Off Topic: The reason Obama won’t win

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No but dead people, ex cons, people in prison, illegal immigrants can.
In Florida you can vote twice. Once in Miami and once in New York.

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20070314_the_real_voter_fraud/

The operative phrase is “election fraud,” though in Republican parlance it is usually called “voter fraud.” Republicans claim, loudly and regularly, that an army of ineligible voters—illegal immigrants, convicted felons, dead people—has been invading American polling places, diminishing the value of honest voters’ sacred ballots. They make the charge in states where the administration of elections is highly competent, and in states where it is grossly incompetent. It is, of course, leveled solely against Democrats and their supporters.

The charges are almost invariably debunked—by courts, by prosecutors, by state elections officials and by local newspapers that probe beyond partisan screeching and get down to the facts.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_Central_Voter_File

At first, Florida specified only exact matches on names, birthdates and genders to identify voters as felons. However, state records reveal a memo dated March 1999 from Emmett “Bucky” Mitchell, a lawyer for the state elections office who was supervising the felon purge, asking DBT to loosen its criteria for acceptable matches. When DBT representatives warned Mitchell that this would yield a large proportion of false positives (mismatches), Mitchell’s reply was that it would be up to each county elections supervisor to deal with the problem.[citation needed]
In February 2000, in a phone conversation with the BBC’s London studios, ChoicePoint vice-president James Lee said that the state “wanted there to be more names than were actually verified as being a convicted felon”.[citation needed]

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[edit]James Lee’s testimony
On 17 April, 2001, James Lee testified, before the McKinney panel, that the state had given DBT the directive to add to the purge list people who matched at least 90% of a last name. DBT objected, knowing that this would produce a huge number of false positives (non-felons).[

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“The people who worked on this (for DBT) are very adamant… they told them what would happen”, said Lee. “The state expected the county supervisors to be the failsafe.” Lee said his company will never again get involved in cleansing voting rolls. ”
Florida has re-edited its felon list five times since 1998 to correct errors.
The first list DBT Online provided to the Division of Elections in April 2000 contained the names of 181,157 persons. Approximately 65,776 of those included on the first list were identified as felons.

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In May 2000, DBT discovered that approximately 8,000 names were erroneously placed on the exclusion list, mostly those of former Texas prisoners who were included on a DBT list that turned out never to have been convicted of more than a misdemeanor. Later in the month, DBT provided a revised list to the Division of Elections (DOE) containing a total of 173,127 persons. Of those included on the “corrected list”, 57,746 were identified as felons.

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If Obama really wanted change he would get rid of the existing tax structure and institute a flat tax. After all, Iraq has a flat tax.

http://www.heritage.org/press/commentary/ed111003c.cfm

[Veritas]

If Obama really wanted change he would get rid of the existing tax structure and institute a flat tax. After all, Iraq has a flat tax.

http://www.heritage.org/press/commentary/ed111003c.cfm

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If Obama really wanted change he would get rid of the existing tax structure and institute a flat tax. After all, Iraq has a flat tax.

http://www.heritage.org/press/commentary/ed111003c.cfm

[Veritas]

If Obama really wanted change he would get rid of the existing tax structure and institute a flat tax. After all, Iraq has a flat tax.

http://www.heritage.org/press/commentary/ed111003c.cfm

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If Obama really wanted change he would get rid of the existing tax structure and institute a flat tax. After all, Iraq has a flat tax.

http://www.heritage.org/press/commentary/ed111003c.cfm

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Laughable analysis.

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[Veritas]

Sliming Palin
False Internet claims and rumors fly about McCain’s running mate.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/157986

— and a CNN/Opinion Research poll, which shows the race still tied at 48% apiece but McCain making significant gains in how voters view his handling of the economy, Iraq and healthcare.
The most surprising results — and surely the most disturbing for the freshman Illinois senator’s camp — are the immense gains McCain has made among white women following the Republican National Convention and the well-received prime-time speech by Palin.
In barely three weeks since before the Democratic convention last month, that crucial group of female voters has moved from 50-42 in Obama’s favor to 53-41 for McCain now.
That’s a huge 20-point shift in almost as many days, no doubt attributed in large part to the addition of a woman to the Republican ticket, Alaskan Gov. Palin, for the first time in the party’s 164-year history.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/09/mccain-poll-wom.html

http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/4833
Smut-hunting NY Times Limbo Dancing in Alaska
By Judi McLeod Friday, September 5, 2008
In a 2008 revision of the Limbo dance, the dance often mistakenly attributed to Hawaii but having originated on the Island of Trinidad, the New York Times is proving “how low it can go”.
The NY Times is dispatching a group of its top “investigative journalists”, fanning them across the State of Alaska looking for dirt on Palin and Republicans in a desperate bid to take the wheels off of John McCain’s little red wagon.
The specter of NY Times reporters, so recently weaned off their Starbucks latte-coffees, is even more laughable than the ABC Terry Moran gaffe that gave Barack Obama a “white father in Kenya” and a “white father in Kansas”.

More tax flip flops …..

