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Jury Convicts Five in Federal Vote Fraud (Democrat Party Chairman Convicted for buying Votes)
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| 6-29-2005
| AP Wire
Posted on 06/29/2005 1:55:25 PM PDT by 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
TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: cheatingrats; clinicalprojection; corruptdems; demsbustedagain; dirtyrats; howtostealanelection; hypocrites; rats; sorelosers; votefraud; voterfraud
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To: GoodWithBarbarians JustForKaos
Good point ....! And a scary one, too. Can't win for losin'.
61
posted on
06/29/2005 7:35:18 PM PDT
by
Finny
(God continue to Bless President G.W. Bush with wisdom, popularity, safety and success.)
To: Thanatos
Back in '72 I was at UK in Lexington, KY.
A friend in the dorm was the son of some local county politico. On election day he'd be driving around town in his Daddy's Cadillac with the back seat full of cases of half pints of whiskey.
Yes, Democrats.
62
posted on
06/29/2005 9:01:16 PM PDT
by
TC Rider
(The United States Constitution © 1791. All Rights Reserved.)
To: Land_of_Lincoln_John
Most excellent, thanks for the ping. I hope this is the first of many to come. Who cares about campaign finance if you cannot have honest elections.
63
posted on
06/29/2005 9:02:18 PM PDT
by
hometoroost
(TSA = Thousands Standing Around)
To: Thanatos
Wait til this hits the nightly network news!!! </ sarcasm>
64
posted on
06/29/2005 9:42:34 PM PDT
by
cookcounty
(Army Vet, Army Dad.)
To: Thanatos
East St. Louis ILLINOIS. Is that SILENCE we are hearing from that Dynamo of Justice, the oh-so-honorable DICK DURBIN of downstate (his backyard) ILLINOIS?
65
posted on
06/29/2005 9:46:29 PM PDT
by
cookcounty
(Army Vet, Army Dad.)
To: Thanatos
This just canNOT be. I am taken aback.
66
posted on
06/29/2005 9:50:06 PM PDT
by
zeaal
(SPREAD TRUTH!)
To: Finny
"..Can't win for losin'."
We are winning! Radio and the internet are taking down the MSM! YES!
To: Thanatos
Michael Moore bought votes and encouraged others to do the same. There was no will to prosecute.
68
posted on
06/29/2005 11:50:39 PM PDT
by
weegee
(Re: immigration "Those Syrians are coming to Iraq to do the bombings that Iraqis won't do.")
To: Tenacious 1
The story would only grow legs if that D had legs (get the picture? R)
69
posted on
06/29/2005 11:52:13 PM PDT
by
weegee
(Re: immigration "Those Syrians are coming to Iraq to do the bombings that Iraqis won't do.")
To: Thanatos
If they go to jail and when they get out, they will be relected as heros. If you don't believe it just remember judge alcee hastings. Convicted of bribery and now is a US Congressman.
70
posted on
06/30/2005 4:25:18 AM PDT
by
G-Man 1
To: Thanatos
Outstanding post! Thanks.
Another in-your-face example of the anti-freedom, Democratic Crime Syndicate at work in The United States of America.
71
posted on
06/30/2005 4:30:11 AM PDT
by
PGalt
To: Tenacious 1
If it was the OHIO GOP they (NYT) would be calling for impeachment of President Bush.
To: Thanatos
So...they *are* going to burn them at the stake on network TV, right?
73
posted on
06/30/2005 4:50:31 AM PDT
by
dsc
To: Thanatos
74
posted on
06/30/2005 5:27:10 AM PDT
by
PetroniDE
(We Don't Live in Texas Anymore --- State Name is Now TAXES !!)
To: Thanatos
I am sure there won't be much airplay...I'll forward this to Limbaugh
75
posted on
06/30/2005 6:50:54 AM PDT
by
rface
("...the most schizoid freeper I've ever seen" - New Bloomfield, Missouri)
To: stands2reason
"Isn't t enough that the AP picked it up?"
Belated reply: No, because the AP picks up a lot of stuff that never finds its way into the evening news or the daily newspaper. Very few people monitor the AP wire; it's invisible unless the networks and newspapers pick it up and run with it.
To: Mo1
Didn't St Louis do the same in the 2000 election.
Bussed parishioners to vote, which was legal on the Sunday before election Tuesday, but went outside their district. Also buying of votes with cigs and money to the non registered.
77
posted on
06/30/2005 10:21:42 AM PDT
by
malia
(President Bush - a man of honor!! clinton as President a man of horror)
To: mewzilla
Dems sell themselves cheap. YES, they do!
To: SkyPilot
RAT'S AMERICAN FLAG.
To: mewzilla
I am Shocked! Shocked that gambling is going on in this casino!
80
posted on
06/30/2005 10:34:41 AM PDT
by
stocksthatgoup
(Polls = Proof that when the MSM want your opinion they will give it to you.)
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