Suppressing the Vote
Posted by Michael Link on June 15, 2007 at 12:53 PM
Governor Dean sat down with Tavis Smiley last night, and sunny flagged down one key part of the interview where "he talked about the attorneys being fired for not going along with suppressing the vote."
The bogus voter fraud allegations are what, as Josh Marshall often reminds us, this whole Justice Department scandal is all about. Here's the exchange from the show last night:
Tavis Smiley: The Democrats did not succeed depending on how one defines success, the measure did not pass but Chuck Schumer from New York says the measure was successful because the majority of the Senate voted, supported that no-confidence vote against the Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. The president is still standing firm behind his man.
Gov. Dean: This president is more dishonest than Richard Nixon. He is using the Justice Department to suppress the vote. The attorneys were fired because they didn't do a good enough job at suppressing the vote. It is outrageous. In fact, one of them did his job well enough he was investigating complaints about the Republican's suppression to vote. The Justice Department is becoming a laughingstock and George Bush makes Richard Nixon look like an honest man. He really does. What's going on is the disgrace. To use the Justice Department, which is to be an independent force in the enforcement of justice in America, to suppress the vote of your opponents is a disgrace and Alberto Gonzales should not be in office.
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Posted by sunny on June 15, 2007 at 03:51 PM
Bravo Governor Dean!
More and more, it is becoming clear that the main difference between Democrats and Republicans is respect for the rule of law. When Americans who are entitled to vote are kept from exercising that most fundamental right, we are all less free.
When someone actively suppresses that right, they trample on the freedoms our Founding Fathers won for us over 200 years ago, freedoms our family and friends in uniform put their lives on the line to defend every day.
Protect and defend the right to vote - because the right to vote protects and defends us all!
Posted by Robert_F_Donovan on June 15, 2007 at 05:30 PM
This scandal and how the Republicans are handling it reminds everyone of the 2000 election and all the stuff that went on to keep votes from being counted...as well as those 9 hour lines in Ohio in 2004. After Foley and Cunningham, voters are looking for confirmation of what they suspected all along.
Governor Dean should be commended for keeping this suspicion alive and connecting it with the DOJ scandal. Excellent strategy. But as always, it's the Republicans themselves who are fueling their own lack of credibility.
They can't seem to act ethically or morally on any issue.
Posted by SandyH on June 15, 2007 at 07:49 PM
This is almost like drawing attention to your own illegal activities.When the administration went after these judges they drew attention to the common factor of why they were fired.Why is a tremendous amount of attention brought forth on this by the media!This is huge!
Posted by virgo on June 15, 2007 at 08:42 PM
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