Tracing the local origins of the vote-fraud myth
Those who have followed Fulton County politics for a long time will recognize the name Hans von Spakovsky. Back in the ’90s, as a local lawyer active in Republican circles, he started raising allegations of serious voting fraud that somehow never quite seemed to pan out.
Hans von Spakovsky
Apparently, however, somebody somewhere recognized that the fraud allegation itself, even if merely a myth never bolstered by evidence, would be useful in justifying a push for more restrictive ballot laws that might tamp down Democratic turnout. It allowed von Spakovsky to take his schtick national, in time nailing a job in the voting rights section of the Bush Justice Department in which he tried — vainly, despite all the resources of the federal government — to establish that in-person vote fraud posed a clear and present danger to American democracy.
It might be too much to say that von Spakovsky singlehandedly created the mythology of voter fraud, but it clearly created him, serving as a hobbyhorse that he rode to prominence in conservative circles.
Jane Mayer, writing in the current New Yorker, tells his story well, along the way documenting multiple examples in which cases of in-person voting fraud cited by von Spakovsky seem to melt away like desert mirages upon closer inspection. His career is a great example of the power, and the danger, of a useful lie.
ADDENDUM: While we’re on the general topic, it might be useful to try to squelch early, fringe stirrings on the left alleging a conservative conspiracy to fix voting machines in Ohio. As the theory is spun at Truthout.org:
“Through a closely held equity fund called Solamere, Mitt Romney and his wife, son and brother are major investors in an investment firm called H.I.G. Capital. H.I.G. in turn holds a majority share and three out of five board members in Hart Intercivic, a company that owns the notoriously faulty electronic voting machines that will count the ballots in swing state Ohio November 7. Hart machines will also be used elsewhere in the United States.
In other words, a candidate for the presidency of the United States, and his brother, wife and son, have a straight-line financial interest in the voting machines that could decide this fall’s election. These machines cannot be monitored by the public. But they will help decide who “owns” the White House.
The claim is nonsense and without backing in fact. If you’re going to make charges or even raise suspicions of that grave nature, you need much more than a knee-bone-connected-to-the-thigh-bone argument of the sort offered here.
Otherwise, you’re no better than the von Spakovskys of the world.
– Jay Bookman
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Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 23rd, 2012
8:37 pm
shenanigans…. well that just another name for marlarkey
And yet the GOP/conned with a collective straight face still tries to claim “its about protecting the vote”.
Peter
October 23rd, 2012
8:37 pm
So Republican’s want a President who made his money by out sourcing American Jobs, because he knows how to fix the economy ?
NEW YORK (AP) — More than 80 percent of Americans believe the country is headed in the wrong direction, the highest such number since the early 1990s, according to a new survey.
Seventy-eight percent of poll respondents said the country was worse off than five years ago.
The CBS News-New York Times poll released Thursday showed 81 percent of respondents said they believed “things have pretty seriously gotten off on the wrong track.” That was up from 69 percent a year ago, and 35 percent in early 2002.
The survey comes as housing turmoil has rocked Wall Street amid an economic downturn. The economy has surpassed the war in Iraq as the dominating issue of the U.S. presidential race, and there is now nearly a national consensus that the United States faces significant problems, the poll found.
A majority of Democrats and Republicans, men and women, residents of cities and rural areas, college graduates and those who finished only high school say the United States is headed in the wrong direction, according to the survey, which was published on The New York Times’ Web site.
Seventy-eight percent of respondents said the country was worse off than five years ago; just 4 percent said it was doing better.
The newspaper said Americans are more dissatisfied with the country’s direction than at any time since the poll’s inception in the early 1990s. Only 21 percent of respondents said the overall economy was in good condition, the lowest such number since late 1992. Two in three people said they believed the economy was already in recession.
