Posted on 10/14/2008 10:23:32 AM PDT by Winged Hussar
It has already been proven that Barack Obama has not been truthful about his close involvement with ACORN, which has been implicated in widespread voter registration fraud around the country. Not only did he organize with a group that has registered voters such as Dick Tracy, Mary Poppins, Jive Turkey, and a seven year old girl, Hillary Clinton's campaign has alleged credibly that Obama's own campaign perpetrated voter suppression, intimidation, harassment, and election fraud during the Nevada and Texas primaries. The following letter is from Lyn Utrecht, counsel for Hillary Clinton for President.
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March 4, 2008
MEMORANDUM
TO: Interested Parties
FROM: Lyn Utrecht
Campaign Counsel
RE: Caucus Irregularities
The campaign legal hotline has been flooded with calls containing specific accusations of irregularities and voter intimidation against the Obama campaign. This activity is undemocratic, probably illegal, and reflects a wanton disregard for the caucus process.
The three most egregious categories are:
1) Irregularities: Prematurely Taking Precinct Convention Packets by Obama Campaign
Numerous calls have shown that Obama supporters prematurely removed convention packets from polling places. Packets may not legally given out until 7:15 PM or when the last voter has cast a ballot in the primary. The Texas State Party warned the Obama campaign in writing that they may not take these packets early or remove them from the polling locations. The Party directed that these irregularities be reported to law enforcement “since they amount to criminal violations.” The Party stated “removing convention packets . . . will not be tolerated.”
A sampling of the precincts where this occurred are:
659 – Tarrant
709 – Houston
2316 – Tarrant
1205 – Dallas
3127 – Bexar
3082 – Fort Bend
18/224 – Harris
3221 – Dallas
87 – El Paso
851 – Houston
115 - Harris
470 – Galveston
388 – Harris
3000 – Dallas
1214 – Dallas
20 – Medina
205 – Walker
2) Voter Intimidation: Lock-out of Clinton caucus goers by Obama Campaign
Numerous calls have been received that the Obama campaign has taken over caucus sites and locked the doors, excluding Clinton campaign supporters from participating in the caucus. The Clinton supporters have been unable to enter the premises to caucus. In at least one instance, law enforcement was called and forcibly opened the caucus site.
A sampling of the precincts where this occurred are:
4401 – Dallas
2052 – Tarrant
4402 – Dallas
75 – Harris
18 – Hardin
259 – Harris
124 – Nueces
4050 – Tarrant
115 – Harris
6 – Roma County
78 – Jefferson
117 – Denton
3. There are numerous instances of Obama supporters filing out precinct convention sign-in sheets during the day and submitting them as completed vote totals at caucus. This is expressly against the rules. The sign-in sheets were copied by the Obama campaign from the Texas Democratic Party website and taken by supporters to various polling places to sign-up caucus goers prior to the start of the caucuses.
In other words, it's no longer just ACORN; Barack Obama's own campaign is credibly alleged to have engaged in conduct suitable for a Third World dictator like Robert Mugabe or Moammar Khadafy (with whom Obama's pastor met). And this is not the only such allegation by the Clinton campaign, either. Here is an optical character recognition transcription of the Clinton campaign's letter to the Nevada State Democratic Party. Here is the original, in .pdf format.
January 23, 2008 Jill Derby, Chair Nevada State Democratic Party 1210 South Valley View Road Suite 114 Las Vegas, NV 89102
Dear Chair Derby: I write on behalf of Hillary Clinton for President (”the Committee”) in regard to the January 19, 2008 Nevada Democ-ratic Caucus. The Committee is aware of a letter addressed to you today from the Obama for America campaign requesting an inquiry into the conduct of the caucuses. The Committee shares the Obama campaign’s concern that full participation in the democratic process may have been compromised by the substantial number of irregularities occurring at the caucuses, and we fully support a complete inquiry by the Nevada State Democratic Party (the ”Party”) into all caucus improprieties.
