Scoop: Bush Election Theft Saga Heats Up In Ohio

Pringle: Bush Election Theft Saga Heats Up In Ohio

20 June 2006

Opinion:
By Evelyn Pringle

Ohio's Governor Bob Taft, and his partner in crime in stealing the 2004 election in Ohio, President George W Bush, have a lot in common. Bush holds the record for the lowest approval ratings of any President in US history, and at a whopping 26%, Taft holds the title for the lowest approval rating for any Ohio governor since the University of Cincinnati started the poll 25 years ago in 1981.

And Taft's numbers are not likely to head upward any time soon. In what can only serve as another reminder of his conviction in 2005 on ethics charges, on June 13, 2006 the Ohio Supreme Court ordered Taft to turn over documents in response to a request by state Senator, Marc Dann, a Democratic candidate for attorney general, which Dann contends may help determine what happened to the money missing from state's Bureau of Worker's Compensation Fund.

In February 2006, one of Bush's Ohio Campaign chairman's, Thomas Noe, was charged with 53 felony counts for his role in the disappearance of millions of dollars from the rare-coin fund he managed for the BWC, including 22 counts of forgery, 11 counts of money laundering, 6 counts of aggravated theft, 8 counts of tampering with records, 5 counts of grand theft, and 1 count of engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity.

The Ohio auditor's office has said Noe, and some of his former business associates, owes the state over $13.5 million. A special audit from an outside firm, released in February 2006, alleges Noe's lavish lifestyle was bankrolled with money from the $50 million he controlled in two rare-coin funds for the BWC.

The same day that Noe received the first $25 million from the Ohio BWC fund, on March 31, 1998, the audit found that Noe transferred $1.375 million to his Vintage Coins and Collectibles company to buy coins for the state fund but according to the audit, Vintage "did not possess the inventory levels necessary to support the sales transaction."

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0606/S00263.htm

It doesn't matter how far behind Blackwell is in the polls, he can still "win".

This year, he's the sleeper imho.

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Republican Electing Machinez

…so he has been flouting the law to let them in.

I hope we can stop him somehow.

voteraction.org seems to be the best bet we have right now. http://www.voteraction.org

Just polishing my Kos impression. K&R.

I only go to DailyKos every week or so.

but there's this...
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/1/3/135759/4341

I think Kos is terrific, just not when it comes to some topics. Just a difference of opinion. Just a little joke.

when he gets his hackles up. Like today. Thanks for the link.

in the 21st century has roots -- and election theft is it.

:kick:

:woohoo: