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What are your thoughts on Ken blackwell and the words he wrote about obama.
Dogg ~ waiting June 02, 2008 01:38:20
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Ken Blackwell Commentary on Barack Obama-Truth!
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/b/blackwell.htm
Summary of the eRumor:
A popularly circulated eRumor in March, 2008, said to be a commentary by Ken Blackwell. It is said that he is African American and his article is critical of Barack Obama.
The Truth:
The article is authentic was written by Ken Blackwell, an African American conservative columnist. This column appeared on Townhall.com on March 14, 2008.
Blackwell is the Senior Fellow for Family Empowerment for the Family Research Council in Washington D.C. He is a columnist for the New York Sun and a contributing editor for Townhall.com.
Updated 3/20/08
A real example of the eRumor as it has appeared on the Internet:
No matter what party you are --this is a must read
Something to think about, an article by a Black Columnist.
Ken Blackwell - Columnist for the New York Sun
It's an amazing time to be alive in America. We're in a year of firsts in this presidential election: the first viable woman candidate; the first viable African-American candidate; and, a candidate who is the first frontrunning freedom fighter over 70. The next president of America will be a first.
We won't truly be in an election of firsts, however, until we judge every candidate by where they stand. We won't arrive where we should be until we no longer talk about skin color or gender.
Now that Barack Obama steps to the front of the Democratic field, we need to stop talking about his race, and start talking about his policies and his politics.
The reality is this: Though the Democrats will not have a nominee until August, unless Hillary Clinton drops out, Mr. Obama is now the frontrunner, and its time America takes a closer and deeper look at him.
Some pundits are calling him the next John F. Kennedy. He's not. He's the next George McGovern. And it's time people learned the facts.
Because the truth is that Mr. Obama is the single most liberal senator in the entire U.S. Senate. He is more liberal than Ted Kennedy, Bernie Sanders, or Mrs. Clinton.
Never in my life have I seen a presidential frontrunner whose rhetoric is so far removed from his record. Walter Mondale promised to raise our taxes, and he lost. George McGovern promised military weakness, and he lost. Michael Dukakis promised a liberal domestic agenda, and he lost.
Yet Mr. Obama is promising all those things, and he's not behind in the polls. Why? Because the press has dealt with him as if he were in a beauty pageant.
Mr. Obama talks about getting past party, getting past red and blue, to lead the United States of America. But let's look at the more defined strokes of who he is underneath this superficial 'beauty.'
Start with national security, since the president's most important duties are as commander-in-chief. Over the summer, Mr. Obama talked about invading Pakistan, a nation armed with nuclear weapons; meeting without preconditions with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who vows to destroy Israel and create another Holocaust; and Kim Jong II, who is murdering and starving his people, but emphasized that the nuclear option was off the table against terrorists - something no president has ever taken off the table since we created nuclear weapons in the 1940s. Even Democrats who have worked in national security condemned all of those remarks. Mr. Obama is a foreign-policy novice who would put our national security at risk.
Next, consider economic policy. For all its faults, our health care system is the strongest in the world. And free trade agreements, created by Bill Clinton as well as President Bush, have made more goods more affordable so that even people of modest means can live a life that no one imagined a generation ago. Yet Mr. Obama promises to raise taxes on 'the rich.' How to fix Social Security? Raise taxes. How to fix Medicare? Raise taxes. Prescription drugs? Raise taxes. Free college? Raise taxes. Socialize medicine? Raise taxes. His solution to everything is to have government take it over. Big Brother on steroids, funded by your paycheck.
Finally, look at the social issues. Mr. Obama had the audacity to open a stadium rally by saying, 'All praise and glory to God!' but says that Christian leaders speaking for life and marriage have 'hijacked' - hijacked - Christianity. He is pro-partial birth abortion, and pr omises to appoint Supreme Court justices who will rule any restriction on it unconstitutional. He espouses the abortion views of Margaret Sanger, one of the early advocates of racial cleansing. His spiritual leaders endorse homosexual marriage, and he is moving in that direction. In Illinois, he refused to vote against a statewide ban - ban - on all handguns in the state. These are radical left, Hollywood, and Sa n Francisco values, not Middle America values.
