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GOP voter suppression in Virginia

dailykos.com — As Dems work to get out the vote, GOP embarks on criminal campaign to keep opposing voters home. "This message is for Timothy Daly. This is the Virginia Elections Commission. We've determined you are registered in New York to vote. Therefore, you will not be allowed to cast your vote on Tuesday. If you do show up, you will be charged criminally."

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  • earvolution, on 10/12/2007, -9/+37nasty stuff
    • dirtyhipster, on 10/12/2007, -61/+13Funny how all this comes out on election day. There must be some political strategy behind this releasing all this stuff on election day, you know like the Foley scandal! :sarcasm:
    • polterbyte, on 10/12/2007, -10/+49And should we consider it to be untrue just because it is election day?

      Oh, right, GOP supporters would NEVER engage in such tactics. Outrageous, isn't it?
    • RuffRidr, on 10/12/2007, -44/+14dirtyhipster is on to something. Why would they wait to release this news? Maybe because it is unsubstantiated. Release it on election day so no one has time to check the sources. Both sides of the fence are ***** all over this election.
    • Aaryn015, on 10/12/2007, -7/+43What? Like releasing the news of Saddam's sentence 4 days early so it doesn't miss the election?

      One word:
      Paleeeeeeze
    • deesnutz, on 10/12/2007, -6/+20Someone is going to get it on this one.
      Because there is proof without a doubt that this took place. First, it was the Democrats who recorded a bunch of calls. Then the election office did their own investigation and recorded a bunch of calls. And they just forwarded it to the FBI. So unless, the FBI is totally incompetent (which I hope that they are not), some "macaca" hater is going to be someones prison bitch. And won't it be nice if (Grand Klan Master) George Allen be the one going to jail.

      Had Enough?
      http://www.democratgiftshop.com/cgi-bin/store/store.cgi/571511948/irregulargoods.72171743
    • lordmetroid, on 10/12/2007, -8/+23How dare America call it's system democratic! I've just seen "HBO's Special Hacking Democracy" http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7236791207107726851 Now this... I pity you USA citizens for living in a dictatorship allowing elections such as an election is in China.
    • rebrad, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8I will be so glad when the paid political operatives that put out this tripe collect their last paycheck and crawl back under the rock they oozed out of. This isn't news it bad propaganda.
    • IHateCountry, on 10/12/2007, -4/+7All politicians are evil, and they are all the same.

      I voted for Stewie.
    • scooterMX, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7ya, I'm thinking about listing my vote on eBay. See what its ACTUALLY worth these days... Bet I don't get a dollar for it.

      http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280046543207
    • jsmith39, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8@scooter
      Isn't that illegal?
    • aristotle1990, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6Big, bad voter "suppression." Shoot. I'm really glad nobody's ever knowingly and falsely registered me as a Democrat.

      Oh wait, they have. And this isn't fear mongering. Employees of ACORN are being federally indicted for deliberately misregistering people in the 2004 Presidential election. The company is still going strong; who knows if it's going on now?

      http://www.epionline.org/study_detail.cfm?sid=78
    • scooterMX, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2I'm not sure, if it is, I'm sure that the folks at eBay will let me know.

      What I am sure of though is how possible it seems that at its most elemental level, this is actually what is happening.

      The initiative process has resulted in laws being written that are so complex that they are Destined for the courts. Then both sides can declare the win, pull people from the middle and polarize them, and the issues.

      I think that the reform should be: Write the law in three sentences max.

      Something like: Prop 900 - Vote yes and we will build a train service between Willits and San Francisco. It will cost 1 billion dollars, which we'll borrow through a bond, and repay in 20 years.

      Let people figure out for themselves all of the rhetoric. Whether its good or bad, right or wrong... We have one ballot initiative that is over 80 pages long. I know lawyers that don't understand it (but are eager to fight it out in court).

      This system feeds lawyers, and their families. It does nothing for the rest of us...
    • DavidTrom, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6@ DirtyHipster

      When do you suppose was a good time to release the Foley scandal??
      Perhaps when the GOP leadership was notified of it? a year ago.
      Those Nasty Democrats exposing pedophiles at the "wrong" time

      When do you suppose is a good time to bring up shenanigans with the MidTerm election?
      A year from now?

      Democrats actually tried that -waiting after the elections- to bring up the irregularities, in 2000 and 2004
      Hasn't work too good, so far.

