Rep. Conyers' Letter to Ohio Attorney General: Sanctioning of Lawyers

[Twist_U_Up]

JOHNNY ON THE SPOT !!! Hes Da MAN

http://www.buzzflash.com/alerts/05/01/ale05018.html

Dear Attorney General Petro:

I write to express my concern regarding your recent request to sanction those attorneys who brought a legal challenge to last year's presidential election in Ohio. In particular, I am concerned that by seeking official censure and fines, you are engaged in a selective and partisan misuse of your legal authority. As eager as many disgruntled voters are to have a court of law finally assess the merits of the challenge actions, I have serious doubts about the validity of the sanctions case your office is pursuing.

As an initial matter, one would be hard pressed to see how the legal challenges brought under the Ohio election challenge statute were "frivolous." First off, it is widely known that the Ohio presidential election was literally riddled with irregularities and improprieties, many of which are set forth in the 102 page report issued by the House Judiciary Committee Democratic Staff. <http://www.house.gov> As a matter of fact, the problems were so great that Congress was forced to debate the first challenge to an entire state's slate of electors since the federal Electoral Count law was enacted in 1877. In short, there is more than an abundant record raising serious, substantive questions about the Ohio presidential election.

It is also noteworthy that the Ohio Secretary of State intentionally delayed certifying the vote, thereby insuring that the recount could not be completed by the date the electoral college met on December 13. The Ohio Secretary State also refused to respond to numerous questions regarding the irregularities submitted to him by several members of the House Judiciary Committee, has refused to respond to a single concern set forth in the Judiciary Report, and also sought a protective order to avoid any discovery related to the legal challenges. In short, Ohio election officials have compounded public doubt concerning the election by refusing to provide any sort of accountability and acting in almost every respect as if they have "something to hide."

[Botany]

1. I live in Columbus, Ohio

The Ohio repugs are freaking! They know it was dirty and that a civil suit
will expose the whole sham. Conyers know this and is calling out the Ohio
A.G. publicly. Watch them scramble. I bet that Matt Damnschroder (head of the
Franklin County BOE) will break first.

Long live the Boxer Rebellion

[corbett]

3. That Would Be Wonderful

Let's hope they escort him out in irons!

[The Doctor.]

5. We should write Conyers to keep the heat on....

And don a vest.

[Twist_U_Up]

6. Already done.

[MeDeMax]

11. Conyers, Boxer, Tubb Jones rebellion EOM

[OKJackson]

14. Smooth

That's the best word for this move, I have major respect for Conyers, this is such a checkmate :evilgrin:

[Twist_U_Up]

17. Matt Damnschroder and Carlos Laparo...

2 people I would love to see with thier right hand on the Bible.

[TexasLawyer]

23. They'd all look good in orange

jumpsuits!

[EFerrari]

22. Botany: Contact info for Petro?

Just as Conyers knows we're supporting, Petro needs to know we're watching.

[Maat]

2. Thanks.

What a great letter!

[The Doctor.]

4. {Limbaughnian inflection}....

"And WHILE we're on the subject, on the suject of, well, the subject of whin... well - pathos, anyway. Take this; a letter to Ohio State attorney general Petro from CONgressman Conners... er Conyours of the House JuDICiary Committee telling an ATTORNEY GENERAL that a LAWsuit is well fo.. well, FRIVOLOUS.
ConYOURS is so disgruntled that HIS 'investigation' could be 'questioned', that he, well... that... Look folks, this is whining, this is 'sorelosery' of a brand new color, it's WHINing, plain and simple. Here... let me read a part, some of this, his letter to Attorney General Petro, Ohio attorney general;

"As an initial matter, one would be HARD-PRESSED to see, how the legal challenges brought- under the Ohio election challenge statute were "frivolous." First off, (sotto Rush)it-is-widely known that the Ohio presidential election was literally (forte Rush)RIDDLED with irregularities and (Decending sotto Rush) improprieties"

Rush- "Widely KNOWN... WIDE... ladies and gentlemen this is WIDELY KNOWN these are, these WIDELY KNOWN irREGularities...

Do you know about these? Look, I've been here the whole time and I can tell you all I've heard, all I've heard... Is... WHINing.
If you call that "irregular", then you don't know DEM-o-crats.

We'll be back after this message." (Rush pops some ludes.)


So - how close did I get?
Or will no one touch this at all?

[Twist_U_Up]

7. Rush is that really you ? lol nice work

[The Doctor.]

8. I listen regulary... for VERY short periods...

He is a master of manipulating stupid people.

[Festivito]

12. That's remarkably good. You have something there.

Maybe you should send in a skit ot SNL or Mad TV. A complete reversal of Lib vs. Dem would be funny.

[The Doctor.]

13. Thanks

Does SNL or Mad take just any skit?

I've been listening to Rush for years - my parents' fault.
I think I could probably spend a couple of hours coming up with something contemporary.

[regularjoe]

16. Hilarious. n/t

[Jo March]

18. Ooh! Can you do that with a right-wing twist?

Have Rush talking about the right and how stupid they are?

Wow. You are dead-on. I got the sudden urge to puke for a minute there!

:evilgrin:

[The Doctor.]

20. LMAO!!!

I tried listening to him for a few minutes today, I couldn't do it.

I can't believe people buy his garbarge.

Actually, I recall a show several years ago where Rush lambasted a Senator for several minutes for admitting that it's 'a challenge' to work with black people in DC.

He said something like, "If Senator Burns weren't a Democrat, the liberal media would crucify him." He went on like that for a bit talking about how Democrats get away with murder and how that's why no one in the media said anything, then he took a commercial break.

When he came back from the break he very quickly, quietly, and tersely said something like, "Oh, one correction, Senator Burns it turns out, is a Republican. Now on to some other news..."

It was beautiful!

It was some years ago ('98 I think) and I'm not sure I have all the details right- but the screw-up sticks in my memory like sun-baked barbecue sauce on a merry-go-round animal at the fair.

[emlev]

9. shout out to Conyers n/t

[KatieB]

10. Kick

[Wilms]

15. General Petro is a real "Law & Order" kinda guy. n/t

[icehenge]

19. kick

[Vidar]

21. Conyers' and Arnebeck's heroism continues to shine.

[bush_is_wacko]

24. It is nice to know theGOOD guys are not going to back down!

I hope our party realizes THESE are the type of leaders the people have been BEGGING for!

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