The real Mr. Obama is an easy target for the general election. Mrs. Clinton is a far tougher opponent. But Mr. Obama could win if people don't start looking behind his veneer and flowery speeches. His vision of 'bringing America together' means saying that those who disagree with his agenda for America are hijackers or warmongers. Uniting the country means adopting his liberal agenda and abandon ing any conflicting beliefs.
But right now everyone is talking about how eloquent of a speaker he is and - yes - they're talking about his race. Those should never be the factors on which we base our choice for president. Mr. Obama's radical agenda sets him far outside the American mainstream, to the left of Mrs. Clinton.
It's time to talk about the real Barack Obama. In an election of firsts, let's first make sure we elect the person who is qualified to be our president in a nuclear age during a global civilizational war.
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/b/blackwell.htm
Summary of the eRumor:
A popularly circulated eRumor in March, 2008, said to be a commentary by Ken Blackwell. It is said that he is African American and his article is critical of Barack Obama.
The Truth:
The article is authentic was written by Ken Blackwell, an African American conservative columnist. This column appeared on Townhall.com on March 14, 2008.
Blackwell is the Senior Fellow for Family Empowerment for the Family Research Council in Washington D.C. He is a columnist for the New York Sun and a contributing editor for Townhall.com.
Updated 3/20/08
A real example of the eRumor as it has appeared on the Internet:
No matter what party you are --this is a must read
Something to think about, an article by a Black Columnist.
Ken Blackwell - Columnist for the New York Sun
It's an amazing time to be alive in America. We're in a year of firsts in this presidential election: the first viable woman candidate; the first viable African-American candidate; and, a candidate who is the first frontrunning freedom fighter over 70. The next president of America will be a first.
We won't truly be in an election of firsts, however, until we judge every candidate by where they stand. We won't arrive where we should be until we no longer talk about skin color or gender.
Now that Barack Obama steps to the front of the Democratic field, we need to stop talking about his race, and start talking about his policies and his politics.
The reality is this: Though the Democrats will not have a nominee until August, unless Hillary Clinton drops out, Mr. Obama is now the frontrunner, and its time America takes a closer and deeper look at him.
Some pundits are calling him the next John F. Kennedy. He's not. He's the next George McGovern. And it's time people learned the facts.
Because the truth is that Mr. Obama is the single most liberal senator in the entire U.S. Senate. He is more liberal than Ted Kennedy, Bernie Sanders, or Mrs. Clinton.
Never in my life have I seen a presidential frontrunner whose rhetoric is so far removed from his record. Walter Mondale promised to raise our taxes, and he lost. George McGovern promised military weakness, and he lost. Michael Dukakis promised a liberal domestic agenda, and he lost.
Yet Mr. Obama is promising all those things, and he's not behind in the polls. Why? Because the press has dealt with him as if he were in a beauty pageant.
Mr. Obama talks about getting past party, getting past red and blue, to lead the United States of America. But let's look at the more defined strokes of who he is underneath this superficial 'beauty.'
Start with national security, since the president's most important duties are as commander-in-chief. Over the summer, Mr. Obama talked about invading Pakistan, a nation armed with nuclear weapons; meeting without preconditions with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who vows to destroy Israel and create another Holocaust; and Kim Jong II, who is murdering and starving his people, but emphasized that the nuclear option was off the table against terrorists - something no president has ever taken off the table since we created nuclear weapons in the 1940s. Even Democrats who have worked in national security condemned all of those remarks. Mr. Obama is a foreign-policy novice who would put our national security at risk.
