Stop GOP attack of Ohio laywers -Latest on Arnebeck and Co; help needed

[Amaryllis]

From Daily Kos:

Stop the GOP Attack - Defend the Fraud-buster Four!
by GrainofSand
Wed Jan 26th, 2005 at 19:48:27 PST

Are we going to let the GOP thugs intimidate our side?

Let's Show America the Evidence!

Let's fill the Wheelbarrow for the Fraud-buster Four!

Election 2004 is NOT over for Robert Fitrakis, Susan Truitt, Cliff Arnebeck, Peter Peckarsky, or anyone who cares about fair elections. On Election Day, these four attorneys, also known as the Fair Elections Counsel, were in the forefront of the broad-based effort to expose the many voting "irregularities" found in Ohio. Today, they themselves are facing the possibility of unfair sanctions and fines, and the chilling of their First Amendment rights.

On January 18, Republican Attorney General Jim Petro asked the Ohio Supreme Court to sanction and fine the four attorneys in the Moss v. Bush lawsuit they filed. Two days later, he did the same for their other lawsuit, Moss v. Moyer. His charge? That the four had filed "frivolous" lawsuits which lacked evidence of any voting problems in Ohio.

Diaries :: GrainofSand's diary ::

The four attorneys, in turn, allege that the Attorney General and Kenneth Blackwell, who doubled as Ohio Secretary of State and Ohio Co-Chair of the Bush-Cheney Re-election Campaign, led the state's efforts to restrict document access and prevent testimony by election officials. Rep. John Conyers has sent a strong letter expressing concerns to Attorney General Petro, and groups all around the country are mobilizing to stop this GOP counter-attack on those who would question this tainted 2004 election.

The four attorneys have promised to bring "a wheelbarrow full of evidence" about voting irregularities to court, but they need our help to make that happen. They need $28,000 by February 4 to pay for attorneys, expert witnesses, photocopying, communications, travel, research, and exhibit development fees. (Go to http://freepress.org/store.php#donate and give to the Ohio Sanctions Defense Fund)Four!

More:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/1/26/224827/750

[Carolab]

1. I gave yesterday.

Please donate!

[Amaryllis]

2. Great!

[judy]

3. I donated today...

We should not drop the ball on this. There is no point in stopping midway because of intimidation...

[fooj]

4. Took care of this in the a.m.! We won't let them down!

[DearAbby]

5. They need alot of help raising this money

at the time of my donation they were at $4,780 dollars they need 28,000 Come on DU... Send this to everyone you know! Donate.

[Amaryllis]

9. Please help keep this kicked! We can do it.

[babsbunny]

6. Does anyone

ever think about getting people like Barbra Streisand to give some money for things like this? Let's get the people with money involved!

[Amaryllis]

8. I've often thought about it but don't know how to contact them. I've also

often wondered why more of them aren't more vocal on election fraud. I know Susan Sarrandon mentioned it once on television but imagine what would happen if a bunch of them got together and called a press conference or something, and laid out the truth about e-voting and the corporate connections with the Bush admin, etc. ...this is my fantasy.

[emlev]

17. Here are a couple of places to start looking

Here are ways to connect with the efforts of two progressive Hollywood entertainers who certainly have ways to contact others;

Woody Harrelson
http://www.voiceyourself.com/

Mike Farrell:
[e-mail]

[Peace Patriot]

24. My fantasy...

Michael Moore and a bunch of celebrities dressed up as "Red Indians" dump electronic voting machines into Boston Harbor....

[meganmonkey]

7. kick!

Donation made.

We really need to support these guys - if we want to see some folks go down!

[livvy]

10. Donated n/t

:kick:

[torque]

11. This is critical. kick n/t

[Stop Shrub]

12. kick

lets get this done

[Laurab]

13. I donated

I'm kind of broke & wish it could have been more, but it all adds up.

