GOP Busted for Voter Suppression

While the GOP continues to accuse Democrats of voter fraud, top Republican operatives are getting busted for voter suppression.

The executive director of the Montana Republican Party, Jake Eaton, resigned Tuesday "after a failed attempt to challenge registration of voters in some Democratic strongholds," the Helena Independent Record reported.

According to the paper:

Republicans raised concerns with registered voters who live at addresses that differed from the addresses listed on their voter registration information. The party asked that county election officials ask voters to prove their current addresses.

Montana Democrats, charging it was an attempt to suppress voter turnout, went to federal court to block the effort.

U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy of Missoula didn't rule in the case, but issued a strongly worded order blasting the Republicans.

"The timing of these challenges is so transparent that it defies common sense to believe the purpose is anything but political chicanery," Molloy wrote.

As a result, Eaton was shown the door. However, the state Democratic Party cautioned that the scandal wasn't limited to one rogue operative.

"After the efforts of the Republican Party to suppress the rights of 6,000 Montana voters, I think it was clear that a change in management was needed," state Democratic Party spokesman Kevin O'Brien said.

"However, this should not lead anyone to believe that Mr. Eaton was acting independent of his party's leadership. And it doesn't change the fact that that the Montana Republican Party owes voters an explanation for why they attempted to undermine the democratic process and cost taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars in the process."

Adds Montana blogger Jay Stevens of the great blog Left in the West:

There's no way Eaton, a recent college grad, challenges the voting eligibility of 6,000 Montanans on his own. The methods too closely resemble voter suppression efforts elsewhere to be coincidence. Take, for example, the voter suppression effort in Michigan, which was smaller in scale ("only" 1,500 voters), but had a similar outcome. There, the federal judge ruled that the Michigan Secretary of State's office--run by a Republican--violated federal law in its efforts to purge the rolls of voters because voter cards were returned as "undeliverable" or because voters applied for a driver's license in another state. And, as if on cue, John McCain, using ACORN as a causus belli, is calling for an "immediate investigation" of "voter fraud" in battleground states.

In case you were wondering, the latest poll in Montana has McCain leading Obama by five points, 50-45. In a state with 660,000 registered voters, 6,000 votes can make a whole lotta difference. Democrat Jon Tester won an upset bid for the Senate in 2006 by less than 3,000 votes.

Comments (47)

1. HEYYYYYYYY....

   When did the FBI change its name to the GOP?

   Officials: FBI investigates ACORN for voter fraud October 16, 2008 - 2:46pm By LARA JAKES JORDAN Associated Press Writer

   WASHINGTON (AP) - The FBI is investigating whether the community activist group ACORN helped foster voter registration fraud around the nation before the presidential election.

   A senior law enforcement official confirmed the investigation to The Associated Press. A second senior law enforcement official says the FBI was looking at results of inquiries in several states, including a raid on ACORN's office in Las Vegas, for any evidence of a coordinated national effort.

   Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because Justice Department regulations forbid discussing ongoing investigations particularly so close to an election.

   Two spokesmen for ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, on Thursday said the FBI has not contacted the group.

   "ACORN has not been notified that we are the target of an investigation by any authorities _ nor should we be," spokesman Kevin Whelan said in a statement. "ACORN members have done a good and patriotic thing by helping bring more than a million of their fellow citizens into our democratic process."

   Posted by pontificus at 10/16/2008 @ 5:00pm

2. Whassa Gallop poll?

   Posted by Benchrest at 10/16/2008 @ 5:11pm

3. patriot-Gallup has been all over the map with their national polls.One cannot steal an election by registering people who aren't going to vote like ACORN is being accused of.Republicans are counting on people being too ignorant to figure that out.What does that say for your side who actually believe that the dead are going to rise and vote or believe that Tony Romo is going to go to Nevada and vote?

   Posted by i'm nobody at 10/16/2008 @ 5:11pm

4. The real scandal is the Republican party is trying to kill the legal right to vote in state after state. Anyone who is stopped from voting should raise hell at the polls. The Democrats should 'have an army of lawyers' present - but they've threatened that before and not delivered, see 2000 and 2004.

   The republican Party is instituting a new "Jim Crow" - except all over the country - against blacks and Latinos, former felons, foreclosed people, homeless people, poor people, students, the elderly - you name it. Raise hell at the polls!