Next, consider economic policy. For all its faults, our health care system is the strongest in the world. And free trade agreements, created by Bill Clinton as well as President Bush, have made more goods more affordable so that even people of modest means can live a life that no one imagined a generation ago. Yet Mr. Obama promises to raise taxes on 'the rich.' How to fix Social Security? Raise taxes. How to fix Medicare? Raise taxes. Prescription drugs? Raise taxes. Free college? Raise taxes. Socialize medicine? Raise taxes. His solution to everything is to have government take it over. Big Brother on steroids, funded by your paycheck.
Finally, look at the social issues. Mr. Obama had the audacity to open a stadium rally by saying, 'All praise and glory to God!' but says that Christian leaders speaking for life and marriage have 'hijacked' - hijacked - Christianity. He is pro-partial birth abortion, and pr omises to appoint Supreme Court justices who will rule any restriction on it unconstitutional. He espouses the abortion views of Margaret Sanger, one of the early advocates of racial cleansing. His spiritual leaders endorse homosexual marriage, and he is moving in that direction. In Illinois, he refused to vote against a statewide ban - ban - on all handguns in the state. These are radical left, Hollywood, and Sa n Francisco values, not Middle America values.
The real Mr. Obama is an easy target for the general election. Mrs. Clinton is a far tougher opponent. But Mr. Obama could win if people don't start looking behind his veneer and flowery speeches. His vision of 'bringing America together' means saying that those who disagree with his agenda for America are hijackers or warmongers. Uniting the country means adopting his liberal agenda and abandon ing any conflicting beliefs.
But right now everyone is talking about how eloquent of a speaker he is and - yes - they're talking about his race. Those should never be the factors on which we base our choice for president. Mr. Obama's radical agenda sets him far outside the American mainstream, to the left of Mrs. Clinton.
It's time to talk about the real Barack Obama. In an election of firsts, let's first make sure we elect the person who is qualified to be our president in a nuclear age during a global civilizational war.
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Blah blah blah... lol... ;0) Pitiful! This is why our country has someone like "W" running it in the ground for 8 yrs... Because most people don't talk issues it's all the wash & spin cycle.... As bad as democrats are how come soooo much bad happens under the watch of republicans? & sooo much good under Democrats? Do any of you study history at all? lets see here.... Hmmmmm? The budget has only been balanced 5 times all under the DNC! Medicare the DNC! Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation the DNC! Social Security system the DNC! Panama Canal the DNC! Stopped WWI & WWII the DNC!The Federal Reserve Act the DNC! When did we have the worst economies of all times all under the RNC! Who got us into Vietnam? the RNC! Who Got us out Vietnam? the DNC! Iran-Contra the RNC! When did crack hit our streets & flood them under the RNC! Katrina the RNC! Who gave tax breaks to corporations to ship the jobs of hard working American jobs out of our country the RNC! Who tapped our Phones illegally the RNC! Embarrassed our soldiers by giving them no armor for war (my family members fighting for my country h...&''&'&'&'&'&'''&''&'&&&'&'''
Blah blah blah... lol... ;0) Pitiful! This is why our country has someone like "W" running it in the ground for 8 yrs... Because most people don't talk issues it's all the wash & spin cycle.... As bad as democrats are how come soooo much bad happens under the watch of republicans? & sooo much good under Democrats? Do any of you study history at all? lets see here.... Hmmmmm? The budget has only been balanced 5 times all under the DNC! Medicare the DNC! Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation the DNC! Social Security system the DNC! Panama Canal the DNC! Stopped WWI & WWII the DNC!The Federal Reserve Act the DNC! When did we have the worst economies of all times all under the RNC! Who got us into Vietnam? the RNC! Who Got us out Vietnam? the DNC! Iran-Contra the RNC! When did crack hit our streets & flood them under the RNC! Katrina the RNC! Who gave tax breaks to corporations to ship the jobs of hard working American jobs out of our country the RNC! Who tapped our Phones illegally the RNC! Embarrassed our soldiers by giving them no armor for war (my family members fighting for my country had to borrow money to by there own weapons from me & we're paying billions