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August 15, 2008 at 17:22:29

Headlined on 8/15/08:
Velvet Revolution Launches Campaign to Protect Elections and Prosecute Rove

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Velvet Revolution Launches Campaign to Protect Elections and Prosecute Rove
August 15, 2008
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Velvet Revolution (VR) is working with Ohio election attorneys Cliff Arnebeck, Bob Fitrakis and Henry Eckert to discover the truth about recent information indicating that Karl Rove was the architect and director of a strategy to manipulate elections through the use of computers.  Rove's cyber guru, Michael Connell, has worked for the Bush family for over 20 years and helped Bush Sr., Jeb and Bush Jr. "win" their elections using his computer skills. Whistleblowers, including a Republican cyber security expert, say that several of these and other national elections have been rigged through various invisible and illegal means, including vote tabulation manipulation, improper partisan use of the Justice Department to target Democrats and uncooperative U.S. Attorneys, and the laundering of hundreds of millions of corporate dollars funneled into fake advocacy groups directed against Democrat candidates running for public office. Ex-Alabama Governor Don Siegelman has stated publicly that Rove was the person who directed Siegelman's rigged election and criminal prosecution. GOP cyber sleuth Stephen Spoonamore has stated publicly that the leadership of the GOP has been "lying and stealing elections" and doing so through computers.

According to the attorneys, Rove's goal with this strategy is to establish a unitary executive branch with a supportive judiciary, a weak legislature and a fearful press. Corporate sponsors of this strategy, such as tobacco, energy, telecom, and pharmaceutical companies, are rewarded with hands-off government, deregulated oversight, stringent limits on class-action damages, and the stacking of high courts with pro-business/anti-consumer Justices.


VR's campaign is in support of the Ohio attorneys' use of a federal civil lawsuit in a new legal strategy of taking targeted discovery and depositions of those who have been identified as being involved with, or having knowledge of, Rove's "CyberGate," including Rove, Michael Connell, Jack Abramoff, Michael Scanlon, Bob Ney, Brett Rapp, Ken Blackwell and others.  The attorneys intend to file a racketeering lawsuit, under RICO, against those identified in this case and will refer any proof of criminal activity to both state and federal authorities for criminal prosecution.

This legal strategy will require significant resources for lawyers, expert witnesses, videotaped depositions, public relations, and investigators.  The attorneys will need to go toe to toe with the top lobbyist law firms, which will be hired to represent these targets.  One of those targets is the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which has spent close to a half billion dollars on lobbying since George Bush was inaugurated.  The attorneys assert that Rove has used the Chamber to bankroll many of the illegal attacks by using fake front groups posing as advocacy organizations. The attorneys will need to respond immediately to what we expect to be a smear campaign by those implicated in this attack on democracy. Press and FEC reports show that Rove and Connell are now working for the McCain presidential campaign.

Are these people now working for John McCain because they have promised him a win no matter what? The "Protect Elections, Prosecute Rove" campaign will ensure that McCain knows exactly what these people have done and hold him to his promise of a clean election.
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I'm an anti-civilizationist and election boycott advocate in San Diego. For reasons not to vote in faith-based elections with secret vote counts for candidates you cannot hold accountable if they fail to represent you, check out the discussions, articles, and videos on my website http://noinnovember.ning.com
Mark E. SmithI'm an anti-civilizationist and election boycott advocate in San Diego. For reasons not to vote in faith-based elections with secret vote counts for candidates you cannot hold accountable if they fail to represent you, check out the discussions, articles, and videos on my website http://noinnovember.ning.com

This is TOO funny!

The story says:

The attorneys intend to file a racketeering lawsuit, under RICO, against those identified in this case and will refer any proof of criminal activity to both state and federal authorities for criminal prosecution.

This legal strategy will require significant resources for lawyers, expert witnesses, videotaped depositions, public relations, and investigators. The attorneys will need to go toe to toe with the top lobbyist law firms, which will be hired to represent these targets.

When you first look at it, it sounds pretty good, right?

But do you know who the biggest election thieves in the country are?

Do you remember who stole the election of 2000?

Now stop and think about this one seriously, okay?

Suppose they raise all this money and suppose that they have an excellent case and they actually win in the lower courts. The defendants would then appeal to the Supreme Court.

