More evidence of Obama camp intimidating Nevada caucas voters

[KennedyGuy]

http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/

"Clinton's campaign just held a conference call alleging that Obama precinct captains engaged in the same type of shenanigans. "As a result, many of our supporters were harassed and intimidated when they tried to register at the caucus," said Robbie Mook, Clinton's Nevada state director.

Mook said the team had discovered "numerous instances of miscounting" to Obama's benefit.

Clinton senior adviser David Barnhart said he was at the Mirage at-large caucus heart and "witnessed...voter intimidation." He said that many union workers told him that they would not be given permission to take a break from their jobs and caucus unless they voted for Obama. He said one woman was told by supervisor that she would not be given preferential shifts unless she voted for Obama.

Barnhart said that before the caucus began, Obama's team formed a "gauntlet" and tried to "intimidate" voters as they entered the caucus room.

Mook said the Obama campaign's allegations were "completely false, and frankly, pretty desperate."

Utterly despicable...

[Unsane]

1. The last line describes your posts.

[KennedyGuy]

2. thank you! I'll take that as a rec..

[rodeodance]

6. I will give you one.

[dbackjon]

8. So, you think that all Obama supporters are peachy keen?

That there are NO Obama supporters that would ever do anything underhanded or sneeky?

That there are no Obama supporters that would use intimidation tactics to sway the vote???


If you do, you are either hopelessly naive, or hopelessly in denial.

[bigdarryl]

3. you believe everything coming out of the Clinton's mouth you must be CRAZY

[hedgehog]

4. Umm... you left out the preceding paragraphs..

"One thing is clear: Nevada has to figure out how to do a better job next time.

Barack Obama's campaign is accusing Hillary Clinton's of deliberately violating caucus laws to prevent late-arriving Obama voters from participating.

Obama's campaign counsel, Bob Bauer, said: ""There was a clear disenfranchising effect. We want a full review of this."

He said the campaign received more than 300 complaints from folks who were not allowed into caucus sessions even though they had been in line to register by 11:30, the stated time. The campaign obtained what it said was a copy of Hillary Clinton's caucus manual and what it said were misleading instructions to caucus chairs."



We may never know exactly what went on. I'm beginning to suspect that someone in the Clinton campaign screwed up when the caucus instruction pamphlet was prepared and that Clinton supporters thought they were in fact following the rules when they tried to shut the doors at 11:30. Unless someone goes through and fact checks every allegation, a task which may be impossible, all we have is a he-said she-said situation.

[KennedyGuy]

5. I use the same editing tools as the Obama supporters...

[rodeodance]

7. good one. you are on a roll

[Cameron27]

9. K&R

[creeksneakers2]

10. K & R

Obama backers are at least as guilty as anybody else.

[JDPriestly]

11. That explains why Edwards polled so much higher in Nevada

than the caucus results reflect. Can you imagine a more crooked, corrupt state than Nevada? I thought not.

I'm not suggesting that all Nevadans are crooked, but I remember the first debate there. It was definitely fixed to be a pro-Hillary event.