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Ali Akbar and Tim Pawlenty
" The GOP operative who is alleged to be Karl Rove's bisexual lover states in a video that he has, in fact, worked with Rove. We also have learned that Ali A. Akbar has ties to possible election fraud in Texas, where Rove built his political base. Election fraud in Texas? Gosh, no wonder it appears these two get along famously.
These latest details come from top-notch research at The Liberal Grouch blog. http://www.theliberalgrouch.com/2012/06/30/ali-akbar-the-american-dream-or-kopulating-with-karl/
The Grouch, whose real name is Bill Schmalfeldt, has been closely following the story since Alabama lawyer Dana Jill Simpson released a letter last week that she had written to Robert Bauer, chief counsel for the Barack Obama re-election campaign. The letter was a reaction to Rove's recent bizarre rant on Fox News, in which he made a number of clearly false allegations about Bauer and Simpson, who is best known for her role as a whistleblower in the political prosecution of former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman. In the letter, Simpson denied Rove's charges that Bauer had once represented her and confirmed Bauer's statement that the two had never met. Simpson went on to say that she thought Rove attacked out of fear that she was about to reveal information regarding his personal life, including the alleged relationship with Akbar.
Known mainly for his role as president of the National Bloggers Club, an umbrella group for conservative bloggers that grew from the Andrew Breitbart network, Akbar recently was outed for having a criminal record. But Simpson's letter took the level of scrutiny to a whole new level. As Schmalfeldt asked in a recent post, how did Akbar go so quickly from being a small-time criminal thug to a prominent position within the GOP, one where he has his picture taken with such luminaries as Newt Gingrich and Tim Pawlenty? That's the kind of rise that seemingly could only happen with the help of a powerful booster. Is that booster Karl Rove? And is the boost driven by a sexual relationship between Akbar and Rove. Schmalfeldt uncovered a YouTube video where Akbar acknowledges having worked for Rove. You can catch the video at the end of this post, and the key part comes at about the 2:17 mark.
As for Akbar's ties to possible voter fraud, Schmalfeldt found a December 2007 post from a Web site called Libertarian Republican. http://www.libertarianrepublican.net/2007/12/john-mccain-staffer-allegedly-discussed.html Akbar, at the time, was working on the John McCain presidential campaign, and he apparently was willing to openly discuss shady election tactics:
The John McCain Campaign is facing a possible scandal from a Texas Campaign Staffer John McCain Campaign Staffer Ali Akbar from the Dallas/Ft. Worth area, is alleged to have discussed using voter fraud techniques. This occured in an extended conference call within 1 month ago, with two other political operatives, one a volunteer for Ron Paul for President in Nevada. The staffer is in charge of a very key McCain for President campaign area. The staffer has been contacted by "higher-ups" in the McCain camp asking him to explain his statements.
More details emerging . . .
According to one sourve in the DFW area Akbar has had past problems with the law including credit card fraud. And that he might in fact be on parole.
Just breaking . . .
The McCain campaign at the highest levels has had an emergency conference call on the matter.
The articles goes on to say:
Statement from one of the two witnesses Joey Dauben of South Dallas: I sat in on a meeting in my downtown Dallas office and heard an ecampaign staffer with the John McCain campaign Ali A. Akbar openly discuss ways to manipulate, rig and otherwise take an election
Schmalfeldt traced Akbar to Ellis County, Texas, where he worked for a news Web site called the Ellis County Observer. Akbar's work apparently involved covering up the misdeeds of a former police chief named Michael Meissner, who was charged with posing as a woman and soliciting photos of underaged boys. That sounds Sanduskyesque.
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http://legalschnauzer.blogspot.com/2012/07/connecting-dots-between-karl-rove-and.html
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veganlush
(2,049 posts)religious but...Lord, let it be true.....
Faygo Kid
(21,478 posts)No fan of Rove (far from it), but this looks like something from FReeperville.
And what's with the italics?
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)his alleged credit card fraud exposed? THIS is why democrats fail.
If he is close to Rove, who is manipulating this election which should scare the hell out of anyone with a memory of the two stolen elections which gave us Bush, then he is fair game.
No one cares about his personal life, especially on the Left, but if that is what catapulted him to the position he apparently holds in the Republican Party, there is nothing wrong at all about making the connection.
Would you be upset if he was a woman? To object to pointing out that Rove and he may be romantically involved, seems to me is like saying there is something wrong with that. I see nothing wrong with it. It is a connection with the Election Fraudster who helped steal two elections and why he might want to hide, is not our concern .
Rove is a liar, a crook, a ruthless, totally dishonest disgrace to this country and most likely a criminal. Anyone connected to him is fair game especially if that person is operating under his guidance to help steal another election.
Faygo Kid
(21,478 posts)We'll see.
Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)but if this is true, Rove will be roasted by his party. Not, because of the criminal ties, but because oh the guy has a funny name and he is a tad darker than beige. Oh and a he, if this was a she Rove would get some under the table praise, but be outwardly shamed for having an affair.
Chan790
(20,176 posts)He's an adult. Akbar's an adult. There's nothing illegal about them having a sexual relationship. It's a private issue and shouldn't be the topic of gossip. I don't care if people are monogamous and I don't care who they f**k.
Now...the criminal stuff? Nail both of these assholes to the wall.
MADem
(135,425 posts)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Rove#Family.2C_upbringing.2C_early_education
About the only thing notable about any supposed but still unproven romantic relationship with this young fellow might be his hypocrisy. I haven't seen anything that proves anything beyond a mentorship. If they decide to get married in P-Town this year, well, that would be a topic for conversation...
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)David Vitter, Newt Gingrinch, Dan Burton, Rush Limpballs ... filthy scum about whom Pat Robertson never said a bad word.
Siwsan
(26,259 posts)Look at Vitter, Ensign, and to a point, Craig. Foley made the mistake of involving minors. Otherwise he'd probably still be in the House. As long as someone is useful to them, they will carry on, regardless.
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)flamingdem
(39,313 posts)There will be conflict, the internal kind that tears from within.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)shitheads!!!
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)It does get old. Really old.
Balmer Liberal
(5 posts)You are handed a weapon. You say, "Eeeeew! It's a WEAPON! I can't use THAT! THAT would be LOWERING MYSELF TO THEIR LEVEL!" (Is the kettle on the boil yet?)
I am the Liberal Grouch.
NOBODY GIVES A RAT FUCK ABOUT THE ORIENTATION OF KARL ROVE AND ALI AKBAR, and if you can't see past that point, you have no business taking part in a political forum.
What we care about is the HYPOCRISY. Are any of you old enough to remember 2004? Remember how Karl Rove engineered an election victory for a "should-have-been-doomed" George W. Bush? He got America to stop thinking about the unnecessary war in Iraq and GOT them thinking about "God, Guns and Gays." Oh Noes! Mens is kissin' Mens! We mus' DO something!!!
This kind of blatant hypocrisy should be and must be exposed, and with your help, without your help, or DESPITE your objections, I will work day and night to expose Ali Akbar and Karl Rove. Not because he's black. Not because they're gay. But because they are self-loathing closeted gay men who are working day and night to ensure that true equality is denied via constitutional amendment.
Either you want to fight, or you don't.