a month!) the RNC! Said we went to secure loose nukes in IRAQ but left the ammo dumps open with tons of weapons so our enemies could use them against our own soldiers to this very day? the RNC! Highest Gas ever? the RNC! Most foreclosures ever? the RNC! When did 911 happen anyway? oh yeah! Duh! under the RNC! Where O' Where is this greatness Republicans claim? I could go on & on but I don't think you guys really care for issues just slander & gossip... I'm 35 & I've never seen that greatness only promises & excuses.... Soooooo, can you guys pleeeease talk issues? Cause I'm starting to think all you can do is clammier like 3rd graders & called people names.... I'm a business owner as well as a CFO to multi-million dollar company... I'm not bragging just letting you know I'm not slow or looking for any hand outs & I'm not a soft liberal I'm a strong Christian with my eyes open to world events that gives back & hits the streets to help others because I just don't talk!... I love my life... But as a Finance major I want an economy that works again... & as a citizen of the world not just the U.S.A. I want a person running foreign policy that can do more than drop bombs as a solution... & yes thats a challenge to anyone that wants to go issue for issue with no wash & spin cycle included... Why don't you guys say anything about McCain? who I liked before he flipped on taxes, oil drilling, foreign policy, was part the Keating 5, etc... Hence called by Tom Delay & other top Republicans the worst enemy ever to the RNC! But I'm sure you just take him for his word that he's changed right? Respect that you could never give Obama? Why? Because he's not a great Republican? Issues anyone? Lets go! Any takers? Stop the blah blah blah... You sound ignorant! lol... ;0) You dumb asses make this toooo easy... ;0) Sorry I love everybody, really... just trying to pick a fight to wake you UP! 1!
also, i argree with alot of this post, But in regards of issues, wouldn't be better for obama to be talking about how his planis going to help poeple keep thier homes, heat their homes, keep thier jobs, then make a deal out of McCains homes? I mean, I had to look and I own 4 homes. 3 are investment properties. And I'm only bring home around 45 to 65 grand a year. Isn't that kinda like old washington politics? Then if you look at biden and what he has done, he has pass contracts that his son sponsored, his son is a lobbist, I don't like obama, and I don't hide it, but some of the thing he said I ageed with were one the war, two get rid of lobbist, and at the time he was for nuclear energy. And I was in shock when Michele jump out there and gave the whole you can take us to our word for our word in our bond. He broken his word serveral times on the campain trail. I'm not talking about McCain, or even my prefered choice. I'm talking about a man at face value. And for the record. I'm not a citizen of the world, but I'm a american. thru and thru
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First because someone is black does not mean they support Obama. Case in point look at Clarance Thomas.
Next all of the above is the same crap that the right and hard core Hillary folks have been tossing out that Barack has (rather eloquently) refuted already.
So, if you are truly looking for opinions...
Stop reading/listening to sound bite media and spend the time necessary to understand what positions person is really representing.
If you really have justifiable concerns, lets address them.
I lived in Washington D.C. in the late 70's and early 80's. Today I live in the L.A. area. I agree with inner-city gun control. Its a public safety issue more than anything. As I understood it this was his position as well. He was voting at that time as a state senator in an area that has an urban crime issue.
Do you know what the number on cause of death for African Americans ages 18 - 35 is? Murder.
The following is from the Las Vegas Debate this year:
Q: When you were in the state senate, you talked about licensing and registering gun owners. Would you do that as president?
A: I don't think that we can get that done. But what we can do is to provide just some common-sense enforcement. The efforts by law enforcement to obtain the information required to trace back guns that have been used in crimes to unscrupulous gun dealers. As president, I intend to make it happen. We essentially have two realities, when it comes to guns, in this country. You've got the tradition of lawful gun ownership. It is very important for many Americans to be able to hunt, fish, take their kids out, teach them how to shoot. Then you've got the reality of 34 Chicago public school students who get shot down on ...
