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Media Ignore Fact that Minn. Recount Boss Mark Ritchie an ACORN Ally
Newsbusters ^ | November 7, 2008 | Matthew Vadum

Posted on 11/07/2008 11:32:14 AM PST by St. Louis Conservative

In the Coleman-Franken Senate recount battle developing in Minnesota, almost all media accounts fail to mention that Democratic Secretary of State Mark Ritchie, who largely controls the process, is not only a liberal Democrat, but also an ally of ACORN and liberal philanthropist George Soros.

Even fewer media outlets report the fact that both Ritchie and fellow Democrat Al Franken were endorsed by ACORN. Ritchie, like so many liberals, is dismissive of electoral fraud allegations in general. He failed to investigate claims by a conservative group about voter roll irregularities. (See "SOS in Minnesota," American Spectator, Nov. 7, 2008)

The Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune doesn't mention Ritchie's affiliations. Nor does an ABC News story, a story by an ABC News affiliate in Duluth, a Minneapolis-St. Paul FOX TV station's story, or a New York Post story.

An AP story mentioned Ritchie was a Democrat but left out the ties of Ritchie and Franken to ACORN.

Will there be cheating?

Who knows, but as the murderously astute Joseph Stalin once remarked, "The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything."

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: acorn; electionfraud; markritchie; minnesota; normcoleman; ritchie; sorosboyfranken
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1 posted on 11/07/2008 11:32:15 AM PST by St. Louis Conservative
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To: St. Louis Conservative

Looks like Franken and company will make sure he gets it then.


2 posted on 11/07/2008 11:38:38 AM PST by beaversmom
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To: St. Louis Conservative
Will there be cheating?

Nah, ACORN would never cheat.

3 posted on 11/07/2008 11:38:41 AM PST by T. Buzzard Trueblood
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To: T. Buzzard Trueblood

4 years ago I read story about how the Dems strategy was ot take over the sec of state offices in Ohio, NC, NM, MN,NV,and CO to control the voting !
They won all those positions for a reason and we say why in the 200,000 illegal votes in OH.


4 posted on 11/07/2008 11:42:01 AM PST by ncalburt
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To: St. Louis Conservative

So Franken has a Brown Shirt supporter. The end is near for the USA


5 posted on 11/07/2008 11:43:01 AM PST by realcleanguy
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To: St. Louis Conservative
Welcome to the new world. A conservative will never win another national election. And as soon as 10% more of the population is on welfare and amnesty along with chain immigration is passe the local election are gone too. There's no recovery from that.
6 posted on 11/07/2008 11:43:40 AM PST by JoSixChip (America has been defeated by americans)
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To: ncalburt
4 years ago I read story about how the Dems strategy was ot take over the sec of state offices in Ohio, NC, NM, MN,NV,and CO to control the voting !

I don't doubt that for a second. Do you have a link to that story?

7 posted on 11/07/2008 11:45:37 AM PST by T. Buzzard Trueblood
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To: St. Louis Conservative

Well, if it goes to Franken, then there better be some legal action taken by the Republican party and they better pony up for another count. They should be in there now watching the count, are they not?


8 posted on 11/07/2008 11:49:57 AM PST by Ruth C
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To: JoSixChip

I agree. The game is up and we are now a combination of the USSR, Mexico, Cuba, Venezuela and Zimbabwe. I have never seen so many celebrate the collapse of the great country in the history of the world.

Reagan’s “Shining City on the Hill” is now the repressive Communist cesspool “Bleak City on the Wasteland.”


9 posted on 11/07/2008 11:51:38 AM PST by whitedog57
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To: T. Buzzard Trueblood

Here is an updated version of the original article.
http://www.mlive.com/us-politics/index.ssf/2008/11/dems_firewall_secretary_of_sta.html


10 posted on 11/07/2008 12:03:26 PM PST by ncalburt
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To: Ruth C
well, if the election is stolen, then the 450,000 votes for the independent and the 1,200,000 plus votes for coleman will be against the 1,200,000 who voted for the jerk.....

oh you independents....you should do prove yourselfs......you are such patriots...

11 posted on 11/07/2008 12:10:06 PM PST by cherry
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To: Ruth C
well, if the election is stolen, then the 450,000 votes for the independent and the 1,200,000 plus votes for coleman will be against the 1,200,000 who voted for the jerk.....

oh you independents....you should do prove yourselfs......you are such patriots...

12 posted on 11/07/2008 12:10:07 PM PST by cherry
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To: Ruth C
well, if the election is stolen, then the 450,000 votes for the independent and the 1,200,000 plus votes for coleman will be against the 1,200,000 who voted for the jerk.....

oh you independents....you should do prove yourselfs......you are such patriots...

13 posted on 11/07/2008 12:10:08 PM PST by cherry
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To: St. Louis Conservative

Our government could have done something about Acorn. They did nothing. That should tell you something.


14 posted on 11/07/2008 12:23:43 PM PST by RC2
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To: St. Louis Conservative

Don’t they have members representing both parties present to oversee recounts??


15 posted on 11/07/2008 12:37:06 PM PST by Heartland Mom ("Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives." - Ronald Reagan)
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To: Heartland Mom

Yes. Coleman will have observers and attorney’s present during the recount.


16 posted on 11/07/2008 1:20:30 PM PST by St. Louis Conservative
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To: St. Louis Conservative
Mark Ritchie, who largely controls the process, is not only a liberal Democrat, but also an ally of ACORN and liberal philanthropist George Soros.

I'm stunned the MSM isn't jumping all over this.../s

17 posted on 11/07/2008 2:18:30 PM PST by GOPJ (Obama? "I miss the soft-spoken eloquence of George W. Bush." -- Freeper QuestionLiberalAuthority)
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To: St. Louis Conservative
VIDEO:SOS Mark Ritchie "they will win at any price." he denies after he says it!

Secretary of State Project and ACORN Own the Man in Charge of the Minnesota Senate Recount

SOS in Minnesota

18 posted on 11/14/2008 8:28:24 AM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: St. Louis Conservative

Can you imagine if a republic tried pulling even 1/2 of the illegal crap the democrats have pulled in this election? Can you imagine if there was even hte slightest hint abotu the citizenshipry of McCain? The msm would be screaming bloody flipping murder.


19 posted on 11/14/2008 8:52:37 AM PST by CottShop
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20 posted on 11/14/2008 9:06:19 AM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______Profile finally updated Saturday, October 11, 2008 !!!)
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