   Posted by ElyDog at 10/16/2008 @ 5:19pm

5. patriot-You forgot to address what I said about the dead rising to vote.It would take a conspiracy involving tens of thousands of people in order to pull off what you are claiming since it would require thousands of people in several states with a variety of fake ids in order to pull it off.Liberals and Marxists are two different things and my Messiah isn't running for anything.What an ignorant comment.

   Posted by i'm nobody at 10/16/2008 @ 5:28pm

6. Posted by ElyDog at 10/16/2008 @ 5:19pm

   "The real scandal is the Republican party is trying to kill the legal right to vote in state after state."

   I don't have a problem with anyone's right to vote. Maybe it's just me, but I just don't think you should be allowed to vote 72 times, especially if your name is Mickey Mouse or if you're dead. But I guess you folks have a different take on that.

   Posted by pontificus at 10/16/2008 @ 5:32pm

7. Posted by ElyDog at 10/16/2008 @ 5:19pm

   "The real scandal is the Republican party is trying to kill the legal right to vote in state after state."

   I don't have a problem with anyone's right to vote. Maybe it's just me, but I just don't think you should be allowed to vote 72 times, especially if your name is Mickey Mouse or if you're dead. But I guess you folks have a different take on that.

   Posted by pontificus at 10/16/2008 @ 5:32pm

8. ponti-get back to us when hundreds of thousands of people dressed up like Mickey Mouse show up and when the dead rise to vote.I thought that the 9/11 conspiracy people were loony with their conspiracies that involved thousands of people,but you guys believe in conspiracies that involve anywhere from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands.Got anything relevant to the topic?

   Posted by i'm nobody at 10/16/2008 @ 5:37pm

9. Housing foreclosures are just another new con repub way of documenting so that poor people can't vote...

   Posted by hsuBfools at 10/16/2008 @ 5:42pm

10. Posted by i'm nobody at 10/16/2008 @ 5:37pm

    "you guys believe in conspiracies that involve anywhere from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands."

    Well, gee, IM, apparently the FBI is loony too, since they're investigating ACORN for potentially perpetrating massive voter fraud across the country. Do you think the FBI is loony too?

    Posted by pontificus at 10/16/2008 @ 5:42pm

11. ponti-they are not investigating a massive conspiracy theory like the one you two are putting forth since it would hardly take much investigating to uncover a conspiracy that large.It would be impossible to pull off anything that massive.The FBI is responding to political pressure and are not crazy enough to believe in what you claim.

    Posted by i'm nobody at 10/16/2008 @ 5:49pm

12. Posted by i'm nobody at 10/16/2008 @ 5:49pm

    "The FBI is responding to political pressure and are not crazy enough to believe in what you claim."

    Well, it appears that they are responding to something, that's for sure. You don't think it's those thousands of ballots that even ACORN identified as phony, do you? Or maybe that somehow the entire Dallas Cowboys starting lineup was registered through ACORN in Las Vegas? Or that election officials in Ohio have reported massive quantities of phony registration forms? Or is all of this just loony?

    Officials: FBI investigates ACORN for voter fraud October 16, 2008 - 2:46pm By LARA JAKES JORDAN Associated Press Writer

    WASHINGTON (AP) - The FBI is investigating whether the community activist group ACORN helped foster voter registration fraud around the nation before the presidential election.

    A senior law enforcement official confirmed the investigation to The Associated Press. A second senior law enforcement official says the FBI was looking at results of inquiries in several states, including a raid on ACORN's office in Las Vegas, for any evidence of a coordinated national effort.

    Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because Justice Department regulations forbid discussing ongoing investigations particularly so close to an election.

    Posted by pontificus at 10/16/2008 @ 5:54pm

13. Hey, where did Patriot go?

    That's not very nice Nation, if you keep deleting people to argue with! Or poke fun at?

    C'mon!

    Posted by Benchrest at 10/16/2008 @ 5:54pm

14. ponti-registering someone does not mean that that someone will vote and part of what is being investigated is people ripping off ACORN by getting paid by registering people who don't exist or who won't be voting in that state.Get informed rather than repeat talking points and get help,along with the 9/11 loons,for your belief that such a massive conspiracy exists.

    Posted by i'm nobody at 10/16/2008 @ 6:01pm

15. Posted by i'm nobody at 10/16/2008 @ 6:01pm

    "registering someone does not mean that that someone will vote and part of what is being investigated is people ripping off ACORN by getting paid by registering people who don't exist or who won't be voting in that state."