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122091851312912585.html?mod=opinion_main_review_and_outlooks
ObamaTax 3.0
September 9, 2008
The good news is that Barack Obama said on ABC Sunday that he might not go through with his plans to increase taxes.
The bad news is that the economy has to be mired in recession to avoid the largest tax increase in the nation’s history.
Our check of the Dow Jones Factiva database suggests that other than viewers of ABC’s “This Week,” only three or four newspapers carried an account of Senator Obama’s amended tax plan. While it’s possible that the story of a deferred tax increase could shock the media into paralysis, we take it as an encouraging sign. The education of Barack Obama continues apace.
For the record, here is what he told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos.
Mr. Stephanopoulos: “So even if we’re in a recession next January, you come into office, you’ll still go through with your tax increases?”
Senator Obama: “No, no, no, no, no. What I’ve said, George, is that even if we’re still in a recession, I’m going to go through with my tax cuts. That’s my priority.”
Mr. Stephanopoulos: “But not the increases?”
Senator Obama: “I think we’ve got to take a look and see where the economy is. The economy is weak right now. The news with Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, I think, along with the unemployment numbers indicates that we’re fragile. I want to accelerate those tax cuts through a second stimulus package, get more money into the pockets of ordinary Americans, see if we can stabilize the housing market, and then we’re going to have to reevaluate at the beginning of the year to see what kind of hole we’re in.”

[Veritas]

Sliming Palin
False Internet claims and rumors fly about McCain’s running mate.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/157986

— and a CNN/Opinion Research poll, which shows the race still tied at 48% apiece but McCain making significant gains in how voters view his handling of the economy, Iraq and healthcare.
The most surprising results — and surely the most disturbing for the freshman Illinois senator’s camp — are the immense gains McCain has made among white women following the Republican National Convention and the well-received prime-time speech by Palin.
In barely three weeks since before the Democratic convention last month, that crucial group of female voters has moved from 50-42 in Obama’s favor to 53-41 for McCain now.
That’s a huge 20-point shift in almost as many days, no doubt attributed in large part to the addition of a woman to the Republican ticket, Alaskan Gov. Palin, for the first time in the party’s 164-year history.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/09/mccain-poll-wom.html

http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/4833
Smut-hunting NY Times Limbo Dancing in Alaska
By Judi McLeod Friday, September 5, 2008
In a 2008 revision of the Limbo dance, the dance often mistakenly attributed to Hawaii but having originated on the Island of Trinidad, the New York Times is proving “how low it can go”.
The NY Times is dispatching a group of its top “investigative journalists”, fanning them across the State of Alaska looking for dirt on Palin and Republicans in a desperate bid to take the wheels off of John McCain’s little red wagon.
The specter of NY Times reporters, so recently weaned off their Starbucks latte-coffees, is even more laughable than the ABC Terry Moran gaffe that gave Barack Obama a “white father in Kenya” and a “white father in Kansas”.

More tax flip flops …..

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122091851312912585.html?mod=opinion_main_review_and_outlooks
ObamaTax 3.0
September 9, 2008
The good news is that Barack Obama said on ABC Sunday that he might not go through with his plans to increase taxes.
The bad news is that the economy has to be mired in recession to avoid the largest tax increase in the nation’s history.
Our check of the Dow Jones Factiva database suggests that other than viewers of ABC’s “This Week,” only three or four newspapers carried an account of Senator Obama’s amended tax plan. While it’s possible that the story of a deferred tax increase could shock the media into paralysis, we take it as an encouraging sign. The education of Barack Obama continues apace.
For the record, here is what he told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos.
Mr. Stephanopoulos: “So even if we’re in a recession next January, you come into office, you’ll still go through with your tax increases?”
Senator Obama: “No, no, no, no, no. What I’ve said, George, is that even if we’re still in a recession, I’m going to go through with my tax cuts. That’s my priority.”
Mr. Stephanopoulos: “But not the increases?”
Senator Obama: “I think we’ve got to take a look and see where the economy is. The economy is weak right now. The news with Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, I think, along with the unemployment numbers indicates that we’re fragile. I want to accelerate those tax cuts through a second stimulus package, get more money into the pockets of ordinary Americans, see if we can stabilize the housing market, and then we’re going to have to reevaluate at the beginning of the year to see what kind of hole we’re in.”

[Veritas]

Sliming Palin
False Internet claims and rumors fly about McCain’s running mate.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/157986

— and a CNN/Opinion Research poll, which shows the race still tied at 48% apiece but McCain making significant gains in how voters view his handling of the economy, Iraq and healthcare.
The most surprising results — and surely the most disturbing for the freshman Illinois senator’s camp — are the immense gains McCain has made among white women following the Republican National Convention and the well-received prime-time speech by Palin.
In barely three weeks since before the Democratic convention last month, that crucial group of female voters has moved from 50-42 in Obama’s favor to 53-41 for McCain now.
That’s a huge 20-point shift in almost as many days, no doubt attributed in large part to the addition of a woman to the Republican ticket, Alaskan Gov. Palin, for the first time in the party’s 164-year history.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/09/mccain-poll-wom.html

http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/4833
Smut-hunting NY Times Limbo Dancing in Alaska
By Judi McLeod Friday, September 5, 2008
In a 2008 revision of the Limbo dance, the dance often mistakenly attributed to Hawaii but having originated on the Island of Trinidad, the New York Times is proving “how low it can go”.
The NY Times is dispatching a group of its top “investigative journalists”, fanning them across the State of Alaska looking for dirt on Palin and Republicans in a desperate bid to take the wheels off of John McCain’s little red wagon.
The specter of NY Times reporters, so recently weaned off their Starbucks latte-coffees, is even more laughable than the ABC Terry Moran gaffe that gave Barack Obama a “white father in Kenya” and a “white father in Kansas”.

