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- UGM2099, on 10/12/2007, -4/+19Republicans for years gave always said "show me convictions" in response to accusations voter fraud. Well, here ya go!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -11/+24Googling "A.N.S.W.E.R voter fraud" turned up nothing. You should have tried it before pretending there is something there.
Googling "voter fraud charges" turns up article after article about Republicans being charged with fraud. Voter reg, phone blocking, Ann Coulter.
While I think these two losers are just petty criminals and this was not engineered by the Republican party, the overwhelming majority of fraud charges have been filed against Republicans. - JonForTheWin, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10Hey fools it doesn't matter "left" and "right" is a fraud, they keep us fighting over non-issues to distract us from the real things they both agree on destroying, like our sovereignty our Freedom our prosperity (the fake war on drugs etc) two hands off of arms from the same beast!
After the republicans have been thrown out like a used condom a long way down the road by the bankers and corporate lobbyists the democrats will take their place all the retards will go back to sleep then _their_ corruption will be exposed and the comments will be "oh because only democrats commit fraud . . oh wait".
Not that republicans are more fraudulent right now because they are, I wouldn't dare defend either of thees crime syndicates, I'm making this comment here giving context for my sincere request to people, please, lose the tribal mind stop being "good republicans" and "good democrats" start being good Americans. Say NO to the North American Union, say NO to FEMA camps (they are admitted to exist it is NOT debatable if you doubt me I beg you to look it up!), say YES to your Bill of Rights. - Groovemaster, on 10/12/2007, -7/+15"While I think these two losers are just petty criminals and this was not engineered by the Republican party..."
Yeah, ok... They did it for the zero dollars they got out of their scam, or maybe they just felt like doing it for a laugh.
Wake up, please. - Alphabet, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8@imthedarkcycle
you're wrong. The majority of digg users are very tech savvy and informed. Compare the average internet population where 85% of the people that use IE, and then compare digg's 99% of the people that use firefox/opera/safari. That right there should tell you that digg users are comprised of tech savvy individuals.
I don't know about intelligence, but I'm going to assume that people who are smart enough to use firefox/opera/safari instead of IE are smarter than average. - iching, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9Besides being a felony which is not a petty crime.
"Orange County Republican Party Chairman Scott Baugh said in October that the party did not know about the illegal signature gathering." (OK, but why were there 3 that were charged with the felony which means there was a civil conspiracy which is an agreement between two or more natural persons to break the law at some time in the future or to achieve a lawful aim by unlawful means.) " One of the other defendants remains a fugitive" so this was not an independent effort. - manfrin, on 10/12/2007, -4/+10How is this Digg Bias? This is a news story about 2 republicans defrauding Orange County voters into registering republican.
- sigmaman2, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7They are all just strong supporters of their party. The biologically inert citizens of this country should not be denied their constitutional right to vote.
- jarinudom, on 03/31/2008, -1/+7All I can say is vote Green Party, they're too lazy to commit fraud :D
- UGM2099, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9What makes Digg have a bias against Republicans? Why don't we buy in to their BS? Digg's users are savvy, probably above average intelligence, and generally informed on topics (from my observation). This is just the way the wind is blowing these days, not because Digg is a left wing conspiracy. Go ahead and try and digg up dirt on Democrats. In comparison with Republican dirt of late what you will find is laughable. You'll get frustrated and start calling us moonbats within hours.
p.s. I agree with ogden above. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+10100 Submissions on ACORN committing voter fraud and getting convicted and all get buried. 1 submissions about two minor clowns in Orange Country and it this the front page ASAP.
- UGM2099, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8You're right, but Republicans have just been extra dishonest lately. It was that abuse of power which necessitated the change in leadership. Democrats are just as easily dishonest because they too are humans, and humans are not shining examples of honesty.
Let's just hope for the sake of our country that one party's corruption doesn't permanently erode the system by, let's say, taking away certain rights of the citizens. - neuropsychguy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4@ goatrandy
"The man is a freaking monster. I will NEVER vote Republican again, even if the Democratic candidate is Hitlers re-animated brain in a giant robotic shark body. Because at least the evil Hitler bot wouldn't be stupid enough to beleive its own lies."
