BREAKING NEWS: In Virginia, Newt Gingrich PAID for signatures and he knowingly paid for phony signatures -- voter fraud of the highest order!!!!





The key question for Newtr is: What did you know and when did you know
it?

Multiple sources are reporting that Gingrich says:
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/12/28/gingrich-campaign-workers-signature-fraud-cost-slot-on-virginia-ballot/

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We hired somebody who turned in false signatures. We turned in 11,100
? we needed 10,000 ? 1,500 of them were by one guy who frankly
committed fraud.

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Got that?? "We hired someone who turned in false signatures."

So, Newt, when did you realize that fraud was involved? Before or
after you handed the fraudsters their cash? After all, the back of
every petition form you submitted includes this statement:
http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/cms/Cidate_Information/Cidate_Forms.html#Federal%20Offices

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....I understand that falsely signing this affidavit is a felony
punishable by a maximum
fine up to $2,500 and/or imprisonment up to ten years...

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Surely you or your staff verified that the person(s) you hired signed
each and every form submitted?

You didn't by any chance submit unsigned forms???

Would paying for unsigned forms still be a "fraud" or is that just a
simple con job?


Shaun Kenney, a blogger and member of the Republican Party of
Virginia, reported on his bearingdift.com page that:
http://www.bearingdrift.com/2011/12/24/breaking-gingrich-2000-ballot-signatures-short/

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....2,000 signatures do not have addresses on them? meaning that they
cannot be verified...

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Got that? 2,000 SIGNATURES WERE PHONY!!!!


I assume that the petitions lacking the addresses are the ones you
paid for. Because, in my experience, conservatives are very good at
following instructions and if the petition form clearly says the
signer has to provide an address, then 100% of the forms submitted by
actual conservatives will have the address boxes filled in. It's in
their nature, they do what the rules specify. On the other hand,
someone copying 2,000 names out of the Richmond phone book as quickly
as possible, might be tempted to just give you exactly what you're
paying for: 2,000 names and signatures.

Something is rotten in the Virginia GOTP!!!!!

The deadline for submitting petition forms was 5:00pm on Thursday, Dec
22.

On Tuesday, Dec 20, Alexander Burns reported on Politico that the
Gingrich campaign had sent his minions an email looking for someone
who wanted to pick up some "quick cash" by submitting 2,000 or more
petition signatures:
http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2011/12/gingrich-paying-for-virginia-petitions-108170.html

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Because the deadline is coming up so quickly, we've got a pretty good
budget to work with. We can offer $1 per signature, with a $50 bonus
for every 100 signatures (in other words, if you get 100 signatures,
you get $150, if you get 300 signatures, you get $450, if you get
1,000 signatures, you get $1,500).

In addition, if you can put together a crew to get signatures, they
can get paid the same amount, and you can get a $1,000 bonus for every
2,000 signatures your crew collects.

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In other words, the Gingrich campaign told it's minions that they're
short of signatures and are willing, at the very last minute, to pay
anyone that's willing to step forward, $4,000 to generate 2,000
signatures.

On Sunday, Dec 25, the NY Times reported:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/25/us/politics/gingrich-falls-short-of-signatures-needed-for-spot-on-gop-primary-ballot-in-virginia.html

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Newt Gingrich declared confidently the other day that he would get his
name on the ballot for the Republican presidential primary in
Virginia. In fact, he said he already had the requisite 10,000
signatures and an additional 2,000 to 3,000 for safety?s sake and
would probably collect even more.

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But that turned out not to be the case.

In fact, at the deadline Gingrich submitted only 11,050 signatures. So
Newt, what happened to the 2,000 to 3,000 extras you claimed you had?

So who's the fraudster here? The person that generates the bogus
signatures? Or the ethically-challenged person that boasts that they
can gather 2,000 to 3,000 legitimate signatures at the last minute
even though there are no plans for any sort of large rallies, or major
public appearances, or even any book-signings?

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