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Latest Articles: (s)Elections
Mob Rule
Post Date: 2009-04-29 06:59:34 by Ada
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On a party line vote, the Democrat-dominated Nevada Assembly on Tuesday backed a bill designed to neuter the 538-member Electoral College, guaranteeing the presidential candidate who wins the national popular plurality will always be declared president. The purpose of Assembly Bill 413 is to see to it that Nevada’s five electoral votes go to the presidential candidate who wins the most popular votes NATIONWIDE, regardless of which candidates carries the majority of NEVADANS. The scheme, being promoted by an outfit called the National Popular Vote, offers a way for states to circumvent the constitutionally required Electoral College, without going to the trouble of actually amending ...
Specter says he's switching from GOP to Democrats - Obama: "Thrilled to have you." [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2009-04-28 13:03:44 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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Specter says he's switching from GOP to Democrats Apr 28 12:45 PM US/EasternBy DAVID ESPOAP Special Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) - Veteran Republican Sen. Arlen Specter disclosed plans Tuesday to switch parties, a move intended to boost his chances of winning re-election next year that will also push Democrats closer to a 60-vote filibuster-resistant majority. "I now find my political philosophy more in line with Democrats than Republicans," Specter said in a statement posted on a Web site devoted to Pennsylvania politics and confirmed by his office. Several Senate officials said a formal announcement could come later in the day or Wednesday. Specter, 79 and ...
Senator Arlen Specter Switching To Democratic Party Pushing Democrats One Step Closer To A 60-Vote Filibuster-Resistant Majority
Post Date: 2009-04-28 12:15:15 by Brian S
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(04-28) 09:08 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) -- Several officials say veteran Republican Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania intends to switch parties, advancing his own hopes of winning a new term next year while pushing Democrats one step closer to a 60-vote filibuster-resistant majority. The sources said an announcement could come later in the day — or Wednesday. The officials who provided the information did so on condition of anonymity, saying they were not authorized to discuss his plans. Specter is a 79-year-old veteran of five Senate terms, and one of only a handful of moderate Republicans left in Congress in a party made up largely of conservatives.
Post-Election Coverage of Haiti's Sham Elections
Post Date: 2009-04-21 15:56:52 by Stephen Lendman
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Post-Election Coverage of Haiti's Sham Elections - by Stephen Lendman What if a national election was held and virtually no one showed up? That's precisely what happened in Haiti. On April 19, scheduled senatorial elections were to fill 12 open seats. However, after majority Fanmi Lavalas (FL) candidates were disqualified on a first time ever procedural technicality, party leaders called for a national boycott, and Haitians responded overwhelmingly with estimates of as few as 3% of eligible voters participating. According to Rene Civil, one of the boycott's leaders: "What we (saw was) the non-violent resistance of the Haitian people to undemocratic elections. There is no ...
Haitians Overwhelmingly Reject Electoral Sham
Post Date: 2009-04-20 07:55:35 by Stephen Lendman
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Haitians Overwhelmingly Reject Electoral Sham - by Stephen Lendman On April 19, sham elections were held to fill 12 open seats in the 30-member Haitian Senate, but most Haitians refused to go along. Earlier in February on procedural grounds, Haiti's Provisional Election Council (CEP) disqualified Fanmi Lavalas (FL) candidates from participating, the party most Haitians support. Mass outrage and apprehension showed up in Priorities Project (HPP) pre-election polls with only 5% of eligible voters stating an intention to participate. HPP's Jacob Francois told Inter Press Service (IPS): "We organized our census primarily through town hall meetings, where organizers spoke to ...
CIA Officials Won't Face Charges For Waterboarding (Eric Holder)
Post Date: 2009-04-16 20:11:55 by Deasy
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Read The MemosAug. 1, 2002: from Jay Bybee, Assistant Attorney General, to John A. Rizzo, General Counsel CIAMay 10, 2005: from Steven Bradbury, Acting Assistant Attorney General, to John A. Rizzo, General Counsel CIA.May 10, 2005: from Steven Bradbury, Acting Assistant Attorney General, to John A. Rizzo, General Counsel CIA.May 30, 2005: from Steven Bradbury, Acting Assistant Attorney General, to John A. Rizzo, General Counsel CIA. NPR.org, April 16, 2009 · President Obama absolved the CIA from prosecution for harsh, painful interrogation of terror suspects Thursday, even as his administration released Bush-era memos graphically detailing — and authorizing — such ...