No wonder we get rather interesting people elected into office sometimes with voters with your attitude. That's a lousy stance to make in a democratic republic. Just vote for the most qualified person who matches your beliefs the best regardless of party. - ogden, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Both parties are dirty, plain and simple. The republicans are simply drunk on power and corruption right now. In California the Democrats are incredibly corrupt, so much so that I vote democrat nationally and republican locally. If anyone recalls, there was a LOT of funny business when JFK was elected president, the country moved on.
The sooner people realize that republicans and democrats are two sides of the same corrupt coin, the better off we all are. Vote your principles. - evilbob333, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5I think what you are looking for is ACORN. AFAIK they don't trick people, they just make them up.
- popngen, on 10/12/2007, -4/+7hmm dead people for democrats, or idiots for republicans?
hmmmm tough choice - tehbishop, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Wow, it must suck to get a rap sheet for doing something that means zero yanno ...
- elnerdo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I don't completely understand how the entire system works. What does being registered to the Republican party ACTUALLY mean? I'm fairly sure that a 'registered Republican' can still vote for anybody they wish for, right? Or is there something here that I don't know?
- rationalist, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6And the right-wing hypocrites are out with the "but Mommm, Johnny did it too!" defense.
Amazing how those who preach "Judeo-Christian values" the loudest seem to follow them the least. - SteveRogers, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4This I cannot stand. Such an outright abuse of democracy. The party system just doesn't work. All we have are zealots devoted to their party. Politicians should be devoted to their country, and its people, above all else.
- geronimo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2It basically means you can vote in the primaries for your party.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Hey Manfrin, ever read the political posts and comments on Digg? There is no denying the site is frequented by liberals more than conservatives. Democrats have been charged with voter fraud for years. It happened in the last election, but every time someone points this out in a comment it gets dugg down. Why hasn't any of those stories made the front page of Digg? It couldn't be bias could it?
Here are some examples of Democrat voter fraud:
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/011255.php
http://www.politicalgateway.com/main/columns/read.html?col=434
http://www.freepress.org/columns/display/3/2007/1481
http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/duke/050819
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/8/23/163727.shtml
Need some more? Why haven't these stories made the front page? Nah, no bias here at Digg!!!
Wake up bro!!! - geronimo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Three cheers for our judicial system.
- geekee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2http://www.digg.com/users/iching/news/submitted
Just look at his submission list. Might as well be reading Democrat talking points. - Memitim, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@Teddystiltskins
Just so you know, making your very first link a story that gets its information from the American Center For Voting Rights does more damage to your argument than benefit. I have no doubt that both parties are highly corrupt, even if the Republicans have been a lot clumsier about their fraud as of late. But referencing the ACFVR for information has quickly become synonymous with telling people you are full of *****.
For those not familiar, I think that Michigan Representative John Conyers Jr. explains the questionable practices of the American Center For Voting Rights quite adequately:
"Six: The number of days the American Center for Voting Rights, a new, "non-partisan," "voting rights" organization, had been in existence before it was called to testify by Republican members of Congress before a House Administration Committee hearing on March 22. The American Center for Voting Rights was formed by a lawyer for the Bush-Cheney campaign and the notoriously anti-voting rights Sen. Kit Bond of Missouri, who described the group as a non-partisan, voting rights advocacy group. He testified and submitted a report on Ohio election irregularities, which highlighted the Mary Poppins Conspiracy in this country. If you haven't heard about it, the Mary Poppins Conspiracy consists of many, many ineligible voters—using the names Mary Poppins, Dick Tracy and Jive F. Turkey—fraudulently voting in elections.
Unfortunately for advocates of this conspiracy theory, a precinct has yet to report that a citizen by the name of Mary Poppins showed up on Election Day and voted. Searches for Dick Tracy votes and Jive F. Turkey votes have also come up empty." - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5@manfrin
It's biased in the same way that the New York Times is biased for reporting on Bush's crimes. You see, doing illegal things is OK, as long as it helps Republicans. But reporting on it gives aid and comfort to the nation's enemies, and is thus evil. Allow me to illustrate:
Republicans defraud voters -> "Oh, that's perfectly fine."