Still, the approval rating of President Bush did not change since last summer, with 28 percent of respondents saying they approved of the job he was doing.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 23rd, 2012
8:37 pm
Can’t vouch for this but interesting if true:
Headline: “NAVAL FORCES FROM 25 COUNTRIES MASSING IN PERSIAN GULF AS ISRAEL PREPARES TO STRIKE IRAN: Armada includes 3 U.S. carrier groups”
“Battleships, aircraft carriers, minesweepers and submarines from 25 nations are converging on the strategically important Strait of Hormuz in an unprecedented show of force as Israel and Iran move towards the brink of war,” reports the London Telegraph. “Western leaders are convinced that Iran will retaliate to any attack by attempting to mine or blockade the shipping lane through which passes around 18 million barrels of oil every day, approximately 35 per cent of the world’s petroleum traded by sea. A blockade would have a catastrophic effect on the fragile economies of Britain, Europe the United States and Japan, all of which rely heavily on oil and gas supplies from the Gulf….In preparation for any pre-emptive or retaliatory action by Iran, warships from more than 25 countries, including the United States, Britain, France, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, will today begin an annual 12-day exercise….The war games are the largest ever undertaken in the region….The multi-national naval force in the Gulf includes three US Nimitz class carrier groups, each of which has more aircraft than the entire complement of the Iranian air force. The carriers are supported by at least 12 battleships, including ballistic missile cruisers, frigates, destroyers and assault ships carrying thousands of US Marines and special forces.”
P.S. And those thousands of Marines all have bayonets ………………
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 23rd, 2012
8:39 pm
Patriot: Keep – HA! HA! HA! You’re killing me!
Remember before you die to be sure to have your name removed from the voter registration records….would not want anyone to claim you are committing voter fraud.
USA Patriot
October 23rd, 2012
8:40 pm
Hey, getalife! Glad to hear from ya! Have a good evening last night? Only person that refers to me as “son” is someone I respect, and you, sir, are not anywhere close!
Steve-USA
October 23rd, 2012
8:41 pm
“Still, the approval rating of President Bush did not change since last summer, with 28 percent of respondents saying they approved of the job he was doing.”
28% – that’s pretty weak.
Doggone/GA
October 23rd, 2012
8:42 pm
“Only person that refers to me as “son” is someone I respect, and you, sir, are not anywhere close!”
Just out of curiosity…how do you propose to make him stop?
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 23rd, 2012
8:42 pm
Can’t vouch for this but interesting if true:
Headline: Big Bird and other muppets have ordered bayonets to protect their borders…. brought to you by the number 2.
USMC
October 23rd, 2012
8:43 pm
“I am voting values over that…”–josef
I KNEW you would come to your senses and vote for Romney!
independent thinker
October 23rd, 2012
8:43 pm
US Civil Rights Commission report on voter suppression in Florida in 2000 presidential election:
“”"”"”"”"”"”"During the November 2000 presidential election in Florida, restrictive statutory provisions, wide-ranging errors and inadequate and unequal resources in the election process denied countless Floridians the right to vote. The disenfranchisement of Florida’s voters fell most harshly on the shoulders of African Americans. Statewide, based upon county-level statistical estimates, African American voters were nearly ten times more likely than white voters to have their ballots rejected in Florida. On a statewide basis, while African Americans comprised about 11% of all voters in Florida in the November 2000 presidential election, African Americans cast about 54% of the ballots that were rejected in the election. Before and during the election state and county officials were aware of several key factors that ultimately contributed to the disenfranchisement of qualified voters.”"”"”"”"”"”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/onpolitics/transcripts/ccrdraft060401.htm
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 23rd, 2012
8:43 pm
Keep Up the Good Fight!
Can you vouch for that ?
Brosephus™
October 23rd, 2012
8:44 pm
They BOTH: When there is a process to include absentee ballots and it is done for all states, I will be on board.
I’m with you, bro. 100%
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Just seems the argument against an ID to vote is ridiculous.
You should pay closer attention to the arguments being made vs what people think is being made. As long as there is no attempt to incorporate absentee voting into these ID laws, they ring hollow when they are claimed to be attempts to combat fraud.
josef
October 23rd, 2012
8:44 pm
Just a question, but is USA Patriot registered under all of his aliases here?
Peter
October 23rd, 2012
8:45 pm
Republicans are going to keep America safe ??????
