TPMM reported this yesterday but I just had to repost these two exchanges between Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) and Hans von Spakovsky – Bush’s butt boy and Bishop of election disenfranchisement (Rove being the King of slime, of course). These exchanges took place during a hearing on the 2004 elections by the House Judiciary Subcommittee panel discussion. TPMM is promising a link to the video and I will update this post when it is available. In the meantime, enjoy these two exchanges:
ELLISON: Now here’s something that happened on the May 7th Indiana election. A dozen nuns and another unknown number of students were turned away from the polls Tuesday in the first use of Indiana’s stringent voter ID law since it was upheld last week by the United State Supreme Court. Mr. von Spakovsky, you wanna stop nuns from voting?
VON SPAKOVSKY: [silence]
ELLISON: Why don’t you want nuns to vote, Mr. von Spakovsky?
VON SPAKOVSKY: Congressman Ellison, uh-
ELLISON: I’m just curious to know.
VON SPAKOVSKY: Those individuals, uh, were told, were- knew that they had to get an ID, they could have easily done so. They could have voted, uh, by absentee ballot- uh, nursing homes under the law are able to get-
ELLISON: . . . Mr. von Spakovsky, are you aware that a 98-year old nun was turned away from the polls by a-
VON SPAKOVSKY: They all had passports-
ELLISON: Excuse me.
VON SPAKOVSKY: They had expired passports which meant that they could have gotten-
ELLISON: Mr. von Spakovsky, do you know a 98-year old nun was turned away from the polls by a sister who’s in her order and who knew her, but had to turn her away because she didn’t have a government-issued ID? That’s okay with you?
VON SPAKOVSKY: Yes. . .
And this:
ELLISON: Were you part of the discussion that U.S. Attorney Heffelfinger of Minnesota should be fired because he expressed deep concern that a directive that could have discouraged Indians from voting in Minnesota?
VON SPAKOVSKY: I don’t recall being part of any such conversation.
ELLISON: Did you ever discuss U.S. Attorney Heffelfinger in regards to any voter fraud cases?
VON SPAKOVSKY: No.
ELLISON: What involvement did you have in the voting prosecution brought by Brad Schlozman in Missouri?
VON SPAKOVSKY: I had none, I was at the Federal Elections Commission. Why would I have anything to do with what the Department of Justice was doing when I wasn’t even working there?
ELLISON: Maybe because you have an obsessive fear that people might vote who you don’t want to, so you try to contact the U.S. Attorney’s office to try to stop people from voting.
VON SPAKOVSKY: That’s a fantasy that you’re making up. I had nothing to do with federal prosecutions going on at the Department of Justice when I was at the Federal Elections Commission. That’s ridiculous.
ELLISON: Well, I’m asking you, you’re on record now. And we’ll see if it matches up with the facts.
VON SPAKOVSKY: Are you accusing me of lying Congressman?
ELLISON: I’m asking you questions sir, haven’t you been here?
VON SPAKOVSKY: And I’m telling you that’s a ridiculous question.
ELLISON: And you put yourself on record, and we’ll check it out.
VON SPAKOVSKY: You go ahead and do that.
ELLISON: We will. You can plan on it.
Priceless! Nothing gives me the warm and fuzzies as to see a Bushbot squirm at the thought of punishment for their wrong-doings.
Do drop a dime to Rep. Ellison and say Thanks! His DC line is 202-225-4755.
1 Comment
July 25, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Good going, MsJ.
Nothing like reading about a boy Bush slime-bot squirming in front of Congress. He did sound a bit nervous. Bet he places his name on the pre-pardon list