      When you wait after the election and ask for a recount the call you obstructionist , and if you let them declare a winner and challenged the results them, well, they tell you to "get over it, don't be a sore looser"

      When do you suppose is a good time to call on the cheating of the other side?

      please reply


    • jellygraph, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@ polterbyte
      >> And should we consider it to be untrue just because it is election day?

      No, but some will just consider untrue because they refuse to admit to it... a pride sort of thing. Or maybe it is stupidity. Who knows... could be either or perhaps even both
    • shmatt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1woops sorry
    • kolobcreek, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1So does this mean they should drop the charges against Anne Coulter?
    • corporate70, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Um, this is DailyKos? That is why this story is a lie. This is the same guy who had a tin foil hat competition at his DailyKos convention.
    • bacon_skoda, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Selling your vote IS illegal. (this happend on ebay a few years ago, feel free to test it again)
      Buying a vote is also illegal.
      Promising tax breaks to get votes is legal.
  • uptown, on 10/12/2007, -5/+23And Diddy's message of "Vote or Die" had convinced me to go to the voting booths ... now we get arrested if we DO vote?
    • dracheflieger, on 10/12/2007, -31/+5ya...and we call your Momma nasty names too...IDIOT
  • flink405, on 10/12/2007, -43/+18In precincts 7, 19, 51 in Philly, PA, the crowds are going wild. Inside several voting locations, individuals have poured white out onto the polling books and the poll workers are allowing voters to go into the polls and vote without first registering. Several individuals are on hand demanding that voters vote straight Democrat.

    RNC lawyers have headed to the scene of the incidents, which are occurring in mostly hispanic precinct locations. The District Attorney has also been contacted.

    More from the ground: Reports of voter intimidation by son-in-law of Philadelphia City Commissioner in 19th Ward. Carlos Mantos is not allowing Republican poll watchers with valid poll-watching certificates monitor polling places.
    http://www.redstate.com/stories/elections/2006/breaking_philly_fraud
    • felchdonkey, on 10/12/2007, -9/+34See, now that's an example of an unverifiable statement. No sources listed, no links, no photos, nothing.
      If it were actually happening, I'd say get in there and stop it right away - and prosecute anyone involved.

      If it were actually happening.
    • dracheflieger, on 10/12/2007, -26/+4ya...damn...if we only had Jimmah Carter and the UN to check everything...
    • musicmantrs, on 10/12/2007, -16/+25That link at the bottom of his post isn't a source? Is it just decoration. Heres what you just did, its common on both sides of the aisle.
      "Democrats did something bad"
      /covers ears and slams eyes shut "Blah blah blah blah blah they wouldnt do that".
      Now, unsubstantiated report that Republicans did something wrong
      "This is absolute fact, even though it is only on one uncorroborated left wing source"
      Both sides cheat, don't try to deny it.

      Digg down the truth!
    • dmorel, on 10/12/2007, -3/+15flink are you going to cut and paste that comment into every thread you participate in today?
      Can't we just all stipulate ahead of time that you're going to cite that absurd (albeit really pretty funny... that stuff about the white out is a hoot) post in all of these threads and save everyone the effort of having to digg you down each time you do it?
    • dmorel, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13@musicmantrs: "That link at the bottom of his post isn't a source? Is it just decoration."

      When one talks about "a source" in the American lexicon (political or not) one is referring to one with verifiable first hand knowledge of an incident. If you want to argue that it's "a source" from a purely semantic point of view, I'll give it to you, provided we agree that the source in this case is not legitimate.
    • felchdonkey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15@musicmantrs -

      The link at the bottom of his post IS what I was talking about when I said there was no source cited.
      If you follow the link, you find the same paragraph, with no source listed, no links to other news items about this, nothing. In the comments section, there is one person who's put a link to Philly.com ( http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/politics/15950582.htm ), but all it says is "Voter Turnout Strong, No Glitches" and the story is about how smoothly election day is going there.

      This guy doesn't even say WHERE he heard that there was voter intimidation. He just makes a claim and leaves it at that. Given the massive lack of credibility that Republicans have these days, he's going to need to do better.
    • Nougat, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2http://cbs3.com/local/local_story_311120726.html

      That's from user comments at that redstate.org link. Hardly substantial, but it's something.
    • felchdonkey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9nougat -

      Thanks for the link, and for being fair about calling it "hardly substantial."

