Posted on 13 April 2012. Tags: Blowing Smoke, Conservative Mps, Constituencies, Defection, Eurosceptics, Euroskeptic, General Election, Incumbent, Masse, Mr Cameron, Nigel Farage, Ron Paul, Scorched Earth Policy, Steve Baker, Tories, Tory Mps, Tory Party, Uk Independence Party, UKIP, Wasting Your Time
The Independent is reporting today that UKIP leader Nigel Farage is in discussions with perhaps two Tory MPs about defecting to UKIP. Disillusioned Conservative MPs have secretly contacted the UK Independence Party to discuss possible defection, its leader claimed yesterday as he appealed to Tory Eurosceptics to jump ship. I would say that this is [...]
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Posted on 28 August 2010. Tags: Acorn, Activist Groups, Ann Richards, Appointee, Bill Clinton, Bloghouston, Blowing Smoke, city, clinton, Democrat, Democrats, Education Fund, Harris County Voter, Harris County Voter Registrar, house, Houston Texans, Houston Texas, Houston Votes, Leo, Massive Voter Fraud, Politics, registrar, Registrations, state, Texans, texans-together, Voter Registration, voter-registrar, Watchdog, white
Texas Watchdog is all over the story, and it’s a big one. Voter registration group Houston Votes has inundated the county voter registrar’s office with faulty registrations, including multiple applications for the same voters and for noncitizens, registrar Leo Vasquez said. He likens it to ACORN. Two Texas activist groups, Houston Votes and Texans Together Education Fund , were accused Tuesday of an organized voter fraud campaign by Harris County Voter Registrar Leo Vasquez , who likened the groups to the now-discredited ACORN . Read the rest – this is very much in ACORN’s wheelhouse, as it is in the Democrat left’s wheelhouse generally. And Houston being Texas’ largest city, this is a very big deal to the entire state. And when I mention the Democrats, I’m not just blowing smoke. While Lewis maintains his group is nonpartisan, its board is decidedly liberal-leaning , according to research by blogHouston , which noted earlier this month that the Texans Together board included a Bill Clinton appointee, Democratic consultants and an aide to former Gov. Ann Richards. Yeah. They…
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