Jury Convicts Five in Federal Vote Fraud (Democrat Party Chairman Convicted for buying Votes)

AP Wire ^ | 6-29-2005 | AP Wire

[Thanatos]

Jury Convicts Five in Federal Vote Fraud

ASSOCIATED PRESS

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) - A federal jury Wednesday convicted the chairman of the city's Democratic Party and four others of scheming to buy votes with cash, cigarettes and liquor last November.

Prosecutors relied largely on secretly recorded audiotapes in which they say the accused could be heard talking about paying $5 per vote to get key Democrats elected.

Charles Powell Jr., 61, the city's Democratic Party chairman, was found guilty along with the city's former director of regulatory affairs and three others

[Mister Baredog]

Dean will probably hire this guy for tne DNC.

[LM_Guy]

Couln't they just use the names of registered voters who are dead and cast their ballots for them like the other honest democrats do !!!!

[Finny]

It would have been so neat if somebody, as a practical joke, could have tweaked the original newswire story to have mistakenly identified the perps as Republicans rather than Democrats, and to leave the mistake uncorrected for at least two days. MSM outlets everywhere would be on this story like stink on a steaming diaper -- you can see the headlines:

Republicans Convicted in Federal Vote Fraud -- Cash, Cigarettes, Liquor Used to Buy Votes
Experts say fraud may have been more widespread than indicated; legitimacy of many elected officials called into question

Pinhead and Possumhead (Katie and Matt), Peter Jennings, Paula Zahn, Tim Russert, and the rest of the Usual Suspects would lead their repports by calling into doubt the results of every election for the past ten years where a Republican won, and busy coming up with tough questions to pose to Republican leaders ... then, in the middle of it all ... to find out that ... er, oops! The vote buyers were Democrats!

As it is, note the conspicuous absence of any mention of party affiliation in the AP wire article's title.

*sigh* Wankers.

[Mister Baredog]

Dems sell themselves cheap.

I dunno, the "dead DUmmie caucus" votes for FRee, LOL.

[shield]

Teehehehehehehe

[Mister Baredog]

It would have been so neat if somebody, as a practical joke,

You mean like the "conviction" of Tom Delay?

[mewzilla]

I dunno, the "dead DUmmie caucus" votes for FRee, LOL.

LOL. Misguided though they are, I have more respect for them than the folks who'd sell their votes.

[I'm ALL Right!]

BUMPITY BUMP. I'm laughing and cheering at the same time.

[popdonnelly]

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh, say it ain't so! Democrats following their heritage and attempting to buy votes? This gives me an idea. We need an investigation of every incidence of Democratic vote buying and vote fraud in the nation. If the DU can sift through the votes in Ohio, we should be checking for voting irregularities by the Dems.

[Steve_Seattle]

Wanna bet this won't be on any of the evening news shows?

[popdonnelly]

Yeah, I saw endless coverage of their indictments on NBC, CBS, ABC, and CNN.

[Fudd Fan]

This is for the DUms lurking: YIPPEE HORRAY! The guilty will be punished! FReepers are celebrating!

[Fudd Fan]

NOTHING could make Bela Pelosi blink, facelifts have stretched her face to the limit.

[Fudd Fan]

Does this also explain how Osama Obama got votes in percentages rivaled only by the heyday of Saddam? lol

[HarleyLady27]

ahemmmmmmm

[stands2reason]

Isn't t enough that the AP picked it up?

[jackbill]

http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2005/06/esl-makes-voter-fraud-business.html

[Darkwolf377]

DUmmies on suicide watch...but no one's watching!

[Dad yer funny]

thanks jackbill , ... hey everybody , PHOTOS asile 38