PPP: Obama Holds 2-Point Lead in Virginia with Just Over 2 Weeks to Go

Voter Fraud (0.00 / 0)

Even with the now-proven voter fraud perpetrated by the RPV's hired henchmen, if we all work extremely hard, this race should be a narrow victory for the president. That said, we also need lawyers, poll watchers, etc., to guarantee that further vote tampering isn't going on.

Cooch won't investigate, of course. The SBE, under GOP control, has decided unilaterally that the criminal behavior by Colin Small was "an isolated event." But, as NLS points out, the outfit that Small worked for is still operating in parts of the state. Who knows how many people "registered" with these shady operators and don't know they have been disenfranchised.

The lamestream media didn't figure out how easy it is to know how a potential voter will vote by engaging in political small talk. So, they don't understand how that could be determined since Virginians don't register by party. Ugh.  

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by: Elaine in Roanoke @ Sat Oct 20, 2012 at 14:37:41 PM UTC

It's all about.......... (0.00 / 0)

TURN OUT !!

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by: gg2landy @ Sat Oct 20, 2012 at 14:39:07 PM UTC

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Republicans trying to BUY votes?!? (0.00 / 0)

See this article:

How much is a vote worth? $4.50, maybe?

That conclusion could be drawn from a recent mass mailing by Ralph Reed's Faith & Freedom Coalition when it took the unusual step of sending donors in Virginia and other states a check for that amount as part of a voter drive.

The mailing is part of an organizational fundraising appeal. It explains that the group wants donations to reach a $12.2 million goal to fund the final 45-day phase of its "conservative Christian voter turnout" operation.

It included a letter, the check and a form giving recipients the option to return the $4.50 and contribute to the cause; "Save America" donations of $100 or $200 are recommended.

Gary Marx, the coalition's executive director, dismissed any notion that the mailing constitutes vote-buying when contacted Friday.

"It's a fundraising piece of mail, not a voter-contact piece of mail," he said.

Uh huh.

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by: lowkell @ Sat Oct 20, 2012 at 15:10:08 PM UTC

A bit more info on slimeball Ralph Reed (0.00 / 0)

Source

*"He attended the University of Georgia where he earned an A.B. in history in 1985. After failing to properly cite an article in his role as editor of the college newspaper, Reed was discharged from his duties for plagiarism"

*"In 1981, Reed moved to Washington, D.C., to intern at the College Republican National Committee (CRNC). At the CRNC, Jack Abramoff, Norquist and Reed formed what was known as the "Abramoff-Norquist-Reed triumvirate." Abramoff promoted Reed in 1983, appointing him to succeed Norquist as Executive Director of the CRNC. Norquist would later serve as President of Americans for Tax Reform, an anti-tax nonprofit lobbying firm in Washington, D.C."

*"Reed was hired by religious broadcaster-cum-Presidential candidate Pat Robertson as executive director of the Christian Coalition in Virginia Beach, Virginia."

*"Reed is credited with attacks on Senator John McCain in the 2000 South Carolina presidential primary, together with Roberta Combs, then head of the South Carolina Christian Coalition, who later took over the national Christian Coalition" (those attacks were vicious - racist, etc.)

*"Some conservatives have criticized Reed's choice of clients and suggested that he has inappropriately profited from his credentials as a conservative Christian leader. A conservative Alabama group called Obligation, Inc.[dead link] is a fierce critic of Reed's client Channel One News, arguing that the company pumps classrooms full of 'commercials for junk food and sleazy movies.'"

*"In 1999, Reed's firm "sent out a mailer to Alabama conservative Christians asking them to call then-Rep. Bob Riley (R-Ala.) and tell him to vote against legislation that would have made the U.S. commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands subject to federal wage and worker safety laws." Abramoff represented the commonwealth as a partner of Greenberg Traurig and received $4.04 million from 1998 to 2002. Greenberg Traurig, in turn, hired Reed's firm to print the mailing."

*"Reed was named in the scandal arising from lobbying work performed by Jack Abramoff on behalf of Indian gambling tribes. E-mails released by federal investigators in June 2005 revealed that Reed secretly accepted payments from Abramoff to lobby against Indian casino gambling and oppose an Alabama education lottery.[15] Additional e-mails released in November 2005 show that Reed also worked for another Abramoff client seeking to block a congressional ban on Internet gambling. These cases are being investigated by multiple federal and state grand juries and by the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. Abramoff pled guilty to three felony counts in federal court, raising the prospects of Abramoff testifying against others."

*"Those e-mails and other evidence revealed the participation of the Christian Coalition in the alleged fraud, particularly the Alabama chapter of the Christian Coalition, which received large amounts of donations from the casino money. It is alleged that Abramoff engaged Reed to set up an anti-gambling campaign to include the U.S. Family Network, the Christian Coalition, and Focus on the Family in order to frighten the tribes into spending as much as $82 million for Abramoff to lobby on their behalf. "

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by: lowkell @ Sat Oct 20, 2012 at 15:21:34 PM UTC

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speaking about the Northern Mariana Islands... (0.00 / 0)

some of the women and children were being forced into prostitution and pregnant women were pressured to have abortions.  Of course reed is ultra conservative and strongly prolife (I guess he got blinded by the dollars signs).

http://www.factcheck.org/elect...

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by: normanva @ Sat Oct 20, 2012 at 16:44:33 PM UTC

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