| September 18, 2008 - by Gregory Franklyn | | | | Party to help them steal elections. He wrote a |
| The first election I was eligible to vote in was | | | | book about it and that's why he was a guest on |
| 1972. I lived in Arizona at the time. Nixon and | | | | the show. A few of the tricks in his book are also |
| Humpfrey were tearing into one another and I | | | | what got him thrown in prison. |
| had just registered to vote for the first time. I | | | | You may remember similar stories coming from |
| registered as a Democrat but when my voter | | | | Florida in 2000 when thousands of minority voters' |
| registration card arrived in the mail it said I was a | | | | ballots were invalidated because they had the |
| Republican. I really didn't think much of it at the | | | | same name as someone who had committed a |
| time. Sometimes typographic errors just happen | | | | felony. You will also remember identical stories |
| and it's nobody's fault. | | | | coming from Ohio in 2004. Republicans are |
| Shortly thereafter I was watching the local news | | | | targeting Black and Hispanic voters to cancel or |
| and noticed a story that said there were about | | | | invalidate their ballots because these voters |
| 17,000 new voters in the state of Arizona who | | | | traditionally vote for Democrats in huge numbers. |
| were complaining that they too had registered as | | | | If you watched the Republican National |
| Democrats but got their voter registration back | | | | Convention you know what I mean about |
| saying they were Republicans. I pretty much | | | | Republicans and minority voters. That convention |
| figured out that my voter registration wasn't just | | | | was a virtual ocean of white people. I was |
| a typo by some overworked secretary getting a | | | | watching with a friend when I noticed how white |
| little tired late at night sitting at a typewriter. | | | | that crowd seemed. So we made it sort of a |
| The reason I'm telling you this is because of a | | | | game looking for Black faces in the cut-a-ways |
| news story I saw this evening on my local news. | | | | when the camera was focused on the crowd. We |
| I live in Oregon now, and have for roughly 20 | | | | saw 4 that evening. The arena contained about |
| years. A woman who lives about 3 miles from | | | | 20,000 people! |
| me got 2 mailings from the Republican Party | | | | The following passage contains strong language |
| containing an official request form for an absentee | | | | and is entirely inappropriate for viewing by children. |
| ballot from her old state. Take a wild guess what | | | | Reader discretion is strongly advised: |
| state it was. Yup, Florida! She said she has lived | | | | My point is that Republicans are some scurrilously |
| here and voted in at least 3 elections since leaving | | | | amoral mother-fuckers who have no issue with |
| Florida years ago. She showed the reporter the | | | | criminal activity when it comes to elections and |
| two mailings and right there on the front was a | | | | they've been at it for a VERY LONG time. These |
| picture of John McCain! | | | | criminal tricksters are not some rogue elements |
| The reporter went on to say that the elections | | | | unknown to the Republican Party Leadership, they |
| office here was receiving hundreds of reports | | | | are operatives that get their paycheck from |
| from voters living and voting in Oregon who have | | | | them. These party leaders are the same people |
| received similar ballot requests from New Mexico | | | | who talk about good Christian Moral Values, wrap |
| as well as Florida and the mailings were coming | | | | themselves in the American flag and insist that |
| from the Republican Party. In case you didn't | | | | they are the trustees of your Freedom and |
| know, there is no national voter registry. Elections | | | | Democracy. |
| are state run and they don't check up on each | | | | If the poll numbers are close in this election, John |
| other to see if voters are voting in multiple states | | | | McCain will almost certainly become our next |
| every 4 years! | | | | president and these reports of voter tampering |
| Later this evening I was watching Countdown | | | | foreshadow the reasons why! Don't let them get |
| with Keith Oberman and there was a story about | | | | away with it AGAIN! Keep a careful eye on your |
| Republican "Caging" in my childhood home of | | | | states election and speak up if you find |
| Macomb County Michigan. If you are unfamiliar | | | | irregularities. Your vote should be counted, it |
| with what "Caging" is, it refers to challenging the | | | | should only be counted once, and it should be |
| validity of a ballot once it has been cast. It | | | | counted in the column YOU selected! |
| appears that Republicans are looking up voters in | | | | Just so you know! |
| Macomb County, mostly black, whose homes | | | | Much Love, Gregory |
| have gone into foreclosure and sending them a | | | | September 19,2008 - F/U: Which is not to say |
| mailing. When the mailing comes back, they are | | | | F%&k You, but rather Follow-Up! As mentioned |
| added to a list that is used to challenge the | | | | above a woman not far from here received two |
| validity of that voter's ballot based on the fact | | | | absentee ballots from her former home in Florida, |
| that their address is not current on their voter | | | | obviously sent by the McCain Campaign. Today I |
| registration. | | | | got an email from the McCain Campaign urging |
| Keith's guest was an X-Convict whose crime was | | | | me to vote by absentee ballot and to vote early. |
| voter fraud and he talked about a number of | | | | Coincidence??? HMM! That's interesting! |
| dirty tricks he used to do for the Republican | | | | |