Where's the outrage?

[RayClay]

The operative's troubles began in earnest back in 2004:

Sproul got into a bit of trouble last fall when, in certain states, it came out that the firm was playing dirty tricks in order to suppress the Democratic vote: concealing their partisan agenda, tricking Democrats into registering as Republicans, surreptitiously re-registering Democrats and Independents as Republicans, and shredding Democratic registration forms...

As Republican Congressman Chris Cannon noted during a Congressional hearing in May, 2008, "The difference between ACORN and Sproul is that ACORN doesn't throw away or change registration documents after they have been filled out," reported the Huffington Post...

Sproul said he created Strategic Allied Consulting at the RNC's request because the party wanted to avoid being publicly linked to the past allegations. The firm was set up at a Virginia address, and Sproul does not show up on the corporate paperwork.

"In order to be able to do the job that the state parties were hiring us to do, the [RNC] asked us to do it with a different company's name, so as to not be a distraction from the false information put out in the Internet," Sproul said.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-b...b_1932745.html

The young woman in a video that was uploaded to YouTube more than a week ago who is seen registering voters in El Paso County, Colorado and admits to trying to only register voters who support Mitt Romney has been confirmed to be a former contract employee of Strategic Allied Consulting -- the firm run by longtime GOP consultant Nathan Sproul that is currently under investigation for possible voter fraud in three Florida counties.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/1...n_1928902.html

[Jim in NYC]

I tend to take HuffPost reports with more than a grain of salt.

[RayClay]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politi...ff6_story.html

http://www.tampabay.com/news/politic...-voter/1254517

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2...tration-drives

Here you go, Jim. Make your own post.

[Jim in NYC]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politi...ff6_story.html

http://www.tampabay.com/news/politic...-voter/1254517

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2...tration-drives

Here you go, Jim. Make your own post.

No, thanks, not if you're up in arms. You're no fun when you're like that, and I've learned it's best just to let you stew for a while.

[RayClay]

No, thanks, not if you're up in arms. You're no fun when you're like that, and I've learned it's best just to let you stew for a while.

Ha ha. I'm just tired. I know the game for scholarly papers, but this is just a post and they have more complete reporting on a factual issue.

Certainly Huffington has a bias and they host some sketchy opinion articles, but their journalistic standards are pretty good, at least judging by their editor Howard Fineman.

I do check to make sure the issue is legit and it seems to be, These guys aren't just victims of bad hires making fake registrations, they've been accused of throwing away Democratic registration forms.

This Nation article cites Congressional testimony by a Republican on voter suppression, same as Huffy. Can't get much better than that and they'd be crazy to lie about it.

As I pointed out in a blog post earlier this year, Sproul's alleged activities were uniquely worrisome. “So the difference between ACORN and Sproul is that ACORN doesn’t throw away or change registration documents after they have been filled out,” remarked Chris Cannon, a Republican lawmaker from Utah, who later lost his seat because of a right-wing primary challenge, during a congressional hearing on voter suppression. Indeed, many voter registration groups (including ACORN) have paid per-registration form turned in, thus incentivizing fake signatures—i.e., Mickey Mouse registering to vote. But this type of thing doesn't actually result in fraudulent votes because Mickey Mouse doesn’t show up at the polls and try to cast a ballot. Destroying registration forms, on the other hand, means citizens who believed they were registered show up and could have been denied their vote.

http://www.thenation.com/blog/170198...ground-states#

[Marley]

Yeah, I don't get the lack of outrage. ACORN was villified and what they did was nowhere near as bad as this firm, who had already been in hot water for similar practices in an earlier election.

[Superbelt]

IOKIYAR.

The cricket chirps are fully expected. Not surprising at all. That darn librul media.

It would be nonstop Issa hearings if they were Democrats.

[Vin Lombardi]

Yeah, I don't get the lack of outrage. ACORN was villified and what they did was nowhere near as bad as this firm, who had already been in hot water for similar practices in an earlier election.

Probably the biggest difference is that ACORN is paid by the US government, while these guys were paid by a political party. One you cynically expect to act in a partisan manner, while the other should be neutral since it's getting paid from neutral coffers.

[Superbelt]

Probably the biggest difference is that ACORN is paid by the US government, while these guys were paid by a political party. One you cynically expect to act in a partisan manner, while the other should be neutral since it's getting paid from neutral coffers.

Claiming to represent government and destroying completed registration forms (a federal crime), isn't as bad as what you guys think ACORN did?

[Vin Lombardi]

Claiming to represent government and destroying completed registration forms (a federal crime), isn't as bad as what you guys think ACORN did?

Who went to jail for those convictions? All I've seen confirmed is the same antics ACORN did (forged registrations.) If we're just going by allegations, then ACORN threw away completed forms as well. http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Governm...-Registrations