More tax flip flops …..

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122091851312912585.html?mod=opinion_main_review_and_outlooks
ObamaTax 3.0
September 9, 2008
The good news is that Barack Obama said on ABC Sunday that he might not go through with his plans to increase taxes.
The bad news is that the economy has to be mired in recession to avoid the largest tax increase in the nation’s history.
Our check of the Dow Jones Factiva database suggests that other than viewers of ABC’s “This Week,” only three or four newspapers carried an account of Senator Obama’s amended tax plan. While it’s possible that the story of a deferred tax increase could shock the media into paralysis, we take it as an encouraging sign. The education of Barack Obama continues apace.
For the record, here is what he told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos.
Mr. Stephanopoulos: “So even if we’re in a recession next January, you come into office, you’ll still go through with your tax increases?”
Senator Obama: “No, no, no, no, no. What I’ve said, George, is that even if we’re still in a recession, I’m going to go through with my tax cuts. That’s my priority.”
Mr. Stephanopoulos: “But not the increases?”
Senator Obama: “I think we’ve got to take a look and see where the economy is. The economy is weak right now. The news with Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, I think, along with the unemployment numbers indicates that we’re fragile. I want to accelerate those tax cuts through a second stimulus package, get more money into the pockets of ordinary Americans, see if we can stabilize the housing market, and then we’re going to have to reevaluate at the beginning of the year to see what kind of hole we’re in.”

[Veritas]

Sliming Palin
False Internet claims and rumors fly about McCain’s running mate.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/157986

— and a CNN/Opinion Research poll, which shows the race still tied at 48% apiece but McCain making significant gains in how voters view his handling of the economy, Iraq and healthcare.
The most surprising results — and surely the most disturbing for the freshman Illinois senator’s camp — are the immense gains McCain has made among white women following the Republican National Convention and the well-received prime-time speech by Palin.
In barely three weeks since before the Democratic convention last month, that crucial group of female voters has moved from 50-42 in Obama’s favor to 53-41 for McCain now.
That’s a huge 20-point shift in almost as many days, no doubt attributed in large part to the addition of a woman to the Republican ticket, Alaskan Gov. Palin, for the first time in the party’s 164-year history.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/09/mccain-poll-wom.html

http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/4833
Smut-hunting NY Times Limbo Dancing in Alaska
By Judi McLeod Friday, September 5, 2008
In a 2008 revision of the Limbo dance, the dance often mistakenly attributed to Hawaii but having originated on the Island of Trinidad, the New York Times is proving “how low it can go”.
The NY Times is dispatching a group of its top “investigative journalists”, fanning them across the State of Alaska looking for dirt on Palin and Republicans in a desperate bid to take the wheels off of John McCain’s little red wagon.
The specter of NY Times reporters, so recently weaned off their Starbucks latte-coffees, is even more laughable than the ABC Terry Moran gaffe that gave Barack Obama a “white father in Kenya” and a “white father in Kansas”.

More tax flip flops …..

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122091851312912585.html?mod=opinion_main_review_and_outlooks
ObamaTax 3.0
September 9, 2008
The good news is that Barack Obama said on ABC Sunday that he might not go through with his plans to increase taxes.
The bad news is that the economy has to be mired in recession to avoid the largest tax increase in the nation’s history.
Our check of the Dow Jones Factiva database suggests that other than viewers of ABC’s “This Week,” only three or four newspapers carried an account of Senator Obama’s amended tax plan. While it’s possible that the story of a deferred tax increase could shock the media into paralysis, we take it as an encouraging sign. The education of Barack Obama continues apace.
For the record, here is what he told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos.
Mr. Stephanopoulos: “So even if we’re in a recession next January, you come into office, you’ll still go through with your tax increases?”
Senator Obama: “No, no, no, no, no. What I’ve said, George, is that even if we’re still in a recession, I’m going to go through with my tax cuts. That’s my priority.”
Mr. Stephanopoulos: “But not the increases?”
Senator Obama: “I think we’ve got to take a look and see where the economy is. The economy is weak right now. The news with Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, I think, along with the unemployment numbers indicates that we’re fragile. I want to accelerate those tax cuts through a second stimulus package, get more money into the pockets of ordinary Americans, see if we can stabilize the housing market, and then we’re going to have to reevaluate at the beginning of the year to see what kind of hole we’re in.”

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