      If anyone is tampering with the elections, I want to see them prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Democrat or Republican. Just as long as they get them all. And I say that as a Democrat myself.
  • smalltowngirl, on 10/12/2007, -51/+16daily kos? Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahaha! Now THERE'S a reputable unbiased source.
    • felchdonkey, on 10/12/2007, -7/+42Right. They made this story up - as well as the recording of the robocall, which they managed to plant on Jim Webb's website.

      Just because the Daily Kos has a bias doesn't mean they can't run accurate stories. It just means they pick the stories they are interested in.
    • laterthandawn, on 10/12/2007, -6/+18I guess we'll just have to wait for Fox to confirm it for you.

      I wonder how long that'll take...hmmm...
    • miketrin, on 10/12/2007, -5/+12Kind of like Fox news huh smalltowngirl?
    • tpodr, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17Ok, how about an FBI investigation? Would that convince you the allegations should be taken seriously?
      Link to a video clip of David Schuster reporting on the FBI investigation
      http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/07/voter-intimidation-virginia/
    • GhengisKhan, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1I concur. Daily who?
    • an0nymous, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,227823,00.html%22
      According to fox it seems to be Republicans only who are affected. Nice.
  • ahhell, on 10/12/2007, -12/+1Edverb learn how to use a grammar checker.
  • musicmantrs, on 10/12/2007, -9/+8More Republican voter suppression in Washington, they started this flood to keep people from the polls.
  • Alphateam, on 10/12/2007, -6/+4They need a total revamp of the election process. Both sides have cheated and swindled their way through every election. Now each is mad when the other comes up with a better cheat.
    • twinklyJesus, on 10/12/2007, -7/+7I've been robocalled by BOTH dems and reps.

      I find it odd, that voting is controlled in each state, BY each state, not by the GOP. Yet, for the last few weeks, I've been reading nothing but how the GOP is responsible for corrupting the voting infrastructure in all these different states. Does anyone really think the GOP has more or farther reaching powers than the Dems?

      I am neither Dem nor Rep, so this is not a "neocon" or shill, just an honest question of the logic of some of these ridiculous claims. I think most are just FUD to motivate Dem voters who might not otherwise vote, which is odd if you consider the "moral outrage" professed by most lib diggers.

    • NICU, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5This article is about lies that are being spread by republicans to try to trick and intimidate voters not to vote today. This isn't just about the calling its about the messages which are basic lies. The GOP knows they're much less popular this election than they have been in a long time and they're using very dirty tactics to try to win.
    • shmatt, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4stinkyjesus.

      seen you here before, you were ranting about atheists a couple days ago. you are as red as they come. don't try to act unbiased when you are part of the Christian conservative right. we all know you want the GOP to win.

      to answer your strawman argument posing as a question: yes, republicans DO have more far-reaching power in any state where there's a majorioty of GOP senators, reps, and governors, not to mention state reps.

      what the ***** to y'all need anyway, it's a recording!
    • twinklyJesus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1@Shmatt:

      I am sorry, but you, in your enthusiasm to appear to know something, have mistaken me. I did not rant anywhere about Atheists, nor am I "Red." I happen to be Libertarian, and believe that precludes me from being a "neocon', "fascist" or any other unpleasantry you were about to hurl at me in order to debate my point.

      My ID is "TwinklyJesus", not "Stinky.." and I believe you need to get your facts straight before you start making accusations. Oh, and that applies to this article as well.

      Your Friend,
      TwinklyJesus
    • shmatt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Hi twinklyjesus.

      I do apologize. I thougt you were somebody with a similar name, and they pissed me off the other day. i should have checked. so again, sorry...
  • garoo, on 10/12/2007, -7/+35Wow and America is trying to export democracy through out the world. Yikes
    • badnewsblair, on 10/12/2007, -6/+20Sadly a valid and good point.
    • Corvidae, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I resent that actually. BushCo is trying to export democracy. We're just the poor bastards doing all the work. If we were actually exporting democracy, we'd charge for it instead of paying out the nose.
  • monkeywrench, on 10/12/2007, -8/+7Like I've said before, all of our current elected/soon to be elected/ officials need to be force ably removed from office and either:

    A. hung
    B. deported immediately.

    My first response in the past has been A, but who am I to judge if a person should live or die? I can't, really, but what I can tolerate is the removal of anyone from our society who has been destructive to our freedoms/a criminal/illegal/etc. etc.
    • xenuxenuts, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4If all of our elected officials were hung, they might have to expand the page program.
  • laterthandawn, on 10/12/2007, -6/+8And so it begins.