Electoral Sham in Haiti
Post Date: 2009-04-16 05:55:24 by Stephen Lendman
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Electoral Sham in Haiti - by Stephen Lendman Few people anywhere have suffered more for so long, yet endure and keep struggling for change. For brief periods under Jean-Bertand Aristide, they got it until a US-led February 29, 2004 coup d'etat forced him into exile where he remains Haiti's symbolic leader - for his supporters, still head of the Fanmi Lavalas (FL) party he founded in 1996 to reestablish links between local Lavalas branches and its parliamentary representatives. From then to now, nothing has been the same. UN paramilitaries occupy the country. Washington effectively controls it. President Rene Preval got a choice - go along or pay the price. He submitted knowing ...
John McCain-Sarah Palin rift grows wider, as Sen. leaves former running mate off list of GOP stars
Post Date: 2009-04-14 19:09:11 by Rotara
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John McCain-Sarah Palin rift grows wider, as Sen. leaves former running mate off list of GOP stars By Olivia SmithDaily News STAFF WRITER Tuesday, April 14th 2009, 11:07 AM NBC Sen. John McCain with Jay Leno on 'The Tonight Show,' on Monday April 13. The real joke may have been on his former presidential running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. Bukaty/AP Palin on the campaign trail in October. In his chat with Leno, McCain left her off a list of new GOP leaders - and then went out of his way to draw attention to the omission. Related NewsArticlesTodd Palin: $150K on clothes 'out of control'Palin's ...
JUDGES: Franken winner of Senate race
Post Date: 2009-04-14 14:17:48 by war
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A Minnesota court confirmed Monday that Democrat Al Franken won the most votes in his 2008 Senate race against Republican Norm Coleman. The ruling isn't expected to be the final word because Coleman immediately announced plans to appeal to the state Supreme Court. He has 10 days to do so. That appeal could mean weeks more delay in seating Minnesota's second senator. "It's time that Minnesota like every other state have two" senators, a jovial Franken said outside his Minneapolis town home with his wife, Franni, at his side. "I would call on Senator Coleman to allow me to get to work for the people of Minnesota as soon as possible." ...
Republicans Disinvite Palin From Major Fundraiser, Trash Her In Private
Post Date: 2009-03-31 21:57:32 by christine
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WASHINGTON — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is out, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is in as keynote speaker at a Republican dinner this spring. Palin, the party's 2008 nominee for vice president, had been slated to address the annual Senate-House Dinner in Washington on June 8. The dinner, sponsored by the House and Senate Republican campaign committees, is one of the GOP's biggest fundraisers. Palin will be replaced by Gingrich. Both are popular figures with the party's base. A spokesman for the Senate GOP committee, Brian Walsh, said Palin's team informed the campaign committees that her responsibilities in Alaska prevented her from committing to the speech until ...
TARP funds come back to Washington as campaign donations
Post Date: 2009-03-29 14:54:17 by Ada
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Recent filings in the Federal Election Commission's database revealed that in the first two months of this year, at least $250,000 of bail-out funds returned to Washington in the form of campaign finances. NBC's chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd reported yesterday that both Democrats and Republicans have been receiving donations from bail-out firms. Two of the most vocal opponents of the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program(TARP) received some of the largest donations. Representative John Boehner(R-OH) received $5,000 from Bank of America, $5,000 from American Express, and $1,500 from U.S. Bancorp, while Eric Cantor(R-VA) received a total of $21,500 from Citigroup, ...
Sarah Palin Proves She’s No George Bush
Post Date: 2009-03-27 11:22:56 by christine
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Back in January, when the media firestorm over my “Media Malpractice” interview with Governor Sarah Palin erupted, I wrote on this website that it was my belief that she was no George W. Bush. I can now say with even greater certainty that I was absolutely correct in that assertion. The reason I felt that way initially, was that after several days of the news media cherry picking snippets from my interview with her in an out of context way that appeared designed to make Palin seem whiny and weak (the exact opposite of what she actually was during the interview), she had a couple of choices. Basically she could try to pretend the interview and the issue of how the media lied to ...
