tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - 10/20/2008
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As if you needed any more evidence that the Republican effort to tout voter fraud is less about legitimate claims and more about a political agenda, consider this sequence of events:
Last week, as we noted at the time, the New Mexico GOP had publicly claimed that 28 people voted fraudulently ...
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bombshell. We now have undeniable proof that a significant number of fraudulent voters were cast in Democrat primary races for the New Mexico legislature as a result of ...
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radioequalizer.blogspot.com - 10/22/2008
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PRIORITY ONE Dem Senator Outlines Vindictive Plan To
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*** In a stunning admission most Democrats have been unwilling to make in public, a New Mexico senator has revealed his desire to ...
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tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - 10/17/2008
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This morning, we noticed an RNC press release
in our inbox, breathlessly touting an Associated Press story...
that reports: "The New Mexico Republican Party say they believe 28 people voted fraudulently in an Albuquerque state House district in the ...
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Unchastened, NM Republicans Still Pushing Voter Fraud
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Talking Points Memo —
RNC New Mexico GOP gets caught red-handed mid-bamboozle hawking a phony vote fraud story.
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The Incredible Vanishing "Voter Fraud"
Lawyers, Guns and Money —
... Of course. But the point of the whole exercise was to get another apocryphal example of "voter fraud" out there for Republican vote suppressers to use as a pretext, so in that sense every claim is successful... Posted by Scott Lemieux at ...
C’mon people, this fake news isn’t going to report itself!
Crooked Timber —
... In fairness, Republicans have to shoulder a lot of the blame. TPM reports on a conference call on ACORN-related voter fraud with RNC spokesman, Danny Diaz ...
ACORN
Obsidian Wings —
... for other people."
Or:
"ANDERSON described that some of the canvassers hired by ACORN were "lazy crack-heads" who were not interested in working and just wanted the money."
(Bear in mind that these are interviews with people who were fired by ACORN, and thus have no obvious motive to cover for the organization.)
There's nothing in the affadavit that suggests complicity on ACORN's part, at all.
New Mexico: TPMMuckraker has this one:
"Last week, as we noted at the time, the New ...
ACORN
Political Animal —
... she began asking people who had completed forms if they would complete forms for other people." Or: "ANDERSON described that some of the canvassers hired by ACORN were "lazy crack-heads" who were not interested in working and just wanted the money." (Bear in mind that these are interviews with people who were fired by ACORN, and thus have no obvious motive to cover for the organization.) There's nothing in the affadavit that suggests complicity on ACORN's part, at all. New Mexico : TPMMuckraker has this one: "Last week, as we ...
GOP Charges of ACORN 'Voter Fraud' in NM Fall Apart
The BRAD BLOG —
... , though the RNC seems to be having trouble admitting it, even in the press conference they'd called to tout the phony claims yesterday, before being undermined by the truth accidentally leaking out first. Zachary Roth at TPMMuck has the shameful story... ...
Tuesday's Mini-Report
Political Animal —
... . * The RNC's complaints about ACORN keep falling apart . * On a related note, the RNC's small-donor database is apparently little more than ...
ACORN Strikes Back
Open Left - Front Page —
... This week we’ve begun to carry the fight back to the Republicans. On Monday we showed that the New Mexico GOP was falsely accusing Latino and African-American registrants, many of them first-time voters, of illegally voting in the June primary. When confronted with the evidence the GOP tried to run from the story. ...
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Right-Wing Pundit On Voter Fraud Claim: Never Mind
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com 10/22/2008 — Here's a funny example of how "voter-fraud" hysteria is starting to make some conservatives look kind of foolish.
In a post Friday on the website of the conservative magazine National Review , Jim Geraghty touted the New Mexico GOP's ...
New Mexico GOP Sued For Voter Intimidation
huffingtonpost.com 10/27/2008 — ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) has sued the New Mexico GOP after reports that minority voters in the state are being intimidated by party officials. The press release:
Lawsuits were filed today in U.S. Federal ...
Did New Mexico GOP Lawyer Hire P.I. To Intimidate Minority Voters?
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com 10/24/2008 — Minority voters in New Mexico report to TPMmuckraker that a private investigator working with Republican party lawyer Pat Rogers has appeared in person at the homes of their family members, intimidating and confusing them about their right to vote in ...
Joe the Plumber: Changing This Year's Race?
powerlineblog.com 10/17/2008 — As Paul noted earlier today, John McCain is "hanging around" in the Presidential race despite what would seem to be overwhelming odds. Maybe even doing a bit better than hanging around, as the current Gallup poll has Obama up by only two points, ...
More Use Of P.I.s By GOP In New Mexico?
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/3/2008 — Is the Republican National Committee, too, turning to private investigators to help make it harder to vote in New Mexico?
David O'Niell, a P.I in the state, has told the New Mexico Independent that he was contacted by Todd Stefan of SETEC ...
MIG: Mexico Travel Alert
travel.state.gov 12/16/2008 — U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Bureau of Consular Affairs This information is current as of today, Mexico October 14, 2008 This Travel Alert updates security information for U.S. citizens traveling and living in Mexico. It replaces the Travel Alert for ...
Obama Wins!!!
openleft.com 10/31/2008 — Barack Obama has won the 2008 Presidential Election.
Yes, you read that right. And no, I am not joking.
People will probably say that I am calling the election too early, which could depress turnout. People might say that I am taking too much for ...
New reports about Mexico, the failing state on our border
fabiusmaximus.wordpress.com 1/9/2009 — This provides a very brief look at two excellent reports about Mexico. Excerpts from each appear below.
“Mexico Security Memo - Year-end Wrap-up“, Stratfor, 5 January 2008 — Subscription only.
“After Action Report - Vistit ...
Republican • National • Committee
gop.com 11/2/2008 — Saturday, November 01, 2008 VOTE FRAUD ALERT: New Mexico, We Have A Problem From Palestra.net October 31, 2008 New Mexico, we have a problem. As part of our ongoing investigation into issues surrounding voter fraud, we have discovered a VERY ...
Amanda Carpenter : ACORN Voter Fraud in NM
townhall.com 10/17/2008 — The liberals defending ACORN's fraudulent voter registration efforts have said again and again voter registration fraud doesn't lead to voter fraud. Well, we didn't have to wait till Election Day to find out they're wrong. The Associated Press ...
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