I think we’ve kept our oft-made promise, so far, to bring you coverage of the 2008 Election that you will find nowhere else.
From the first Primary mess out of the box in NH; to Rep. Heather Wilson’s vote-buying scandal in NM (she lost her bid for the Senate nomination, btw, poor dear); to thousands of “Double Bubble” ballots left uncounted on Super Tuesday in Los Angeles; to miscounted votes on Sequoia machines in NJ and the dope the company tried to put in charge of the “investigation”; to being called to testify to the U.S. Election Assistance Commission on their utter failures of federal oversight; to the federal fraud suit filed against Hart InterCivic; to their attempted takeover of Sequoia and our exclusive findings that the company doesn’t even control its own software or intellectual property and their CEO has been busy lying about it; to nuns, students, vets, the elderly being disenfranchised altogether by the Supreme Court upholding unconstitutional Photo ID restrictions; to multiple races flipped by e-voting machines in Arkansas; to the continuing saga of voter fraud felon Ann Coulter and Fox “News'” attempts to ignore it; up to my very own e-votes getting flipped in L.A. the week before last; and so much more in between.
All that, just since the first few days of January this year.
We promised to keep an eye on the track conditions, even as everyone else was obsessed with the horse race, and so far, I think we’ve delivered.
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We have been forced to scale back our Summer travel plans for shortage of funds, and prices of fuel. But we’ve still got places we have to get to, beginning with a family commitment this coming week that will put us on the road again for the next several weeks.
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If you can contribute at least $50 one time, we’ll send you a collector’s edition DVD of the remarkable documentary, Uncounted: The New Math of American Elections, hand-signed by the filmmaker, David Earnhardt. (DISCLOSURE: I’m in it, but it’s a good film anyway.)
I can’t express how much I hate asking folks for help here. Especially these days. But as blog ads have largely dried up for much of the blogosphere so far this season, and as The BRAD BLOG has no corporate or foundational funding, we have nowhere to go but to you.
If you can help us keep going, I commit to continuing the same investigative, muckraking, cry-till-ya-laugh, laugh-till-ya-cry coverage of our American democracy that you will find nowhere else. Although if I can find a few days off between now and the conventions, I’m gonna try to take ’em. Not that I usually have much luck at that sort of thing. But it won’t stop me from trying.
As always, your support means the world. Thank you, in advance… — Brad
{Ed Note: Amy, please read our commenting rules. Thank you. –99}
Hey Amy, if that’s your real name, why aren’t you in Iraq charring Iraqi babies? Democrats for McCain is a myth. Your website should be investigated, exposed, or simply ignored for the bullshit that it is.
These astroturfers should be thrown in prison for treason.
Brad Friedman
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When my band makes it i promise to make a rock solid donation to bradblog! Your writing and website content has grown improving over time as well. Keep up the great work as real mod American investigative watchdog journalists.
Brad, can you please help me to find info on the 13,000 (or was it 17,000?)voters in Albuquerque, NM who were given provisional ballots that were never counted in Feb primary? I, myself, was told I was dead when I went to vote in Taos! Thanks.
Greetings,
I’ve been treated very shabby, and been discriminated time and time again, by the Media. First encounter, right after, I filed to run for Lane County Commission on Thursday March 6-08. I called the KVAL, RG, to cover my candidacy announcement at the Plaza Lanita’s on Friday March 7-08. No one show from the Media. Finally I was sitting with my friends at one of the tables in the food section, when one of my Kurdish American friends, noticed a person who works for the Register Guard as photographer. She approached him and asked him why the media was not there to cover my candidacy? He came and talked to me, and suggested that I write about it so that’s will generate some attention for coverage!!
I’m an Arab American who’s running for Lane County Commissioner Seat in Eugene,Oregon.
* I’ve been verbally attacked more than once.
* The Ballots were rigged. My name was not on the Ballots for my constituents.
* I was blocked from getting any endorsement, donations, or interview.
* The media didn’t cover the interview they did with me. Matt Cooper the Register Guard reporter for the County commissioner candidates, and the endorsement report by Paul Neville from the Register Guard.
* The “progressive” Eugene weekly was in the pocket of the “progressive & our Mayor for all”.
* Jason N. Reed jasonreedemerald@gmail.com a reporter from the University Daily Emerald sent me few questions to answer them. I’ve sent the response to him. Jason Reed never responded or published the interview with me.
* The Bus Project was degrading, humiliating, and insulting, me on their nonpartisan election website!
* Four years ago when Mayor Piercy was running for the Mayoral seat against Jim Torrey. One of her campaign supporter contacted a Iraqi woman- who happend to write some thing to the editor not in favor of Mayor Piercy -.. The campaign person telephoned this woman and informed her, she needs to go back to Iraq, Because she’s not welcome in the USA. and continued to harassed her! There is a letter to the editor supporting my statement in the RG!
On March/08, right after I filed, I attended a function at the Springfield School District, for Diversity. I was invited by “Rosalia Marquez” . When I was announcing to the community about my candidacy for Lane County Commissioner. All of a sudden I’ve noticed Mariam Malcolm moving around and finally she approached Ms. Marquez by handing her some flyers. After that day.Ms. Marquez stopped communicating with me!
Mr. Michael Carrigan and the rest of CALC have blocked any possibility of having my loan signs, or thing to deal with my campaign!
On March 13-08 I got a telephone call, by a prominent “progressive” woman Ruth Duemler who attacked me verbally for 16 minutes..Just because I filed to run against her chosen white man- Mr. Rob Handy-
On May 11-08, Million Moms March -“Ms Betsy Steffenson “-. I was not invited, participated or acknowledged as one of the candidates who are running for office & spoke at the Rally!. I was treated very shabby!
On one of the Basic Rights events- Equity..- I was “Muzzled” not to be part of the candidates who spoke.!! I was not endorsed by them either because of our “Mayor for all” neither had my website was posted on their website. I had to call Ms. Becky Flynn to asked her to post my website. It
was posted just three days before the primary!!
Same thing with LCDP, my website was not posted their either. I had to contact the Chair Jared Mason to post it, just few days before the primary.
On May 19-08, I was at a Eugene Media function at Lane community College. When I was attacked verbally by hate speech by “progressive” Kathy Ging! Then at the evening I also attended the same speaker at the UO when I notice my sign was missing from the room. Never mind that I was invited to bring my campaign signs and handout literature’s.. Finally after the speaker was finished. I wanted to go home. All of the Sudden my sign appeared again… The person who’d hidden it was Mr. Michael Carigan from CALC..
May 20-08, the Primary night at the Fairground. I was ordered, dragged, kicked & called “hey you, you people don’t understand” by one of the Fairground management “Pam” . Pam was escorting me out of the designated area for the candidates with her figure in my face!!.
On June 7-08 I was at the DPO for the CD delegates for Obama. I was approached by Ms. Deborah Noble, grabbing & pulling my necklace. Ms. Noble flipped her nametag in my face, asked me if I know who she was?
On June 13-08, I was threaten and almost got hit in the face by the owner of the store, kicked & chased out of the store. Just because I was disputing the over charges, she made me pay for repairing my shoes!
I had several telephone harassment, using the “F..word”. I got several hate messages on my website too ““www.nadiasindi.com-.
Just because I’m an Arab American running for a Public Office. This is my third times. Every time I ran I get the same thing and more of stocking, following me on the freeway, and a hitman was going to kill me in 2005 when I ran for the 4J school Board: http://www.nadiasindi.blogspot.com