Clinton, Nixon; Nixon, Clinton

The Economist ^ | April 30, 2008 | Staff

[freerepublic_or_die]

SIX days ahead of the North Carolina primary comes a story of real sleaze—not Jeremiah Wright-style buffoonery, but Nixon-style illegality designed to dupe and disenfranchise voters—that should surprise precisely nobody who has been following and covering this campaign. A group called Women's Voices Women's Vote (WVWV), which claims to have been "created to activate unmarried Americans in their government and in our democracy" has been placing robocalls to voters across North Carolina that seem designed to fool them into thinking they have not yet registered to vote. Many of the voters who received those calls are black. Voters in 11 states have complained about similarly deceptive calls and mailings that have been traced back to WVWV this primary season.

Guess which Democratic candidate WVWV's founder and president, Page Gardner, has donated $6,700 to (hint: it's not Barack Obama). Guess whose election campaign Joe Goode, WVWV's executive director, worked for (hint: it was in 1992, and it was a winning campaign). Guess whose chief of staff sits on WVWV's board of directors (hint: it was the president who served between two Bushes). And guess whose campaign manager was a member of WVWV's leadership team (hint: it's Hillary Clinton).

It's an odd story: a recording of someone named Lamont Williams calls voters to tell them a voter-registration packet is on its way. It's unclear whether anything arrives; what isn't unclear is that the call is well after the registration deadline. It's not too hard to imagine this call coming to an unsophisticated voter (and let me make this clear: I am in no way saying black voters, who seem to have received the lion's share of the calls, are all unsophisticated; I'm simply positing a scenario), and that voter becoming confused.

[freerepublic_or_die]

It seems Hillary and Nixon are destined to be linked to each other down the annals of time.

Hillary accused of anything less than exemplary moral, ethical, professional conduct? Bite your tongue! How dare you???

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

The Economist is a publication that tries hard to be objective (I know that’s hard to believe). For that reason, they punch well above their weight (as measured by circulation numbers). This article will have an impact.

[chris_bdba]

LOL!! Hillary is that you? Gosh next thing you know she’ll be posting signs that election day is on Wedsday and not Tuesday.

[Fintan]

Sorry, I won't believe a word of this until I see it on "NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams."

Or "Good Morning America."

Until then, I'm holding my breath, not eating, showering, or mowing the lawn until I know it's true...

 

[lowbridge]

bump

[doug from upland]

HILLARY TRIED TO DENY COUNSEL TO NIXON AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISBARRED - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDPQHKmU0P8

[Cyber Liberty]

Women's Voices Women's Vote (WVWV)

Sounds like a great place to pick up chicks....