FIRST RFK JR. VOTING MACHINE WHISTLEBLOWER LAWSUIT FILED IN FEDERAL COURT!

[BradBlog]

FIRST RFK JR. VOTING MACHINE WHISTLEBLOWER LAWSUIT NOW FILED IN FEDERAL COURT! NEW DETAILS!
Attorney Papantonio on Mike Malloy Show: 'We're gonna shut down some of these companies'!
Excoriates 'Indolent Democrats' and 'Lazy Media' for Not Taking Action; Lauds BRAD BLOG for Putting Issue on 'Radar Screen'…

The first of several federal whistleblower qui tam (fraud) suits have now been filed against one of America's major electronic voting machine companies, The BRAD BLOG can now report.

Florida attorney Mike Papantonio who, along with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. hosts Ring of Fire, weekends on Air America Radio, was a guest on Mike Malloy's radio program last night (complete audio linked at the URL below.) He discussed the upcoming whistleblower suits that he and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are filing against several of the voting machine companies. Pap was loaded for bear.

During the interview, he gave several new details on the federal fraud suits now being filed, which include several whistleblower plaintiffs whose stories were originally reported here at The BRAD BLOG, as mentioned last week in a quick item here with some fresh details of our own. Pap reported last night that the "dream team of lawyers" they've assembled to take on these evil, irresponsible, anti-American companies includes a bunch of those who took on the tobacco companies in a successful quarter billion dollar suit — so they're not likely easily intimidated we'd think.

Papantonio is a senior partner at Levin Papantonio Thomas Mitchell Echsner & Proctor, P.A., a Pensacola lawfirm. RFK Jr. is also an "of counsel" member of the firm.

Speaking of the level of fraud to be revealed by the suits, which must be sealed by law for 60 days as the Attorney General decides if they will join the complaint, Papantonio told Malloy: "When you hear the details, when you hear the caliber of the fraud…you…it'll make Americans feel like their living in a damned banana republic, a third world country. I have never heard such outrageous facts."

"And you know what?," he continued, "We've had our investigators look at it. We verified everything. And when you hear it, you're gonna say, 'Not in America.' …Bad news is: Yeah, it is in America."

The fraud suits, Papantonio said, are "a way to get at their money, and that's the only thing these people understand."

"At the end of the day, we're gonna shut down some of these companies," Papantonio said. "Some day these hacks are gonna be across the table from me, and they're gonna have to answer the questions that nobody else has been able to ask them."



Pap excoriated the DNC, "the indolent Democrats and the lazy media," for not participating in any of this and decried the fact that he and RFK Jr. were essentially forced to take action on their own given the Dems failure to do anything.

He also spoke of the voting machine "sleepovers" about which we've been reporting here in detail of late. As well, he had several kind words for this website and several other election integrity groups. "Unless you had these organizations out there like Black Box Voting or BRAD BLOG, people like that paying attention to this, this wouldn't even be on the radar screen," he said...

FULL STORY, COMPLETE AUDIO INTERVIEW:
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3065

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[redqueen]

1. Hallelujah!

indolent... hehehe

[Totally Committed]

2. Great news!

"Pap excoriated the DNC, "the indolent Democrats and the lazy media," for not participating in any of this and decried the fact that he and RFK Jr. were essentially forced to take action on their own given the Dems failure to do anything."

Outstanding!

TC

[CatWoman]

3. WOOT!!!!!

[JAYJDF]

4. thank you thank you thank you

I guess I'll postpone my jumping off a cliff for a while. Was getting pretty down after the article about SD not complying with recount requests, with no reprisals in sight.

[bloom]

5. I love this nt

[Selatius]

6. What pisses me off is that the DNC was largely sitting on its ass

Only a few Democrats broke loose and took their own initiative on this problem, but that's it. I want these vote machine guys run out of town, but I also want to hear answers as to why the Democratic leadership was so fucking weak when it comes to standing up for the fucking voters of this country.

[SoCalDem]

9. POLITICIANS DON'T REALLY CARE WHO WINS

That's the dirty little secret no one talks about..

They "play" with other people's money

An incumbent "loses"?..nothing changes for them or their families.. their pension is secure, they get a raise by going to work for a lobbyist, or get appointed to boards of directors for more than their previous salaries

They run again, and having made no "enemies", they tap the money keg again and again

Politicians (most of them..both parties) do NOT want to make waves.. they always want to occupy the "middle ground"...never making any one group mad..

the only STAND that most of them are comfortable in taking, is the place in the money line where they are happy to stand.

[Selatius]

12. Then maybe we need to put a little more fear into politicians to do...

their work.

Maybe if we added in provisions into the Constitution that allowed citizens to call for referenda to challenge legislative action or even--gasp--recall legislators, we'd get them off their fat asses more often to work, and if they don't want to do work, then maybe we can bypass them altogether through introducing intiatives like one that says they can't raise their own wages unless they raise the minimum wage by the same percentage.

[chill_wind]

46. I LIKE THAT! n/t

[Joanne98]

11. "Lucy! You got a lot of splain to do"!