McCain: People voted 'mostly for Sarah Palin' last year
Post Date: 2009-03-26 18:09:26 by christine
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WASHINGTON (CNN) - Former Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain has no illusions about the 2008 White House race. "God bless them," McCain said Thursday at the Heritage Foundation when reminded of the tens of millions of people who voted for him last year. "Over 50 million people voted for me and Sarah Palin - mostly for Sarah Palin," McCain said to an eruption of laughter. But "there was a sizable majority of the other party returned to Congress. And, elections have consequences. Elections have consequences. And these consequences we are seeing now in full display." McCain described himself as "very nervous" about the Obama ...
CIA expert: Electronic voting not secure - A CIA cybersecurity expert said electronic voting machines like those used in the U.S. have likely been tampered with during elections in other countries.
Post Date: 2009-03-25 13:45:31 by Jethro Tull
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WASHINGTON -- The CIA, which has been monitoring foreign countries' use of electronic voting systems, has reported apparent vote-rigging schemes in Venezuela, Macedonia and Ukraine and a raft of concerns about the machines' vulnerability to tampering. Appearing last month before a U.S. Election Assistance Commission field hearing in Orlando, a CIA cybersecurity expert suggested that Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and his allies fixed a 2004 election recount, an assertion that could further roil U.S. relations with the Latin leader. In a presentation that could provide disturbing lessons for the United States, where electronic voting is becoming universal, Steve Stigall ...
Supreme Court will likely rule in favor of anti-Hillary film: Toobin
Post Date: 2009-03-25 06:56:00 by Ada
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Opponents of campaign finance reform may have the last laugh if conservative dislike of Hillary Clinton results in the Supreme Court weakening or overturning McCain-Feingold. A documentary critical of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called “Hillary: The Movie” is now before the court for consideration on whether it constitutes “electioneering communication,” which as The New York Times reports, may not be broadcast during certain time frames before elections. If the court finds that the film does constitute electioneering communication, it could call into question whether McCain-Feingold squares with the First Amendment’s protections of free speech and a free ...
KY Election Officials Arrested, Charged With 'Changing Votes at E-Voting Machines'
Post Date: 2009-03-22 17:20:55 by AllTheKings'HorsesWontDoIt
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KY Election Officials Arrested, Charged With 'Changing Votes at E-Voting Machines' The Brad Blog 2009-03-21 Circuit court judge, county clerk, and election officials among eight indicted for gaming elections in 2002, 2004, 2006 Used popular, unverifiable ES&S touch-screens to flip votes... Those of us who have demanded transparent voting systems because we understand that only the ability for complete citizen oversight and transparency can effectively counter those who would game elections, have been disingenuously criticized over the years as somehow questioning the integrity of the hard-working, honest election officials out there. The fact is, those who know anything ...
Obama vs. Palin: Grudge match 2012?
Post Date: 2009-03-21 13:40:37 by Brian S
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The 2012 presidential election may still be a few years off, but it’s never too early to think about hypothetical matchups. One of the most intriguing — President Barack Obama vs. Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin — looks to be a blowout, according to a new survey from Public Policy Polling. In a prospective contest between the president and the former Republican vice presidential nominee, Obama leads with 55 percent, compared with 35 percent for Palin. Ten percent of the adults surveyed said they were undecided. Palin’s overall favorability ratings are unimpressive: 39 percent had a favorable opinion of the Alaska governor, while 50 percent had an unfavorable opinion. And the ...
Hopeful Change in El Salvador?
Post Date: 2009-03-19 06:01:09 by Stephen Lendman
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Hopeful Change In El Salvador? - by Stephen Lendman Like other Latin American nations, El Salvador has had a long and troubled history, ruled from one decade to the next by successive military dictatorships, then since 1989 by the right wing National Republican Alliance or ARENA Party. Long-suffering Salvadorans recall the 1980s struggles when the Farabudo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) failed to end what the civil-military Junta leader, Jose Napoleon Duarte, told New York Times reporter Raymond Bonner in 1980: "Fifty years of lies, fifty years of injustice, fifty years of frustration. (El Salvador's) history (is pockmarked by) people starving to death, living in misery. ...
Draft Palin Effort Begins In A Denny's In West Haven
Post Date: 2009-03-11 13:12:52 by christine
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History will show that the starting point of the grassroots movement to draft Sarah Palin as president began at a Denny's Restaurant in West Haven, Connecticut. On Tuesday evening, the 2012 Draft Sarah Committee -- operating independent of any candidate or political organization -- held its first meeting to gin up support for the Alaska Governor's White House run. The group, which is planning more events in the future, claims to be the first in the nation to fundraise on behalf of a theoretical Palin candidacy. That advocacy for the conservative Alaskan extends into firmly Democratic Connecticut underscores the political clout Palin earned among hard-core conservatives during the ...