I lived in Washington D.C. in the late 70's and early 80's. Today I live in the L.A. area. I agree with inner-city gun control. Its a public safety issue more than anything. As I understood it this was his position as well. He was voting at that time as a state senator in an area that has an urban crime issue.
Do you know what the number on cause of death for African Americans ages 18 - 35 is? Murder.
The following is from the Las Vegas Debate this year:
Q: When you were in the state senate, you talked about licensing and registering gun owners. Would you do that as president?
A: I don't think that we can get that done. But what we can do is to provide just some common-sense enforcement. The efforts by law enforcement to obtain the information required to trace back guns that have been used in crimes to unscrupulous gun dealers. As president, I intend to make it happen. We essentially have two realities, when it comes to guns, in this country. You've got the tradition of lawful gun ownership. It is very important for many Americans to be able to hunt, fish, take their kids out, teach them how to shoot. Then you've got the reality of 34 Chicago public school students who get shot down on the streets of Chicago. We can reconcile those two realities by making sure the Second Amendment is respected and that people are able to lawfully own guns, but that we also start cracking down on the kinds of abuses of firearms that we see on the streets.
For the years 1976-2005 combined -
Black victims are over represented in homicides involving drugs. Compared with the overall involvement of blacks as victims, blacks are less often the victims of sex-related homicides, workplace killings, and homicide by poison.
Race patterns among offenders are similar to those among victims.
Homicide Type by Race, 1976-2005
Victims Offenders
White Black Other White Black Other
All homicides 50.9% 46.9% 2.1% 45.8% 52.2% 2.0%
Victim/offender relationship
Intimate 56.6% 41.2% 2.2% 54.4% 43.4% 2.2%
Family 60.7% 36.9% 2.4% 59.2% 38.5% 2.3%
Infanticide 55.9% 41.6% 2.5% 55.4% 42.1% 2.5%
Eldercide 69.2% 29.1% 1.6% 54.5% 43.8% 1.6%
Circumstances
Felony murder 54.7% 42.7% 2.6% 39.1% 59.3% 1.6%
Sex related 66.9% 30.5% 2.5% 54.7% 43.4% 1.9%
Drug related 37.4% 61.6% .9% 33.9% 65.0% 1.1%
Gang related 57.5% 39.0% 3.5% 54.3% 41.2% 4.4%
Argument 48.6% 49.3% 2.1% 46.8% 51.1% 2.2%
Workplace 84.6% 12.2% 3.2% 70.5% 26.7% 2.8%
Weapon
Gun homicide 47.2% 50.9% 1.9% 41.9% 56.4% 1.7%
Arson 58.9% 38.1% 2.9% 55.7% 42.0% 2.3%
Poison 80.6% 16.9% 2.5% 79.8% 18.4% 1.8%
Multiple victims or offenders ...'
For the years 1976-2005 combined -
Black victims are over represented in homicides involving drugs. Compared with the overall involvement of blacks as victims, blacks are less often the victims of sex-related homicides, workplace killings, and homicide by poison.
Race patterns among offenders are similar to those among victims.
