Explosive New Video by James O'Keefe
I think this story might turn out to be one of the most interesting and important of this year's election season.
This year the Republican Party paid Strategic Allied Services to manage get-out-the-vote efforts in several states. However, as The Hill reported yesterday,
The Republican National Committee (RNC) cut all ties with the firm late last month after Florida investigators launched a probe into hundreds of suspicious registration forms submitted by the company's workers.
Last week, the firm's trouble worsened when law enforcement in Rockingham County, Va., charged Colin Small with 13 counts of election fraud for allegedly tossing registration forms in a dumpster in Harrisonburg. Small worked for Pinpoint, a private contractor with ties to Strategic Allied Services.
In response, Representatives Jim Moran, Bobby Scott, and Jerry Connolly, all Virginia Democrats, wrote a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder, asking the Justice Department to investigate if the events "are connected and constitute a broader conspiracy of voter registration fraud."
According to The Hill, a Justice Department spokesman declined to comment on whether the Department has launched or plans to launch an investigation.
Now here's where the story gets real interesting.
Today, apparently in response to the letter by the three congressman, James O'Keefe posted a video on YouTube. In the video an undercover worker for O'Keefe's group, Project Veritas, visits the Arlington County (Virginia) Democratic Office. The worker, whose voice sounds like O'Keefe's, approaches Patrick Moran, who is Jim Moran's son and the field director for the Moran for Congress organization.
The Project Veritas worker asks Patrick Moran for help in voting fraudulently for 100 voters. Moran at times seems reluctant, but he ultimately aids the effort--specifically he gives some advice about how to execute the voter-fraud scheme. At no point does he express any outrage about the scheme.
As the Richmond Times reported approximately two hours ago, Patrick Moran has just resigned from his position in the Moran for Congress campaign.
Call it a hunch, but I suspect that O'Keefe has lots more videos showing voter fraud, and I suspect that his original plans were to release them later. I suspect that Jim Moran's letter caused him to release one of the videos earlier than he planned.
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May '11
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Breitbart is here.
Dec '11
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The October surprise!
I take great comfort in the knowledge that the Department of Justice is non-partisan and wholly untainted by political influence.
Yeah right.
Nov '10
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O'Keefe feeds Moran a lot of lines before he loosens up and starts offering his own thoughts. This will be called entrapment. But entrapment or not, it's still pretty damning. O'Keefe should try this at a republican office and see if they shut him down. I would think they would, but I'm open to whatever the truth is. If the vote is to be trued eventually it has to be trued for all or it ain't "true".
Aug '10
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Tim, You're the house expert on press bias, what are the chances of exposure of this story ?
Also what is the public threshold for disgust at democrat behavior ?
Last time I saw the red line on that, I was doing Everest and at 28,000.
Aug '12
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Released close enough to the election to get attention but too close to be checked before the election. Hmmmm.
Sep '12
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I love it when O'Keefe does this stuff. He is a national treasure.
Mar '11
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An important point. Voter fraud is a problem period. While Democrat representatives often seem hostile to the issue in general that should not blind us to the fact that this is not some partisan problem, there have been organizations employed by the Republican party who have been more than willing to dive into this gutter.
With so many races so closely contested it is more important than ever this problem be rooted out. If the integrity of the vote becomes more and more contested, what follows?
Feb '11
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At least Moran was smart enough to get the resignation out of the way promptly.
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Hey, that's my Congressman!
May '11
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These entrapment videos where O'Keefe gets someone to go along are ok, but he needs to catch people doing things of their own initiative.
Jun '12
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These people are not going to just do this in front of any random person that walks in the door, they need to be reassured that the person is open to their fraud before they'll reveal it.
Dec '10
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I've been pondering this quite a bit of late as we hurtle closer to Nov. 6th. Voter fraud, as John Fund reminds us often, is a tremendous problem in this country! It all seems to happen on one side of the political spectrum - the Dems, liberals, progressives, whatever.