[Joanne98]

7. What does indolent mean?

[madokie]

13. Main Entry: in·do·lent

Pronunciation: -l&nt
Function: adjective
Etymology: Late Latin indolent-, indolens insensitive to pain, from Latin in- + dolent-, dolens, present participle of dolEre to feel pain
1 a : causing little or no pain b : slow to develop or heal <indolent tumors> <indolent ulcers>
2 a : averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy b : conducive to or encouraging laziness <indolent heat> c : exhibiting indolence <an indolent sigh>
synonym see LAZY
- in·do·lent·ly adverb

[Joanne98]

16. so he means the Dems are insenstive to pain? interesting.

[dweller]

14. lazy

prone to avoid exertion


dp

[tridim]

8. I just hope Pap and Kennedy aren't too late

But unfortunately I think they are, by about a year. However, I'm not saying they should give up. These are the most important lawsuits in history as far as American Democracy is concerned.

[TrueFunkSoldier]

15. My prayer:

Lord, PLEASE let the truth come out. Please open the hearts and minds of the American people. Please, Lord, erase the apathy and complatency of the average American voter. Please expose the evil-doers' lies and deceit. Bring them to justice one and for all! Amen







....oh, and by the way, Papantonio is one hot mo-fo!

[midnight]

42. Amen.

We all should be asking for this miracle.

[xzyra]

53. Amen.

11 The magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils that were on them and on all the Egyptians. 12 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart and he would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said to Moses. -Exodus 9:11-12

I wonder how many more plagues we will have to endure before our modern Pharaoh breaks?

[eleny]

10. That's what I'M talkin' about!!!

[mod mom]

17. WHY ISN'T THE DNC INVOLVED? Why leave it to the activists? QUOTE:

"Pap excoriated the DNC, "the indolent Democrats and the lazy media," for not participating in any of this and decried the fact that he and RFK Jr. were essentially forced to take action on their own given the Dems failure to do anything."

Brad has to raise the $ in CA for the SD race, the Greens had to raise the money in Ohio after '04, WTF DNC? My money goes to organizations and candidates (like Conyers ) who fight for our democracy.

[mom cat]

23. That is exactly what I told the DCCC the last time they came hat in hand.

All of the money that I donate will go to candidates with courage and Voting Integrity Groups and special campaigns like the one for Busby. We cannot appease mob like behavior of the theft of our nation.

[mod mom]

25. What are they thinking? Do they really think the GOP is going to start

to play fair? that they will roll over and hand over subpoena power by allowing the Dems to take over congress? They need to show spine now! Novemeber is just around the corner and so far their lack of action is appalling!

[mom cat]

27. The Dems are porking from the same barrel as the Repukes.

They are not about to rock the boat with the truth!

[BradBlog]

29. They may be soon...

...But you didn't hear it from me (Yet.)

[Fiendish Thingy]

18. "Sealed for 60 days", so the details will be public on 9/13/06?

I mean a lot of the info has been previously disclosed I'm sure, but the details from the whistleblowers may not have been...
Do you think this will be:
1)Too late to help our chances in the November election;
2)Perfect timing to help us;
3)ignored completely by the MSM;
some combination of the above?

Three cheers for all involved, yet my optimism is extremely guarded...

[kster]

19. 3) ignored completely by the MSM

So keep making noise till you hear it on the national "make believe news channel" Don't let MSM or the Politicians up for air, it has to be getting slightly embarassing for them to go ON TV knowing that a good part of the audience knows whats going on with the election theft machines, and that they are FULL OF SHIT..... Keep pushing.....

[mod mom]

20. MCM said recently in an interview w Jim Lampley (filling in for Ed Schultz

that we citizens must get ready to "go Ukraine" on them if they steal another election. We can not accept another stolen election and we certainly can't wait for the Dems to take the lead. I am so happy that these two, Pap and RFK Jr, have stepped up to the plate!

WE HAVE YOUR BACKS! LET US KNOW WHAT YOU NEED!

[in_cog_ni_to]

21. Oh, this is sweet! I wish I could be in the coutroom when this trial happe

Go Bobby and Mike!

[democrat_patriot]

22. How does this tie-in with the DNC electronic voting Press conf

later today?

Or does it even tie-in?

[mod mom]

24. All I could find on the DNC site was this:

on voting:

GOP Divided On Protecting The Right to Vote

In an intensely competitive election year, this was supposed to be the issue virtually everyone in Congress could agree on: renewing civil rights-era laws protecting minorities' access to the ballot box. A group of increasingly vocal Capitol Hill conservatives is staging a revolt - arguing that certain provisions of the law are out of sync with party principles.
Released on Thursday, July 13, 2006 at 12:10 PM


any links?

[Roland99]

26. Let's hope the conservative stacking of judges has left one good judge...

[porphyrian]

28. Christ, that took forever. - n/t

[TahitiNut]

30. Dreaded Homonym Virus hits BradBlog.

It's "they're" not "their."