Study: False statements preceded war
By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL, Associated Press Writer 2 hours, 6 minutes ago
WASHINGTON – A study by two nonprofit journalism organizations found that President Bush and top administration officials issued hundreds of false statements about the national security threat from Iraq in the two years following the 2001 terrorist attacks.
The study concluded that the statements “were part of an orchestrated campaign that effectively galvanized public opinion and, in the process, led the nation to war under decidedly false pretenses.”
The study was posted Tuesday on the Web site of the Center for Public Integrity, which worked with the Fund for Independence in Journalism.
White House spokesman Scott Stanzel did not comment on the merits of the study Tuesday night but reiterated the administration’s position that the world community viewed Iraq’s leader, Saddam Hussein, as a threat.
“The actions taken in 2003 were based on the collective judgment of intelligence agencies around the world,” Stanzel said.
The study counted 935 false statements in the two-year period. It found that in speeches, briefings, interviews and other venues, Bush and administration officials stated unequivocally on at least 532 occasions that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction or was trying to produce or obtain them or had links to al-Qaida or both.
“It is now beyond dispute that Iraq did not possess any weapons of mass destruction or have meaningful ties to al-Qaida,” according to Charles Lewis and Mark Reading-Smith of the Fund for Independence in Journalism staff members, writing an overview of the study. “In short, the Bush administration led the nation to war on the basis of erroneous information that it methodically propagated and that culminated in military action against Iraq on March 19, 2003.”
Named in the study along with Bush were top officials of the administration during the period studied: Vice President Dick Cheney, national security adviser Condoleezza Rice, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of State Colin Powell, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz and White House press secretaries Ari Fleischer and Scott McClellan.
Bush led with 259 false statements, 231 about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and 28 about Iraq’s links to al-Qaida, the study found. That was second only to Powell’s 244 false statements about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and 10 about Iraq and al-Qaida.
USA Patriot
October 23rd, 2012
8:45 pm
Doggone, see, this is the best part about a “blog” – nobody can “make” anybody do anything – it’s about sharing opinions, positions, and thoughts. Frankly, I find this intriguing (sp?)
josef
October 23rd, 2012
8:46 pm
USMC
Ha! Not in THIS lifetime…
Peter
October 23rd, 2012
8:46 pm
The Greatest Lie is the Republican’s will keep America Safe !!!!!!!
getalife
October 23rd, 2012
8:46 pm
usa,
Doing fine thanks.
Adults are discussing politics here, no need for childish insults.
TaxPayer
October 23rd, 2012
8:48 pm
and what would you know what to do with a hand grenade OR a bayonet?
Scout,
Just because you flunked hand grenades and bayonets classes, that does not mean that others even need to have the class to begin with. That’s what us educated Republicans hired Hessians for.
Steve-USA
October 23rd, 2012
8:48 pm
I just noticed I haven’t seen Jamvet around lately. I hope he is OK.
…maybe he has been here but I just missed his posts.
josef
October 23rd, 2012
8:48 pm
USA Patriot
Oh, I don’t know…a lot of folks here make me laugh…sometimes with ‘em, sometimes at ‘em. but they do make me laugh…
USA Patriot
October 23rd, 2012
8:48 pm
Getalife, and where, pre tel, is the insult?
josef
October 23rd, 2012
8:49 pm
STEVE
ZamVet’s off spending some quality time with his family…
TaxPayer
October 23rd, 2012
8:50 pm
Just out of curiosity…how do you propose to make him stop?
That would have read better as “how do you propose to make him stop, son?”
Just sayin’
Steve-USA
October 23rd, 2012
8:51 pm
Josef-
Thank you. That’s good, I hope to get some family time in around T-Day.
USA Patriot
October 23rd, 2012
8:52 pm
TaxPayer, of all the outta work comedians there’s one on this blog! Hope your day job pays better. HA!
G Mare
October 23rd, 2012
8:54 pm
Josef: “joined at the ass.”
Paul, yes it would be nice if they could get together – somewhere other than here?
Steve-USA
October 23rd, 2012
8:54 pm
“Just a question, but is USA Patriot registered under all of his aliases here?”
Why change your name when the name we use is fake anyway?
