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Monday, July 12, 2010

Democrats Speak Out on Voter Intimidation, Fraud in 2008 Caucuses



(Breitbart.tv) - The documentary film "We Will Not Be Silenced 2008" features reports of voter intimidation tactics similar to the New Black Panther case that has been in the news recently. This is Part 1 of the film which features Democrats telling their stories from the 2008 caucuses.

New Evidence Suggests Voter Intimidation During 2008 Dem Primary

1 Comments:

Anonymous Ed Morrissey said...

(Hot Air) - The allegations appear to be entirely confined to caucus states, which is one of the reasons I’m skeptical. Caucuses are bare-knuckled brawls where the parties make the rules and the campaigns routinely and viciously fight over them. I have no trouble believing that Team Obama played hardball and cut as many corners as they could without getting caught. What I have trouble believing is that Hillary Clinton wasn’t doing the exact same thing in these states. After all, Hillary was hardly a babe in the woods. The Clinton Machine had been fighting these battles since Obama was in high school. Now we’re suddenly to believe that they were manning the Good Ship Lollipop in 2008 and were shocked, 'shocked' to find that caucuses aren’t played by Marquess de Queensbury rules?

This is one of the reasons that I believe primaries are usually a better way to select nominees, especially for higher offices. They’re not impervious to fraud and abuse, but it’s a more level ground, and the stakes for committing malfeasance is at least somewhat higher than in caucuses.

Monday, July 12, 2010 11:52:00 AM  

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