Holder Dismisses O'Keefe's Video as a Stunt

Yahoo news ^ | 9 Apr 2012 | Matt Negrin

[mandaladon]

The Justice Department has brushed aside a video by the conservative filmmaker James O'Keefe in which a polling station volunteer is tricked into giving the attorney general's primary ballot to the wrong person.

In the video, a man is seen giving the attorney general's name, Eric Holder, to a poll volunteer in Washington, D.C., along with Holder's address. The volunteer finds Holder's ballot and offers it to the man, who says he'd feel more comfortable if he provided his identification, which he says he left in his car.

The point of the video is to show that without voter ID laws, anyone can vote under anyone else's name when in reality, huge numbers of people who wanted to game the voting system would have to take part in a coordinated scheme to make even a small impact.

Rush Limbaugh praised O'Keefe as "brilliant" on his radio show today.

The Justice Department was less enthusiastic.

"It's no coincidence that these so-called examples of rampant voter fraud consistently turn out to be manufactured ones," said a department official, who asked not to be identified.

[mandaladon]

We need voter ID now or else the RATS will keep stealing elections.

[Gay State Conservative]

Despicable

[Sarah Barracuda]

Holder, Obama, and the rest of their commie minions know the ONLY way to win elections is by rigging it with dead voters and illegal aliens. They know they can’t win an election the HONEST way

[Joe 6-pack]

"It's no coincidence that these so-called examples of rampant voter fraud consistently turn out to be manufactured ones," said a department official..."

Did the "department official" really think this statement through? If true, it's a tacit admission that Holder was involved...

[Liberty Valance]

What Holder views as a “stunt” is actually a good example of what socialist dems stand for.

[ltc8k6]

The article is inaccurate.

No tricks were used, nor was the name “Eric Holder” used.

[reefdiver]

We need lots of pressure, right now on the elected. This is BS. If it goes away we get what we deserve.

[Argus]

Appointing this terrorist-loving, bribe-rigging, corrupt pardon-arranging, race-baiting hatemonger Attorney General of the United States - now THAT was a stunt.

[arkady_renko]

"It's no coincidence that these so-called examples of rampant voter fraud consistently turn out to be manufactured ones," said a department official, who asked not to be identified.

What did they manufacture? Seemed a pretty straightforward and useful demonstration of how easy it is to get someone else's ballot. What if the Dems know that certain people are unable to get out to vote? How easy to send goons out to vote in their place.

[philly-d-kidder]

Holder didn’t Vote I Presumme That was clear as he hadn’ted absentee nor signed the sheet

[TigersEye]

Holder hisself is a cunning stunt.

[Tzimisce]

It's no big deal. Obama was the only choice on that primary ballot.

Now go pay your taxes. I need a vacation to the Bahamas. :)

[LibLieSlayer]

Wouldn't it be nice if we had a chance to elect a president that would invoke several independent councils to investigate holder and the obama administration? If the gop/e get their way... it will NEVER happen. Either way the election goes... it appears the criminal anti American commies will get away with everything. obama and his administration are so powerful and control the gop/e so firmly that they now operate in your face with their treason and they dare anyone to even try to stop them.

The gsa fiasco and that scandal is another "in the face" of the right... and as Rush said today... it was done for exactly that reason. “Screw you America... we can do anything without consequence... and we ARE”!

LLS

[Bob]

The article is inaccurate.

No tricks were used, nor was the name “Eric Holder” used.

How else would the trickster have gotten Holder's ballot handed to him if he didn't say that he was Eric Holder and give Holder's address?

[DJ Frisat]

"How else would the trickster have gotten Holder's ballot handed to him if he didn't say that he was Eric Holder and give Holder's address?"

The 'trickster' simply asked 'Do you have an Eric Holder'? He did not claim to be the person by than name.

[Wings-n-Wind]

Eric the Lightweight...

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[300winmag]

Did the "department official" really think this statement through? If true, it's a tacit admission that Holder was involved...

And if O'Keefe so much as touched that ballot, DOJ would send out the FBI's HRT to arrest and/or shoot him for voter fraud. Then they could show his body on TV as "proof" that they take voter fraud seriously.

[justiceseeker93]

We need voter ID now or else the RATS will keep stealing elections.

Yes, voter ID will help get rid of some of the fraud, but the 'Rats and their allies might get more creative in their methods. Once basic honesty and integrity are lost, free and fair elections are very difficult to achieve.

Question to the RNC: Do you have any specific plans to counteract the opposition's fraud tactics in this November's elections?

[Terry Mross]

So how else would one prove there’s fraud when the DOJ won’t investigate? And that includes W’s DOJ.

[tanknetter]

when in reality, huge numbers of people who wanted to game the voting system would have to take part in a coordinated scheme to make even a small impact.

Which is not only inaccurate in the first part, it misses the point completely in the second.

First, how many precincts can 5-10 people "hit" in a single election day? That's not a huge number of people, by any stretch of the imagination. But even in those limited numbers they can cover a LOT of ground. I remember working campaigns where I was responsible for running additional materials to volunteers on the ground in the precincts, running circuits that would allow me to hit several dozen over the course of a few hours.

Second, there's the old and very true saying that "they can't cheat if it isn't close". How much did Al Franken win by again? How about George Bush in Florida? There are LOTS of races every year - important ones that determine things like the implementation of Socialized Medicine - where fraud to the tune of a couple/few hundred votes really matters.

Additionally, vote fraud doesn't exist all by itself, and probably doesn't swing lots of elections all by itself. But as part of a more comprehensive plan to win elections by any means necessary? Such as when used in conjunction with legal challenges aimed at throwing out legitimate ballots, or with ballot box stuffing by corrupt poll workers?

It seems to me that the problem with going after corrupt election practices on an individual basis allows for a divide-and-conquer response from the Dems. On their own, sure, most corruption doesn't make a heck of a lot of difference except in a few elections. But working together is another matter entirely.