Posted on 10/22/2002 8:37:20 PM PDT by SteveAustin
WTMJ-TV, the NBC affiliate in Milwaukee tonight aired an undercover investigation at a group home for mentally disabled patients in Kenosha, Wisconsin, where campaign workers for Jim Doyle, democratic candidate for governor were handing out small amounts of money and free food to the residents. They then were herded upstairs into a separate room and given absentee ballots to cast their vote for governor. Local reporter, Scott Friedman captured this on camera and broadcast it in an exclusive report tonight on Milwaukee news. The Doyle campaign is not commenting.
Jay Heck, leader of Wisconsin political watchdog group, Common Cause, was stunned at the series of events when he viewed the undercover investigation. Memories of Al Gore campaign workers handing out cigarettes to homeless in Milwaukee, and then taking them to the polls in 2000 immediately came to mind.
It is wishing.
AG Ashcroft has demonstrated no interest in pursuing corruption in government.
Dem lawyers will also litigate just enough Senate races to keep control. Remember, the soft money gravy train comes screeching to a halt on Nov 6, and if Dems are out of power everywhere, they will be hurting.
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Want a walk down Milwaukee Memory Lane?
(from Election 2000)
By ABC, Brian Ross "Nov. 13 — In Wisconsin, Al Gore leads George W. Bush by about 6,000 votes, but Republicans there have raised the possibility they will charge voter fraud, and Milwaukee’s Democratic district attorney is investigating. Dozens of students at Marquette University in Milwaukee are now openly boasting they voted more than once on Nov. 7.
“I realized it wouldn’t be impossible for me to vote again, so that’s what I did,” said one student who wished to remain nameless despite appearing on camera for World News Tonight. “I ended up voting four times that day for myself.”
It’s not known who got the extra votes, but students say officials did little to prevent it. “Their IDs weren’t being checked, proof of address wasn’t being checked,” said Michael McGraw, an editor for the Tribune campus newspaper, who says a canvass by Tribune reporters found 141 students who admitted to voting more than once — a felony offense. “It kind of struck them, like, ‘felony offense? What are you talking about? I just voted twice, that’s not a big deal.’”
Trading a Smoke for a Vote
Also under investigation are allegations that the Gore campaign used cigarettes to get residents of homeless shelters to vote. “Now that’s a criminal act if it’s proven,” says Milwaukee County District Attorney E. Michael McCann. “It’s bribery.”
The ABC affiliate in Milwaukee caught Gore campaign workers handing out cigarettes to homeless residents after they had been brought to a polling place to vote.
Connie Milstein, a major Gore supporter and the wife of a New York multimillionaire, told the station she had been asked by the Gore campaign to come to Milwaukee.
“Wisconsin is a very key state for the Democratic Party,” explained Milstein. “I’m here representing the Gore-Lieberman campaign.”
The district attorney says there is evidence the Democratic group went to at least three homeless shelters, where residents said cigarettes were used to get them to vote.
Willy Jackson, who is currently staying at the Milwaukee Rescue Mission, voted for the first time. “To sell out for a pack of cigarettes,” he said. “That just don’t seem right.”
Today, outside her Park Avenue home in New York, Milstein said she had done nothing wrong. “I’m an ordinary Park Avenue matron.” She insisted she was in Milwaukee as “an ordinary campaign worker.” Milstein would not say who sent her to Milwaukee, and the Democratic Party maintains she went to the homeless shelters on her own."
http://abcnews.go.com/onair/WorldNewsTonight/wnt001113_Wisconsin_feature.html
Does Milwaukee have the same District Attorney? Maybe you can call his office and ask what happened in the Connie Milstein investigation. Ask if they've received complaints about illegal election activities this time around.
More to the point, their attitude is as follows:
"The liberal elite ideas are far too important to be entrusted to the chance that a democratic election will put the elites in power.
The power to implement these ideas is far too important to rely on the hoi paloi (riffraff) of the general voting populace.
Therefor, any means by which liberals attain and maintain power are "fair". After all, a fixed rule set is so... rigid and closed minded.
"
Did I hit it on the head?
I think influencing, bribing mentally retarded residents, in the care of these nursing homes borders on abuse, don't you?
I think I will give her a call....
WOW - given the chuckwalla's criminal activity, I didn't think things could go much lower...I was wrong!
I worked in an institution very similar to this in Milwaukee for a while and I can tell you when you begin to prey upon and manipulate those that are bascially trusting of everyone and unable to make decisions for themselves for your own power grab, you have totally left the realm of decency...humanity for that matter!
What I'm wondering, is which criminal justice authorities will be lining up to investigate and/or charge this case?
But, we all know what would happen then...
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