Jeff Frederick and His Merry Band of Vote Suppressing "Fear Mongers"
By: Lowell
Published On: 8/4/2008 6:09:19 AM
To understand what Jeff Frederick and his merry band of "fear mongers" - also known as the Republican Party of Virginia - are up to, read this editorial ("Fear Mongers: Virginia's GOP tries to scare new voters away from the polls.") in today's Washington Post.
...there is not even a whiff of evidence that identity theft is taking place in Virginia under the guise of registration campaigns. Mr. Frederick's message amounts to a classic attempt to suppress votes.
The allegation of a "very serious and troubling trend" of registration fraud, identified by Mr. Frederick alone, is unsupported by election officials, police or prosecutors. It is couched in the toxic language of gauzy innuendo, insidious suggestion and simple fear...
...Mr. Frederick warns of "poisoning the process" and "jeopardizing the integrity of our elections." In fact, it is groundless accusations and cynical fear-mongering such as Mr. Frederick's that are injecting the real venom, and the true threat, into the elections.
Sadly, this is nothing new coming from a party that has long opposed efforts to make voting easier. For instance, 150 House Republicans (including Frank Wolf and Bob Goodlatte, voted against the "National Voter Registration Act of 1993" (aka, "motor voter"). As one commenter on the Washington Post wrote: "Republicans are fear mongering? This is news? Have they done anything else since 1960?"
Comments
New rule (TheGreenMiles - 8/4/2008 8:04:24 AM)
Never post that picture that large again. It's like creepy Jeff Frederick is peering into my living room.
My thought when I saw it: (Silence Dogood - 8/4/2008 10:13:43 AM)
"I don't know when he decided to start his own webcam site, but please tell me he's not going to take his clothes off."
WHY THE SUDDEN EPIPHANY! (Peninsula Pete - 8/4/2008 8:29:02 AM)
Funny, the Republicans didn't want a "full investigation" into the clear, and undisputed VOTER FRAUD committed by Republican incumben Senator Marty Williams, when he submitted forged and fraudulent petitions for his primary election in April of 2007. Why the sudden epiphany from the Republicans? McDonnell refused to investigate, the local Republican committee refused to reconsider, in spite of admitted irregularites, but now they want a complete investigation?
I too second the view, that this large photo of Frederick should be avoided, however, I did print it out, and put it under my sink and the insect problem I had is now gone! Wonder if it works as well, when placed on my phone, to keep those pesky "solicitation" calls from Gilmore for money?
Lowell, I'm surprised at you (AnonymousIsAWoman - 8/4/2008 9:19:05 AM)
Of course it's voter fraud - it's
Democrats registering new voters in an increasingly purple to blue Virginia. By definition to some of these conservative whackjobs (not all conservatives, just the ones like Frederick) it's fraud.
Their sense of entitlement to hold elected office is being challenged. If people vote them out or fail to vote for their candidate, it must be illegitimate and damn real democracy or the will of the people - full speed ahead thwarting the democratic process.
Good point (Teddy - 8/4/2008 5:58:23 PM)
about entitlement to rule. It is a Republican trait (having been one, I know), in that anyone not white male, preferrably country club white bread, flaunting fraternity and old school connections, with standard-issue wife and kids with dog, etc, is simply not a real American and has no business pretending to be capable of running the country. The only exceptions are chameleons from (often Jewish) business backgrounds, a high-value sports star who accepts their system, authoritarian uniformed types paid off by the defense establishment, and a few other selected outsiders who suck up to them because of money. It used also to be that you had to be Episcopalian or Presbyterian, too, but that has gone by the wayside in favor of Money and Mammon papered over by God and Guns. Sorry to sound so catty, but this is one stereotype I at least have had enough of, and it takes one to know one.