FINALLY A DEMOCRAT IS TAKING THE FIGHT TO THE ELECTION THIEFS!!!

[CatWoman]

FINALLY!!!!!

[liberal renegade]

1. n/t

:woohoo:

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

2. It's about time!!!!!

[AllieB]

3. It's about BLEEPIN' time!

:bounce:

[sickinohio]

4. WooooHooooo

:applause: :bounce:

That helps take away some of the Michelle Bachman and Pat Buchanan stress I just felt!!

[malaise]

5. To put it simply

This campaign is absolutely brilliant. Bravo Barack Obama :yourock:
Bob Bauer is thorough and was ready and waiting for them this time.

This is unbelievably efficient - they've been caught before the election this time.
:toast: Time for a drink :D

[CatWoman]

10. think I'll join ya

:toast:

[malaise]

12. LOL

:D

[Subdivisions]

6. I was beginning to doubt what I thought I saw waiting for someone

to post about it!

So, I did see what I thought I saw? Is Obama REALLY going to stand up to this fraud? Or am I still dreaming?

[CatWoman]

yes

and yes

:)

[eShirl]

23. you DID, you DID, you DID taw a puddy tat!

[Subdivisions]

26. Lol! Pretty kitty! =) n/t

[ClayZ]

7. Wooooo Hooooooo OBAMA!

K and R

[habitual]

8. no idea what you are refering to, but very interested.

also, i have no TV, so any info helpful!

[immoderate]

11. In rough terms:

Obama campaign is suing the administration for the attacks and purported investigation of ACORN, because it helps the McCain campaign. Again, this is very rough.

--IMM

[CatWoman]

14. here ya go

http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2008/10/obamas-general.html

Obama's General Counsel Asks Special Prosecutor to Investigate McCain Campaign's Claims of Voter Fraud

Robert Bauer, general counsel for Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign, sent a letter to Attorney General Michael Mukasey requesting that special prosecutor Nora Dannehy add recent allegations of partisan misconduct within the Justice Department to her investigation of criminal offenses stemming from the 2006 U.S. Attorney firings.

In his letter, Bauer, a partner in Perkins Coie's Washington office, alleges that Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign and the Republican Party made false claims of voting fraud as part of a Republican effort to influence the presidential election. The letter accuses Republican officeholders of calling on the Justice Department to investigate allegations of fraud, and Justice Department officials of spurring what he called "baseless" investigations.

“History is repeating itself. As Election Day approaches — just as in 2004 and 2006 — Republican Party officials and operatives nationwide, including the candidates themselves, are fomenting specious vote fraud allegations, and there are disturbing indications of official involvement or collusion,” Bauer writes.

Bauer says a McCain assertion during Wednesday’s presidential debate -- that voter fraud threatened “the fabric of democracy” -- is an example of a false claim.

Bauer also cites an Oct. 16 Associated Press report that says Sarah Palin told a crowd of supporters, “In this election, it’s a choice between a candidate who doesn’t disavow a group committing voter fraud, and a leader who won’t tolerate voter fraud.” Palin was making a reference to ACORN, a nonprofit group that has mounted a major voter-registration effort this year. The McCain campaign has accused the group of committing voter fraud by submitting invalid voter registration forms. The Obama campaign has denied any affiliation with ACORN.

In a teleconference call today, Bauer said the McCain campaign’s claims of voter fraud put unnecessary pressure on the Justice Department to investigate unsubstantiated allegations and that two officials within the department had anonymously leaked information about fraud investigations to the media.

“This is a sham antifraud campaign that comes 24-hours after John McCain’s dramatic pronouncement about tearing the fabric of democracy and now you have a leak of this supposed fraud from the Department of Justice. It’s creating an environment of fear and intimidation,” Bauer says.

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

28. Thank ya, thank ya "Catwoman"; I want in on the party!!!

:toast:

[ColbertWatcher]

9. Poetic justice against the party that pushed the "Bush Doctrine," the idea of preemptive attack. n/t

[CADEMOCRAT7]

13. I AM SO HAPPY WITH OBAMA, FINALLY A DEMOCRAT !

THIS IS HUGE !!!!! OBAMA WILL NOT LET THEM STEAL THIS ELECTION !!!!!!

