McCain Employing GOP Operative Accused Of Voter Registration Fraud

[IndyOp]

Wooooo -- Hot off the the HuffPo press!

John McCain's campaign has directed $175,000 to the firm of a Republican operative accused of massive voter registration fraud in several states.

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.

In a letter to the Justice Department last October, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers said that that Sproul's alleged activities "clearly suppress votes and violate the law."

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.

More!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/20/mccain-employing-gop-oper_n_136254.html

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

1. Is it too early to talk about imprisonment for McCain?

:think:

[IndyOp]

2. I am not sure about McCain, but it is certainly time to talk prison for Nathan Sproul. (n/t)

[IndyOp]

3. K&R - This is the antidote to the bullshit the Rethugs are spewing about ACORN. (n/t)

[IndyOp]

4. Kick.

[Sydnie]

5. bless you IndyOp! I have been bringing up Sproul since they started this Acorn meme

and my posts have been treated like redheaded stepchildren!

You bet I remember Nathan Sproul and his mess in many states from 2004. I also remember how the money that the GOP paid him did a magic disappearing/reappearing trick in the GOP budget, both before the election and after in 2004. And the amounts changed like you change your underwear! We're talking millions of dollars they paid this guy for his 'consultation and services'.

The biggest scandals were that they would either change party registrations on those that they registered (the ones they actually turned in) that had intended to register as dems to repubs. But, worse than that, was when they destroyed the registrations by those that couldn't be fooled to register repub. If you selected any other party, your registration papers were 86'd.

He and his minions were in several states doing their deeds in 2004. Funny how he seemed to get away with it.

[IndyOp]

6. I am amazed that McCain would hire Sproul - I guess they did it because Sproul

got away with cheating in 2004, so why not hire him again? It is a relief to see this on HuffPo and to know that Olbermann and Maddow are ready to cover this on TV. It is a relief to know that this is going to be in the media before, during, and after election day.

[Sydnie]

7. That shouldn't be so amazing

He has hired everyone that helped to slime HIM in 2000 as well as those that were of questionable reputation in 2004. He wanted it to be a clean race, I do believe that. Once he saw he couldn't win in a fair fight, he hired guns.


I don't imagine he sleeps easily at night as he has stepped fully into the mud, willingly or unwillingly, he is there all the same and he will never shake it off.

[DinahMoeHum]

11. Nathan Sproul: like a bad penny - always turning up. . .

when there is election ratfucking to be done.

:evilfrown:

[mod mom]

8. By coincidence, I just posted this to a bi-partisan blog in Ohio:

RNC VOTE FRAUD?

Team Bush Paid Millions to Nathan Sproul—and Tried to Hide It

by Mark Crispin Miller and Jared Irmas

All the payments by the RNC to Sproul add up to a whopping $8,359,161. Where did all that money come from? Why did the RNC suppress their real expenditures? And what exactly did Sproul do for all that pay?
In the months before the 2004 presidential election, a firm called Sproul & Associates launched voter registration drives in at least eight states, most of them swing states. The group--run by Nathan Sproul, former head of the Arizona Christian Coalition and the Arizona Republican Party--had been hired by the Republican National Committee.
Sproul got into a bit of trouble last fall when, in certain states, it came out that the firm was playing dirty tricks in order to suppress the Democratic vote: concealing their partisan agenda, tricking Democrats into registering as Republicans, surreptitiously re-registering Democrats and Independents as Republicans, and shredding Democratic registration forms.

-snip

Sproul is currently under investigation by the Oregon Attorney General's office, for altering the voter registration forms of several thousand students in that state. Whether the new numbers are in part mistaken, they represent a huge expense for the Republicans. Given Sproul's history of serious electoral mischief, affecting countless Democratic voters in the last election, it is important that we ask some sober questions: Where did all that money come from? Why did the RNC suppress their real expenditures? And what exactly did Sproul do for all that pay? If we're going to get some reasonable answers, the FEC must undertake a very thorough audit of the books.

http://www.baltimorechronicle.com/070505Miller-Irmus.shtml

[apnu]

9. And watch the MSM ignore voter fraud, for the 3rd election in a row.

Pardon me if I'm not excited and have a deep seated sense of loathing.

[Supersedeas]

10. a small circle of cronies