Two Dem party workers charged with putting fake candidates on ballot in MI

[boomerang]

http://www.theoaklandpress.com/arti...4d810f2e9d092675064585.txt?viewmode=fullstory

Fearing a party loss this past fall in Michigan, these two scumbags decided to put fake Tea Party candidates on the ballot in an attempt to split the Republican vote. More individuals may be charged.

Democrat and Republican officials within the county worked together to expose these two and bring charges upon them. That folks, is how to work together and I'm glad we're still able to do so if only on a local level.

Two former Oakland County Democratic Party workers face felony charges from a six-month grand jury investigation into allegations of election fraud.

Jason Bauer, the former political director for the county party, and Mike McGuinness, the former county party chairman, arraigned Wednesday in Oakland County Circuit Court before Judge James Alexander.

Patterson and the other county officials asked for a grand jury to look at filings made by Oakland County candidates for The Tea Party group where signatures didn’t match their voter registration cards and after one candidate protested he hadn’t filed to run and was living out of state.

In the grand jury warrant handed down by Sosnick, McGuiness and Bauer are accused of fraudulently entering Aaron William Tyler as a Tea Party candidate for District 2 County Commission in July.

After learning he had been entered as a candidate, Tyler sent a letter to then-Oakland County Clerk Ruth Johnson in August stating he hadn’t filled out paperwork to appear on the county commission ballot.

Obviously, Bauer and McGuinness are not the sharpest tools in the shed.

 

[waggy]

good for the two parties working together on this. /cheers

 

[Fear No Evil]

Democrats and voter fraud? Shocking! SHOCKING I TELL YOU! I'm sure Eric Holder will decide not to prosecute.

 

[PeshakJang]

Democrats and voter fraud? Shocking! SHOCKING I TELL YOU! I'm sure Eric Holder will decide not to prosecute.

Moral justification will kick in and nobody on the left will see it as a crime. Just as racism and violence are ignored, so will this.

 

[IBMer]

Of course we see it as a crime that two people commited. Thats why it was a joint effort to expose them. Sorry to ruin the right wing circle jerk between you and Fear though.

 

[manimal]

Thats messed up

 

[boomerang]

Thats messed up

Yeah, it really is.

Someone leaked it to the press way in advance of the elections and the information was swirling around so it was pretty common knowledge. As the article stated, the Tea Party was not allowed to be on the ballot, so it was a non-issue anyway.

I tried to present this in a neutral manner because it's just bad regardless of whichever party had started it. Some may not believe it, but I would be condemning these actions regardless of their origin. We just can't have this kind of stuff going on.

 

[Ldir]

Moral justification will kick in and nobody on the left will see it as a crime. Just as racism and violence are ignored, so will this.

Of course it's a crime you tool. They should be prosecuted. You're the ones who try to deny it when one of yours does wrong.

 

[Craig234]

Just another in a long series of threads of Republican projecting, by posting Democratic wrongdoing and saying 'ha ha you Democrats won't admit it!'.

And then the Democrats say 'this is wrong', and the right moves on to the next lie.

This is an attack on democracy.

 

[werepossum]

good for the two parties working together on this. /cheers

This.

Just another in a long series of threads of Republican projecting, by posting Democratic wrongdoing and saying 'ha ha you Democrats won't admit it!'.

And then the Democrats say 'this is wrong', and the right moves on to the next lie.

This is an attack on democracy.

Shining example of progressive lying right here. Attempting to derail democracy is not news, but noticing attempts to protect democracy is in fact an attack on democracy. Wow. Just wow.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Typical Craig.

It is a lie if it contridicts his beliefs/party

 

[Fear No Evil]

Just another in a long series of threads of Republican projecting, by posting Democratic wrongdoing and saying 'ha ha you Democrats won't admit it!'.

And then the Democrats say 'this is wrong', and the right moves on to the next lie.

This is an attack on democracy.

Lets see if any IMPORTANT Democrats say 'This is wrong'. Specifically those who will be charging and prosecuting these people. If they get off with a slap on the wrist from a left wing judge or prosecutor, as almost ALL of these cases do, then we'll know that the people in here saying 'This is wrong' are either liars or the people they support are.