Real election fraud, courtesy of Pennsylvania GOP

[cal04]

by Kos
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/11/13/804041/-Real-election-fraud,-courtesy-of-Pennsylvania-GOP

Some ACORN dude registered Mickey Mouse to vote, which is so much worse than this:
10 charged in Pa. legislative probe(http://www.timesleader.com/news/10_charged_in_Pa__legislative_probe_11-13-2009.html)

A former (Pennsylvania) House speaker, an ex-lawmaker and eight aides Thursday became the latest — and the first Republicans — to be charged in a three-year-old investigation into the diversion of public resources and employees to legislative campaigns.

Attorney General Tom Corbett said that individuals within the House GOP caucus spent millions of taxpayer dollars on computer technology to gain an upper hand in campaigns, and that investigators can prove that some high-ranking officials and their employees tried to cover up their part.

AG Corbett, by the way, is a Republican.

The charges of theft, conspiracy, conflict of interest and obstruction of justice, and an accompanying 188-page grand jury report, were released Thursday, and the defendants were scheduled to turn themselves in today at a Dauphin County district judge’s office.

The most prominent defendant is state Rep. John M. Perzel, R-Philadelphia, who served as speaker for nearly four years and as majority leader for nearly a decade before that.

How much did these Republicans steal from the public for their own nefarious purposes?

The grand jury calculated that the House Republican caucus spent more than $20 million between 2000 and 2007 to help its candidates prevail.

The state should make the Pennsylvania GOP pay this money back.

[Dogmudgeon]

1. Corbett spent years putting Democrats (and ONLY Democrats) in prison ...

... some of them, on the flimsiest of pretexts.

A few deserved to have the proverbial book thrown at them. Most did not.

And only a handful of Republicans were even investigated.

Also in PA, a Luzerne county scam that put over 6,000 kids in juvenile prisons in exchange for payoffs.

At long last, PA will get a good cleaning-out.

--d!

[Cosmocat]

6. Corbett is trying to round his governor resume ...

by going after a high profile R who lost his job already ...

[notesdev]

2. That's not election fraud

That's "abuse of power". Election fraud is when they fuck with the actual votes cast.

[tabasco]

3. I think Louisiana is the most corrupt state

but Pennsylvania is number 2.

[AllentownJake]

5. New Jersey and CT

Are worse than PA, but yeah we are pretty bad.

[AllentownJake]

4. Corbett sure timed this well

I expect there to be a lot of high profile prosecutions this year. I applaud this action, however I'm 90% sure that political considerations were major in the timing, I expect more GOP prosecutions this year from Corbett to show how "fair" he is, when his history the past 4 years has been nothing but a partisan ass.

[drm604]

7. That's my state.

:(

[AllentownJake]

8. Don't feel bad

When I do, I go read an on-line New Jersey newspaper.