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Chris Berg - 09:16pm Oct 15, 2002 CST (#2076 of 2129)
You can never be TOO cynical! - Scott Adams
Lewis at least tackles interesting topics. Cole just babbles for two hours. Lewis' big problem, is that he would sacrifice electability for ideology. He claims there's no such thing as a "centrist," yet it is those swing votes that get people elected.
Lewis brought up an interesting point today regarding the senate ads on Social Security. He mentioned that privatization is simply another choice you might have (you also might choose to continue with your SS withholding as it is). He then went on to say that the Democrats don't want this, because once people can make choices independent of the government, the Dems, who base their ideology on that of dependence, would have nothing to offer. I tend to agree.
He also mentioned an interesting story related to voter fraud and Wellstone. I'll let someone else who may have listened post that one.
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Rip Anderson - 04:20am Oct 16, 2002 CST (#2089 of 2129)
"He also mentioned an interesting story related to voter fraud and Wellstone. I'll let someone else who may have listened post that one." -- Chris
That the National Socialist Democratic Party (or something like that) endorsed Wellstone, and that they were paying to send a lot of young socialist democrats to Minnesota for the election to "help register voters" so they could vote for Wellstone.
Lewis speculated they were really coming to make use of the lax same-day registration rules to vote multiple times for Wellstone.
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Chris Berg - 05:28pm Oct 16, 2002 CST (#2124 of 2129)
You can never be TOO cynical! - Scott Adams
Lewis speculated they were really coming to make use of the lax same-day registration rules to vote multiple times for Wellstone.
Soucheray had both Secretary of State Mary Kiffmeyer and US Attorney Tom Heffelfinger on his show today discussing it. Apparently, though Heffelfinger couldn't disclose much, there is an investigation into the possibility of these people coming into the state to fraudulently vote. The problem, according to Kiffmeyer, is that the crime has to be committed in order to prosecute.
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Mark Farkus - 05:50pm Oct 16, 2002 CST (#2125 of 2129)
"Live free or die"
The problem, according to Kiffmeyer, is that the crime has to be committed in order to prosecute.
Sounds like they've already committed at least one federal crime: falsifying voter registration information.
If they signed a card which said they live in voting district A when they actually live in voting district B, I believe that is a federal offense. They don't have to actually VOTE to be prosecuted for election fraud.
I believe the law pretty much implies that falsifying voter registration (with the intent to commit election fraud) carries the same weight as actually committing said fraud. At least that's the way I understand it.