...I wonder which party he belongs to?

Voter Fraud Conviction
By AP

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- An Oak Creek man has pleaded guilty to submitting 54 fake voter registrations in Milwaukee during the 2008 presidential election.

Prosecutors charged 31-year-old Frank Walton in October 2008 with one count of election fraud. He faces up to 42 months in prison and a $10,000 fine when he's sentenced Dec. 6.

According to a criminal complaint, Walton worked for Community Voters Project, run by the Boston-based nonprofit environmental group Fund for the Public Interest. He was fired after Milwaukee election officials notified CVP that Walton had registered a dead man.

http://www.620wtmj.com/news/local/104093479.html
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We could say [Democrats] spend money like drunken sailors, but that would be unfair to drunken sailors. It would be unfair, because the sailors are spending their own money.  --Ronald Reagan

Al Gore didn't invent the internet, he invented global warming

The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants - Camus

The person who advocates government planning of the economy always assumes that it is his plan that will be put into effect.  --Hayek
 
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