    Well, yes, but as I understand it, if you register with a phony name in order to obtain an absentee ballot, you can obtain the ballot and vote without being required to prove you are who you say you are. Thus, for example, if I tell ACORN I am Terrell Owens, and they get a ballot for me, I can vote by mail, and my vote will count. I guess you can imagine how some people might be concerned about this if it was repeated, say, 10,000 times in a close state like, say Nevada. See what I mean? Since we're both concerned citizens, neither of us would want anyone getting away with that kind of voter fraud, would we?

    Posted by pontificus at 10/16/2008 @ 6:07pm

16. ponti-One more time.It would require anywhere from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of people to pull that off and affect the election.I learned when I was working in psychiatric hospitals to not argue with crazy people so if you need to believe in your massive conspiracy theory you may,but excuse me for being sane and for no longer wishing to discuss massive conspiracy theories..

    Posted by i'm nobody at 10/16/2008 @ 6:12pm

17. Posted by i'm nobody at 10/16/2008 @ 6:12pm

    Well, I forgive you for not wanting to talk about it, and I certainly understand why you might like to avoid the subject, but I believe the FBI will be conducting an investigation into this. Perhaps you can find it in your heart to forgive them for believing in these massive conspiracy theories.

    Posted by pontificus at 10/16/2008 @ 6:15pm

18. ponti-Yes,no one will get suspicious if ten thousand people named Mickey Mouse or Tony Romo vote in districts that have fewer than that number of people.Get help.

    Posted by i'm nobody at 10/16/2008 @ 6:19pm

19. ACORN is required by law to turn in any and all registrations they recieve, regardless of who generated them, so ACORN seperates the suspicious blanks from the everyday one and flags them as suspicious before turning them in. That's about as above-board as is possible.

    ACORN does not procure ballots, absentee or otherwise for anyone. Anyone from the state's voting apparatus would be pathetically stupid to issue an absentee ballot to Mickey Mouse etc.; not likely to happen... Particurlarly since the registration was flagged!

    Note that the Vegas ACORN office said they were not aware of any investigation, and that the two "officers" reporting this story remain unidentified....

    Posted by Arty at 10/16/2008 @ 6:26pm

20. Gosh, I just read the news and it shows Obama is only ahead in the Gallup poll 49 to 47 which is within the margin of error.

    Does anyone think that the FBI's investigation of massive voter fraud by organizations funded by BO will help Barack?

    Posted by pontificus at 10/16/2008 @ 6:29pm

21. I guess if you are losing on the issues,got nowhere with Ayers and Wright then all that is left is massive conspiracy theories about ACORN.The name ACORN is appropriate since believers in such massive conspiracy theories are nuts.

    Posted by i'm nobody at 10/16/2008 @ 6:31pm

22. Pretty amazing to see how the more shrill the cries of "Ayers!" and "ACORN!" become the more McCain drops in the polls.

    Posted by Balrog at 10/16/2008 @ 6:51pm

23. PONTI building his excuse if McCain loses...in the form of-

    1. "They stole the election!"

    2. "The Media helped Obama!"

    with the addendum of "America is still as conservative as I am!!!"

    Posted by Maskdelta at 10/16/2008 @ 8:03pm

24. Posted by madlib at 10/16/2008 @ 7:21pm

    "I'll be totally honest PONTIFICUS, if it were somebody other than nutter conspiracy theorists like yourself talking about it, I'd be a lot more likely to give it more than a second's worth of th0ught. "

    Well, the FBI is investigating allegations of massive voter fraud involving an avowedly socialist organization to which the Obama campaign pumped at least $800,000 that we know of. In your world, is the FBI counted among 'nutter conspiracy theorists' too?

    Posted by pontificus at 10/16/2008 @ 8:39pm

25. Posted by Maskdelta at 10/16/2008 @ 8:03pm |

    "1. "They stole the election!"

    2. "The Media helped Obama!"

    with the addendum of "America is still as conservative as I am!!!""

    Well, it's not even worth arguing as to whether 'the media helped Obama'. Polls show the media credibility in this election cycle is about as low as Congress's. Polls show that over half the American public feel the media favors Obama, with less than 10 percent feeling the media helps McCain. I don't think I need to argue that point, despite what you choose to believe.

