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Viking12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 01:49 PM
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New gop national chair is voter obstruction operative


The Republican National Committee selected a new leader on Friday, with its choice, Reince Priebus of Wisconsin, the NYT reports.
So who is Reince Priebus? Priebus is a partisan, voter obstruction operative from Wisconsin who lost his bids to roll back Wisconsin’s historically progressive tradition to open and fair elections.

http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/01/15/new-gop-national-chair-is-voter-obstruction-operative-from-wisconsin/
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robinlynne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 02:00 PM
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1. It doesn't get worse than this. Everyone looks the other way as the GOP steals elections...
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eleny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 02:42 PM
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2. Hope this goes viral
Perhaps send it to Keith O. This is the kind of thing he'd like to know.
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bleever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 02:49 PM
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3. Suppressing the "wrong kind" of voters:
Priebus is known in Wisconsin political-journalistic circles for his dedicated (and so far unsuccessful) efforts to obstruct Wisconsin voters, suppressing the wrong kind of voters—black, old, and disabled. The Priebus-led voter obstruction programs are consonant with national GOP efforts to obstruct Democratically leaning voters.

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After the GOP retook the Wisconsin legislature in 2010, one of the Party’s first bills introduced in 2011 is a photo ID bill that would “mean folks without driver’s licenses – disproportionately poor, minority, or elderly, would not be able to vote.” (Neil Heinen, WISC TV)

Reince Priebus must be proud.
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edhopper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 02:50 PM
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4. No matter how loathsome
an individual is, once he or she gets any kind of official standing, the media treat him with respect and kid gloves.
See; Sarah Palin
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 02:51 PM
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5. Voter obstruction is the GOBP's mode d'emploi in arizona. This is a Big Fucking Deal.
Great find and deserving of more press inquiry.

k/r
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 04:08 PM
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6. k back to page one. nt
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UTUSN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 04:49 PM
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7. K&R #12. So was REHNQUIST, and O'CONNOR, and just about all of 'em n/t
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Viking12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 06:36 PM
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8. Kick for the evening crowd
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 06:48 PM
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9. I think this will get some media play--I'll be happy to say I saw it at DU before it does.
This is important info--Arizona's racist laws are driven by voter suppression and obstruction.

Kudos. :thumbsup:
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Kurovski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 08:17 PM
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10. K&R. (nt)
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