News story about Republicans defrauding voters -> "BIAS! Digg is biiiiiiiiaaaassssed! Stop persecuting us, you stupid moonbats!" - BillDoor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1OK. So I say the rest of the world should demand regime change in the US ?
- geekee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Democrats should be happy about these guys. They register people as Republicans, get money from the GOP (which now isn't being spent on other things), and the people still vote the way they want anyway. So Republican party loses money because of the voter fraud with no other noticeable effect except they can't vote in the Democratic primary (but can sabotage Republican primary)
- goatrandy, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4@ogden - I used to feel just like you. Vote your principles, ignore the party. Republicans wanted a 3% tax increase, democrats wanted a 3.2% tax increase...Blah. Just vote for the least 'douchebaggy' of the two.
They were always just 'more of the same' in my eyes, until Bush. He is taking away freedoms that are supposed to be guaranteed by the constitution. He's gotten is into a war that we can NEVER really end, and worst of all... He thinks he's doing 'gods work' in the process.
The man is a freaking monster. I will NEVER vote Republican again, even if the Democratic candidate is Hitlers re-animated brain in a giant robotic shark body. Because at least the evil Hitler bot wouldn't be stupid enough to beleive its own lies. - furatail, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Heh, there was this huge campus wide group registering people to vote a couple years ago. I registered as democrat as did a couple others. A turn out every democratic registeration was trashed and the republican registers actually turned in.
My advice: go to the post office to register, or mail it yourself. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+6"Digg's users are savvy, probably above average intelligence"
HAHAHAHAHAHA
face it, "average joe" comes to digg, you have no one to condescend to, you ARE average joe. - BigSlacker, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1You have basically an equal number of brain dead "party is everything" types and then a small section of thinkers that make the difference. It's the "pac-man" voter chart that shows up every election. They just make less noise so don't get in news stories.
- JesusIsSatan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2FBI investigating reports of misleading calls to Va. voters
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- The FBI is investigating complaints that phony callers tried to intimidate Virginia voters amid the hard-fought race between GOP Sen. George Allen and Democratic challenger Jim Webb, officials said Tuesday.
State Board of Elections Secretary Jean Jensen said her office had forwarded several reports to the FBI of phone calls to voters apparently aimed at misleading them into not voting or directing them to the wrong polling place.
Voters in the cities of Covington, Hampton and Colonial Heights and the counties of Accomack, Northampton and Fairfax reported getting deceptive telephone calls in the days before the election informing them that their voting places had changed, when they had not, Jensen said.
In Arlington County, resident Timothy Daly said he got a phone message Sunday, said to be from the "Virginia Elections Commission," telling him he was registered to vote in New York so he couldn't vote in Virginia.
"If you do show up, you will be charged criminally," said the message, the text of which appeared on Daly's affidavit to the Board of Elections.
Lawrence Peter Baumann, a Northampton County resident, said in his affidavit that he got a call on Friday from a woman claiming to be from the Webb campaign. He said he assured her he planned to vote for Webb.
"She then told me that I would be voting at West Reed Street. I told her that there was no street by that name and that if she was supposed to be helping Webb, she needed to give correct information," Baumann's affidavit said. "She never gave me the correct precinct and never offered to get back to me with my correct precinct."
The Webb campaign said in a statement that the calls were intended to confuse and discourage Virginians from voting.
"We've seen this tactic before and it is about time the Republicans learned that it will not work," said Jay B. Myerson, general counsel of the Democratic Party of Virginia. - 1angrychristian, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1hope they fry the bastards. It's just too bad the left doesn't get this kind of attention when they slash voter van tires, out right lie to voters, "electioneer" by using the media as their puppet, break into opposition campaign headquarters and destroy their equipment, threaten people at demostrations, attack people in the street, make wild accusations without any proof, use the media to advance those accusations, and never print a retraction when the accusations are proven to be completely made up.