Homicide Type by Race, 1976-2005
Victims Offenders
White Black Other White Black Other
All homicides 50.9% 46.9% 2.1% 45.8% 52.2% 2.0%
Victim/offender relationship
Intimate 56.6% 41.2% 2.2% 54.4% 43.4% 2.2%
Family 60.7% 36.9% 2.4% 59.2% 38.5% 2.3%
Infanticide 55.9% 41.6% 2.5% 55.4% 42.1% 2.5%
Eldercide 69.2% 29.1% 1.6% 54.5% 43.8% 1.6%
Circumstances
Felony murder 54.7% 42.7% 2.6% 39.1% 59.3% 1.6%
Sex related 66.9% 30.5% 2.5% 54.7% 43.4% 1.9%
Drug related 37.4% 61.6% .9% 33.9% 65.0% 1.1%
Gang related 57.5% 39.0% 3.5% 54.3% 41.2% 4.4%
Argument 48.6% 49.3% 2.1% 46.8% 51.1% 2.2%
Workplace 84.6% 12.2% 3.2% 70.5% 26.7% 2.8%
Weapon
Gun homicide 47.2% 50.9% 1.9% 41.9% 56.4% 1.7%
Arson 58.9% 38.1% 2.9% 55.7% 42.0% 2.3%
Poison 80.6% 16.9% 2.5% 79.8% 18.4% 1.8%
Multiple victims or offenders
Multiple victims 63.4% 33.2% 3.3% 55.7% 40.8% 3.5%
Multiple offenders 54.8% 42.5% 2.7% 44.6% 53.0% 2.4%
Although slightly less true now than before, most murders are intraracial
From 1976 to 2005 --
86% of white victims were killed by whites
94% of black victims were killed by blacks
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/...
so on the death area it seems we like to kill our own. As for the high crime rate. if the police did their job, and the neighbors actully turned poeple who do crime in. the crime rate woudl go down. also the city needs tougher gun laws, as in if you do a crime with a gun, no plea deal 10 years. for any one! and that will curve those who do the crime.
but to ban weapons is wrong, lets remember what happen to those after katria hit, they had their guns taken away and the crime wave actully followed.
The comment above don't offer a working solution. but encourges the goverment to get more involde in everyday poeples life.
So The banning on Guns for the legal poeple in my eyes is still a very scary move.
I agree completely. Your statistics confirm it. We don't have an answer to the issue of the murder rates. My point was that attempts are being made to stop people from killing themselves. Those people were the ones who elected him to state office.
>> lets remember what happen to those after katria hit, they had their guns taken away and the crime wave actually followed.
I am not advocating the confiscation of the guns in this situation, but lets remember the situation.... There was no help in site. The city truly felt abandon by the government and they were on their own. Most reports I had read said the police supported the confiscation for their own safety. They were trying to keep Marshall Law from happening. If you would like to place the blame for that insanity look at the federal government. The people of New Orleans were left to their own devices.
I think the situation for Katrina was a little more complicated than enforcing Marshall Law.
>> The comment above don't offer a working solution.
What it offers is assurance that he has no intent on changing things. That your second amendment rights are in tact. His voting history shows that "common sense enforcement" is more in line with municipality based control, and more thorough screening.
07/11/2006 USEMA Amendment
HR 5441 Y Amendment Adopted (Senate) - S
(87 - 11)
07/11/2006 FEMA Amendment
HR 5441 Y Amendment Rejected (Senate) - S
(32 - 66)
03/02/2006 USA PATRIOT and Terrorism Prevention Reauthorization
HR 3199 Y Conference Report Adopted (Senate) - S
(89 - 10)
12/16/2005 USA PATRIOT and Terrorism Prevention Reauthorization
HR 3199
This are the corner stones of our goverment which allows them to raid your homes, hold you with out a lawyer, and hold you with out charging you. These bills he actully voted yes on are the flag ships that steal americain rights. And the list he didn't vote on or voted present are on things that help americain keep their rights. look at the bill he had to vote on back in 1999, to support a bill that would let some juveniles be tried as adults.. he didn't vote nay or yes, but present. And why, because it was in his home city and would allow young adult who commit serious crimes be charged as adult. The news said this bill was highly opposted by blacks. It seems he doesn't use common sese unless you are looking at common sense to get elected. some time you have to take a tough stand, and his voting record he don't do that it seems.
Some scary facts -
USEMA/FEMA Amendment - Voted with McCain. Moving FEMA was at the heart, and putting it under homeland security still makes sense. The new name is stupid and the general work they do needs an over hall.
USA PATRIOT and Terrorism Prevention Reauthorization - Voted with McCain and Clinton on this one.