A Lesson in Politics
Post Date: 2009-03-11 06:49:23 by Ada
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The masses have never thirsted after truth. Whoever can supply them with illusions is easily their master; whoever attempts to destroy their illusions is always their victim. ~ Gustave Le Bon To those paying close attention, the present U.S. attorney general and secretary of state provided as good an overview of the nature of political systems as you will find. Eric Holder, Jr., declared that America is "a nation of cowards" when it came to racial matters; that we "simply do not talk enough with each other about race." That he should make such a statement just a few weeks after a black man had been sworn in as president, was all the more remarkable, albeit not ...
Ron Paul ties Sarah Palin in CPAC Straw Poll
Post Date: 2009-03-02 11:52:25 by Brian S
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One of the more interesting phenomenons from the 2008 GOP Primary campaign was the countless local straw polls that Ron Paul either won or finished well in. Many of his supporters pointed to them as evidence of possible victory for the nomination. What it truly represented was the kind of grassroots activist support Ron Paul had. The results of the 2009 CPAC Straw Poll demonstrate the Paul activists are still around and they aren’t going anywhere. As Ron Paul says, “Freedom is popular”. Ron Paul didn’t win the straw poll. That distinction was left for Mitt Romney who’s ballot stuffing tactics during last year’s Ames Iowa Straw Poll were criticized by many. The ...
Palin To Reimburse Alaska Nearly $7K For 9 Trips Taken By Kids In Response To Ethics Probe
Post Date: 2009-02-24 19:36:58 by Brian S
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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will reimburse the state nearly $7,000 for costs associated with nine trips taken by her children, her attorney said Tuesday. Palin must reimburse the state within 120 days, according to a settlement agreement filed by a special investigator hired by the Alaska Personnel Board to investigate an ethics complaint filed against her. The exact amount will be determined by the Alaska Department of Administration, said Palin's attorney, Thomas Van Flein. He estimated the amount would be $6,800. There is no state law prohibiting the governor's family from traveling with her and the personnel board found no wrongdoing on the part of the ...
The RAT hiding deep inside the stimulus bill | The far-reaching -- and potentially dangerous -- provision that no one knows about.
Post Date: 2009-02-19 13:34:29 by Mind_Virus
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The RAT hiding deep inside the stimulus bill By Byron York Chief political correspondent 2/19/09 The far-reaching -- and potentially dangerous -- provision that no one knows about. You’ve heard a lot about the astonishing spending in the $787 billion economic stimulus bill, signed into law this week by President Barack Obama. But you probably haven’t heard about a provision in the bill that threatens to politicize the way allegations of fraud and corruption are investigated — or not investigated — throughout the federal government. The provision, which attracted virtually no attention in the debate over the 1,073-page stimulus bill, creates something called the ...
Republicans tap Louisiana governor for big speech [LOL - the GOP's trying to outsource the presidency to the Injuns]
Post Date: 2009-02-19 12:17:38 by a vast rightwing conspirator
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Republicans tap Louisiana governor for big speech By Chris Baltimore HOUSTON (Reuters) - Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's high-profile Republican response to President Barack Obama's first address to the U.S. Congress next week could be a key stepping stone for a possible White House bid in 2012. But pressing problems at home, like a mounting state deficit, could make or break the rising political star's ambitions. State political experts say the 37-year-old, Oxford-educated Republican of Indian heritage is maneuvering to be a possible presidential candidate in 2012. Jindal has dismissed such speculation and insists he is focused on getting re- elected in 2011. As a sign of ...
The Murder of a Pretty White Woman by a Black Felon (Turtle's Title)
Post Date: 2009-02-18 07:11:59 by Turtle
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While reporting interracial murders and attempted murders carried out by black men against white women, I have noted a pattern involving certain aspects of the crime, the official response or lack thereof, and responses by different elements of the public.
The murder typically is extreme in its brutality, with the killer inflicting the maximum in pain and humiliation on his victim. The authorities stonewall the public—unlike their reactions to deaths or assaults committed against blacks by whites, when they strive for a maximum in publicity and transparency. When they do speak, it is often to lie, adamantly denying that the crime was “racially motivated”—even though they have no ...
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