    I posted this as a separate topic yesterday, and the thought has been freaking me out:

    The myth of the American Moron? Why GOP smugness worries me. A lot.
    -- Republican wet dream: we wake up on Wednesday with the GOP still in control, and every American thinking "Oh, goddammit...we were outnumbered by the idiots out there...somewhere in stupid middle America." So wait, who the hell are the idiots voting for Bush and Co anyway? And is the GOP just making excuses ahead of time for a stolen election?
    • pabster, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2I thought of pathetic liberal losers like yourself this morning as I voted a straight Republican ticket.
  • mtvkilledusall, on 10/12/2007, -6/+14WTF is going on in this country?!?
  • Norminator, on 10/12/2007, -16/+17Stupid UNDOCUMENTED story. You can't say, "GOP embarks on criminal campaign" because you have no actual proof it was by the GOP! Could have been a person he knew or anybody. Get the facts before you make accusations.
    • fredrated, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2Hell yeah, could have been some random homeless person off the streets with nothing better to do!
      end-sarcasm
    • shmatt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Logic suggests that since this voter supression would benefit the gop, than whoever placed it IS gop, or wants them to win.

      Still sleazy and un-American either way.
  • ohamoodi, on 10/12/2007, -9/+11Does this come as a surprise... these are the tactics from the same party who's presidential advisor on ethics and moral issues, turns out to be a lying, closet-homosexual drug user. Who also had the nerve, and blatant hypocrasy, to preach to 30 million decent human beings every sunday morning.

    I hope Bush and the rest of his shady GOP remnants, spend the rest of the day sweating bullets and gulping Pepto Bismol.
    • Herkimer56, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2Because we all know how much Leftists hate a "lying, closet-homosexual drug user". They hate them so much that Nancy Pelosi marches in parades with them. Isn't it interesting that the Dems hate homosexuals that don't vote Democrat and love the ones that do? If I didn't know better I'd swear that they were a bunch of opportunist, lying hypocrites.

    • sohlemac, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Closeted homosexuals rarely march in pride parades. That's a pretty ***** way of keeping it a secret.
    • shmatt, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2herkimer.

      good thing you know better. You better start some dialog with a democrat before you make such statements cause you must not know any. Liberals (which is what you probably think you mean) don't hate right-wing homosexuals, we just think they're kinda misguided and well, stupid.

      If I was gay, I certainly would NOT represent the party that won't let me get married, and leave my partner my estatewhen I die. That's *****.
  • mbrane, on 10/12/2007, -6/+14Ahhh Democracy ... the best form of government that money can buy.....
  • portwojc, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3Get em and punish those people to the fullest extent of the law. There will always be a group of nut jobs that will do stupid stuff like this. Just like people who threw away voter registration cards because they didn't agree with their opinion. That or just not offering to register them.

    On a side note:

    It would be interesting to know if Timothy Daly is also registered in New York. I wonder if that would be OK?
  • neolarthytep, on 10/12/2007, -25/+12OK, I am sick and tired of you lame @$$ liberals whining about being screwed over at the polls. this is complete B.S. I guarantee that there is no mass conspiracy against democrats at the polls other then your own stupidity.
    • celopes, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2@neolarthytep

      Oh, well... If you guarantee and vouch for it...


      Both parties engage in this stuff. I'm not surprised. It is a known fact that misleading and intimidating voters happens. Why voters fall for it to this day is the question we should be asking...
    • NoSpaceForRent, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5neolarthytep == neocon ???

      food for thought, food for thought.

      Nothing personal, just sick and tired of people saying they're sick and tired of people whining. It never accomplishes anything.
    • shmatt, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2well, you wouldn't have to listen to ANY complaining if Gore had won. That election was stolen indeed.

      ... I guarantee it.
  • Epsilon26, on 10/12/2007, -7/+7Do dems believe Fox News? Do neocons believe DailyKos? The media takes sides, and nobody trusts it anymore. We don't have to let the media divide us. We can be happy with our lives, try to be good influences on the world, vote with the best information available and ignore all of the publicity stunts.
  • mikeymondavi, on 10/12/2007, -18/+1For every finger you point, you've got 4 fingers still pointing back at you.
    • Aaryn015, on 10/12/2007, -4/+8That's the gayest ***** I ever heard
    • JesperL, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6and a thumb. Don't forget thumbs. Thumbs may not be fingers, but they deserve the same amount of attention as fingers. Sure, they're stockier and fatter, but so is Mario! We all love Mario, so why not love thumbs?

      Thumbs are nice. :]
    • xJudahx, on 10/12/2007, -8/+1
    • rohcky, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2@Jesper1: Actually the thumb will point to the left or to the right, depending on which hand you use to point. So to correct the original statement, every finger you point = 3 fingers pointing back at you with a thumb to the side.
  • shout, on 10/12/2007, -18/+10Marked as LEFTIST CRAP ON DIGG AGAIN.
  • teenwolf, on 10/12/2007, -14/+10Left wing crap again, when will these people grow up?
    • UGM2099, on 10/12/2007, -8/+11Grow up to what? Turning a blind eye to crumbling Democracy?
  • joeysum, on 10/12/2007, -11/+12If you're going to post a story, at least use a credible source, and not a self-proclaimed left-wing blog. If you couldn't find this story on any actual news site, and just on dailykos, I strongly question its accuracy.
  • wmmt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8I'm a Virginia voter and can vouch for at least one claim made in the story. Webb's name was indeed cut off, but not on the ballot -- only on the confirmation screen. There were fliers posted on each booth explaining the error. So it wasn't a huge deal, although it certainly makes one wonder.
    • neolarthytep, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4This issue was addressed 2 to 3 weeks ago, and they said they didn't have enough time to correct the error. Webb was on WRVA 1140AM and said that they had known about this issue but it was only in a few voter districts, I believe they were Falls Church and Arlington both of which are in Northern Virginia.
    • shmatt, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2which is the area of VA that borders on very left-leaning Washington DC; and this area has the most progressive voters in the state. Wonder who would benefit from that?

      ***** GOP will stop at nothing
  • Ellerbestyle, on 10/12/2007, -11/+7Oh yeah and of course Bush made it Rain in places like Florida to suppress the Democrat vote. Give me a break!
    • an0nymous, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2That's not a fair characterization.
  • xJudahx, on 10/12/2007, -13/+5And the Dems NEVER do stuff like this, if this even happened. LOL

    Why I'll never vote for either of the bastards.
    • an0nymous, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5The why do you click on Political threads?
  • vbbx, on 10/12/2007, -9/+4Democrat voter suppression in Florida -- nasty stuff.
  • PowerCow, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I have voted, and now i am turning off the politics section fo a while
    i am so tired of the fight, the hate and the spin.
    On both sides
    • an0nymous, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4well, thanks for stopping by.
    • nixfu, on 10/12/2007, -4/+4>On both sides

      NOT ON DIGG..... here we only get the LEFT side spin.
    • shmatt, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2that's cause the spin on the right is so easy to call BS on, and diggers are too smart for it.

      As opposed to cited, verifiable news stories that are more favorable to the left? too bad. We've been listeneing to GOP lies for six years now. Learn to stop being full of *****, the GOP only wants your vote, they dont care about you OR your values.

      er... sorry powercow.
  • tekmonkey, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5I just voted in VA less than an hour ago. For some reason, my name was flagged, even though this was the first time I've ever been eligible to vote and was born and have lived in VA my entire life. Several other people were in the same situation and it caused a lot of trouble at the polling station.

    The lack of action by Republican Congressman Frank Wolf (VA-10) this election is very surprising. I've been working for the Judy Feder for Congress campaign for the past few days and we've been going crazy with all the work were doing to get the vote out.
    • cramtod, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Arlington, Virginia election and voter registration FAQ:

      "If, however, you are registering to vote by mail for the first time in Virginia, federal law requires you to include a copy of your ID with your application. If you fail to do so, your record will be flagged so the election officers know to ask to see your ID the first time you vote in a federal election. The reason for flagging your record is because the federal ID requirements are slightly different than those for all other Virginia voters. Voters subject to showing ID the first time they vote in federal elections cannot sign an affirmation of identity in lieu of showing ID. They will, however, be able to vote a provisional ballot."
  • djAnakin, on 10/12/2007, -6/+4I see no problem here. It's always been against the law to vote in a different state than you are currently registered. That's why we have absentee balots.
    • tekmonkey, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Read the link. The man has been registered to vote in VA since 1998 and has voted in all the elections since without any problems.
  • limeaid, on 10/12/2007, -12/+6Aren't you guys jumping the gun on this news story a little?

