This is just amazing. The Dem’s want to delay the election in LA because they can’t win right now. Guess this is how things are done by the corrupt left: (h/t Wizbang)
Is the postponement of the Orleans municipal election a form of political engineering? Secretary of State Al Ater announced Friday that the February 4th New Orleans election is impossible, given the physical destruction in that parish. But this buys more time for the state to track down displaced New Orleans voters, most of whom are democrats.
Al Ater says the New Orleans election for mayor, city council, sheriffs, and other city-parish positions will be held sometime before September 30th. There’s a lot of work to be done, like repositioning voting machines and commissioners, and making sure evacuees know when, where and how to cast their vote.
Ater says the postponement is based purely on physical problems. Hurricane Katrina destroyed voting machines and precincts and displaced commissioners… all problems he’s asked FEMA to help solve, but so far FEMA hasn’t come through with a $1.2 million request.
“I’m not trying to stand up here and blast FEMA, I’m just stating facts. We have gotten nothing,” said Ater.
Waaaa Waaaa Waaaa…..typical of the left.
FEMA has also changed its mind about helping the state contact displaced voters. Instead, Attorney General Charles Foti got ahold of FEMA’s list of names and addresses, and now the state will send out a letter to evacuees. The draft of the letter lets evacuees know exactly what their voting rights are, but it also directs them to have their mail forwarded through the postal service, which will make their whereabouts known and fair game for political parties and candidates.
Ater admits it will only take a few months to solve election problems in New Orleans, but he’s given up to nine months for the Orleans election to be set. This gives more time for evacuees to move home and for the state to track those who don’t. Shortly after Katrina, political consultant Roy Fletcher predicted democrats would do this.
“The Ninth Ward elected Kathleen Blanco, the Ninth Ward elected Mary Landrieu, the Ninth Ward has elected a lot of statewide elected officials who are democrats,” said Fletcher.
You recall in July 2004 when news came out about a possible terrorist attack on election day, and Bush wanted to be able to delay the election if that happened. Remember how the left went completely batty? One example out of the hundreds I found is this one:
So, this is real folks. A Bush lackey role model, Tom Ridge, may be empowered to cancel the fall elections.
Maybe that’s why Jeb officially has given up on the “theft of the election” 2000 felon’s purge list (although we doubt that he really has). When you can just cancel the election, you don’t need to steal it by preventing legal voters from casting their ballots, do you? The Bush Cartel has always escalated its boldness when faced with election losses. Now they just won’t prevent a few thousand people from voting in Florida; they may prevent the entire country from voting!
So, it’s got all the Rove fingerprints on it. A relatively unknown Republican Rev. from New Jersey is appointed to head an obscure new commission. Then he writes a letter demanding that plans be made to cancel — or “postpone” — the election if necessary. Then Tom Ridge carries the water, as trial balloons are floated to the favored GOP lapdog leak recipient at Newsweek, Michael Isikoff, he of the Linda Tripp “story” fame.
Real winner huh? So what we had at the time was a real worry Al-Qaeda would attempt something big on election day so they wanted to make contingencies. In LA they have admitted that they could be prepared to have an election on time but for some reason they want to delay it 9 months. We all know the reason, gives them time to get their lefty friends back into the state. I mean they are gonna have the huge Mardi Gras festival, which lasts 8 days, a few days after the February election date. Need anymore proof?
Blanco is already polling quite badly in a Democratic state so they need some time. Where are the calls of the Blanco cartel rigging this election?
The whole state should be ashamed.
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In LA they have admitted that they could be prepared to have an election on time but for some reason they want to delay it 9 months. We all know the reason, gives them time to get their lefty friends back into the state.
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