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This is how desperate Walker's supporters are. Talk about a ridiculous accusation.
The caller claimed that Michigans Democrat Unions had organized a convoy of 4 buses, filled with Michigan Democrats, with the intention of voting for Tom Barrett in the Wisconsin recall election.
Caller Mike describes Greyhound size buses, filled to capacity with a good amount of freebies available, They treated me to lunch!
The caller also points out that the organizers did not tell union riders that it is illegal to vote in Wisconsin if you're from another state.
more . . . http://nation.foxnews.com/wisconsin-recall-election/2012/06/05/eyewitness-alleges-democrat-union-vote-fraud-wisconsin
fascisthunter
(29,381 posts)because pukes have no respect for democracy.
wingzeroday
(189 posts)trip off of this lulz for a while...FOX is trying to say that Unions are engaging in fraud but according to their own article:
1. Unions are feeding people.
2. Their guy on the phone is claiming to commit fraud FOR WALKER.
Maybe I am the only one
Ian David
(69,059 posts)Are we going to award a Nobel Prize based on callers to Art Bell's show?
proud2BlibKansan
(96,793 posts)Ian David
(69,059 posts)proud2BlibKansan
(96,793 posts)Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)So, if there was free lunch on the bus then nothing will come of it.
AverageJoe90
(10,745 posts)notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)Otherwise, he's just talking out of his ass.
proud2BlibKansan
(96,793 posts)You'd think he would know THAT.
But this story is spreading over right wing blogs. I went to the source to post it.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)it was the "democrat union." LOL.
shcrane71
(1,721 posts)Deja vu all over again.
Ian David
(69,059 posts)That so couldn't happen.
Hey, this is my 66,666'th post!
Marr
(20,317 posts)Will Fox be reporting on those as well?
Seriously, the only bit of news here is that Fox still manages to be treated like a legitimate news source when they regularly do this sort of thing.
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)We Want Peace
(205 posts)I read that Koch brothers were sending buses to Wisconsin...hmmm...anyone have that link?
boxman15
(1,033 posts)It doesn't surprise me that an idiot would call into a show and allege something like this, but why would Fox News report on it? No other sources? Really? If fraud was actually an issue, wouldn't there be hundreds more union members calling in or letting reporters know or videotaping or something? As Barrett has found out, not all union members are Democrats, ya know.
Fox is a joke of a news organization.
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)Ian David
(69,059 posts)What is the name of the person organizing it?
What is the name of anyone organizing it?
Can you name ANYONE else on the bus with you?
Can you name anyone in the union who works for the Chrysler plant in Michigan?
What kind of soda machines to they have in the break room at the Chrysler plant? Coke or Pepsi or something else?
proud2BlibKansan
(96,793 posts)Pretty much a no brainer.
Republicans are so unimaginative.
Ian David
(69,059 posts)HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)4 greyhound busses with Michigan plates drive up to a polling place.and a bunch of guys stand in line to register. Right, like.no ones gonna notice. Not to mention, they have to supply an address and proof theyve lived there for 28 days. Very unlikely.
KharmaTrain
(31,706 posts)So you have a bus of 100 union dudes...and they pull up at a polling place and all walk in to vote? And the rushpublican precinct judge doesn't notice something strange? Yeah, right.
The rushpublicans are so hard-wired to non-existant voter fraud they have to make it up. As someone upthread says...sounds like a pre-emptive shot incase the results don't swing their way.
gkhouston
(21,642 posts)"Koch brothers shit-scared their money's been wasted in Wisconsin"?
magical thyme
(14,881 posts)The one they provided him with that claims he resides in Wisconsin?
Or how he bamboozled the poll people to fake a residence or a listing on their registered voter rolls?
Pardon my ignorance, but I'm in little, rural Maine. We stand in the appropriate line (A-K, L-Z). When it's our turn, we give our name, they look for it in their alphabetized list of registered voters. I usually have to point mine out for them. They cross it off, I walk by, enter a booth and vote.
How the hell do you fake that?
Scuba
(53,475 posts)... tens of thousands of buses. Yeah, they were all gonna impersonate Wisconsin residents and vote for Walker.
And my guy's not Fox News - he's credible!!!
Initech
(100,107 posts)Like they did in 2000, 2004, and 2010. This is the same Heritage Foundation bullshit tactic they've been using this whole time and they're trying to pin it on us!
And what kind of dumbass calls them "democrat unions?" It's Democratic!!!!
proud2BlibKansan
(96,793 posts)Mike doesn't even give his last name. LOL
Robbins
(5,066 posts)They are getting worried.There Is hugh turnout.Exit polls are already saying union members voting Is bigger than In 2010.
What Is going on Is early spin for the possible loss.That Is what they will claim why they lost.And they will use It for fundrasing.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)Let me point out:
4 "greyhound sized buses" = 200 people. Seems like alot of effort, assuming these people actually voted, for so little result.
proud2BlibKansan
(96,793 posts)Republicans can't do the math.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)color me shocked, I tell ya.
DearAbby
(12,461 posts)This is Mike, calling from Air-Force One. On a secret mission to foul up the recall election, Why? Because I am a dick. no, wait..I am not a dick...no wait...let me check....
ah...I'll get back to you, okay?
jsmirman
(4,507 posts)talked to her an hour ago.
She was a very real person. A teacher. She was upset to receive such an outrageous phone call - she mentioned that 4 or 5 of her colleagues reported the same thing at work today.
This is real. This happened. I'm a real person and she was a lovely person who didn't deserve to have her vote attacked in that manner.
They are vile scum.
wingzeroday
(189 posts)Fom your article:
"CALLER MIKE:
I'm gonna vote for Scott Walker...
PLANTE:
You're going to Michigan? You're going to Wisconsin from Michigan?
CALLER MIKE:
No, we're going to Wisconsin. We're from Michigan."
LOL
marmar
(77,094 posts)proud2BlibKansan
(96,793 posts)aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)when he voted in Massachusetts claiming his residence in his son's basement while he was actually residing in California? I'm betting his tax returns bear that out.