Author Archives: J Christian Adams

Me and Rep. Sensenbrenner on WISN-AM Milwaukee

I was on Milwaukee’s blowtorch WISN last Friday to discuss the Voting Rights Act and the proposed amendments to give Eric Holder’s Justice Department renewed power over state elections.  Vicki had tried to get Mr. Sensenbrenner and I on at the same time but that didn’t happen.  Instead, I appeared and the audio is here. (picks up around minute 13).  Vicki had a state senator scheduled after me but got an unscheduled call from Rep. Sensenbrenner.  Unfortunately it doesn’t make the best listening as two folks are talking at the same time for much of the interview, but the audio is here.

Breitbart covers the whole exchange here.

“GOP Congressman Labels Texas and Georgia as Discriminatory”

Brietbart covers my appearance on WISN-AM in Milwaukee, and Rep. Sensenbrenner’s unplanned and unfortunate call in afterwards.

“During a filibuster-style radio interview in Milwaukee Friday, senior Republican Congressman James Sensenbrenner (Wisconsin) charged that the State of Texas as a whole had a tendency to discriminate against minority voters and should be placed back under Holder Justice Department supervision thanks to his proposed legislation.

When pressed to justify his desire to again empower the Justice Department, he labeled Texas and Georgia as prime examples of statewide, structural discrimination against minority voters.


“Texas and Georgia are the two worst,” Rep. Sensenbrenner argued. “Texas and Georgia haven’t gotten the message.” . . .


“[Rep. Sensenbrenner’s] bill would empower corrupt leftist bureaucrats to manipulate or block state election integrity laws. The reason the left is so keen to have Mr. Sensenbrenner’s bill pass is because they know how partisan voting rights enforcement has become at DOJ.  His bill will be used to help turn Texas blue if it passes.  It will be used to erode the Constitutional balance of power the states have over their own elections.”


When pressed to address a recent interview with James O’Keefe at a constituent meeting about how his legislation would strip voter protections from white voters, Rep. Sensenbrenner echoed sentiments of O’Keefe’s progressive detractors.”

Wall Street Journal on Adegbile: “A Wise Rebuke”

“Mr. Obama, who personally asked Senate Democrats to support his nominee, called Wednesday’s vote “a travesty.” But I see it as a relief. The president and his attorney general, Eric Holder, have demonstrated repeatedly that they think nothing of tearing this country apart along racial lines for political gain. Mr. Adegbile should not be added to their ranks.”

Wall Street Journal

Paterson, NJ councilman and wife indicted for mail ballot fraud



Anatomy of a New Jersey mail ballot fraud scheme:


 


A Paterson councilman and his wife were indicted today on charges they conspired during the 2010 city council election to churn out fraudulent mail-in ballots from their campaign headquarters, sometimes assuming the identities of constituents and voting without their knowledge.


 


State authorities said Rigo Rodriguez, 41, of Paterson, a candidate for mayor, and his wife, Lissette, 34, who was the leader of his re-election campaign, had campaign workers illegally act as “messengers” and “bearers” for mail-in ballots despite not being designated by voters.


 


The pair also allegedly had ballots submitted as votes for people who never received the ballots, completed them or authorized that they be cast.


 


NJ.com has all the sordid details on how the couple and their campaign volunteers allegedly carried out this scheme to steal votes and an election.


Mississippi Election Mischief

“A Hattiesburg man whose absentee ballot was never counted in the mayor’s race is now suing city attorney Charles Lawrence for allegedly breaking attorney-client confidentiality.


Arthur Smith said Lawrence’s actions caused him embarrassment and humiliation and is asking for a trial by jury.


Arthur Smith is an African American who filled out his absentee ballot for mayoral challenger Dave Ware. However, a search of the ballots did not find an Arthur Smith vote, which became just one of may alleged absentee ballot irregularities brought into question by Ware.


During the July voter fraud trial and behind closed doors, it was revealed that the Hattiesburg Police Department on orders from Charles Lawrence did a background check on Smith through NCIC, a crime information center run by the FBI.”

Full story.