TaxPayer
October 23rd, 2012
8:54 pm
Given that the bulk of the residents up here where I live in North Georgia are on Medicare or Medicaid or Social Security or receive food stamps or other form of taxpayer-funded assistance, I think voter fraud is the only reasonable answer for our county to have voted 75% in favor of the Republican candidates.
getalife
October 23rd, 2012
8:55 pm
Steve,
Jamvet is on vacation.
fair and balanced
October 23rd, 2012
8:56 pm
“”"”"”"”"”"”"”A private equity company run by fervent supporters of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney bought the third-largest voting machine company in the country last July, raising concerns about the appearance of impropriety, if not the possibility of impropriety itself.
This is just not passing the smell test at all,” said Bev Harris, founder of the nonprofit election watchdog, BlackBoxVoting.org. “They’re Romney guys.”
She said Hart Intercivic machines are considered among the more hackable — but that’s not really the point here. “There is no way to secure a system from its administrator,” she said.
“There are thousands of venture capital and private equity firms,” Harris said. Why then, she asked, would one of the very few major voting companies in the country fall into the hands of a firm that happens to be associated with a presidential candidate?
“I think it looks bad,” said Larry Norden, an election expert with the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University. Actually trying to steal the election “would be pretty risky,” he said. “That’s not to say it couldn’t be done.”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/23/pro-romney-firm-voting-machines_n_2006697.html
Doggone/GA
October 23rd, 2012
8:56 pm
“Just sayin’”
Yeah, but “son” isn’t a word I use. I use “Hon”
TaxPayer
October 23rd, 2012
8:57 pm
USA Patriot,
If that stuff you post is your idea of comedy, it’s no wonder you are spending your time here. If only those virtual tomatoes could hit the spot, I’d run you off from here too.
Now that’s funny. 
Steve-USA
October 23rd, 2012
8:59 pm
After seeing “fair and balanced” and all the other people who posted the same link I am starting to think that even fewer people read Jay’s article before they post than I thought.
10%? 15? read it?%
USA Patriot
October 23rd, 2012
8:59 pm
Taxpayer, better get some better material….it’s not working! Now “Thats” funny! BTW, cute emoticons!
TaxPayer
October 23rd, 2012
9:02 pm
USA Patriot,
Quit making passes at my cute emoticons. Now that’s funny.
Brosephus™
October 23rd, 2012
9:03 pm
10%? 15? read it?%
It’s more than that if you include everybody. Now, if you want to talk about his detractors, I’d guess about 5%.
USA Patriot
October 23rd, 2012
9:03 pm
Tax, Dog, et al, great night exchanging “barbs”, have a good evening. Tax, love the last post – just too cute!
Ronald Reagan Parkway
October 23rd, 2012
9:03 pm
Romney Says He’s Winning — It’s a Bluff
In recent days, the vibe emanating from Mitt Romney’s campaign has grown downright giddy. Despite a lack of any evident positive momentum over the last week — indeed, in the face of a slight decline from its post-Denver high — the Romney camp is suddenly bursting with talk that it will not only win but win handily. (“We’re going to win,” said one of the former Massachusetts governor’s closest advisers. “Seriously, 305 electoral votes.”)
This is a bluff. Romney is carefully attempting to project an atmosphere of momentum, in the hopes of winning positive media coverage and, thus, creating a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Over the last week, Romney’s campaign has orchestrated a series of high-profile gambits in order to feed its momentum narrative. Last week, for instance, Romney’s campaign blared out the news that it was pulling resources out of North Carolina. The battleground was shifting! Romney on the offensive! On closer inspection, it turned out that Romney was shifting exactly one staffer. It is true that Romney leads in North Carolina, and it is probably his most favorable battleground state. But the decision to have a staffer move out of state, with a marching band and sound trucks in tow to spread the news far and wide, signals a deliberate strategy to create a narrative.
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/10/romney-says-hes-winning-its-a-bluff.html
TaxPayer
October 23rd, 2012
9:04 pm
I once dreamed that voter fraud was real while staying at a Holiday Inn Express.
Don't Tread
October 23rd, 2012
9:05 pm
You protect the integrity of the voting process by making sure people who are voting are actually eligible to vote.