    Regarding theft of the election, I think it's going to be very interesting to see what happens when the FBI investigates. The left has contempt for our laws and traditions, and I would be hardly surprised if an avowedly socialist group like ACORN has not systematically attempted to subvert the electoral process. It'll be particularly interesting to see how the American public responds when it comes to light that the Obama campaign contributed $800,000 (that we know of) to ACORN's activities. Perhaps you heard that there are now more registered voters in Indianapolis, for example, than there are citizens. I think the fun is only beginning here.

    By the way, what do you think of Barack's little-discussed intention to strip workers of the right to a private vote?

    Posted by pontificus at 10/16/2008 @ 8:47pm

26. I should say that, as at the Nation, which long ago could have simply chosen to silence conservative posters, there ARE principled leftists. One of these is George McGovern. Here's what he has to say about the legislation that Barack Obama intends to foist on American workers as payback to the unions for contributing hundreds of millions to his campaign:

    "The legislation is called the Employee Free Choice Act, and I am sad to say it runs counter to ideals that were once at the core of the labor movement. Instead of providing a voice for the unheard, EFCA risks silencing those who would speak.

    The key provision of EFCA is a change in the mechanism by which unions are formed and recognized. Instead of a private election with a secret ballot overseen by an impartial federal board, union organizers would simply need to gather signatures from more than 50% of the employees in a workplace or bargaining unit, a system known as "card-check." There are many documented cases where workers have been pressured, harassed, tricked and intimidated into signing cards that have led to mandatory payment of dues.

    Under EFCA, workers could lose the freedom to express their will in private, the right to make a decision without anyone peering over their shoulder, free from fear of reprisal.

    There's no question that unions have done much good for this country. Their tenacious efforts have benefited millions of workers and helped build a strong middle class. They gave workers a new voice and pushed for laws that protect individuals from unfair treatment. They have been a friend to the Democratic Party, and so I oppose this legislation respectfully and with care."

    Odd that The Chosen One, Obama, supports what McGovern finds so distasteful, isn't it?

    Posted by pontificus at 10/16/2008 @ 8:54pm

27. the day donald duck or mickey mouse shows up at a polling place with a state issued id like a drivers license is the day i believe all the crap the republicans sell. get a clue a holes no id no vote. fraud is only accomplished when an attempt is made to actually engage in it. last i heard mickey mouse is still a cartoon. just like republican ideas childish and immature.

    Posted by reality check at 10/16/2008 @ 9:21pm

28. oh, ponti, go brush your teeth......

    Posted by frosty zoom at 10/16/2008 @ 10:12pm

29. Dirty rat bastards!

    Posted by bleedingheart at 10/16/2008 @ 10:15pm

30. Posted by pontificus at 10/16/2008 @ 8:47pm

    I don't know PONTI, what do you think of the fact that McCain doesn't care about women and their health?

    Posted by Maskdelta at 10/16/2008 @ 10:36pm

31. ponti-Did some checking and the FBI is not looking into any massive conspiracies,as you claimed.They aren't that nuts.

    Posted by i'm nobody at 10/16/2008 @ 10:40pm

32. "The left has contempt for our laws and traditions..." Pontidiot

    Examples of fantasia: Santa Claus, elves, genies

    the brave 'Bama air guard... plame scooter libby yellow cake us attorneys torture as official policy, secret prisons, illegal spying, the suspension of habeas corpus, cronyism, no-bid contracts ayers swiftboat moose matters

    & pontidiot's "left"

    Posted by winyahn at 10/16/2008 @ 11:14pm

33. Posted by madlib at 10/16/2008 @ 9:45pm

    "You're preaching to the choir here, and the choir thinks you're a paranoid and delusional toad."

    It seems to me more that I'm preaching to the politically insane asylum, full of slavering, howling, screaming, drooling half-wits. Exhibits include MASK, who thinks that raising taxes creates wealth, or that refusal to sanction abortion on demand at any and all times prior to birth means that you don't care about women's health. Then there's people like FROSTY who 'doesn't hate America' but believes America is based on genocidal murder. A more common and widespread delusion is the idea that the world is a zero sum game, with the rich hoarding a finite amount of wealth, and the only fair remedy to be for the government to take it from them and distribute it to those who by some mysterious and sinister process, find themselves without any. Occasionally there is a moment of coherence with one of the inmates, but by and large it's a litany of deluded incoherence.

    "I'll make MY judgment once the results of this investigation come to fruition."

    Which will be well after the election, no doubt.