This letter is not intended as a response to the Obama campaign’s letter. However, in the interest of a complete record, and in contrast to the alleged minor procedural problems noted by the Obama campaign, the Committee wishes to bring to your attention information we have received evidencing a premeditated and predesigned plan by the Obama campaign to engage in systematic corruption of the Party’s caucus procedures. Compounding this blatant distortion of the caucus rules was an egregious effort by the Obama campaign to manipulate the voter registration process in its own favor, thereby disenfranchising countless voters. Finally, the Committee has received a vast number of reliable reports of voter suppression and intimidation by the Obama campaign or its allies.
The Committee had 30 phone lines on Saturday to receive calls in its Las Vegas offices. These lines rang continuously from early morning until well after the caucuses concluded with reports from people who were victimized and who observed irregularities. The phone lines were so over-whelmed that many callers resorted to calling individual Committee staff cell phones to report that they could not get through. The Committee also received many similar calls at its national headquarters.
The Committee is confident that any investigation into the conduct of the caucuses will be thorough, fair and in the interest of insuring that future Party caucuses will be as open and democratic as possible.
Systematic Corruption of the Party’s Caucus Procedures The Committee received substantially similar reports of improprieties of such a number as to leave no conclusion but that the Obama campaign and its allies and supporters engaged in a planned effort to subvert the Party’s caucus procedures to its advantage. For example:
þ Preference cards were premarked for Obama.
þ Clinton supporters were denied preference cards on the basis that none were left, while Obama supporters at the same caucus sites were given preference cards.
þ Caucus chairs obviously supporting Obama: o Deliberately miscounted votes to favor Senator Obama. o Deliberately counted unregistered persons as Obama votes. o Deliberately counted young children as Obama votes. o Refused to accept preference cards from Clinton supporters who were at the caucus site by noon on the ground that the cards were not filled out fast enough. o Told Clinton supporters to leave prior to electing delegates.
þ Clinton supporters who arrived late were turned away from the caucus, while late Obama supporters were admitted to the caucus.
Manipulation of the Voter Registration Process Numerous reports received by the Committee demonstrate a concerted effort on the part of the Obama campaign and its supporters to prevent eligible voters supporting a candidate other than Senator Obama from caucusing. The Obama supporters complained of were acting in positions of authority at the caucus sites. Some of these reports are as follows:
þ Obama supporters wrongly informed Clinton supporters that they were not allowed to participate in the caucus if their names were not on the voter rolls. However, Obama supporters whose names did not appear on the voter rolls were permitted to register at the caucus site.
þ Obama supporters falsely informed Clinton supporters that no registration forms were available for them to register to vote at the caucus site.
þ Obama supporters wrongly told Clinton supporters who were attempting to caucus at the wrong precinct that they could not caucus at that site, while simultaneously permitting Obama supporters at the wrong precinct to participate.
þ Obama supporters were allowed to move to the front of the registration and sign-in line.
Voter Suppression and Intimidation The Committee received a substantial number of disturbing reports from voters that they had been subject to harassment, intimidation or efforts to prevent them from voting. Some of the most egregious of these complaints are described below:
þ Voters at at-large caucus sites were informed that those sites were for Obama supporters only.
þ Clinton supporters at at-large caucus sites were told that their managers would be watching them while they caucused.
þ Workers were informed that their supervisors kept lists of Clinton and Obama supporters, and were told that they could not caucus unless their name was on the list of Obama supporters.
þ Many Clinton supporters were threatened with employment termination or other discipline if they caucused for Senator Clinton.
þ Workers were required to sign a pledge card to support Obama if they wanted time off to participate in the caucus. þ Workers at one casino were offered a lavish lunch and permitted to attend and register to vote only if they agree to support Obama.
The complaints summarized above represent only a small sample of the complaints received by the Committee. With respect to each of these complaints and many more, the Committee has the names and phone numbers of those reporting these incidents and the specific precinct numbers where the incidents occurred. Upon request the Committee will share these with the Party with appropriate safeguards to protect these individuals from reprisal. On the whole, these reports show a troubling effort by the Obama campaign and its allies and supporters to advance their own campaign at the expense of the right of all Nevada Democrats to participate in the democratic process in a free, fair and open manner.