But that’s not the real issue here. The real issue is to stack the deck in your favor by allowing anybody and everybody to vote (i.e. felons and illegals). But we knew that.
Doggone/GA
October 23rd, 2012
9:07 pm
“You protect the integrity of the voting process by making sure people who are voting are actually eligible to vote”
You protect it even better by making sure that EVERYONE who is eligible to vote CAN vote.
getalife
October 23rd, 2012
9:09 pm
usa,
What is your position on mitt changing positions daily?
USMC
October 23rd, 2012
9:13 pm
“Ha! Not in THIS lifetime…”–josef
Don’t knock it til you try it!
Steve-USA
October 23rd, 2012
9:13 pm
“What is your position on mitt changing positions daily?”
Insert joke here.
G Mare
October 23rd, 2012
9:14 pm
Tax@9:04, you been talkin’ to Kam?
USMC
October 23rd, 2012
9:15 pm
“What is your position on mitt changing positions daily?”–getalife
Mitt’s positions have not changed… They just EVOLVED!
Doggone/GA
October 23rd, 2012
9:16 pm
“They just EVOLVED”
Yeah…hourly
getalife
October 23rd, 2012
9:17 pm
The joke is mitt.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 23rd, 2012
9:18 pm
Mitt’s positions have not changed… They just EVOLVED!
Oh bull….cons don’t believe in evolution.
Doggone/GA
October 23rd, 2012
9:20 pm
“Oh bull….cons don’t believe in evolution”
Give him a break…he just slipped up and left the “R” off!
Brosephus™
October 23rd, 2012
9:22 pm
Just came across this one here, and all I can say is that it’s going to be hard for the GOP to take the Senate with candidates like this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1WDxSAyaR0&feature=player_embedded
USMC
October 23rd, 2012
9:24 pm
“The joke is mitt.”–Getalife
The Joke was the “Punk” kid with the locked jaw and un-Presidential scowl on his face sitting next to Mitt Romney last night.
Brosephus™
October 23rd, 2012
9:25 pm
You protect the integrity of the voting process by making sure people who are voting are actually eligible to vote.
You violate the integrity of the voting process when you make it difficult for those who are eligible to vote to actually perform their civic duty. We know that’s what’s going on here. Stacking the deck to increase your power and control.
Steve-USA
October 23rd, 2012
9:29 pm
Some of you were a little rough on Jay today. If anybody here has figured out how to live a long life without aging, lets get together for lunch.
getalife
October 23rd, 2012
9:29 pm
trump’s bombshell is the Obama’s considered divorce but did not divorce.
alred is trying to lift a gag order on romney’s testimony in a prior court case that has drudgey in a tizzy.
getalife
October 23rd, 2012
9:31 pm
usmc,
Attacking mitt’s grand kids is pretty low even for you.
The Majority of Moochers and Baby Killers Vote Democrat
October 23rd, 2012
9:31 pm
‘Dear Mr Obama, Amb Stevens would have loved a horse or a bayonette or a Marine with either one. Sincerely, mom of 2 Marines’…posted on Twitter by Karen Braun, a mom with 2 marines.
They BOTH suck
October 23rd, 2012
9:32 pm
getalife
Trump is the King of hyping all things Trump………….
Guess he is trying to redeem himself from that slap to the face Obama gave him on his “birther” stunt
They BOTH suck
October 23rd, 2012
9:33 pm
getalife
I didn’t say punch because he wasn’t worth a punch
He took a backhand……… more embarrassing to someone like Trump
The Majority of Moochers and Baby Killers Vote Democrat
October 23rd, 2012
9:35 pm
Where’s the Liberal outrage over Obama suing Ohio over the military getting to vote early? It’s all partisan and it’s ok when it’s your guy that benefits.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 23rd, 2012
9:36 pm
Majority…. you’re wearing buffoonery well….especially with that silly military vote early lie… the court disagreed. All voters get to vote early. You lose….
The Majority of Moochers and Baby Killers Vote Democrat
October 23rd, 2012
9:36 pm
And trying to block military votes in Florida during the 2000 recount. Must Have Libnesia
Brosephus™
October 23rd, 2012
9:38 pm
Where’s the Liberal outrage over Obama suing Ohio over the military getting to vote early? It’s all partisan and it’s ok when it’s your guy that benefits.
That Liberal outrage is on Aisle 9 right next to the Conservative outrage over Ohio over regulating the rights of everyday citizens to exercise their right to vote.
The Majority of Moochers and Baby Killers Vote Democrat
October 23rd, 2012
9:39 pm
The point was that Obama was trying to suppress the military vote ina key state. To deny that is to be a buffoon. Men and women in uniform typically get more time than other voters to send in absentee ballots since they may be serving in an overseas or domestic location that is not close to their home polling station
Doggone/GA
October 23rd, 2012
9:40 pm
“Where’s the Liberal outrage over Obama suing Ohio over the military getting to vote early?”
When you have to lie to make your point you have no point. And, BTW, the military IS getting to vote early…along with all the OTHER Ohio voters. Just so you’ll know.
Matti
October 23rd, 2012
9:40 pm
The bile has risen from the stomach of our nation. Citizens are spewing all over each other in the name of “democracy.” Anyone need to ask why we stink?
Doggone/GA
October 23rd, 2012
9:41 pm
“The point was that Obama was trying to suppress the military vote ina key state.”
when you have to lie to make your point you have no point
The Majority of Moochers and Baby Killers Vote Democrat
October 23rd, 2012
9:42 pm
Lying is what sitting Presidents do in debates when they are outclassed and outsmarted with no record to run on. Anybody care to deny vote suppression of the military in Florida in 2000? You can’t because it’s a fact. However, since none of you Obama sycophants can handle the facts I a not surprised.
Steve-USA
October 23rd, 2012
9:42 pm
^
Taco Bell?
Jm
October 23rd, 2012
9:42 pm
Great cold war era naval stuff on PBS right now
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 23rd, 2012
9:43 pm
Majority, here’s a tip for successful intelligent posting. Think, learn, think, think some more….try using a brain (rent one if needed), then think some more…then maybe post if you can do so without lies. Now the real secret is to watch how conned posters do it…and then do the opposite and don’t lie. Good luck and we look forward hopefully to seeing some intelligent posts from you in the future…. the change would be welcomed.
Brosephus™
October 23rd, 2012
9:43 pm
To deny that is to be a buffoon. Men and women in uniform typically get more time than other voters to send in absentee ballots since they may be serving in an overseas or domestic location that is not close to their home polling station
And if you actually go back and look at Ohio Law, they didn’t do anything to change when absentee ballots could be mailed in. The change in law was for IN PERSON voting. Military personnel overseas would not have been affected at all by that law, but people who’s early voting time was cut short would have been adversely affected.
To state what you said without even understanding the law is pure jackassery.
Brosephus™
October 23rd, 2012
9:44 pm
Hey Majority, we’re living in 2012 and not 2000. Bush isn’t in office anymore. Stop blaming Bush.
USMC
October 23rd, 2012
9:44 pm
“Attacking mitt’s grand kids is pretty low even for you.”–Getalife
Yeah Getalife, who knew that the Mittsiah had a thing for the “sisters”!
The Majority of Moochers and Baby Killers Vote Democrat
October 23rd, 2012
9:44 pm
Pure Jackassery should be the name of this blog since it is primarily the Liberal worldview on display.
Doggone/GA
October 23rd, 2012
9:45 pm
“Lying is what sitting Presidents do in debates when they are outclassed and outsmarted with no record to run on”
Lying is what candidates do in debates when they are outclassed and oursmarted with no record to run on
The Majority of Moochers and Baby Killers Vote Democrat
October 23rd, 2012
9:45 pm
You are absolutely right DG, like I said. Thanks for agreeing
Brosephus™
October 23rd, 2012
9:46 pm
“Pure Jackassery should be the name of this blog since it is primarily the
Liberal worldviewConservative ignorance on display.”Then again, a better name for such a blog would be Pure Dumbassery.
Doggone/GA
October 23rd, 2012
9:46 pm
“Pure Jackassery should be the name of this blog since it is primarily the Liberal worldview on display.”