    Has Jon Stewart commented yet?
    How about Olbermannn?
    moveon?
    How about a documentary on Youtube covering it???

    Don't tell me you're going to digg without their approval!!!!

    Just a bunch of puppets
  • Chemiee, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2why does it matter what side you vote for at all?

    all that happens is one side or another gets into office on a bunch of promises etc and once their in, they rarely do anything but put all their effort into staying in office.
  • carolinaws, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Oh, man. I know Tim! This is too funny.

    Tim moved to Arlington from New York about 4 years ago. So funny I see this on Digg!
    • p0s3r, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1"Daly has been registered to vote in Virginia since 1998". If he moved from NY about 4 years ago, why was he registered to vote in VA since 1998?
    • carolinaws, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4My bad. Correction -- I have known him 4 years.
  • Herkimer56, on 10/12/2007, -11/+5When I read stuff like the comments made by the Leftists on this page I sometimes think that they actually want to lose this election. If they lose then they can continue to piss and moan for the next two years about how unfair it all was and how the Republicans stole another election. Pissing and moaning is about all that they're good for anymore so it's kind of like job security for them. And they know that if they win the people that voted for them are going to expect results and the Leftist/Socialist/Democrat group is just not capable of providing any kind of results. So now they have all of their excuses in place, voter suppression and vote fraud, because they really expect to lose and they want to be ready. It's a loser mindset and it's really quite pathetic.
    • neolarthytep, on 10/12/2007, -9/+3AMEN BROTHER PREACH ON!

      I really wouldn't mind to see Webb in office that way we can get more great tales about Vietnamese father's putting there c0ck$ in their sons mouths. I think Dems really get a hard on for that stuff
  • p0s3r, on 10/12/2007, -8/+33.) Fliers in Buckingham County Say "SKIP THIS ELECTION" (paid for by the RNC) have caused many in the African American community to call the Board of Elections to see if the election is still on. The full tag line says: "SKIP THIS ELECTION... (and then in smaller print): Don't Let the Tax and Spend Liberals Win."

    LOL. Grasping at straws... grasping at straws...
  • caution, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3If irregularities, voting machines, robo-callers, and other tin-foil hat conspiracies are to blame this early, the Democrats are going to lose?

    If they somehow emerge victorious tonight, they will have to answer for either bad voting practices giving them the election -- or they are pre-emptive liars.

    These guys are funny.

    Either way, it's a choice between apples and apples to me. Neither party has a strategic vision for the US. They just want job-security and more funding.
  • slntnsnty, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1
    http://digg.com/politics/Mayhem_in_Philadelphia
  • ZenMojo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4It's true, my mom lives in Virginia and the local news has been covering this for over a week.
  • Zreitan, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3this is ***** insane.....how can people stand for this...the whole point of voting is we decide....***** pussys
  • mstemle, on 10/12/2007, -5/+6Wow. The propaganda from partisan politicians is astounding. Somebody really should just lock up all of the liars posting this nonsense... including ones posting false reports online (e.g. dailykos).
    • Krakn3Dfx, on 10/12/2007, -4/+4e.g. redstate.com AND foxnews.com, lies for the ignorant masses.

