READER COMMENTS ON
"[UPDATED] Clay County, KY Election Officials Found Guilty of Election Fraud, Vote Buying"
(45 Responses so far...)
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Ancient
said on 3/25/2010 @ 3:29 pm PT...
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Ancient
said on 3/25/2010 @ 3:45 pm PT...
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Ancient
said on 3/25/2010 @ 4:00 pm PT...
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PatG in SD
said on 3/25/2010 @ 4:23 pm PT...
SWEET!!!
I am mystified that Justice has poked its head somewhere in the nation! It has been so feeble. I thought it was totally dead.
Congratulations to all election-integrity activists!
P.S. Is Ancient spamming on your blog?
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Adam Fulford
said on 3/25/2010 @ 4:46 pm PT...
Study after study, and court case after court case show election fraud committed by democracy-hating rightist extremists. They blame ACORN.
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Cosimo diRondo
said on 3/25/2010 @ 5:34 pm PT...
Given the import and implications of this story, naturally, the NYT is all over it. ^
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NoOneYouKnow
said on 3/25/2010 @ 6:10 pm PT...
Fantastic! Federal convictions in Kentucky!
And Ohio is right next door...
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Atilla
said on 3/25/2010 @ 7:22 pm PT...
We'll see. If they get more than a year at Club Fed, I'll be surprised. Just think, a year to work on their game between furloughs, with 4 star dining and a good night club. Pretty tough. I'll give you 2 to 1 that they don't lose their pension plan and it accrues thoughout their incarceration.
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Sam
said on 3/25/2010 @ 9:15 pm PT...
I'm actually a little surprised that lot were smart enough to work the electronic voting machines. The Republicans had their "ACORN, but I doubt this will go over as big with the Democrats. Possibly the lower percentage of knee-jerk reactionaries on the left. Or maybe due to the fact that they don't need to make up outlandish lies about the right; because the right has these guys!
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David
said on 3/25/2010 @ 10:52 pm PT...
When local voting officials train insider co-workers how to steal votes, then election fraud takes on a new meaning. It becomes election conspiracy. This case cries out for public involvement into the election process at the grass roots level. Even paper ballots have no affect as to the accuracy of the vote totals when election fraud from the inside takes place prior to the votes being counted. Once the damage is done at the voting booth (as was the case here) then you can re-count forever and the totals will be the same.
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Orangutan.
said on 3/26/2010 @ 4:35 am PT...
Let's spread this story around to all our media contacts. This needs to be on the national stage. Thanks Brad and Friends!!!
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Orangutan.
said on 3/26/2010 @ 4:39 am PT...
"Study after study, and court case after court case show election fraud committed by democracy-hating rightist extremists. They blame ACORN."
Oldest political trick in the book and it still works... Blame your opponent for what you yourself are guilty of. Takes the focus off yourself by loudly accusing the other of the same crime. Makes you look righteous etc. False Flag Terrorism works similarly. Let's put a stop to it by calling them out on it repeatedly. Peace.
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Orangutan.
said on 3/26/2010 @ 4:46 am PT...
Wish we could make their pictures more prominent. These people need to be remembered!!
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molly
said on 3/26/2010 @ 5:22 am PT...
Have always thought it would take a village to steal votes of the magnitude we have seen since 2000. Have had a hunch that it was A) racists B) organized crime C) combination.So states which were heavily influenced by these groups would be the most guilty.From someone who has lived in Ohio...losts of racism.
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Manamongst Hussein
said on 3/26/2010 @ 7:50 am PT...
I think David (commenter #10) touched upon this earlier in the comments about this being a larger conspiracy. And like Sam I have a hard time believing this group had the know how to pull the technical part off. I think Brad has touched on the technical players. A lot of this I think can be traced to work orders for consultants and cleared from Secretary of state levels. This must be investigated, interview techs, and guaranteed you'll find that there were techs they've never seen before brought in.
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yes3
said on 3/26/2010 @ 7:55 am PT...
There is nothing about voting machines on that AP page....
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TheOtherWA
said on 3/26/2010 @ 8:27 am PT...
At least McClatchy is covering it. I was hoping for the NY Time and CNN. Don't wory, I'm not holding my breath.
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TheOtherWA
said on 3/26/2010 @ 8:28 am PT...
Wow, I need more caffeine. Stoopid fingers and typos and stuff...
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PeteWa
said on 3/26/2010 @ 9:23 am PT...