Speaking of the level of fraud to be revealed by the suits, which must be sealed by law for 60 days as the Attorney General decides if they will join the complaint, Papantonio told Malloy: "When you hear the details, when you hear the caliber of the fraud…you…it'll make Americans feel like their living in a damned banana republic, a third world country. I have never heard such outrageous facts."

We are living in a banana republic, ruled by banana republicans, but without the bananas.

[Justice Is Comin]

31. Between you Brad and Ben Burch,

we have two Paul Reveres. You just might save the Republic.

Pap, Robert, Clint...you will become some of the best known names in America before this is over. Diebold, prepare for the humiliation and Americans revulsion that you deserve. Your demise is under way. Because it's on!!!!!!!!!!!

You big pocket democrats, where the fuck were you on this? You literally disgust me.

[mod mom]

35. You hear this sentiment on AAR, read it on the blogs and in casual

conversations with friends, colleagues and family. I haave to think donations are down over this issue and I personally know many who are not willing to work for the Dems until they stand up for their voters and address this issue. We can't count on the party, we can't count on the fourth estate to do their job so it is up to all of us to get the word out and put pressure on them to act.

In Ohio we have this repressive HB 3 bill that was enacted in January by the GOP state legilature that will among many suppressive things, will demand photo IDs to vote. They must be state issued so military IDs and college IDs won't count. This modern day poll tax not only places a financial burden on low income, elderly and college voters, but it will cause another round of long lines when enforced this November. I have yet to hear from the DEM party to push BOEs to issue thiese IDS free of charge to all voters. Why aren't they protecting their base? The same voters who were disenfranchised in '04, will be delivered another blow and the silence from the Dems is deafening.

[suziedemocrat]

47. I don't want to work for the Dems because of this.

I was making phone calls before the 2004 election in Indiana. One of the people I called was going on and on about Black Box Voting. I hung up and the campaign manager almost laughed at him (and me.) Every time I brought it up it was as if I was talking about Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny. She clearly thought I was nuts. Really made me angry.

The way the Dems do nothing - I'm starting to wonder (are they in on it?). But I think someone posted that Kerry said they are afraid to start a bill because the Republicans will just make things worse - and since they control everything they can.

[Stevepol]

32. Oh Glorious Glorious Day, Glory of Glories, Glory Hallelujah.

The battles in this latest Civil War have finally begun in the only place it's possible to fight them anymore -- the courts. If it goes as it looks like it will go, as I sincerely believe it will go, these criminal companies will be going down, at least some of them. I hope with all my heart it's ES&S as well as Diebold.

[stepnw1f]

33. Awesome (nt)

[rodeodance]

40. a double awesome!

[stepnw1f]

50. This Man Makes me Very Proud

he also gives me inspiration to never let up.

[Vidar]

34. Go, RFK!

[geomon666]

36. Pap put those disgusting bastards on notice last night.

It was beautiful. Go get those bushbastards Pap!

[grannylib]

37. Oh yes...yes yes YES. Still looking for a good explanation of why the Dems

backed down on this so thoroughly...
It was SO blatant and SO obvious, especially in 2004...the look on the face of that asshat loser Karen Hughes on Theft Night as she realized that Kerry was REALLY the winner, and you could just SEE the thoughts crossing her tiny mind...wondering if they would really be able to get away with it AGAIN...knowing that Chimpy didn't have the real votes to win and that they must resort to fraud and theft to get/stay in power...

I want to see these shameless liars and killers and thieves PUT AWAY.
And yes, go after the money... it's the only thing that matters to them.
The idolatrous Reich Wing worships the almighty dollar at the alter of the holy free market system.

[lonestarnot]

38. It's up to the people to kick ass, so do it!

[helderheid]

39. I needed this - THANK YOU!

[alfredo]

41. this could be very interesting. Be sure to spread this story around

I'm sure you will find others who will do the same. We don't want this issue buried.

[sonias]

43. RFK Jr and Papantonio are our ver best hope now

Indolent Democrats' and 'Lazy Media' - my feelings exactly.



Sonia

[Bretttido]

44. We love you RFK! Keep fighting for true democracy!!

[dailykoff]

45. K! &! R!

!

[ProgressiveEconomist]

55. Kick

[sendero]

48. Wonderful..

... I hope they are successful.

[Red Right and BLUE]

49. Woo hooooooo!!!

I'll be dancing in my sleep tonight!!

Thanks for this, BradBlog!

[freedomfries]

51. K & R and Listen to Attorney Papantonio on Mike Malloy of Air America

bradblog.com has the whole interview on mp3. Scroll down to RFK Jr Whistleblower lawsuit against diebold, es&s and sequoia, sit down and LISTEN to the whole interview.
This is truly the most hopeful development in the fight for democracy I've heard in the past three years.
IT WILL MAKE YOUR DAY and more...
Thanks for the post brad!

[MadJohnShaft]

52. Is Lou Dobbs covering this story? (fairly?)

maybe we should pester email him a bunch on it, since he seems to have interest

[Turn CO Blue]

54. Aaaah! Yes! Good news when the world has gone mad!

The world seems to have gone nuts. I am glad to hear something positive. God bless all the Kennedys!