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09.27.2008 6:52 pm

Joyce on “Truth Squad”: Not about prosecuting people

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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St. Louis Circuit Jennifer Joyce has been caught in a dust-up over her presence on a “Truth Squad” for Barack Obama. Jennifer Joyce

For the background, see Jo Mannies’ post below.

Now, here is a statement from Joyce:

As a citizen, I believe that elections should be about issues.  I also have enormous respect for our First Amendment and freedom of speech.  My sole purpose in participating in this initiative is about getting truthful information to the voters.  This has never been or never will be about prosecuting people.

Clearly there are those who are attempting to twist the purpose of this initiative for their own benefit. This attack is a great example of how the truth is distorted in campaigns and what we’re trying to stand up against.

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Velcome to ze New Amerika! Vhere Obama vill arrest you for not tinkink ze correct vay! Heil Obama!

Fascist thugs. That’s all they are. No better than the brown shirts of Mussolini and Hitler.

— Educatio est omnium efficacissima forma rebellionis
7:36 am September 30th, 2008

You are a JUDGE????? Dot you think there is a slight bit of conflict of interest?

Heaven forbid if I ever ended up in your court! Do you think I would get a fair trial? I highly doubt it!

— Kevin
7:50 am September 30th, 2008

Question..

Who gets to define what the “truth” is?

Example. Your statement above is in no way reflective of your statements on the news. Which statemet is the truth? Do you get to make your own laws too?

— sean
7:57 am September 30th, 2008

Jen,
Unbelievably pathetic. I guess now you’ll have “law enforcement” go after everyone that condemns your communistic tactics. The left is all about free speech, unless it’s not their view. Both sides distort the truth, and the chosen one is no different, which is pretty funny…there is no change with him, its the same old class warfare democratic run. With such a pathetic president, how could it even be close?

— Bob
8:06 am September 30th, 2008

If I recall correctly there is a law that states that anybody who under the “color” of law denies someone their constitutional rights will be fined $10,000 and/or 10yrs in jail.

Still wish to continue your course of action? It works both ways you know.

— rick
8:12 am September 30th, 2008

Here’s a synopsis of some of the different cases against ACORN, just in this election season alone. Are you starting to understand what is going on here, folks? These are not isolated incidents. Now as you read of these incidents remember, please, that during Obama’s days as a community organizer he was deeply involved with ACORN. That ought to set of some alarm bells with the media … ought to, but it won’t.
Washington
July 26, 2007,Seattle Times
Felony charges filed against 7 in state’s biggest case of voter-registration fraud. The defendants, who were paid employees and supervisors of ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now

Michigan
September 14, 2008, Detroit Free Press
Several municipal clerks across the state are reporting fraudulent and duplicate voter registration applications, most of them from a nationwide community activist group working to help low- and moderate-income families.The majority of the problem applications are coming from the group ACORN, Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now …

Florida
Oct. 13, 2007, PRNewswire
A Florida state attorney is investigating thousands of potentially fraudulent voter registrations associated with the leading organizer of Florida’s Amendment 5 ballot initiative. But this is just the tip of an iceberg of illegalities, fraud and contradictions connected to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) … Former ACORN Miami-Dade field director Mac Stuart has declared an intent to sue ACORN and has made charges of rampant voter fraud operations. Stuart was employed and specifically tasked by ACORN to generate 103,000 new voter registrations from Dade County. He reports that ACORN threw out Republican registrations while paying for Democratic ones. Stuart also charges that ACORN targeted ex-cons and that he personally set up registration tables outside the Miami police department and Dade County jail.

New Mexico
Sept. 18, 2008, Judicial Watch Blog
This week officials in New Mexico’s most populous county (Bernalillo) notified federal authorities that more than 1,000 fraudulent voter registration cards were submitted to the clerk’s office. ACORN, which pays workers for each registration, is the prime suspect since it has handled thousands of new voter registrations in New Mexico since January. County workers subsequently discovered that at least 1,100 new registrations list Social Security numbers for people already in the county’s database of registered voters, names of registered voters with different birth dates and addresses that don’t exist.