      Here's to another 2+ years with the Republicans stealing our rights and spending all our money on pork!
    • neolarthytep, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2Yea Fox News the evil republican media machine. God Krakn3Dfx please think up something new and original. They are much better then CNN aka the communist news network
    • an0nymous, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3I do think it's interesting that the fox news article on this
      http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,227823,00.html
      does not mention the party affiliations when offenses are against democrats, but clearly spells out the affiliation of Republican complainants. It's pretty egregious.
    • an0nymous, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Why the Digg down? Is there a disputation into the facts of my post above? Or do you just not like being presented with unflattering information?
  • LastVisibleDog, on 10/12/2007, -6/+7Democrats are already making up excuses for why they did not win big in this election.
    • Krakn3Dfx, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4That's always the easy answer for lazy, ignorant republicans. Give me a break, even if the DEMs win big, there's still obviously huge problems with our current election system. Stop sitting on your ass watching football and stand up occasionally for your rights before they're all gone.
  • HarryBauzonia, on 10/12/2007, -5/+6Can't you at least wait until the election is over to make up fraud stories?
    • Herkimer56, on 10/12/2007, -6/+6It's a kind of preemptive whining. They just want to be ready.
    • e68895f, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3can't you at least call the cops only after the robbery is over....
  • AegisC, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2I thought that the Dems had everything locked up. As I saw on MSNBC a few days ago, "it's not a question of IF the dems will win, but by how much." As evil as it is, some cheating in Virginia shouldn't stop such a landslide.... since (so I hear) voters in this election simply no longer stand for the antics of the GOP.
  • GoodBrain, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5Republicans pull this sort of ***** because they know that they can get away with it. Someone might do a little time, but they'll be richly rewarded when they get out because they helped the rest of the party stay in power and out of jail.

    They are going to keep pulling this sort of ***** because they know that if they loose power, payback is going to be a bitch. We need something like RICOH for election crimes. The financial hits to the organizations that work on this has to be crippling, and the personal hit on the people caught doing this has to look like 40-50 years of hard time.
    • neolarthytep, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3You make my head hurt. My virgin ears cannot take all the curse words in your post. Your just upset and angry because if the republicans win you and your lover won't be able to get married here in good ole VA
    • shmatt, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2that's a pretty ***** good reason to be upset if you're gay.
    • twinklyJesus, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Speaking from experience, Shmatt?
    • shmatt, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Yeah, *****. I tried to be civil with you above for my mistake, but forget it.

      Yeah, I have the experince of having a few friends who are gay, and ALSO I live in the DC-VA area. So I do know a few things about this.
    • twinklyJesus, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1That's funny, you try to discredit me by claiming to have had some conversation with me, and cite a phony instance where I commented. You still maintain we've discussed matters before, but you are mistaken. Just like you are mistaken about most other things you think.

      Imagine, all that, and I didn't have to resort to the typical insults and name-calling you use to counter an argument. Reflection of character, I suppose.

    • shmatt, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2you didn't?!? way to frame the argument! at least you're not a total idiot, but you are still full of it, arguing to win instead of to learn something.

      You attempted to insult me be implying that I'm gay. you didn't call me a name, but you still meant to insult me (you failed)... I didn't 'cite' anything, originally I referred to you as someone else by mistake (someone else with 'jesus' in their ID), and said I was sorry, but you choose to use that as ammo to win an argument.. how mature!

      So the high road doesn't work with you, and you won't admit that you at least occasionally travel the low one (emphasis on 'at least'). So there's no getting throught ot you... how typically red. Sorry but you have no more credibility than I.

      But this is stupid and I'm wasting space. Sorry Powercow et al, I try to not get engaged like this, but dirty GOP politicians and their shills get my goat, and it's election day, and I live in DC.
  • PostJunkieCom, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1Which is worse..this or buying an election in Florida?
  • neolarthytep, on 10/12/2007, -5/+4You have to love all the protesters here in VA. They're all going nuts about how they won't be able to get abortions, Gays won't be able to get married, and how we will never get out of Iraq. God bless the stupid. Personally I just don't want the Dems to get in control because I personally don't want the govt to spend my tax dollars on investigations of the "evil republicans". My money is much better spent blowing up those terrorist pieces of dung in the Middle East.
    • an0nymous, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Honestly, the only protestors I see regularly here in Richmond are those anti-choice twinks over on Boulevard. Every Saturday, regular as rain.
    • shmatt, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3you are very ignorant. Your beloved good ol boys have DOUBLED our national debt in 6 years. I hope you can explain that your grandchildren honestly.
    • scbalazs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2neolarthytep,

