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My friends at Minnesota Majority and other Tea Party and clean elections groups, who maybe more than others have great concern about the legitimacy of their voting rolls and processes, started a collaborative effort called “Election Integrity Watch” to investigate potential violations and to promote voter I.D. requirements in the state. One of their projects was to create an advertisement that informs citizens that voter fraud is a felony (with an image of two wrists in handcuffs, like you see in many ads that fight criminal activity), and gives a toll-free phone number to report suspected vote fraud. The poster also features an image of an eye, as in, “we are watching you,” similar to the Neighborhood Watch anti-crime efforts.
Well, a couple of county elections officials want to prohibit the Tea Partiers and Election Integrity Watchers from wearing buttons (that say “Please I.D. Me”) and apparel that highlight these causes, even though they have nothing to do with candidates or issues on the ballot. So the Election Integrity Watch collaborators filed a lawsuit against the officials and the Secretary of State to allow them to do so.
In addition, Democrat Rep. Keith Ellison on Thursday crashed the press conference that announced the lawsuit, and took over the podium to accuse EIW of voter intimidation, among other things. When challenged he weakly explained why he objected to the voter integrity effort (“I don’t like the handcuffs;” “It seems to be electioneering”), and then he was caught in outright deception, which he could not defend:
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nobama2010| 11.1.10 @ 3:21PM
The real question is why nobody stomped on his head when he did this? Where is the Kentucky tea party when you need them.
Tim*| 11.1.10 @ 4:32PM
SEIU Union Thugs are more experienced at stomping on a Black Man.
Bob Miller| 11.1.10 @ 4:11PM
If a few Panthers showed up to menace the voters, would the likes of Ellison have them ejected?
CalMark| 11.1.10 @ 4:26PM
The kind of dishonesty this man engaged in--doctoring a poster, lying about its contents, then DENYING he did it when caught--is amazing hubris. If the media wasn't such a bunch of corrupt bastards (as Sarah Palin correctly called them), they'd expose this guy.
And isn't it amazing--the people Ellison accuses of "hate" and "intimidation" allow a nasty piece of work like him, a lying demagogue, to have his say at THEIR press conference. No way a leftie like Ellison would offer the same in return.
Deborah D | 11.1.10 @ 4:57PM
Americans are awakening to the sick, corrupt bastards both in the media and in politics. Let's toss their butts out tomorrow. If we could vote the media out -- we would, instead we'll just stop watching and buying and reading their crap. Oh, that's right -- that's what we've been doing. No wonder their ratings and subscriptions are down. Liberalism is destructive to everything it touches (even you, media).
sestamibi| 11.1.10 @ 7:26PM
The black version of Alan Grayson. Unfortunately, he'll be back next year, even if Grayson won't.
trish| 11.1.10 @ 8:48PM
ellison is a muslim who is a very good buddy of farahkan the hater. the new black panthers are black muslims sans the bow ties. same ilk. i hope the minnesota voters kick this hater's butt out of congress asap.
Timothy L. Pennell| 11.2.10 @ 8:48AM
This guy, and the Black Panthers, and Eric Holder, and the Muslim in the White house, are why the N Word will never go away.