I guess the right's been learning from the left. The end justifies the means? Of course this year the voter machines worked fine ... because the dems won, so obviously there was no voter fraud because the only valid party is the leftist communist ... err democratic party. Power to the GOVERNMENT err ... PEOPLE. - aceg1357, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Didn't the guys who slashed the republican bus tires to bring people to the polls get only a fine?
Which is worse? - Memitim, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1No forgetting necessary. Americans are now firmly entrenched in the idea that voting for the lesser of two evils is acceptable. Now the key to successful politics is not to be the best but to suck less than the other guy.As long as the other douchebags are behaving worse, your own particular douchebags aren't that bad.
- geronimo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I'm not sure but I believe that the more people you have registered for your party, the more money / privileges you get from the government, so that could explain their motivation.
They did this in Fresno as well - they got people to supposedly sign up for legalizing marijauna. Except they registered themselves as republicans. Guess they figured stoners were easy targets. - BillDoor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I find it amazing how the US is held up as the bastion of world democracy. The reality is, the US political system sucks. Electoral fraud just doesn't happen like this in other western countries such as Australia or the UK.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4Well there you go. Stop spamming and you may find diggers more receptive to your stories.
- jake13jake, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0If you go to rallies for either party, you'll realize how big the idiots are. I remember in 2004, it was my senior year at high school. John Kerry came. I do side in the Democratic spectrum on most issues. However, it becomes clear how people loyal to the parties are idiots when you go to a rally and just ask them about a few issues.
When I asked a (very scary looking) steel union worker what he thought about claims that Democrats were sabotaging Nader's campaign, he responded, "We have to." Then I just stood in silence.
On the issues, however, I still would have had less reason to support either Bush or Nader.
Still, watch out for spin.
Ex. Support the troops is a spin against don't support the war to take focus off of the war. What people should do is determine, on their own, what's important. On a site like Digg, people are deciding on their own what's important. The internet will thus provide for election results that make more sense. - bubba9999, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Shouldn't you be out having crazy drunken sex with underwear models instead of hanging out on digg?
- GreySpec, on 10/12/2007, -5/+5Dad gummed republicans!!!
- rationalist, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1wavelength, you're an idiot, and my comment went way over your head, as is clear from your completely nonsensical reply, which had absolutely nothing with the points I made.
I'll try to use single syllable words next time, for your benefit. - JohnathanIvan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0
It is not surprising that tampering with electoral processes results in probation; Had this been a crime of truly momentous proportions (such as writing a bad check or going bankrupt) the consequences would have been far more severe.
Morality? Ethics? Who needs either when you have economics. - neuropsychguy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I'm not saying you are not correct but your sampling upon which you base your conclusion is really faulty.
- geekee, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1deleted
- JesusIsSatan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Well, Bloomberg is the mayor of NYC, and he's a billionaire. You think he just has a lust for power? He'd have more power just being a billionaire. As Trump in the same city would say, "You know how much power I'd have to give up to be President?" I can admire Bloomberg even though he's Jewish. Nobody's perfect. ;)
- Ibanezfoo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I find that hard to believe.... at any rate, the U.S. is not a democracy. I don't know where that myth came from. We are a Republic.
"....and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under....." - Ibanezfoo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0
I firmly believe, 100% that in the U.S. and every other country with a government, there is not a single politician that is not corrupt or honest. Not a single one. I don't care what party they belong to or what line of crap they feed the sheep. - wavelength1978, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1So are you saying that you support values then? What the hell are "values voters"? We're all values voters, you vote for the things that you value. Whomever created that term needs to be beaten. Everyone has values, the problem is that they're all different values.
"if I don't care about honesty, decency, democracy, freedom, equality, or anything else, what the ***** makes me an American?" - So you are saying that you are also upset about all the voter fraud that has been exposed on the Democrat side too? Where's the outrage. Why not rage against both of these corrupt parties rather that lambasting the one.
Democrats purport to be free-thinkers, but you all sound like sheep to me.
Republicans claim to be rationalists, but you all sound like sheep to me.
BTW - the Republicans didn't implode, the Libertarians and independents got fed up with all the spending bills and punished them in key races. Statistics show that only a small part of independents voted on the war or wiretapping or anything that you think the Democrats won over.
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