Republican Dirty Tricks (Nathan Sproul, Gordon James ties to B/C)

[RamboLiberal]

http://alternet.org/election04/20194/

Just how close is dirty trickster Nathan Sproul to the Bush/Cheney re-election campaign?

AlterNet has learned that Sproul, the former Arizona Republican Party and Christian Coalition director, has cozy ties to a group of consultants working on the Bush/Cheney campaign. According to a Democratic source well-placed in Arizona political circles, Sproul's firm, Sproul and Associates, operates next door to the office of Gordon C. James Public Relations (GCJPR) in Phoenix, a Republican PR company which is coordinating various Bush/Cheney campaign events nationwide and has provided PR services for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq. Last spring, one of GCJPR's executives, who is an advisory board member of Bush's re-election campaign, served as the chair of a ballot campaign Sproul was quarterbacking, while, according to the source, Sproul collaborated with a GCJPR employee who is a White House consultant on a scheme to get independent candidate Ralph Nader on the Arizona ballot. In both instances, Sproul's company, Voter Outreach of America, was involved in gathering signatures.

In Nevada, Voter Outreach of America is accused by former employees of shredding the registration forms of thousands of Democrats; in West Virginia, Voter Outreach of America employees say they were instructed to mislead voters into registering Republican and voting for Bush; in Oregon, yet another swing state, the state attorney general has opened a criminal investigation into allegations that Sproul's firm, which is Voter Outreach of America's parent company, was involved in intentionally destroying or discarding voter registration forms signed by Democrats. According to OpenSecrets.org, Sproul's firm received $125,000 this year from the Republican National Committee for voter registration and another $500,000 for "political consulting."

The cozy ties between Sproul and Bush operatives should raise a serious question: Is Sproul simply an overzealous lone wolf, or are his activities part of a concerted effort by the Bush/Cheney campaign to subvert the democratic process?

[PoiBoy]

1. More info on Kos...

a very informative link...

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/10/13/32821/029

check it out too.... and thanks for the AlterNet link!

Aloha :hi:

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

2. You know, the more I think about it.... the death penalty should

apply to crimes like this.

[aquart]

3. I completely agree. Attempted murder of democracy.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

4. Really, I mean forget about crimes of passion, and even shooting

cops or mailmen or whatever.

This goes to the core of what we are SUPPOSED to be about.

[WhiteTara]

6. treason is punishable by death and I think the execution

should occur on the White House lawn.

[AntiFascist]

5. One wonders if the national polls are biased to take into account....

the disenfranchised voters. Maybe there's a reason why they are biased with too great of a Republican percentage.