      So you don't think public funds should be spent investigating a president and his administration lying to congress and the public about WMD in Iraq which is costing American lives, but it's OK for Republicans to waste the time and public funds investigating a president who lies about oral sex with an intern? No American soldiers died from that lie.
    • neolarthytep, on 10/12/2007, -4/+0Obviously you didn't see the protest when Allen had bush at the science museum. As for the second guy, I believe the debt has come from the war... I'd like to see who thinks the Dems wouldn't spend a boat load of money in office. That's what they are the best at is raising our taxes and spending ridiculous amounts of money. I'm sure all the "investigations" that they promise they will have done once in office won't cost the American public one red cent. As far as the last comment on Bill Clinton... The man STRAIGHT UP LIED TO THE ENTIRE COUNTRY, NOT TO MENTION HE IS MARRIED TO A BULL DOG FACED WOMAN WHOM HE WAS CHEATING ON WHEN THE OVAL OFFICE BJ TOOK PLACE. He did nothing good for this country, hell the dipsh!t had Bin laden and could of killed the S.O.B. right then and there but didn't. His retaliation for the U.S.S. Cole was firing some missiles into Iraq, whom i might add we are at war with right now. So they were evil when we fired the missiles but helpless innocents now? COME ON! So as soon as he left office our economy started to fall, and that was Bush's fault right? Might I add that our economy is at an all time HIGH right now, and unemployment is shrinking and lower then any point in Clinton's run. but let me guess all this is because Clinton set up the ground work for our economical boom right now. NO, actually it was our GOP congress who did that. So when (according to the dems) the republicans get ousted from congress tomorrow they are going to make things better. HOW... please tell me are they going to make things better? Our economy is at an all time high... employment lowest in decades... haven't been attacked since 9/11... (pause) Let me guess your come back is corruption in our govt. Please god tell me when there was a time that our congress did not have corrupted people in it. Hell Mark Foley got ousted for explicit IM's with a page, but a Democrat HAD SEX with a page and all he got was a slap on the wrist then Good old Nancy decided that the same guy should get a promotion to head of a Congressional committee. Now please lets see you Libs response and I guarantee I can beat it.
  • bigjimslade, on 10/12/2007, -7/+5
    Pure tripe. We'll hear wild accusations (especially if Democrats fail to gain as many seats as the polls/media say they will) about supposed violations and voter supression, but no factual evidence. Democrats, on the other hand, have been caught red-handed cheating on elections.

    Thankfully for the DNC, there's a Democrat District Attorney in Milwaukee, otherwise the guys who admitted to slashing ALL tires on RNC rented vans during the 2004 presedential election would have been more harshly prosecuted. Oh yeah - one of those guys was the son of Representive Gwenydyl Moore, D, Milwaukee. The other? The son of former Milwaukee mayor Marvin Pratt. Evidence? Here you are....


    http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=271676
    http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-01-24-tires-slashed_x.htm

    • pabster, on 10/12/2007, -6/+4Right you are. Keep spreading the truth.

      Democrats are desperate beyond belief. This is nothing but more DailyKOS propaganda to try and enrage the base for more votes.

      The best part is going to be the looks on the faces of the liberal media as they realize another election has slipped right through their dirty fingers.
  • jellygraph, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3It really amazes me that some people will bluntly refuse to face reality, even when proof comes directly from the bad guys website.
  • Koosebane, on 10/12/2007, -5/+6Unverified KOS SPAM.

    Kos kiddies are a thorn in the thinking man's side.

    Propaganda of the worst caliber. I'm surprised anyone who can type buys this *****.
    • shmatt, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2An audio recording isn't convincing enough for you? I suppose NPR is propaganda too since you don't agree with them either? yeah, NPR... not in the LEAST biased and I'm being serious. They CAN"T be biased since congress controls their funding.

      I for one am grateful when an org has the balls to profess their leanings. Can't say that about Mr. Murdoch can you?
  • twinklyJesus, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3The GOP doesn't control elections. They can't rig elections anymore than Democrats or Libertarians could. The individual state's control their own elections, the equipment used, etc. (save for the requirement to be electronic, made by Congress)

    This is FUD
    • GoodBrain, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Yeah, because Republicans don't hold offices at a state level.
  • caution, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2Honestly guys! How dare anyone be warned of voting outside their district!

    Except for the fact that left-leaning folks went nuts on digg when Ann Coulter did it
    http://www.digg.com/politics/Ann_Coulter_involved_In_Illegal_Voting_Case_Could_Face_Prison_if_Guilty

    See how popular that was?

    Oh well. Will the last person in the reasonable middle-ground of politics turn off the lights tonight when this is all over?
    • shmatt, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2we go nuts because Coulter is an evil lying hatemonger. so no, no one believes her anymore
  • bunnzofun, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Apparently the FBI is investigating and some folks have made sworn statements ...

    http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/ap/2006/11/07/ap3153225.html
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