Elections in Virginia (or how Dems cheat)

[Siege]

Why are you guys not talking about the elections in Virginia and New Jewrsey?

In Virginia the Dems won by 3 percent, and this was because they cheated by putting a Libertarian candidate on the ballot to split the conservative vote:

Revealed: Obama Campaign Bundler Helping Fund Libertarian in Tight Va. Gubernatorial Race

A major Democratic Party benefactor and Obama campaign bundler helped pay for professional petition circulators responsible for getting Virginia Libertarian gubernatorial candidate Robert C. Sarvis on the ballot — a move that could split conservative votes in a tight race.
Campaign finance records show the Libertarian Booster PAC has made the largest independent contribution to Sarvis' campaign, helping to pay for professional petition circulators who collected signatures necessary to get Sarvis' name on Tuesday's statewide ballot.
Austin, Texas, software billionaire Joe Liemandt is the Libertarian Booster PAC's major benefactor. He's also a top bundler for President Barack Obama. This revelation comes as Virginia voters head to the polls Tuesday in an election where some observers say the third-party gubernatorial candidate could be a spoiler for Republican Ken Cuccinelli.

A spokesman for Sarvis provided no direct answers late Monday when TheBlaze asked about Liemandt's Democrat ties and whether Sarvis had been recruited to split conservative votes as a way to aid Democrat Terry McAuliffe.
"We're coordinating Sarvis interviews with Richmond, Norfolk and Charlottesville TV news teams to reach Virginia voters – our first priority –  on Election Eve," John Vaught LaBeaume, Sarvis communications director and strategist, responded in an email to TheBlaze.
According to Virginia election filings posted by the Virginia Public Access Project, Liemandt contributed $150,000 of the Texas-based Libertarian Booster PAC's $229,000 revenue. The Libertarian Booster PAC reported providing $11,454 to pay for signature collection, yard signs and campaign materials for Sarvis and another $4,690 for four Libertarian candidates running for the Virginia state legislature.


Full article:  http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/11/05/revealed-obama-campaign-bundler-helping-fund-libertarian-in-tight-va-gubernatorial-race/

[Ed Anger]

It's called 'strategery'.

[PDH]

Oi!  New Jewrsey.

[Neil]

That's not cheating.  That's called being clever in order to defeat evil.

[Siege]

Sure. If the Tea Party was the one doing this you would hear the screams.

[Razgovory]

Sure. If the Tea Party was the one doing this you would hear the screams.

It appears we are already hearing screams.  From you, posting stuff from Glenn Beck's website.

[Siege]

Sure. If the Tea Party was the one doing this you would hear the screams.

It appears we are already hearing screams.  From you, posting stuff from Glenn Beck's website.

How come posting from MSNBC and a gazillion of other liberal crap website is ok, but posting from The Blaze is not ok?

Raz, your fucking bias and bigotry is starting to piss me off.

[Razgovory]

Sure. If the Tea Party was the one doing this you would hear the screams.

It appears we are already hearing screams.  From you, posting stuff from Glenn Beck's website.

How come posting from MSNBC and a gazillion of other liberal crap website is ok, but posting from The Blaze is not ok?

Raz, your fucking bias and bigotry is starting to piss me off.

Have I posted something from MSNBC?  I don't recall doing so.  You on the other hand keeping picking up stories from conspiracy-mongers and on occasion on anti-semites.  You have to ask yourself, why do you keep finding yourself on the side of these people?

[Camerus]

Siegey has become so Americanized he's already picked up the worst dysfunctions of American political culture.

[Admiral Yi]

Why are you guys not talking about the elections in Virginia and New Jewrsey?

We are.  In the OT thread.

[Eddie Teach]

In Virginia the Dems won by 3 percent, and this was because they cheated by putting a Libertarian candidate on the ballot to split the conservative vote:

So now running alternate candidates is "cheating"? 

[Admiral Yi]

So now running alternate candidates is "cheating"? 

It's comparable to Republicans giving money to that retarded black Democratic candidate in Georgia.  It may not be illegal, but it's not really quite cricket either.

[Eddie Teach]

Politics is war, not sport.

[Admiral Yi]

Politics is war, not sport.

It's cold war.  If your black ops get busted that's a ding.

[Eddie Teach]

Dude's a freelancer.

Anyway, Siege's sour grapes are just like the Democrats whining about Nader in 2000. People are well aware that their 3rd party vote isn't going to help decide the outcome. They chose not to vote for the Republican candidate.