I would like to see the entire Patriot Act repealed. I think that it is a grotesque invasion of my civil liberties. It was the foundation of the Bush administrations crimes against the constitution. I do not see anyone at this time being able to repeal it no matter how criminal it is.
There are two candidates who would repeal it all together. Ron Paul and Ralph Nader are not going to win a general election. It will be interesting to see what comes of the GE version of Barack. His policies have so many strengths in my eyes that I will look past some of the negatives.
How do you get my vote? Your policy has to start with a social conscious that addresses the people of U.S.
At the top for me is education.
Obama is a big advocate of Charter Schools. This means the community must be involved in direction of the school. If federal funding is given to education, a large portion of it should be used to support teachers, as in pay, tools and programs. Also higher education should be affordable to those students who have proven (via GPA) there dedication in years prior.
He is also an advocate of affordable day care, re-education and welfare reform that enables people to succeed in today economy.
His plans for economic stimulus are based on rebuilding failing infrastructure (schools, roads, bridges ...), refocus on energy and a green economy and investment in science.
On foreign policy he believes in diplomacy first and the use of the military only as a last resort. He wants to rebuild the military via an aggressive benefits plan.
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by KStreetProjector
Wed Oct 18, 2006 at 05:59:14 AM PDT
A friend, in a position to be present at lunches of GOP insiders here in DC called me on Thursday, they know of my ongoing efforts to make hackable voting end.
My friend was present as a group of Moderate GOP members with Ohio ties lamented how far the party had strayed. There was consensus at the table there was no way they should retain control. The table conversation began with the assumption they party would lose control in this election. The moderates started planning how to take back control of the GOP from the extremists.
Then, one insider, probably an extremist, but certainly very close to Mr. Ken Mehlman abruptly stopped the conversation. He told table that it was impossible they would lose either house. He also predicts an Ohio GOP sweep.
More Below.
KStreetProjector's diary :: ::
He informed the group that over the last year, in four critical states the GOP needs to hold huge purges of the voter rolls have just been finished.
The insider did not say which four states, but did say Ohio was among them.
His claim was a new Diebold voter registry system had been installed over the last year. The last week of July and the first week...""'"""""""""""'"""'"'""""''""
by KStreetProjector
Wed Oct 18, 2006 at 05:59:14 AM PDT
A friend, in a position to be present at lunches of GOP insiders here in DC called me on Thursday, they know of my ongoing efforts to make hackable voting end.
My friend was present as a group of Moderate GOP members with Ohio ties lamented how far the party had strayed. There was consensus at the table there was no way they should retain control. The table conversation began with the assumption they party would lose control in this election. The moderates started planning how to take back control of the GOP from the extremists.
Then, one insider, probably an extremist, but certainly very close to Mr. Ken Mehlman abruptly stopped the conversation. He told table that it was impossible they would lose either house. He also predicts an Ohio GOP sweep.
More Below.
KStreetProjector's diary :: ::
He informed the group that over the last year, in four critical states the GOP needs to hold huge purges of the voter rolls have just been finished.
The insider did not say which four states, but did say Ohio was among them.
His claim was a new Diebold voter registry system had been installed over the last year. The last week of July and the first week of August a "test run" was made of the systems ability to purge ineligable voters. The purge generated names and test letters sent out to 1.2 million Ohio addresses with a focus on University's, Apartment addresses with high turnover. He claims they made the letters seem just functionary, but they have an action component to avoid being purged from the rolls.
The Insider warmed and said that Blackwell was brilliant in how he did this. The letter went on for a long time about changes in Ohio voting and security and suggested people who might have any concerns about their voting status could come by county offices and confirm their continued voting eligability before election day.
He further added, that since it was conducted as a "test" they only sent letters to a limited number of suspect addresses and "I suspect Blackwell chose criteria very very favorable for us."
Further the insider stated that Blackwell had only purged the lists after a full 60 days was given for people to respond. Which means even if a voter was on the "termination" list, they would still have been eligable to vote in the primary.
