I'm shocked - shocked! - to hear accusations of voter fraud
The candidates for Obama's Senate seat debated last night. Democrat Alexi Giannoulias ripped into Republican Mark Kirk for daring to suggest that there should be poll watchers in city precincts to watch out for fraud. Predictably Giannoulias accused Kirk of "voter suppression," but his reasoning was rather novel. According to this Chicago Democrat:
"There's never been an accusation of fraud on the west and south side of Chicago."
That's right: not only has there never been actual fraud, but there's never even been an accusation of fraud. Well, I'm sure Alexi knows what he's talking about. And when people talk about voter fraud in Chicago, they're probably referring to a different Chicago. But I'm going to ask anyway, just for kicks: have any of you ever heard any allegations of vote fraud in Chicago -- the one in Illinois?
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Aug '10
Re: I'm shocked - shocked! - to hear accusations of voter fraud
All the time. Why do you think Chicagoans nicknamed their county "Crook County"?
Jun '10
Re: I'm shocked - shocked! - to hear accusations of voter fraud
Oh my, what a thought. Next, you'll be implying that somewhere in Chicago's history, boxing matches have been fixed to win a bet. It's mind-boggling. :)
May '10
Re: I'm shocked - shocked! - to hear accusations of voter fraud
I've heard that Chicago is known the world over for it's remarkably inclusive suffrage. It's an embarrassment to those backwards places where voting is limited to just living humans. And why ration something as wonderful as voting to just one per customer?
Giannoulias was displaying the standard liberal assumption that something cannot be wrong if it promoted the right result. So it is only considered "fraud" if it supports the Republican, and we know that doesn't happen in Chicago.
Aug '10
Re: I'm shocked - shocked! - to hear accusations of voter fraud
murder, extortion,racketeering.... sure
vote fraud ? are you kidding ???
Sincerely,
John F. Kennedy
Edited on Oct 20, 2010 at 9:38am