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Home Front: Politix
Name That Party - Alleged Voter Fraud and Extortion
2012-05-18
Apparently one Daniel Salinas, Mayor-elect of a small New Mexico town has been arrested on charges of extortion and voter fraud in conjunction with his election to that office. What is interesting is that today's AP article appearing in Fox News and an earlier (april 9) AP article some 600 words long fail to note his political affiliation.
It is hard to do a search for Democratic corruption when the only time a party is mentioned is when it is a Republican.
That's precisely the idea...
Posted by:crosspatch

#12  Adovada..yummmmm.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2012-05-18 18:12  

#11  Now slow down P2k, I lived in New Mexico for 6 year---some of my fondest memories are of that place.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2012-05-18 16:49  

#10  g(r)omgoru, technically that's the official state motto. Locals sometimes use the unofficial motto - Home of the flea, Land of the plague.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2012-05-18 16:34  

#9  Do a "not" search. If "corrupt" and NOT "Repub", should turn up most.
Posted by: mojo   2012-05-18 15:34  

#8  Land of Enchantment.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2012-05-18 14:58  

#7  I'm hoping the Pubs take off the gloves in the Presidential election. If Romney is unwilling, then I hope the PACS go after the first gay-lebian, black, Hispanic, Jewish, Muslim, Cherokee victims-everywhere President for all the $hit he has wrought upon us.
Posted by: JohnQC   2012-05-18 14:25  

#6  Yeah, far less registrations of Bobby O'Neil, Jan Walkowski, and Jamal Sufi on the rolls. Seems the vast number of the names have a very distinct linguistic heritage. Not quite multicultural as you'd find much further north which usually includes some sort of dealing between 'interest groups' for their piece of the action. The competition for graft and looting resources is far less. Of course, being New Mexico there are less resources to pillage go around so they have a tendency to keep it in the 'family' and among friends of the 'family'. See patron-peon abstract at cite. For a lot in the local population, they're not interested in the ritual of democratic voting as much as affirmation of the existing social arrangement. It's all personal rather than something dealing with efficient and honest government.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2012-05-18 09:32  

#5  I'll have to give you that one Frank.
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-05-18 09:07  

#4  better English
Posted by: Frank G   2012-05-18 08:38  

#3  #2 In this case, its less party and a far more 'good old boy'-clan-blood thingy....Posted by Procopius2k

And voter fraud in Illinois is different how ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-05-18 08:22  

#2  In this case, its less party and a far more 'good old boy'-clan-blood thingy. It has the flavor and markings of the PRI tradition from across the border rather than something you'd link with an Illinois, New Jersey, or Massachusetts machine. Think Juarez with Spanglish.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2012-05-18 07:42  

#1  When the default is so well known they only need to name the party in the rare instances the default criminals are not involved.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2012-05-18 01:00  

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