Bouchard noted that the alleged forging of documents and putting people up for political office without their involvement -- including at least one "candidate" who told Sherlocks he had no knowledge that he was on the ballot until notified -- is criminal. "Who y'wanna put up for dog catcher?"
"How about Murphy? He needs a job."
"Murphy it is. How about clerk of the orphans' court?"
"How about Old Lady Phelps?"
"[Snicker!] It'd be funny if she won, wouldn't it?"
"Wouldn't be the first dead person who won."
The scheme included bogus candidates for two County Commission seats and a state Senate race, according to a copy of a grand jury warrant released Wednesday. None of the candidates won. "Whaddya mean, 'Nobody voted for them'?"
"They didn't even vote for themselves!"
"I'm sure they woulda if they'd known they wuz on the ballot!"
"The presumed intent was to get people drawn to tea party politics and siphon votes off (from other candidates)," Bouchard said. "We gotta build a wall around those guys. If they're votin' for somebody that ain't got a chance then we got a chance."
Bouchard said the investigation of possible election corruption is continuing and included an unnamed "party leader in Lansing." The sheriff did not elaborate. "Just don't leave no tracks leadin' back to Mister Big!"
"I'm tryin' not to leave no tracks leadin' back to me!"
County Executive L. Brooks Patterson petitioned for a grand jury inquiry into possible election corruption in August following complaints received by then-County Clerk Ruth Johnson and an investigation initiated by Bouchard's office at the request of Cooper. "Y'want me to investigate vote fraud? By Dems? Tut tut. I'm sure there's nothing there!"
"Is that egg on your vest?"
"Okay, okay! I'm investigatin'!"
Both McGuinness and Bauer are charged with three counts of forged records, uttering and publishing, a 14-year felony; three counts of election law, false swearing, a felony punishable by five years in prison; and one count of election law, false swearing-perjury, also a five-year felony. "They left out mopery, dopery, and indecent exposure."
Bauer is also charged with three counts of notary public violation, a one-year misdemeanor. "... and indecent exposure, which is good for at least 90 days!"
Both resigned their party posts following allegations in August that suspicious filings were notarized by Bauer. "Any answer to the charges, Mr. Bauer?"
"I quit. I'm turning in my notary stamp!"
Several months ago, Bauer was suspended from the Oakland Democratic Party after it surfaced that he encouraged interns to write bogus "help me" letters from nonexistent residents in support of a medical program backed by a Democratic commissioner. "Dear [Fill in name here],
I am a poor [insert random age between 70 and 100]-year-old resident suffering from [insert disease here]. You should vote in favor of City Bill 61 so that Oakland Democratic Party supporters continue getting contracts or I will die and it will be your fault.
Sincerely,
[Insert name here]"
All right, a little more than merely Fake Tea Partiers.
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Justice would be for them to plead out on a felony charge, no time or fine. Most states still legally bar convicted felons from voting, Minnesota apparently being an exception.
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I'd be happy for them to held in stocks on a public square for a day or two, but no doubt union thugs would try to spoil my admittedly poor aim and weak arm in launching a tomato ...
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I expect there will be considerable fraud and corruption in the 2012 Presidential election--but then I don't know why--just a crazy thought.
Actor and campaigner Danny Glover has arrived in South Africa to escort former Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide home, the politician's lawyer said.
American lawyer Ira Kurzban has flown to Johannesburg to accompany Aristide back to Haiti. She has been joined by the star of the Lethal Weapon action movies, who is board chair of the human rights and social advocacy organisation TransAfrica Forum. The United States has called for Aristide to delay his departure until Sunday's disputed presidential run-off in his homeland, saying his return would distract voters.
Aristide, who emerged as a leading voice for Haiti's poor in a popular revolt that forced an end to the Duvalier family's 29-year dictatorship, remains Haiti's most popular politician despite being in exile for seven years.
Getting their first driver's license is a seminal moment in the lives of most teenagers. But the federal government -- not the states -- could soon be telling kids when they can get behind the wheel.
Supporters say it will save lives; opponents say it's another example of Washington overreaching its powers and getting involved in the states' business.
"I'm sure there are some people who back these kinds of things that tend to believe they're going to do something good," Michael Boldin, founder of the Tenth Amendment Center, told FoxNews.com. "Are the car crashes caused because Washington, D.C., wasn't giving rules to people? I find that nearly laughable."
Car crashes are the No. 1 killer of teens in the country. Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., said he believes thousands of lives will be saved by creating a uniform national system of youth driving laws, called The Safe Teen and Novice Driver Uniform Protection Act or STANDUP.
But not everyone thinks STANDUP will save lives, and some say it could actually cost lives.
Mike Males is a sociologist who studied the effects of a similar teen driving license process California enacted in the late 1990s. He said number of fatalities among 16-year-olds dropped simply because they weren't driving. The number of fatalities among 18-19-year-olds, however, actually increased even more than the decrease among 16-year-olds.
"It turns out that its worse to have inexperienced 18-year-olds on the road than inexperienced 16-year-olds," Males said. Ah, the socialist federal government at work. Regulate all issues with more rules and overreaching bureaucracies! Nevermind the issue is inexperienced drivers, it must be the age since all those crashes are caused by kids!! (with little experience)
Feds, let the states work the issue and please fuck off. Some kind of help is the kind of help we all can do without. And you are providing that kind of help.
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If we increase the legal driving age to 65, that would not only reduce the number of traffic fatalities, it would also increase public support for universal mass transit, such that we could have a subway train stop at every door.
This article is pretty far away from what we're doing on Rantburg. I'm not deleting it because of the comments, but -- particularly on a news-busy day -- it is something most of us could read elsewhere.
AoS
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Fine for inner city dwellers with mass transit.
How'd that mass transit work out for the inner city dwellers and citizens of New Orleans with Katrina about them?
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What about those of us who actually farm for a living and need someone to run the tractor at 14
A driver's license is only necessary for driving on public roads. All the country kids I know learnt to drive as soon as they could reach the gas pedal, just going up and down the family's very long driveway... and of course running the equipment in the fields.
WASHINGTON - Police are searching for suspects after someone shot-out windows at a Republican office in the District. Check the local democrat party HQ.
Police say the vandalism occurred Tuesday night. All of the windows of the office were damaged. The executive director of the Republican Committee says an air gun was probably used.
Police also say they found a 'BB' on the ground outside the office. Next time it will be a brick. Then when people are there. Then with brownshirts.
Workers believe the shooting was politically related. No shit? How is that new culture of non-violence working out for ya?
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
Getting their first driver's license is a seminal moment in the lives of most teenagers. But the federal government -- not the states -- could soon be telling kids when they can get behind the wheel. 
WASHINGTON - Police are searching for suspects after someone shot-out windows at a Republican office in the District.