So what they'd end up with is the biggest election thieves in the country sitting in final judgment on a case against lesser election thieves.

And guess who they'd rule for?

If they really want to go after the election racketeers, they'd need to start at the top and refer the Supreme Court for criminal prosecution.

Otherwise they're not getting a dime from me. 

ROFFLMFAO!

by Mark E. Smith (21 articles, 30 quicklinks, 100 diaries, 1325 comments) on Friday, August 15, 2008 at 9:39:45 PM
 


Attempting in a UK context to connect the world of 911 truth activism/false-flag terrorism awareness and the Voting integrity community, where I am seeking to alert the Electoral Reform Society to the dangers of the UK 'modernising' its voting mechanism, and awaken the peace movement to the 'Frats', Brotherhoods and 'Men's huts' which threaten our one Earth Motherland.
Keith MotherssonAttempting in a UK context to connect the world of 911 truth activism/false-flag terrorism awareness and the Voting integrity community, where I am seeking to alert the Electoral Reform Society to the dangers of the UK 'modernising' its voting mechanism, and awaken the peace movement to the 'Frats', Brotherhoods and 'Men's huts' which threaten our one Earth Motherland.

Velvet Revolution OK

Thanks for this, Joan. 

The point is, Mark, that

a) there aren't a lot of unbiased contexts in which to fight back - even the opinion polling companies are being nobbled and so may many of the 'exit polls' on the night, - or else there will be tighter control over announcing how they add up.  

b) struggle in different contexts - streets/parks/primary scholls, polling stations, media, courts, legislatures, academia, etc - none of these need to be mutually exclusive;

c) contesting in legal contexts, using serious affadavits from many voters and and highly expert witnesses, can help to 'credibilise' allegations - even if the top judges are going to side with the Junta no matter what. Indeed - if it ever goes that far, that will show the Supreme Court up again, perhaps, and the case could be a focus for civil resistance and moral force efforts of other kinds.    

I like how they are adopting the Velvet Revolution mythology back from Czechoslovakia - even though many of the 'colour revolutions' are seriously compromised NED/CIA affairs. Maybe Gene Sharp should stop helping 'strategic nonviolence revolutions' in places the neocons want to take over and lend a hand in Ohio?

by Keith Mothersson (6 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 58 comments) on Saturday, August 16, 2008 at 7:34:00 PM
 


I am a senior citizen tremendously interested - and alarmed - at the way the world is turning.
Jean BraunI am a senior citizen tremendously interested - and alarmed - at the way the world is turning.

Protect Elections Campaign

Having been aware since '04 of what this lawsuit has accomplished, I think it is a terrific effort.


However, jailing the miscreants is not going to give us election integrity in this critically important election, nor, as the article stated, reverse. NOW, the march to a unitary executive, a supportive judiciary, a weak legislature and a fearful press.


We need:

1)the right to vote (Election Day Registration);

2)integrity of the record (supermarket-secure voter receipt which can be compared to the machine record), and

3)integrity of the counting (public witness and posting at every neighborhood precinct, which will enable every candidate to count his/her own votes).

These are essential if an election is to be Voting Rights Act compliant.***

The Supreme Court ruled in the Paula Jones lawsuit against William Clinton that she had standing to sue during presidential time in office; it intervened in the matter of a day in 2000; Justices Roberts and Alito are Bush appointees, and should recuse themselves from a case involving George Bush. I think this lawsuit has the potential to clean up our elections before November.


If the lawsuit demands relief that will ensure election integrity on the above three points, I can get very excited about it. Otherwise, it is just another good cause - one of several.


*** Voting Rights Act

42 USC Section 1973i - Prohibited Acts
Chapter 20 - Election Franchise
Subchapter 1-A Enforcement of Voting Rights
(a)Failure or refusal to permit casting or tabulation of vote


No person acting under color or law
shall fail or refuse to permit any person to vote
who is entitled to vote under any provision
of Subchapter 1A to 1C of this chapter
or is otherwise qualified to vote,
or willfully fail or refuse to tabulate, count and report
such person's vote.

by Jean Braun (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 29 comments) on Sunday, August 17, 2008 at 7:07:05 AM
 

 

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