Great job, Brad, from a longtime lurker.
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Jamie
said on 3/26/2010 @ 10:26 am PT...
The reason this won't create as much buzz as the ACORN "scandal" is that the media doesn't want to rock the Republican apple cart. The narrative they've spent years creating is that Democrats cheat in elections and Republicans are honorable in all of their dealings. Actually having to acknowledge that the elections of Bush in 2000, the mid-terms in 2002, and the re-election of Bush in 2004 were all the result of vote manipulation. Heads should roll for this, literally. 20 years hard labor is insufficient.
COMMENT #21 [Permalink]
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Brad Friedman
said on 3/26/2010 @ 11:12 am PT...
Yes3 @ 16 said:
There is nothing about voting machines on that AP page....
I've provided back links to our own coverage, as we've covered it in detail in the past. As well, I've just added an update to local reporter Bill Estep's coverage in which he does discuss the voting machine aspect.
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yaright
said on 3/26/2010 @ 12:51 pm PT...
all the more reason to ban these evil machines forever
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jake starling
said on 3/26/2010 @ 12:59 pm PT...
Let's just go to war with the reTHUGlicans and get it over with. They won't stop with the lying, cheating, stealing, and murdering. They've got nothing left to lose either. So, let's just move to the next phase with them.....OPEN WARFARE.
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Sandra
said on 3/26/2010 @ 2:26 pm PT...
Is anyone checking into Trey Grayson's involvement in any of this? He will be counting his own votes in the Kentucky senatorial race after all.
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Adam Fulford
said on 3/26/2010 @ 3:11 pm PT...
That's what they want, Jack --- to have an excuse for full-fledged fascism.
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daleyrocks
said on 3/26/2010 @ 3:22 pm PT...
Adam @5 - I want to read some of those numerous studies and court cases about right wing extremist election fraud. Can you provide some links please?
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Adam Fulford
said on 3/26/2010 @ 3:53 pm PT...
Daleyrocks, I doubt your sincerity. You've set yourself to one side and cherry pick data to support. I don't think you'd let facts interfere with your dogma, but here goes just a couple of samples:
Here's a documentary you can watch:
http://www.hackingdemocracy.com/
Here's a video featuring democracy-loving Republican Bruce Funk:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwHX7zDVkuc
If you are being intellectually honest in your questions(I don't think you are), just Google it. From what I see, you are someone who hates democracy, which is very un-American. You're less of an American than I am (and I am a Canadian born in Mexico).
COMMENT #28 [Permalink]
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Rhymes With Right
said on 3/26/2010 @ 3:54 pm PT...
Disgusting stuff --- with corruption taking place in a truly bipartisan fashion.
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T.R.O.
said on 3/26/2010 @ 3:54 pm PT...
@#26
Attention: Daily Crocks
Had right wing IT expert Mike Connell not met a very untimely fate,due to a deathly plane crash on the eve of his supoenaned testimony(re: Ohio election hijinks and "man in the middle" electronic voting scheme), you very well would have the smoking gun you desire.
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T.R.O.
said on 3/26/2010 @ 4:03 pm PT...
@#22
Name ANY other legal,accountable transaction that does not require a paper receipt as verifiable proof of the particulars of the said transaction?
You can't even buy a stick of chewing gum without a paper receipt to verify the transaction to balance the day's tally.
Is NOT a vote worth more than a wad of chewing gum?
COMMENT #31 [Permalink]
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daleyrocks
said on 3/26/2010 @ 6:28 pm PT...
TRO @30 - Because it's such a serious matter, I assume you are in favor of voter ID requirements to ensure fair elections.
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daleyrocks
said on 3/26/2010 @ 6:33 pm PT...
Adam @27 - That's all you've got? When you sound off as you did in #5 it actually made it seem like you had some hard evidence. Thanks for nothing.
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Adam Fulford
said on 3/26/2010 @ 7:06 pm PT...
Hey, Daleyrocks, begin with the article right in front of your face, if you want hard evidence. Then Google it, if you sincerely want to know. It would obviously be a waste of time providing you with links. The weight someone of your hardline Communist disposition gives evidence, however compelling, is directly related to the subject's politics (you remind me of hardline Communists I met in China, so I figure that is what you must be, and no doubt equally confused. You're also a lot like religious police I met in Saudi Arabia. Dogmatists are so alike...)
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CharlieL
said on 3/26/2010 @ 10:13 pm PT...