[demnan]

15. Yes that's great!

I have the most respect for this campaign and the way they are winning Virginia!

[CatWoman]

16. How's Paddie doing?

:hi:

[EFerrari]

17. About effin' time!

Gobama!

:woohoo:

[melody]

18. Thank god for Obama n/t

[Raine]

19. I'm so PROUD of Obama

he's really fighting for us! :-)

[Lubernaut]

20. Yay!!!

[felinetta]

21. Finally someone sranding up for us!

Thanks Sen. Obama!

[felinetta]

24. Watching McCain at the dinner last night was so disgusting.

Knowing full well how he's trying to steal this election and being such a phony praising Sen. Obama. I kept about the lying robocalls against Sen. Obama being done during that dinner.

[Just-plain-Kathy]

34. McCain is either the biggest phony, or he hasn't a clue what's going on around him.

I think he's a phony. ...I can't wait until Obama wins by such a margin, they'll be no denying who won.

[99 Percent Sure]

22. asdf

Catwoman, 'thieves' not 'thiefs.'

:)

[Baltoman991]

25. Obama gave

them fair warning months ago when he said "Not this time". It's obvious Republicans had in their pea brains that no Democrat would ever have the balls to stand up to them.

It's a new time and with any luck, many more Democrats in Congress will start to stand up to the wing bags on the right.

Hats off to Barack Obama for doing that which should have been done long ago. Stand up and watch these fools slither back into the holes from where they came.

[politicasista]

37. A shame the Democratic leadership could not do this, but we have Obama!

So smart! :)

[blm]

27. It's about time the Dem nominee has OTHER Dems who handed over their extensive research

on what has been going down in these past elections, and with the help of the 2006 US attorney scandal, have been gathering even MORE info about those tactics.

I don't recall any past candidate standing with the Dem nominee and working with them as closely as we see happening this year.

Not to mention the great work Dean has done strengthening party infrastructure state by state so Dems can FLEX their newfound power WITHIN each state once left to collapse by previous chairs.

Dems are in a GREAT POSITION this year and at the very point we can capitalize on BushInc being at their weakest point since the early 90s.

[MtUpWithWngsAsEgles]

32. Correct

This says a lot to me. The party that is unified will win. A house divided will fail. The republicans are having an identity crisis and their biggest weapon was to tell the country that Obama was too weak, too wet behind the ears, too liberal, too scary to be president. That approach has failed and was pretty much undermined by McCain's questionable gimmicks.

[politicasista]

38. Yep

Obama has nothing to lose by taking this on.

[Downtown Hound]

29. FINALLY!

Could not have said it any better myself.

[malaise]

30. Turley is on Rachel now n/t

[CatWoman]

31. Ohio SoS, Brunner on now

:)

[Helga Scow Stern]

33. Pinch me! I must wake up from this dream! n/t

[silex]

35. >>>>YES!! This Is Our Time

This is our moment!!!okay..whew..I can't believe it took this long during so many election cycles. :bounce: :woohoo: :applause:

[Cetacea]

36. K+R ! n/t

[AzNick]

39. Don't mess with a lawyer LOL

Especially one from Harvard Law.

Especially not one who graduated top of his class.

[bertman]

40. This is only a BABY STEP compared to what it's going to take to stop the THEFT.

I hope there's a whole lot more where this came from. And it's brought out SOON AND HARD.

[Dover]

41. I want to know why they haven't done more in the last 8 years about election fraud.

I find that highly suspicious. As is their inaction on so many things.

[blm]

45. Think who was running the party before 2000 and 2004 election cycles. You think they WANTED Gore

or Kerry to get in office?

[machI]

42. Kick

[Ian_rd]

43. It's pretty amazing, And I hope he's successful enough to prevent a disastrous result.

The vote suppression operations this year dwarf those 0f 2004, and make 2000 look like nothing. And what if it works? Will Barack concede or fight for our rights?

[Leopolds Ghost]

44. Good to see them going on the offense about something.

When it comes from the horse's mouth, nobody says "don't be a fool, we're in the lead, stay positive!"