Senator Clinton and the Committee are wholly committed to ensuring that every eligible voter has his or her vote cast and counted. There is no place in the American electoral process for the types of voter suppression, intimidation and harassment systematically engaged in by the Obama campaign, its allies and supporters. Sincerely, /v Lyn Utrecht Counsel Hillary Clinton for President
JOIN THOSE INVOKING GOD'S BLESSINGS ON OUR NATION THIS 2008 ELECTION
I'm not buyin' the push polls, which are heavily weighted in their sampling to the dems...and neither should anyone else. They are simply an attempt for the most part, IMHO, to supress the GOP vote.
On the ground, the crowds that Sarah is drawing now (30,000 in FL, 24,000 coming in Indiana, etc.), tell the real stroy...and the DNC, MSM, and Obama's campaign know it.
SARAH PALIN DRAWING HUGE CROWDS ALL ACROSS AMERICA
...and then there is this:
Down near us, a lady received a visit from the Secret Service after she told an Obama telemarketer why she didn’t support Obama (abortion), the Obama pollster called the Secret Service and claimed the lady threatened Obama’s life...
Politics, Chicago Style.
“Down near us, a lady received a visit from the Secret Service after she told an Obama telemarketer why she didn’t support Obama (abortion), the Obama pollster called the Secret Service and claimed the lady threatened Obama’s life...”
The Obama telemarketer committed a Federal felony if she made a false report to the U.S. Secret Service, as well as libel. Both civil and criminal charges should be pursued.
I found the story.
http://www.lufkindailynews.com/news/content/news/stories/2008/10/07/secret_service.html
Jeff,
I was looking at your link for the issue comparison chart. There are a few links on the document. Can you point me to which a link detailing an Obama tax proposal for homes over 2400 sq ft? I would think a lot of people will want to know about this in more detail.
Someone in Texas needs to file a class action lawsuit against ACORN just like The Buckeye Institute did in Ohio.
Sarah is on Rush right now talking about Obama and ACORN.
Donate & volunteer to McCain-Palin 2008. Do it now.
But, I too could not find the documentation affirming the 2400 sq ft (I'm still searching) outside of reference to other taxes. and so have removed it from the page. His desire for a 28% capitol gains tax is real...but I have not verified the other.
I am trying to find something in his energy policy. I remember back during the mid-terms in 2006 many we saying that there should be increased taxes on larger homes because they used more energy. You could then reduce your new taxes by spending a great deal of money becoming ‘Green’. Haven’t located it yet, but I would like to know if Obama is going to adopt something like this.
This happened in TEXAS?
I need a drink.
McCain has to talked to, by people who will not back down,
he must understand, and he must tell the nation,
WE ARE UNDER SIEGE.
So what are there exact plans for committing fraud in November? How can we know where to preempt it?
The Republican Chairs in each state and county are ultimately responsible for preventing voter fraud.
It would behoove FReepers to make nice with their county chairs and make sure they are up to the job (nicely).
If the polls were to be believed, then why all the voter fraud?
Check out this documentary about the caucus fraud in the Dem primary:
http://wewillnotbesilenced2008.com/
Correction: Republican and Democrat county chairs are EQUALLY responsible for preventing fraud.
Let’s hold them both responsible in our respective counties!
The polls will be used in court of public opinion to bolster the fraud. When the accusations come out, the Dem response will be: "There can't be any fraud, because the numbers are right in line with the polls!"
Seems to run in cycles here. South Texas and the Rio Grande Valley are very dem and ptone to this. Certain counties have been like this. Austin has always been very lib and parts of Houston and Dallas are dem.
Some reading...
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/PP/fpa35.html
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/DD/hcd11.html
http://www.txgenweb2.org/txduval/parr_george.htm
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