    Posted by pontificus at 10/17/2008 @ 07:54am

34. High court rejects GOP in Ohio voting dispute Republicans had won order that state do more to check eligibility...

    get the word out, if either of these two states, or any other, has early voting...please vote NOW...because the GOP will keep on "enforcing" this policy knowing full well how minorities and less well off are the most adversely affected by the housing crisis, so that things will not "match up" and you won't be able to vote after you get kicked out of your house.....

    it has happened here in NY state, during this past primary, as noted in NPR..it happened to me and my friends as well as in all the boroughs of the bronx...just fell off the rolls, even after just voting in Nov. 07 in local elections....

    GOP will just say "oops" or "it happens"

    DONT LET IT HAPPEN!!!!!!!IF YOU HAVE EARLY VOTING, VOTE TODAY!!!!!!!!GIVE A NEIGHBOR/STUDENT A RIDE!!!!!!!!!!OUR FUTURE IS AT STAKE!!!!!!!!!

    Posted by jrs112 at 10/17/2008 @ 1:04pm

35. "HEYYYYYYYY....

    When did the FBI change its name to the GOP?"

    Saturday, January 20, 2001

    Posted by b1rd67 at 10/17/2008 @ 1:10pm

36. Its not shocking that the Republicans got caught with thir hand in the proverbial cookie jar. You start to wonder if you are watching a very bad magic show when some yells hey the Democrates are pulling something look over there! Never mind what we are doing.

    Posted by jloughry1976 at 10/17/2008 @ 2:49pm

37. Ponti,

    George McGovern should be ashamed of himself. Every year, union drives are busted by employers who fire union supporters and harrass their workforce into not voting in a union, ussually after months, if not years, of delays caused by the bosses between the filing for the election and when it actually happens. If the election process were working, if the NLRB had enough inspectors or could impose penalties the bosses will actually feel, if workers had even a 50/50 chance of getting a union in, then we wouldn't need the Employee Free Choice Act. But after employers have abused the process for decades, its time for a new process.

    Charles

    Posted by cka2nd at 10/17/2008 @ 3:59pm

38. Ah, ACORN!

    Isn't that the organization that has been registering voters for McCain? No? Why not check?

    Anytime the McCain organization "finds" something to criticize that might be harmful to the democrats if they repeat the lies often enough - they go with it.

    Can republican any longer be equated with moral or ethical?

    Posted by pacrat at 10/17/2008 @ 7:45pm

39. In Arkansas when I grew up in the 50s and 60s then Gov. Orville Faubus would just call Conway or Helena for enough ballots in his favor to go over the top.

    Fraud was so simple and convenient then. Whole cemeteries could be mustered within a few hours.

    After Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller (Republican) finally won, the tables turned.

    In short, real fraud (not this penny-ante Mickey Mouse kind with Acorn paid hacks who feel victimized [and are] by the establishment) was the mother's milk of Southern politics.

    Power corrupts and being incumbent corrupts absolutely.

    Posted by delonix at 10/17/2008 @ 10:08pm

40. McCain has sold his soul to the devil. This man has no shame. Looks in his case does not lie. As registered republicans, there is no way we would vote for the John McCain of today. He had been making mistakes, but he up the ante of bad and irresponsible behavior by electing Sarah Palin.

    My family structure is like the United Nation, i.e. consisting of different races, cultures, including doctors, lawyers, corporate executives, and yes Harvard graduates. We are ashamed of our party but more ashamed of John McCain.

    Mr. McCain, you have lost so many supporters in this family. We cannot align ourselves with a party that teaches hate, divisiveness, violence and most of all no regard for intellect. How can we trust you after selecting your running mate? If your reason was to get women's vote, then you have insulted all intelligent American women.

    Senator McCain what were you thinking when you chose Sarah Palin as your running mate and Carl Rove's students as your advisors? Shame on you.

    Posted by muffey1123 at 10/17/2008 @ 11:07pm

41. Voter fraud is a serious crime against a democracy.

    I've personally uncovered and reported it, and I wasn't even looking for it. It's just too easy to slip a few – or a few thousand - in under the radar. Verifying addresses is a sensible start. (Why not push back the registration period a little farther to allow for reasonable verification?) So is showing a government-issued photo ID at the polls (some big states don't require it, reality check).

    It's easy and fair. Hard to be afraid of that – unless, of course, you're not eligible to be in that line to vote in the first place. I know. I've had my own legitimate registration snafu'ed at the polls. And we got it all squared away. But a pre-election verification would catch a lot of cheating by absentee ballot – the kind of fraud I caught.

