Let me preface this by saying that I am not a Republican or Democrat - I am as independent as they come and choose to pick candidates that I feel are in the countries best interest - not neccessarily my own, I feel like being a member of either of those institutions is like belonging to either the Crips or the Bloods.
I believe the operative word in the LA Times hit piece is "accused"
After reading the story, I found not a single statement that documented any actual wrong doing.
Every time there is an allegation, it is preceded by "possible", "accused", "allegations", "seemed to", "potentially", "he said", "started an investigation."
The only certain, positive statements were those made by the lynchee:
Sean Spicer, spokesman for the RNC, said the party had "zero tolerance" for voter fraud and cut ties to the firm Wednesday. "We severed our relationship," he said. "We acted swiftly and boldly."
"creating fraudulent voter registration forms would not help the Republican Party"
Here are some of the actual statements from law enforcement:
"None of those allegations have led to criminal charges."
"The Justice Department started an investigation, which did not lead to any charges"
This is nothing more than propaganda being passed off as news.
Notice how they skillfully used innuendo and he-said she-said tactics to deliver their political message. Yep, the election is drawing nigh.
That being said, I am sure that if the tables were turned and the republicans had total control over the american version of "Pravda" they would be just as smarmy and low-life as the democratic/progressive/socialist/communist apparatchiks are.
They are, after all, human beings and as such, left to their own devices will take the low road every time.
Now - on to what this board is really about!
Still no word on the winners of the Satriani master class contest - do you suppose Satch got too busy over the last couple of weeks? It drives me nuts that there is no resolution to this contest of skills, and believe me, if you listen to the links I provided in an earlier post, there are some AWSOME new talents waiting to fill the void that will be upon us when the great guitar instrumentalists decide to kick back and relax. You know, they are not getting any younger and there's very few out there willing to take up the calling!