[VIDEO] Ben Swann's Reality Check: Was there voter fraud in Maine?

[FreedomProsperityPeace]

This needs to be investigated by the state attorney general and some people need to be prosecuted. This blatant fraud cannot be allowed to happen.

 

[socal]

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[Perry]

This is going national. What a disgrace.

 

[Tod]

This needs to be investigated by the state attorney general and some people need to be prosecuted. This blatant fraud cannot be allowed to happen.

That's why I included the AG's number in my post above. I'll be calling first GOP hdqtrs to express my displeasure and to let them know my next call.....to the AG requesting an investigation.

edit: Before I call, I'll review the video again for numbers and names and check with the GOP web site to see if they have corrected Belfast's number yet. Anyone have a direct link to that web site to see the numbers? Thanks.

 

[Philosophy_of_Politics]

Sharing an unpopular opinion here. But, why should we be merciful on this?

Romney should be disqualified from the state of Maine.

 

[Vanilluxe]

Sharing an unpopular opinion here. But, why should we be merciful on this?

Romney should be disqualified from the state of Maine.

That would mean Ron Paul wins by proxy!

 

[dancjm]

This needs to be investigated by the state attorney general and some people need to be prosecuted. This blatant fraud cannot be allowed to happen.

This.

 

[affa]

I'm utterly shocked they tried to get away with 'don't read the results out loud'.

Seriously? Disgusting.

We're trying to make up 200 votes (and already have, really) but for all we know we were ahead by hundreds. Without transparency, voting is a sham since you can't trust it even if it's legitimate.

 

[JJ2]

This local Belfast guy has finally proven what was before just labeled a "conspiracy theory": There is intentional voting fraud going on!

They are just literally flipping numbers around! Paul probably won Iowa and maybe some other states.

I think we now know why Aroostook County's (Paul's best county) numbers are only reported in total and not by town!!!

 

[dancjm]

I'm utterly shocked they tried to get away with 'don't read the results out loud'.

Seriously? Disgusting.

I know, good thing that they moved to count allowed anyway, otherwise we would never have known.

All counts need to be open and transparent, counted aloud, and with witnesses. We now know what happens when they are not.

 

[JJ2]

I know, good thing that they moved to count allowed anyway, otherwise we would never have known.

All counts need to be open and transparent, counted aloud, and with witnesses. We now know what happens when they are not.

Unfortunately, 99% of the caucuses in Maine did not do that, because the state GOP told them not to because they wanted the results to be "secret" until their Feb. 11 "announcement."

 

[JudgeNapFan]

As requested by the Nevada campaign, I wrote everything down including the names of the delegates and who they supported(my addition). Some Mitt supporters laughed at me for wanting the vote count witnessed, but who cares? Stand your ground and make sure your own caucus is legitimate. Report the results to your local campaign office.

 

[S.Shorland]

Poor old Paul.Thank goodness he has Carol to ease his mind about the nonsense that has been pulled against him over the years.I don't know how he maintained his good demeanour all these years with scum laughing at him because they can't face their own guilt as sell outs and now this nonsense again (trouble with Nevada in 2008?).Really sickening.

 

[parocks]

Shared. Hopefully this gets more attention than this. Unless more sources cover it, I think it will fizzle in a week.

In one week we will have the results of the Washington County caucus, 2 Kennebec caucuses, 2 Hancock caucuses.

There is a caucus on March 3 in Castine, and perhaps other TBA caucuses in places like Aroostook, Penobscot or perhaps elsewhere.

We will want to have every single caucus announced and unannounced at this point to have a pres pref poll, and those results to count.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

One more case of "gee, we announced the wrong winner. So sorry, another (dis)honest mistake".

 

[parocks]

Paypal Address for Washington County, Maine boots on the ground
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showth...r-Washington-County-Maine-boots-on-the-ground

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Washington County Maine needs MONEY. This person (Valerie Page) has been working on the ground in Maine. I suggested we sent money to someone who can spend it.
Here's what I got back from her on Facebook.

