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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: longnshort who wrote (51110)	1/11/2006 8:47:51 PM
From: paret	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

'Kerry's Criminals': Democrats on Trial NewsMax.com ^ \| Jan. 11, 2006 \| AP via NewsMax.com Five Democratic activists accused of slashing the tires of vans rented by Republicans on Election Day 2004 are now charging that "professional political operatives" with the Democratic Party actually damaged the tires and then set up the activists to take the blame. Attorney Sheldon Shellow, who is representing accused tire-slasher Sowande Omokunde – son of Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wis.) – said the operatives' loathing of Republicans and President Bush motivated the slashings. The GOP rented more than 100 vehicles for a get-out-the-vote campaign in Milwaukee on Nov. 2, 2004. The vehicles were parked in a lot adjacent to a Bush campaign office, and party workers planned to drive poll watchers to polling places by 7 a.m. and transport any voters who didn't have a ride. The defendants, paid workers for Sen. John Kerry's presidential campaign, are accused of slashing 40 tires on 25 vehicles, causing more than $5,000 in damage, at about 3:30 a.m. on the morning of the election. Omokunde, Michael Pratt – the son of former Milwaukee acting mayor Marvin Pratt – Justin Howell, Lewis Caldwell and Lavelle Mohammad are charged with criminal damage to property, a felony that carries a maximum sentence of 3 1/2 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Democratic operatives Opel Simmons, Levar Stoney and Leshaunda "Joy" Williams are expected to testify against the five defendants, saying they returned to Democratic headquarters "excited" about something just after the tires were found slashed by a security guard at the GOP office, CourtTV.com reports. But the defendants' lawyers said in opening statements Tuesday that a group of out-of-town Democratic operatives led by Simmons were the true culprits. Pratt's lawyer Rodney Cubbie said the security guard took down the license plate of a van rented by Simmons, and that the guard - the only witness at the crime scene - could not positively identify any of the defendants. This could lead to only one conclusion, according to Cubbie: The out-of-town party officials framed the "locals," as they called the five campaign workers. "The evidence in this case will be much stronger against the defendant's accusers than against the defendants themselves," Cubbie said.

To: longnshort who wrote (51110)	1/11/2006 10:01:32 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 93284

The GOP rightwing has stolen two elections and ripped off hundreds of billions of dollars, plus started an out of control endless war based on a pack of lies, added to pollution, poverty, ignorance, division, deficits and criminality. If a few tires slashed if your biggest gripe against democrats I'll take that any way.

To: longnshort who wrote (51110)	1/12/2006 6:20:51 AM
From: tonto	Respond to of 93284

AS has lied repeatedly about the Kerry employees. The trial is underway and he of course stands by these criminals. MILWAUKEE — Five Democratic activists accused of slashing the tires of vans rented by Republicans on Election Day 2004 are now alleging that the Democratic Party set them up to take the fall. Defense lawyers told jurors Tuesday that the five campaign workers were innocent and that their party's "professional political operatives" actually damaged the tires and then pointed police in the direction of the defendants... The defendants, all of whom were paid workers for Sen. John Kerry's campaign, are accused of flattening the tires at about 3:30 a.m. the morning of the election.