If Acorn's bad...
Long before Acorn activists helped a fake prostitute and pimp figure out their tax situation, Republicans were screaming about how Acorn supposedly was illegally registering voters. Of course, nothing was proven, even after the Shrub administration replaced some Federal prosecutors for saying they had no evidence with which to charge Acorn.
The Washington post has an article on a California schism in the party. It seems that State legislator Anthony Adams has become a pariah to mainstream Republicans. He votes party line 95% of the time, but that's not enough. The recent fiscal crisis caused large cuts to many California services and the State was "paying" contractors with IOUs. After much thought, Adams announced he couldn't keep his "no tax increase" pledge and that he'd vote for the recent bill that did increase some in order to help the State.
A recall attempt ensued. The Republican party turned in 58,000 signatures, far more than was needed to cause a recall. All that was needed was the Secretary of State to certify the petition and the recall was on. However, the official statement from that office pointed out that samples of the petitions showed much too high an incidence of fake or incorrect signatures. Ooops.
What's that phrase again? Oh, right: Hoist by their own petards.
The Washington post has an article on a California schism in the party. It seems that State legislator Anthony Adams has become a pariah to mainstream Republicans. He votes party line 95% of the time, but that's not enough. The recent fiscal crisis caused large cuts to many California services and the State was "paying" contractors with IOUs. After much thought, Adams announced he couldn't keep his "no tax increase" pledge and that he'd vote for the recent bill that did increase some in order to help the State.
A recall attempt ensued. The Republican party turned in 58,000 signatures, far more than was needed to cause a recall. All that was needed was the Secretary of State to certify the petition and the recall was on. However, the official statement from that office pointed out that samples of the petitions showed much too high an incidence of fake or incorrect signatures. Ooops.
What's that phrase again? Oh, right: Hoist by their own petards.