Wisconsin
Aug. 6, 2008, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Criminal investigations could be launched against at least six voter registration workers who tried to add dead, imprisoned or imaginary people to the voter rolls, according to the Milwaukee Election Commission and the organization that employed them. “One woman called us to complain because her husband has been dead for 10 years and a voter registration was submitted,” Edman said. In about 12 cases, deputy registrars paid by ACORN were “making people up or registering people that were still in prison,” said Carolyn Castore, ACORN’s state political director. And in other cases, workers used the same address for numerous voters or used driver’s license numbers that did not fit the voters’ birth dates, Edman said. But most of the fraud involved submitting duplicate cards for voters who were already registered, and forging the voters’ signatures, Castore said.

Ohio
August 27, 2008, The Plain Dealer
A national organization that conducts voter registration drives for low-income people has curtailed its push in Cuyahoga County after the Board of Elections accused its workers of submitting fraudulent registration cards. Board employees said ACORN workers often handed in the same name on a number of voter registration cards, but showing that person living at different addresses. Other times, cards had the same name listed, but a different date of birth. Still another sign of possible fraud showed a number of people living at an address that turned out to be a restaurant. ACORN has submitted about 75,000 voter registration cards to the Cuyahoga board this year.

Pennsylvania
Sept. 18, 2008, The Bulletin: Philadelphia’s Family Newspaper
A community organization, with longstanding ties to Barack Obama, has, according to numerous reports, repeatedly run afoul of voter registration laws both locally and nationally. Philadelphia election officials recently accused ACORN, of filing multiple fraudulent voter registrations during the 2008 Pennsylvania primary. The case has been referred to the U.S. Attorney’s office, according to Philadelphia Deputy Election Commissioner Fred Voight. Delaware County election officials have made similar allegations against the group, and criminal indictments are pending. This past July 24, Dauphin County detectives offered a $2,000 reward for information about the whereabouts of Luis R. Torres-Serrano, an ACORN worker, who was accused of submitting more than 100 fraudulent voter registrations.
Nevada
July 7,2008, Las Vegas Review Journal
ACORN, which stands for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, claims to have collected 60,000 new voter registrations in Clark County since February … Lomax said while he supports the goal of getting more people registered to vote, he sees rampant fraud in the 2,000 to 3,000 registrations ACORN turns in every week.

— alfred hussein newman
8:17 am September 30th, 2008

First though I don’t live in MO, I do hope each and every voter with some self-respect gets the name of these people involved with this travesty burned into their brain on election day. Vote these people out! This isn’t a rep vs dem thing…this is a crisis of conscience for the citizens of this state and ultimately this country. No doubt that Obama’s “truth” gang would expand its reach to every state should he become president. You have something negative to say about him? Why perhaps we should talk to your supervisor at work or maybe your taxes need to be audited. I love the state of MO because I know there are citizens there and throughout the nation who will reject this kind of surrender to fear and intimidation from those elected officials who abuse their authority. Stand up and send a message to these people that you will not live in fear of making your voice heard so that Obama’s henchmen can sleep better at night.

— Show Me State
8:18 am September 30th, 2008

Joyce, If you really wanted to be a crusader of truth, you would have worked for the Obama/McCain Truth Squad.
Your intentions were not honorable. You should be ashamed of yourself.

— Colleen
8:20 am September 30th, 2008

Typical of the Left. Always interested in violating the 1st amendment right of those who disagree with them. The problem is that anything the Obama team would say would be judged as gospel according to Reverend Wright, and anything the McCain team would say would qualify as ‘a lie, or misleading.

How do these people achieve positions of power?

— Dave
8:21 am September 30th, 2008

I can’t believe that prosecutors are actually drinking the kool-aid too. I guess they’ll have to pry my handgun and bible from my hands when they arrest me for speaking out against Nobama.

— BigPappaB
8:55 am September 30th, 2008

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