    Anyone who registers as Mickey Mouse or under the name of another [famous football player] has already committed fraud, whether or not he ever casts a ballot. Or maybe we should just give every voter purple fingers.

    Posted by Deborah_D at 10/18/2008 @ 11:10pm

42. Pontificus,

    You are the deluded one. This is trully Jim Crowism on the part of the ultra-right-wing Republicons (spelling is intended) that would deny the right to vote to thousands because a few might vote twice. You must believe that locking up one innocent peron is justified because we may accidently release a criminal, which is, by the way, NOT the way our country was founded.

    What's next in your mind, poll taxes?

    Guess what, there are many cross-checks built into the election systems country-wide to prevent Mickey Mouse from voting and the courts are simply stating so.

    Don't be so paranoid. You are notgoing to lose what you have earned by an econimic system that does not concentrate wealth at the top. You will be protected by it. It is pretty doubtful that you are on a level with, let's say, Freddie mac, which has just been found to have been paying huge sums to block legislation that would undoubtedly prevented the financial meltdown that has you so worried.

    The criminals are on Wall Street, not in government. Government simply trusted the super-rich and that may be our downfall.

    Posted by piglizard420 at 10/19/2008 @ 8:09pm

43. GOP voter registration fraud case leads to arrest in California.

    Mark Jacoby, who was arrested in Ontario and owns a firm hired by the California Republican Party, violated state registration laws, authorities say.

    By Evan Halper, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer 2:38 PM PDT, October 19, 2008

    SACRAMENTO -- The owner of a firm that the California Republican Party hired to register tens of thousands of voters this year was arrested in Ontario late last night on suspicion of voter registration fraud.

    State and local investigators allege that Mark Jacoby fraudulently registered himself to vote at a childhood California address where he no longer lives so he would appear to meet the legal requirement that signature gatherers be eligible to vote in California.

    Jacoby's arrest by state investigators and the Ontario Police Department comes after dozens of voters said they were duped into registering as Republicans by his firm, Young Political Majors, or YPM. The voters said YPM tricked them by saying they were signing a petition to toughen penalties against child molesters. The firm was paid $7 to $12 for every Californian it registered as a member of the GOP.

    Several agencies had launched investigations into Jacoby's activities, including the Los Angeles County district attorney's office, which issued the warrant for his arrest earlier this month on felony charges of voter registration fraud and perjury.

    Efforts to reach Jacoby were unsuccessful.

    Posted by Halt at 10/19/2008 @ 8:21pm

44. FBI=GOP

    Ever since Karl Rove's first campaign in Texas.

    Posted by georgepweb at 10/19/2008 @ 8:34pm

45. FBI=GOP

    Ever since Karl Rove's first campaign in Texas.

    Posted by georgepweb at 10/19/2008 @ 8:34pm

    DOJ = GOP FBI = GOP Pentagon = GOP DOD = GOP Dept of Interior = GOP

    What do you think W the asshole has been up to the last 7 plus years? Turning the fed into the damn GOP to deregulate anything and everything overseeing the international corportations he represents. The GOP doesn't stand for America, it stand for maximum profits for international corporations at the expense of every nation on earth and that includes the U.S.

    Posted by Wolfgang1 at 10/20/2008 @ 11:22am

46. I understand that there is a lot of white man anger out there. If Obama is ahead it must be because he is cheating, he's Muslim, he's a terrorist, etc.

    But your anger in misdirected. You should be angry. But not at Obama.

    We should all be angry. Angry about the poor and middle class being taxed to support the wealthy. Angry that real wages haven't increased and are in fact decreasing. Angry that we are fighting a war with no clear goal so no clear end. Angry that the Christian right - a minority - feels they have the right to legislate their beliefs. Angry about where the GOP has taken us. Angry that the blue states are supporting the red states and then being called "anti-American" liberals.

    This is our government. It's a democracy. Majority rules. And it's time the majority takes it back.

    Posted by mef55 at 10/20/2008 @ 12:22pm

47. I remember waiting in line at the Union Center at the University of Montana, Missoula for nearly four hours to vote for Clinton. I used to change addresses as a student around 3 times a year. I was reallly discouraged to become aware of these efforts. I would have been a victim of the GOPs efforts. I am very pleased with the outcome. Congratulations Montana.

    Posted by reehmeo at 10/20/2008 @ 12:35pm