And speaking of GOP voter registration hucksters, it looks like Nathan Sproul of Sproul & Associates, the group accused of destroying Democratic registrations in several states during previous elections, has been hired by the McCain-Palin campaign and the RNC again this year. Knock us over with a feather…
According to campaign finance records, a joint committee of the McCain-Palin campaign, the RNC and the the California Republican Party, made a $175,000 payment to the group Lincoln Strategy in June for purposes of “registering voters.” The managing partner of that firm is Nathan Sproul, a renowned GOP operative who has been investigated on multiple occasions for suppressing Democratic voter turnout, throwing away registration forms and even spearheading efforts to get Ralph Nader on ballots to hinder the Democratic ticket.
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That Sproul would come under the employment umbrella of the McCain campaign — the Republican National Committee has also separately paid Lincoln Strategy at least $37,000 for voter registration efforts this cycle — is not terribly surprising. Sproul, who has donated nearly $30,000 to McCain’s campaign, has been in the good graces of GOP officials for the past decade despite charges of ethical and potentially legal wrongdoing.
Sam Stein has the full story at Huff Po…
In 2004, the RNC paid more than $8 million to Sproul’s firm, and then tried to hide it on disclosure forms. Details here…
BRAD BLOG’s previous coverage of Nathan Sproul can be found here…
BRAD BLOG’s special coverage of the phony GOP ACORN “Voter Fraud” Scam is here…
How is it the same rotten ethics people are allowed to contract over and over again, hidden out of public view?
If America had any ethics, anyone with an ethics problem should never work, contract, or hold a security clearance ever again.
How is it that $175k does so much damage to elections and it’s always only after the election we find out.
How is it that the McKKKain/ Lying Palin ticket still has so much support; in a world that wasn’t racist and pseudo christian, the numbers would not be this close.
While they are spreading their BS about ACORN with one hand, they are doing the real nasty stuff with the other. Got to hand it to these criminals. They are best at being the worst.
Yes, they have used weapons of mass distraction since 2000 very effectively. Credit where credit is due, Karl Rove is a brilliant strategist. He belongs behind bars however.
It’s not surprising. The only way for McCain to win is by stealing it. I look at this site – http://www.electoral-vote.com/index.html – every day.
The mystery for most citizens is how the votes get counted, or what equipment is used and how reliable it is. If exit polls are way off in some places and right on the mark in others, maybe someone messed with the tabulation.
It would be nice to have a map reflecting the reliability of voting machines available to voters. I know that may get down to the county level. And that Ohio for instance, has a dual system this year. But comparing touch screen voting to paper ballots scanned by older ES&S machines could reveal patterns.
Patterns of electoral theft!
Hate to do this but
Nader/Sproul ’08! LOL
Oh, yipes, Flo! That’s cold! 😉
Fraud? What about Palin not releasing her medical records? She’s supposed to be young and healthy, so where are they? Answer- no doctor would tell a so called pregnant patient to take a plane after her “water broke.” And no doctor would lie about this and risk losing his license. Trig is her grandson, and Bristol is too wild for the Republican right wing nut cases, thus the lies.
My thoughts exactly, MARZI #8.
#6 Don’t DO that, darlin’! I almost spilled my vino.
Goddamn, I hope one day somebody makes a movie, at least, about this palin crew. That family’s got more juicy stuff than a bag of Florida oranges.
“How is it the same rotten ethics people are allowed to contract over and over again, hidden out of public view?
If America had any ethics, anyone with an ethics problem should never work, contract, or hold a security clearance ever again.
How is it that $175k does so much damage to elections and it’s always only after the election we find out.”
I agree 100%, but I question Obama’s ethics. Look at his preacher and friends(Ayres). You want to talk ethics, McCain/Palin win that battle hands down.