Nah, it would be more fitting of the conned posters that can’t stay away and have to come here to display their jackassery
The Majority of Moochers and Baby Killers Vote Democrat
October 23rd, 2012
9:46 pm
This just in, Obama is saving Big Bird and Sesame Street, Romney is saving the Eagle and Pennsylvania Avenue? Vote American, Vote Romney
The Majority of Moochers and Baby Killers Vote Democrat
October 23rd, 2012
9:47 pm
When Libs lose the argument, they default to name calling. I won, good night
USMC
October 23rd, 2012
9:48 pm
“Pure Jackassery should be the name of this blog since it is primarily the Liberal worldview on display.”
Well, it’s just a little space in the Blogsphere of NON-reality where the insignificant sick lame and lazies can spout and pontificate their non-sense!
Jm
October 23rd, 2012
9:48 pm
A nuclear Iran can’t be permitted. Period
They BOTH suck
October 23rd, 2012
9:50 pm
“I won, good night”
Translation: I could not defend my lie so it was time to leave or I had to double down on my lie
Brosephus™
October 23rd, 2012
9:50 pm
jm
So, when are you going to the recruiting office to sign up?
Matti
October 23rd, 2012
9:50 pm
Christ, REALLY? Another one? Geez, that’s what I get for reading the paper after dinner. Just dayum.
http://www.ajc.com/ap/ap/crime/donnelly-mourdock-keep-up-attacks-in-2nd-debate/nSmHx/
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 23rd, 2012
9:50 pm
Well, it’s just a little space in the Blogsphere of NON-reality where the insignificant sick lame and lazies can spout and pontificate their non-sense!
Awwww USMC, don’t be so hard on yourself. In blog buffoonery, you are hardly insignificant….you are a leader!
Doggone/GA
October 23rd, 2012
9:50 pm
“When Libs lose the argument, they default to name calling. I won, good night ”
It would appear that someone doesn’t actually read what they, themselves, post
Brosephus™
October 23rd, 2012
9:51 pm
They BOTH
That, or mommy told him to turn that d**med computer off and go to bed.
USMC
October 23rd, 2012
9:51 pm
More Bad News for the Obama Campaign…
Debates boost Romney favorables
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/oct/23/debates-deliver-favorability-edge-romney/
Jm
October 23rd, 2012
9:52 pm
Bro
What’s your point?
G Mare
October 23rd, 2012
9:54 pm
I have been voting in GA since 1975. Due to recent health problems, I applied for & received absentee ballots for the last 2 or 3 elections. In order to get those, I had to complete & sign & mail a form to the Board of Elections. Of course, I can’t know how the board decides I am a “legal” voter, except perhaps based on my 30+ years of voting here – with picture id for the last several years – but I am very glad not to have been disenfranchised for ill health. Bottom line: please back off on the absentee ballot voter bashing! Thank you.
USMC
October 23rd, 2012
9:54 pm
“Awwww USMC, don’t be so hard on yourself. In blog buffoonery, you are hardly insignificant….you are a leader!”–Keep the Fight
Keep, you are the less intelligent one voting for Socialism and “Hope & Change”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpAOwJvTOio
Doggone/GA
October 23rd, 2012
9:57 pm
Time to hit the hay. Nite
USMC
October 23rd, 2012
10:04 pm
Breaking News!
Obama administration knew Libya/Benghazi attack was by Terror Group as it Happened!
Not very good news for the Obama campaign…
G Mare
October 23rd, 2012
10:09 pm
Jay, thanks for the debate with Kyle. I have long had a favorable opinion of you, but now must conclude that Kyle may not be the nutjob his posters make him out to be. No wonder he shuts down his blog so often!
getalife
October 23rd, 2012
10:12 pm
Both,
trump is a bigger joke than mitt.
I did not know romney testified in a court case .
That is interesting.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 23rd, 2012
10:15 pm
Poor USMC… having a meltdown.
Brosephus™
October 23rd, 2012
10:15 pm
What’s your point?
If you feel that strongly about Iran, when are you going to volunteer your services to your country?
That’s my point.