He told they table they believe the purge has probably caught up "hundreds of thousands of students, activists and wanderers with no real job" would show up at the polls and have to vote provisionally.
He predicted to the table that tens of thousands of voters will show up on election day, and once the provisionals are used up will simply not be able to at all.
He also said that this "operation" (The Insiders word, my friend was specific about this" had turned up a lot of additional fascinating information including a number of Democrats in elected office who are registered to vote in several places, and they may explore how to use this information against them.
I am going to assume, Mr. Blackwell's "test" purge went to no-one registered GOP. His criteria is something I am trying to get a copy of now.
Friday I called friends in Lorain County and Wayne County Ohio. I told them this DC tale. Neither of them had voted yet and I asked them if they could go on Monday to either early vote, or apply for an absentee ballot. And if possible sit for in the Elections Office for an hour and determine if anyone was expressiing surprise they were no longer registered.
If the sample of 11AM-1PM in Lorain County Ohio and 10AM-11AM in Wayne County Ohio are true. Then Ohio Democratic Voters had better go and Vote Early if they plan to vote at all.
At Lorain County, my friend arrived to find a line of over 15 people, many of whom had come back for a second time, all of them Democrats who had arrived to vote and been told that Drivers Liscence Information, or in one case Home Ownership Information had not matched the address provided for Voter Registration.
In one case a college student had been purged because he had changed dorms on campus.
In another case a local blue-collar worker had been purged because his voter registration had only his building address, but his drivers liscense included an apartment number. This tiny difference in information had led to his purging.
While everyone present seemed to have enough information to allow the records to be updated, my friend told me it was being done by one and only one clerk and was taking a very long time, about 5 minutes per person to resolve. Everyone in line confirmed that several voters had given up in frustration and left.
In Wayne County the sample is smaller, but during the one hour he stated 18 people arrived for absentee ballots or to vote early. Wayne County had 3 Diebold TSX Touch Screens set up for early voters. Of those who arrived two of them had been provisionally purged. The first was again a student from a local college, she was sent away and told she had to bring some ID beyond her student ID to prove she was resident at the College. She was wearing a Sherrod Brown button. The second was a local guy who owns two houses on the same block. His drivers liscence is to the one house where he keeps his cars, but his voter roll is in his house where he actually sleeps four houses away. This got resolved with a series of steps that included filling out two forms, and a clerk having to enter the corrected information into two seperate computers.
As an added bonus, My friend listened in and witnessed 8 retired ladies getting instructions on how to be poll workers on the new TSX machines. The instructor was a local elections board member. She was asked many questions by one of the retirees and her answer to almost all of them was "I don't know how it works, I just know how we are supposed to use it"
Get ready Ohio.
This story also may explain Mr. Blackwell's sudden discovery of the "two homes and is he really a qualifed Voter" now facing Strickland.
This Blackwell discovery of Mr. Strickland is actually "by-catch" of the much larger net thrown to eliminate hundred of thousands of democrats from the voting rolls.
ACTION: Get to your election boards, bring all the documentation you can. Demand a paper absentee ballot. Alert a everyone you know in Ohio.
Good luck out there. This doesn't eliminate the fact your Diebold System is utterly hackable, but it certainly explains how Rove plans to drag all your races into the margin of error so hitting the Diebold Button to steal the election doesn't look so obvious.
He has taken away your right to vote based on any piece of mismatched information in your state records.
I would expect that would be nearly everyone if the test was applied across the board. But I suspect it was not done that way by Mr. Blackwell.
It might be worth other states starting to look at this issue as well.
They are very much in love with the power they have my friends. I am increasing afraid this one one ends as another of my friends now says very often: "By Feeding the Tree of Liberty."
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So I can see and understand and even agree with you when it deals with rep.
As for doing reseach I have, I bought both books, follow his campain trail, I read evcery piece of scap I can find, I listion to the supportor. and I still wait for a reason of logic to support him.