Attempted Sabotage Foiled in Florida

[scytherius]

Source: TMZ

"Election monitors noticed a man in line who appeared to be a voter. Turns out he was a saboteur, telling people the Democrats were supposed to vote at a different location."

Read more: http://www.tmz.com/2008/11/04/attempted-sabatoge-foiled-in-florida/

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GOD Republicans are just sad.

[TechBear_Seattle]

1. It would be nice if he were arrested and convicted of election fraud

But, alas, it happened in Florida. I ain't holding my breath.

[JerseygirlCT]

12. I know. What's up with that?

We need to see these things taken very, very seriously.

[mrbarber]

15. Are you kidding?

They'll probably give him a medal.

[aquart]

2. Please tell me he's in jail now.

[Taverner]

3. No FL probably gave him a list of other polling places

[The Backlash Cometh]

11. That is so true.

They don't convict anyone. They just recycle them to the next county over.

[AlbertCat]

39. Or at least did someone take a pic of him? Get a name.

[EFerrari]

4. Rachel was great last, running down all the ways people lie to steal your vote.

I'm glad this @sshole was caught.

[Journeyman]

5. How do people expect to be successful with such a ploy? . . .

Not everyone in a line that long is going to be a new voter, nor will they all be ignorant of voting rules or extremely gullible. So what does a "saboteur" expect to accomplish among a crowd of people? All it would take is one person to call him on his bullshit and he's done.

Seems those who would sabotage by preying on their perceptions of voters' weakness are themselves weak between the ears.

[Joe Chi Minh]

8. When they're drowning, they clutch at straws. But they're known for their

imperviousness to shame.

When the Democrats are drowning they clutch at the life-belt Barak is throwing. As does any thinking person.

[whopis01]

21. He probably figures it would have worked on himself. n/t

[Journeyman]

43. I think your take is probably closest to that fool's reality . . .

[The Doctor.]

37. Because they do it in vast numbers.

Their day will come.

[FlaGatorJD]

6. At my polling place there were several people who

appeared to be monitoring the situation, the lines, etc., so please
don't think all of FL is this screwed up.

I will say I saw this type of activity in Lee County in 2004.

[SteveM]

10. Agreed! Tough election judges can stop this by being on the ball (nt)

[yardwork]

7. Anything to keep black people from voting.

[jmowreader]

30. Not just black people, but Democrats in general

And it's sad, really, because Democrats are probably MORE politically aware than are Republicans.

[Irishonly]

9. They will cheat, lie and do what they can to thwart democracy

It makes me so shit I could mad all over.

[lonestarnot]

13. Was his sorry ass arrested?

[RoccoR5955]

14. NOW WHO ARE THE ELECTION FRAUDSTERS?!?!?!?!?!?!

Bastards!!!
People like this are traitors, and should be treated as such!

[slampoet]

16. Good thing he wasn't in my area He would be sleeping with the fishes AFTER we took turns....

[WorseBeforeBetter]

18. I'd want in on that action. (n/t)

[WhoIsNumberNone]

17. Do they really think people are stupid enough to fall for this kind of infantile stunt?

Republicans don't respect their adversaries. Incidentally, that's the biggest reason things have not gone better in Bush's wars.

[PatSeg]

29. They've gotten to the bottom of their bag of tricks

so they're just recycling the old ones. How pathetic!

The consequences for this kind of crap should be severe!

[JDwho]

19. We would see less of this...

if ANY voter interference carried mandatory jail time. That includes the robo-calls instructing others to vote on Nov. 5th.

[Spiffarino]

34. Voter interference is a serious crime

You may remember that one GOP operative who jammed Democratic Party GOTV phone banks in New Hampshire did prison time and is now a convicted felon. He's out of jail now, but he can't vote for several more years. The Justice Dept. must take such crimes seriously and prosecute them aggressively, and I believe you'll see more of it with Democrats in power.

[tnlurker]

20. My 23 year old son got a test today

Telling him that because of the long lines Democrats could vote on Wednesday. He just laughed at it but some younger voters might be swayed by such tactics

[progressivebydesign]

28. You mean a "text" right? Was it from someone he knew? A joke? or ??? n/t

[crazy homeless guy]

22. Honestly, I am so stressed anymore if...

someone tried this with me, I wouldn't be able to stop the verbal abuse that it would cause, and i fear it might quickly result in physical assault by me. My tolerance for such crap is quickly diminished anymore. I know that is not a pretty couple of sentences, but I need a vacation. Hopefully I don't come across any of these idiots.

[MagicKenny]

23. Since Stoning Him Ala "The Lottery" is Inhumane...

(and inconvenient)...how about posting his picture on TV, at poll booths - everywhere - and educating Americans about the scumbags still lurking just below the surface?

[busybl]

24. whoa, he's lucky

some places he would have got a good beatdown

[madmax]

25. Lock'em up for 5 years.

[jennied]

26. K&R :(

[progressivebydesign]

27. They cannot win unless they cheat. My new mantra.

there are simply not enough, and have never BEEN enough, people that support their narrow-minded, and hate-filled, NEW conservatism.

[demo dutch]

31. Brenda Snipes Sup. of elections in Broward is African American and made sure additional machines

were delivered right away

[goforit]

The good ole GOPster strikes agin!!!

[Divine Discontent]

32. they can only win by cheating in all its shameful forms...

this one is rather ridiculous - did he actually think he could get away with such a stupid stunt? still - 2-5 years should be coming his way.

Many different Yes We Did items in the Obama/Biden section www.cafepress.com/warisprofitable

[goforit]

33. The good ole GOPster strikes agin!!!

[Oldtimeralso]

35. They actually had a person?

I thought the machines were programed for a buy one Dem and get two GOP's for free!

[NJCPA]

36. With a repub attorney general, they wil let him go because...

With a repub attorney general, they wil let him go because - it was only a joke - he we as a drug addict and didn''t know what he was doing - his father abused him as a kid - he didn't realize it was wrong - etc. etc. They will come up with a lame excuse that we couldn't use to get out of a parking ticket.

[brentspeak]

38. This is not a news article: there's no names or sources

If it happened, we wouldn't know it from the blog post.

[sakabatou]

40. Fucking Republicns

[hangman86]

41. I hope a

half blind senior citizen runs over him with their car

[Dukkha]

42. nice try LOSERS

everyone hates you. especially your children.

[happygoluckytoyou]

44. who would listen to some dipstick walking around in line... keep him talking!!!! waste his time!!!

[paparush]

45. Off to Guantanamo with him. I mean, c'mon, waterboarding's not REALLY torture, right?

:sarcasm: