A Proud Day?

Was it only Thursday that T'OD over at CC said that Republicans' history of criminally interfering with citizens' right to vote was a thing of the past? It was. On Thursday, he proclaimed: "It's a proud day to be a Republican."

Now, I find that a little surprising, because on Monday six Republicans in South Dakota resigned in shame from their jobs working for the Republican Party's "get out the vote" effort for improper treatment of absentee ballots. Then on Wednesday, a gentleman in Nevada turned in his employer, Voters Outreach of America, for "registering" voters, then throwing out the Democratic registrations while keeping the Republican registrations. The FBI is looking into that one.

Maybe T'OD figured that Thursday was a proud day to be a Republican because there were no new resignations of Republican officials or new investigations into Republican voter registration improprieties.

I hope he enjoyed Thursday.

Because Friday President Bush's New England Campaign Chief, accused of criminally interfering with citizens' right to vote, resigned in shame. You might remember a few months ago, we at 2GL noted that Republicans in New Hampshire jammed phone lines in order to prevent Democrats from voting and that a couple Republican state officials resigned because of it. Oh yeah, they also pled guilty to conspiracy. (Ashcroft's Justice Department has postponed their sentencing until after the elections.) At the time, there was suspicion that this conspiracy went higher than just these Republican officials. Now, it appears that the conspiracy extended at least as high up as President Bush's shamed New England Campaign Chief. Does it end there? We'll see.