:kick:

[Amaryllis]

14. Did you guys see this? Blessing in disguise thing; see rest of article on

kod:

Ironically, by opening up these sanction proceedings and alleging that the four attorneys filed "frivolous" cases with insufficient evidence, the way has now been cleared for them to bring in a wheelbarrow of evidence that otherwise might have been excluded from the Court record. For details on the case, see http://www.votecobb.org/newsclips/2005/jan/news2005-01-19.php

[Amaryllis]

15. kick

[FreepFryer]

16. Gave them a chunka change. Donate now! (n/t)

[Helga Scow Stern]

18. I donated.

[berniew1]

19. In this case best defense is a good offense: educate Media & public on ev

evidence- they had a strong case- so clearly not simply harassment

There was real widespread fraud, dirty tricks, and suppression
http://www.flcv.com/fraudpat.html

[liberalla]

20. The Free Press is helping raise money for their Legal Defense

"Ohio Sanctions Defense Fund
Defend the attorneys against the partisan attack by Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro and Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell. Read Open Letter to Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro from Representative John Conyers, Jr. or Ohio's GOP Attorney-General launches revenge attack on Election Protection legal team for more information and check the site for updates."



If interested, go to: http://freepress.org/store.php#defense

** edit- oops-wasn't meant to be a reply to #19!

[liberalla]

21. Editorial: In One of the Worst Political Gaffes Imaginable

Editorial: In One of the Worst Political Gaffes Imaginable, J. Kenneth Blackwell and Ohio AG Jim Petro Give Election Reform Attorneys a National Stage

Great editorial at the Nashua Advocate. You should read the whole thing, but here's an excerpt:

"By hauling our chief jellybean salesman-cum-election reform advocate Clifford Arnebeck into the Ohio Supreme Court -- on allegations that Attorney Arnebeck frivolously filed a lawsuit attacking the results of the 2004 Ohio general election -- Jim Petro has managed to find the only conceivable way for Arnebeck to get his issue back before the Court.

(And the court of public opinion, as well. Because if there's one thing the mainstream media loves, it's a story which they anticipate -- in this case, erroneously -- will heap ridicule on the election reform movement).

Thanks, Jim!

God you're an idiot.

So, message to Arnebeck, from one attorney to another: you're unlikely to get censured for making what was clearly a colorable claim. "

http://nashuaadvocate.blogspot.com/2005/01/editorial-in-one-of-worst-political.html

[JunkYardDogg]

22. The Sanctity of the Democratic Process ain't no Jelly Beans

Sounds like the Nashua Advocate Editor has an F'n Jelly bean for a Brain
Now Arnebeck et al have a legal enabled opportunity to introduce their evidence and file discovery
The Editor is right about that
The Ohio Att Gen is so drunk with his self perceived power of repression, that he hopefully has screwed himself

[JunkYardDogg]

23. Keep this kicked

This deserves a Real
GRRRR!

[DearAbby]

25. K I C K

:kick::kick:

[JunkYardDogg]

26. Keep Kicked

'Nuff said

GRRRR!

[Mojorabbit]

27. There used to be a place

to donate without going thru paypal but using a credit card. Does anyone have the link?

[trudyco]

28. Where do you donate? nt

[Amaryllis]

34. Here. Link is in post: http://freepress.org/store.php#donate

[Mojorabbit]

29. Also...

Have you seen this and will it have any effect?
http://www.newsnet5.com/news/4149693/detail.html
A state Supreme Court justice was arrested and charged with operating a motor vehicle under the influence after several motorists called to report an erratic driver on an interstate.

.... Resnick has been a justice since 1989 and is the court's only Democrat. The court was scheduled to be in session Tuesday.

[consciousobjector]

36. This is a strange coincidence

that Cliff Arnebeck won the case involving Resnick "just days" before this incident...the Ohio Chamber of Commerce is a scary bunch....(my tinfoil hat is buzzing again)

[Alizaryn]

30. KICK

[JunkYardDogg]

31. Kick

Keep this alive
Keep Arnebeck et al alive

GRRRR !

[Alizaryn]

32. kick....

[FloridaCrat]

33. I gave. How much has been collected? n/t

[In Truth We Trust]

35. Kick- Paper ballots NOW! Hand count NOW!