Rhymes With Right @ #28: There was nothing "bipartisan" about this fraud. The "Democrat" involved was actually a Rethuglican who changed her party so she could represent the "Democrats" in a supposedly bi-partisan way.
As usual, it is the criminal Rethuglicans who are doing the criminal election theft. You have to go back 40 years to find Democrats having a hand in any of this fraud.
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Ancient
said on 3/27/2010 @ 5:02 am PT...
Just a suggestion...unless duhrocks answers the question, Do you want the unedited ACORN tapes released?...don't pay any attention to him.
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Big Dan
said on 3/27/2010 @ 7:29 am PT...
This should be nationwide #1 news story across the mass mainstream media: electronic voting machines proven manipulated in court of law. Because the ramifications are what we always said: electronic voting machines are being manipulated. This affects the entire country. It should be the #1 news story across the nation, but I'm sure it was covered only in Clay County newspapers. Someone "chose" not to put it on the national syndicated "news".
COMMENT #37 [Permalink]
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Big Dan
said on 3/27/2010 @ 7:32 am PT...
No one can say that electronic voting machines are secure, after it's found in a COURT OF LAW that they are proven to be manipulated. Then ALL electronic voting machines across the nation can be manipulated. THAT is the ramification and implication of this court decision.
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Ancient
said on 3/27/2010 @ 7:38 am PT...
No PatGinSD #4, just playing dot to dots with the grassroots now that ACORN is gone! I got an idea, why doesn't the grassroots reach out to the closest ACORN employee in your area...reform they say...I say join forces. Now, what's the new name?
COMMENT #39 [Permalink]
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Ancient
said on 3/27/2010 @ 7:39 am PT...
I know, I'm totally off topic.
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Ancient
said on 3/27/2010 @ 10:08 am PT...
Brad...someone...the bold seems to have been left open.
[Ed Note: "Someone"? That would be you, someone! Now fixed. ]
COMMENT #41 [Permalink]
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Adam Fulford
said on 3/27/2010 @ 12:41 pm PT...
I think it is on topic, since the attacks against ACORN were about reducing the number of voters more likely to vote for progressive candidates.
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Dorothy Fadiman
said on 3/27/2010 @ 11:10 pm PT...
Brad: You have just manifested the truth of one of the most powerful statements in the I CHING = "Perseverance furthers". And God knows you have persevered. Your persistence, supported by your intuition and commitment to tracking this fraud to its lair is paying off at a whole new level! This "connection" which you are helping to uncover and publicize really could change the course of history!!!! Thank you for your amazing work.
Dorothy
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T.R.O.
said on 3/28/2010 @ 10:08 am PT...
@#31- Daily Crock
I present two forms of ID EVERY time I vote...my voter ID card AND my driver's license.
A paper receipt that reflects your vote is a fair exchange for providing proof of voter ID requirements.
Perhaps Anne Coulter would have not been involved in voter fraud,herself, if such measures were evenly enforced.
Here's the Brad Blog article on the felonious fraudster:
The BRAD BLOG : Ann Coulter 'Lawyers Up' to Face Felony Voter ...Vote Fraudster Ann Coulter Jumps Into 'Pimp' Hoax Lying Game .... Appointed by Bush as U.S. attorney for the southern district of Florida in 2002, ..... "I just discovered and found out from a friend that Ann Coulter is a former drag ...
www.bradblog.com/?p=2903 - Cached - Similar
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chabuka
said on 3/29/2010 @ 4:48 pm PT...
Republicans who registered as Democrat's...no kidding...? That would be a darn good explanation for Ben Nelson, Blanche Lincoln, Mary Landrieu, Joe Lieberman, Bart Stupak, Rahm Emanuel, Baucus, Conrad, (etc.,) actions.....the GOP have moved so far to the right...their "leaders" have a racist southern "plantation owner" mindset, like Jim De Mint, Mitch McConnell, Eric Cantor, James Inofe, Coburn, Old Man McCain, Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachman, the "crazy right" religious fanatics, the tea baggers, the racist militia men (now called the GOP "base")...where else would a "moderate" Republican (who still hopes to collect his/her share of Corporate funding, playing for pay) hide-out...? In the Democratic Party, of course!
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Ancient
said on 4/2/2010 @ 8:04 pm PT...
Ya know TRO, one of the reasons I'd like to see the ban on gay marriage done away with is for the blackmail reasons , doncha?