Posted on 01/29/2006 1:54:35 PM PST by John Semmens
Five Democratic activists are on trial for slashing the tires of vans rented by the Republican Party to shuttle voters to the polls on the morning of Election Day in 2004.
Michael Pratt, the son of then-acting Milwaukee Mayor Marvin Pratt; Sowande Omokunde, the son of Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wis.); and the three other defendants are charged with criminal damage to property — a felony that carries a maximum sentence of three and a half years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
Republican campaigners had rented more than 100 vehicles for a get-out-the-vote campaign. The vehicles were parked in a lot adjacent to a Bush campaign office, and party workers planned to drive voters to polling places. Prosecutors contend that the five men punctured the tires of the vans early in the morning, before the Republican headquarters opened.
Attorneys for the five defendants, however, argued that since the slashings were part of a broader national campaign by the Democrats to prevent a large Republican turnout in key states, it was a legitimate campaign tactic. “Look, we all know Bush stole the 2000 election,” said defense attorney Ivan Steele. “Our clients were only trying to fight fire with fire.”
Defense attorneys also demanded that charges of public urination against one of the defendants be dropped on the grounds that those running the Republican campaign headquarters failed to provide timely access to a restroom.
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Figured the defense would say "Civic duty to prevent the take over of our civil goverment by Haliburton" but this works too
Have fun in jail, fools.
Ignorance of reality is no defense.
They know that they're going to land in the klink anyway, so they're grandstanding. They've got a spotlight and they're using it.
I'm curious as to why you think they will be found guilty.
Can a Wisconsin jury really be trusted with such a verdict? I fear that like OJ, the Rats will get off scott free.
Good, I am sure the rapist, murders and thugs they will soon share cells with will enjoy knowing what noble upstanding citizens they are.
But yeah, Wisconsin jury...
During election season, the libs in my town put two bullets through the front door of the Republican headquarters. But I guess they were just fighting fire with fire, since after all, Republicans are fascists.
That's the problem with the left these days. They've convinced themselves that they're fighting pure evil, so all means are justified.
"Attorneys for the five defendants, however, argued that since the slashings were part of a broader national campaign by the Democrats to prevent a large Republican turnout in key states, it was a legitimate campaign tactic. “Look, we all know Bush stole the 2000 election,” said defense attorney Ivan Steele. “Our clients were only trying to fight fire with fire.”
The way they think is just scary.
"They've convinced themselves that they're fighting pure evil, so all means are justified."
Sounds like Muslims.
The democrat party. When farce meets reality.
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Yeah, they're fighting "pure evil" with pure stupidity.
Make them all felons and then they won't ever have to worry about votes and elections again.
This is the hidden face of the Democrat. No matter how middle of the road, or mainstream they try to act, this is what they are. This is how they think.
They cannot change the way they are, it would be unnatural for them.
That's what people who get disgusted with the GOP need to think about when they make a "protest vote."
When was the last time Republicans slashed tires on cars that were being used to get the voters to the polls? When was the last time Republicans fired gunshots into Democrat Party campaign offices?
Looking at the article source page, it's pretty clear that that story is an "Onion" or "Scrappleface" kinda thing ... and the Milwaukee trial was settled mostly by the defendants pleading out some two weeks ago. Clever author, tho.
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