Dem ad slams GOP candidate as ‘architect of voter suppression’

[babsbunny]

http://rawstory.com/2010/02/dem-ad-architect-voter-suppression/

By Daniel Tencer
Monday, February 1st, 2010 -- 2:48 pm

The Democratic Party has released a one-minute ad accusing a Republican candidate for Congress and former Karl Rove aide of being "the architect of a voter suppression scheme."

Tim Griffin, who worked as an aide for Karl Rove during the Bush administration before becoming a US Attorney, is running for Congress in Arkansas' 2nd district. An ad released by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee says Griffin was behind a "voter caging" effort, despite Griffin's claims to the contrary.

[annabanana]

1. Griffen was one of those "I don't remember" guys

that we saw weasling his way around during the Attorney firing business....

[louis-t]

2. This should be a theme in every election.

repugs have to stop people from voting to win. They don't even try to hide it anymore. They are traitors in every sense of the word.

[guruoo]

3. They teach vote supression at Morton Blackwell's RW boot camp...

http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2005/05/25/blackwell/

May 25, 2005

My right-wing degree

How I learned to convert liberal campuses into conservative havens at Morton Blackwell's Leadership Institute,
alma mater of Karl Rove, Ralph Reed, Jeff Gannon and two Miss Americas.

By Jeff Horwitz
May 25, 2005
...

They take careful notes as instructor Paul Gourley teaches them how to rig a campus mock election.

It's nothing illegal -- no ballot stuffing necessary, even at the most liberal colleges. First you find a nonpartisan
campus group to sponsor the election, so you can't be accused of cheating. Next, volunteer to organize the thing.
College students are lazy, and they'll probably let you. Always keep in mind that a rigged mock election is all about
location, location, location.

"Can anyone tell me," asks Gourley, a veteran mock electioneer, "why you don't want the polling place in the cafeteria?"
Stephen, a shy antiabortion activist sitting toward the rear of the class, raises his hand: "Because you want to suppress the vote?"
"Stephen has the right answer!" Gourley exclaims, tossing Stephen his prize, a copy of Robert Bork's "Slouching Toward Gomorrah."


on edit: Another graduate of Blackwell's school that's making news lately:


Story:
http://www.onepeoplesproject.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=309:hey-james-okeefe-about-that-white-racist-forum-you-attended-in-2006&catid=34:ye-olde-white-power-chopping-block