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I set up a paypal James. My email address is [email protected]. I would like to get a crew in place to 1: start calling the district, I will call Eric and get a list from him and 2: to head north for the caucus. Maybe we will have enough donations to cram a few of us into a hotel room, who knows?
Thank you for your help in all of this. We will be heard!!

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Valerie Page is taking an organizational role, for those who are sending money, those who are planning on going to Wash Co., etc - see her email there.

By the way - she's trying to register here at Ron Paul Forums and is unable to.

 

[JohnM]

Watching Ben Swann's report was very, very interesting.

But after thinking a few minutes, I found myself thinking - "If this is fraud, it is the most incompetent and inept fraud I can imagine. If the Maine GOP really wanted to do something dishonest, I am sure that they could have covered up their wickedness more effectively."

Perhaps these people are not dishonest - just incredibly stupid.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Perhaps these people are not dishonest - just incredibly stupid.

The two are not mutually exclusive. Both stupid and dishonest at the same time is a likely scenario.

 

[slamhead]

In an era where the "news" is usually talking heads reading press reports, Ben Swann is a real journalist and should get his due. If you like his work, be sure to let his bosses know and also let them know that he brings viewers nationally because of his work.

We just have to make sure we have his back when the establishment drops the hammer on Ben.

 

[affa]

Watching Ben Swann's report was very, very interesting.

But after thinking a few minutes, I found myself thinking - "If this is fraud, it is the most incompetent and inept fraud I can imagine. If the Maine GOP really wanted to do something dishonest, I am sure that they could have covered up their wickedness more effectively."

Perhaps these people are not dishonest - just incredibly stupid.

This was last minute shenanigans by relatively low level goons, which was why it was done so shoddily. The Establishment has repeatedly fumbled the ball, and Ron Paul was supposed to be long gone.

We've been the fortunate recipient of an incredible amount of good luck this election cycle. Call it coincidence, karmic retribution, or whatever you want. Early frontrunners like Perry, Bachman, and Cain committed massive unforced errors (oops) that knocked them out of contention before their time. This forced the Establishment to prop up the C list -- the likes of Santorum and Gingrich (and even Huntsman).

Other attempts to marginalize Ron Paul blew up in the establishments faces. The 89 second debate. Jon Stewart calling the media out on their coverage of him during the Ames straw poll. The Trump Debate.

They did not expect this to still be a race at this point. They have no idea what to do. Ignore Ron and he grows in power. Attack Ron and he grows in power. We're doing exceptionally well, and they know it. This means they're playing off the cuff, and will be making more mistakes that we can (and must) capitalize on. That's why Maine was such a hatchet job. They hoped a couple little innocuous things (like calling off a caucus to weather, and telling people not to voice the vote out loud) would fly under the radar. They did not expect things to go so awry.

We're up against a very, very powerful machine that has backers that measure wealth in hundreds of billions if not trillions of dollars. That we're in this at all is a massive accomplishment, when Ron Paul's message and cause outs the men and women behind the curtain (such as the Fed) and threatens to end the war profiteering.

The fancy hi-tech fraud happens with electronic voting machines that have no paper trail. I mean, heck, just that anyone would implement such a scheme shows how corrupt they are. Put any two individuals in a room discussing how to prevent voter fraud, and anyone smart enough to make instant oatmeal would bring up the inherent problems with something like a Diebold machine. Yet... we're expected to believe that's the best they could come up with, that groups of politically aware individuals thought that was a good enough system to put in place... and even when outed as easily hackable, these people didn't do anything about it. That requires either:
a) willful ignorance
b) intentional deceit
c) sheer stupidity

Take your pick. I go with B, but A and C don't really change anything - we still need to get those hacks out of our political system.

Ron Paul was never going to win this traditionally. TPTB would never allow that. We're doing this the hard way. And we're gonna earn it.