CA: Former North Coast congressman jailed in Ohio after protesting (D-Hamburg)

Bakersfield Californian ^ | 12/10/04 | AP

[NormsRevenge]

UKIAH, Calif. (AP) - Former U.S. Rep. Dan Hamburg was jailed after he attempted to deliver a letter about election irregularities to the Ohio secretary of state.

Hamburg and his wife, Carrie, spent Wednesday night in a Columbus, Ohio, jail after they refused to leave a coffee shop in a building that houses the offices of Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell.

The couple, who live near Ukiah, were released Thursday, said Hamburg, who served one term in Congress as a Democrat and later ran for governor of California as the Green Party candidate.

The couple arrived in Columbus a week ago to demand a recount of ballots from the Nov. 2 election in Ohio, where allegations of fraud and election irregularities have circulated since President Bush secured a second term after winning that state.

The Hamburgs joined a group that went to Columbus to protest the vote count by Blackwell, who was Ohio chairman for the Bush campaign.

On Monday, Hamburg attempted to deliver a letter to Blackwell demanding that he recuse himself from the vote count, but was blocked from getting off at his floor by state troopers, Hamburg said.

On Wednesday, Hamburg said he and his wife returned with a 14-page letter issued by Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee after a hearing on the Ohio vote count this week in Washington.

After the Hamburgs were turned back at the lobby, they went to the coffee shop, where security guards asked them to leave the building. When they refused, they were arrested on suspicion of trespassing, Hamburg said.

Hamburg and his wife spent a night in the Franklin County Correction Center and were released a few hours apart Thursday morning after pleading guilty to misdemeanor public disturbance charges.

[John Lenin]

Te RAT party is out of control. The lunatics now run the asylum.

[goldstategop]

Idiots. A recount is scheduled for Tuesday. I'm happy to see the moonbats still can't get over the fact the election will be histoire after the Electoral College has voted on Monday.

[DLfromthedesert]

I saw part of that hearing on CSPAN 2. It was hilarious. Conyers chaired it.

[Kimmers]

I have a thought.....how bout these libs get a job and a God life so they will quit spending my hard earned money on lawsuits and lawyers....they are a wasting our time

[John Lenin]

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[NormsRevenge]

Thanks.

The hearing is re-running on CSpan2 right now.

[tubebender]

Look what the Rat packed in. Hamberg is probably supporting that Green Party freak from Eureka David Cobb...

[NormsRevenge]

It's kind of nice to be able to ship some loonies back east for a change. ;-)

[Dan from Michigan]

Why does this jerk have to have the same first name as me? :(

[John Lenin]

This is what happens when you have the 'little guy' giving all his hard earned cash to a political campaign that loses.

[26lemoncharlie]

Conyers, Mr Hatcrime Speech himself. The man in charge of Thought Control!! Beware, the Dimms are out to cause any kind of HATE they can. They may be very surprised to find that controlling the Thoughts and Speech of AMERICANS is not so easy as they hoped.

[ReadyNow]

I am evaluating this hearing as a travesty, and the chairman as a fool. Does that mean I'm racist, sexist and homophobic? (Oh my, one of the witnesses is ready to break out in tears.)

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

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[tubebender]

Hamberg had never worn a tie in his life until he went to DC and then he only had one string tie. He beat Frank Riggs who was one of the Gang of 7 in congress in 94 I think. Frank beat him two years later but left rather than face Mike Thompson D two years later...

[Ben Hecks]

Here is a link to an earlier thread on the Conyers dog and pony show:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1296918/posts

According to post 14, this was not a sanctioned hearing but only a forum arranged by Conyers made to look like an official hearing. The Dems are past masters at producing theatre performances designed to sway public opinion. This is just another example.

[Proud2BeRight]

Oh! Why can't they all just go to Canada and leave us alone?