And yet, can anyone name me one national leader from their ranks that have come out and unambiguously condemned it, called for a serious investigation, and championed prosecution? Wouldn't that leader reap tremendous across-the-board credibility for being a true statesman - someone who acts for the entire nation vs. narrow self or party interests?
Why does this not happen?
Does anyone think that if O'Keefe found this happening in a Republican campaign that the national leaders wouldn't vociferously condemn it as a stain on the nation, call for its immediate end, and fully prosecute the offenders?
Can you really see Mitt Romney or Paul Ryan winking at this?
I can't. My only conclusion is that Democrats, liberals, progressives, whatever, are so frustrated by the fact that the US electorate doesn't vote the way they want, they have to cheat.
Could it be that simple?
Mar '11
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False.
Florida:
Virginia:
It happens with both political parties; it is simply that Democrats seem rather indifferent, if not hostile, to finding solutions.
Edited on October 25, 2012 at 5:48pmDec '10
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Roberto:
Point well taken and this post obviously alluded to the latter story.
Perhaps it would be more accurate to say "the overwhelming majority of it [fraud] happens on one side of the spectrum".
Mar '11
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But hey, Voter ID laws are just a racist conspiracy to keep minorities from voting. Because Democrats would never cheat or anything.
Aug '10
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Is there anyone who doubts that Barack Obama is counting on massive voter fraud to pave a filthy interstate path to another four years in office?
Between the votes of the dead, the fictional, the felonious, and SEIU members conveniently registered in multiple precincts, the president begins with an enormous (and predictably dishonest) advantage. A 2-3 percentage point majority in the honest vote won't be sufficient for Mitt Romney to overcome the industrial-strength chicanery the Democrats will have in play on election day, and it's probable that only a win of Reaganesque proportions will secure victory.
This makes it all the more incumbent upon every Republican and rational Independent to be sure that his or her vote is cast and counted. We've never seen a more important election. This time, nothing less than the survival of our country is at stake.
Edited on October 25, 2012 at 11:36pmMar '11
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I rather suspect that as well but am always hesitant to assert such since claims of that nature generally appear only anecdotally backed.
Beyond that it is beneficial to look upon the issue as simply a problem instead of a partisan problem. Once the partisan angle is put to the side the possibility of a broad alliance in favor of solutions opens up. While the Democratic leadership has nothing but vitriol and disdain for this issue voters on the ground from all political persuasions worry about it a great deal. You will find no shortage of Democratic voters concerned about the possibility of Republicans "stealing elections". Together with conservatives that is a strong majority, 74% of Americans Support Voter ID Laws.
Worth keeping in mind.
Jun '10
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paulebe: Roberto:
Point well taken and this post obviously alluded to the latter story.
Perhaps it would be more accurate to say "the overwhelming majority of it [fraud] happens on one side of the spectrum".
It's important, though, to know how one-sided it is now. John Fund clearly sees the Dems as the chief beneficiary of this type of activity.
BTW, in watching the series "Boardwalk Empire" I get a kick out of them showing vote fraud and machine politicians as Republicans. Steve Buscemi makes a big point about voting Republican all the time through some of the episodes. This is trying to show in a desperate kind of fashion that the "Republicans do it, too."
But, I want quantitative analysis.
Mar '11
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I'm pleased to see that Project Veritas is working on this problem. No doubt, if they can't ignore it, when the poodle media covers the story they will focus on condemning James O'Keefe for underhanded methods but that doesn't matter.
Liberals have such respect for democracy they feel if they're not cheating, they're not really trying. They need to feel fully committed.
Someone should be tracking the 'stars' of ACORN to see where they are now and what they're doing. It's standard operating procedure for community organizers to melt away when a spotlight falls on them; only to regroup at a new address and under a new name and resume business as usual.
Mar '11
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A further thought:- I was thinking about the title of Hugh Hewitt's book, If It's Not Close, They Can't Cheat, and I realized an additional reason for all of the bodgie polling and frantic spinning.
The main reason is to demoralise Republicans and discourage activism and donations. A secondary reason is to maintain an impression that the contest is close so there will be less uproar if the cheating succeeds.