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And the USA has the gall to preach to other countries about fraudulent elections??????????

Really, the same Justice Department that has trashed the Constitutional rights of U.S. citizens? This is just what we need now!

Thanks but no thanks.

Just watched a documentary called "uncounted". It sends chills up your spine. Everyone needs to vote, and every vote needs to be counted. Elections appear to have been "fixed" in the recent past, for the sake of Democracy, this one had better be an honest one. I don't think the voting public will stand for shenanigans this time.

If they are Republicans: Whose gonna observe and monitor them?

Is this the Bush justice dept???? God help us...

All you have to do is watch the Republicans and that will be a chore.

You mean the Republican appointed "Justice " department, yeah like that's gonna do any good!

Oh yeah, last Sunday Mccain justified the $150,000 wardrobe by saying that the Palins were people of "limited means" and needed the help. I saw or heard a report that said they were worth over a million$. If that's what Mccain thinks is limited means is (what with 7 homes and thirteen cars) I guess you know where most of us stand in his eyes.

Good. Mke sure McCain/Palin don't try the usual Republican voter suppression tactics to steal another election. I'm sure McGimmick and Mincemeat Palin are scared now.

Obama/Biden '08

Keep an eye on OHIO,FLORIDA AND PENNSYLVANIA ,Obama have at least 5000 attorneys in these states, "NOT THIS TIME NOT THIS YEAR"

O8AMA

I am sure they are going to check the ACORN registrations.

So much for this great democracy when we have to send out an army of observers to ensure there are no shenanigans at the voting booths or in the counting of the ballots. Or have I made a mistake and I am really living in Zimbabwe, or some other such place.

For McCain to win he only needs to do four things:

1. Replace Palin with C. Rice.

2. Go on National TV and admit his negative campaign was wrong for the country and wrong for the Republican party.

3. Go ahead and copy the rest of Obama's programs as his own, not just the ones he has already stolen and claimed.

4. Visit every state not looking to go staunchly Red already and lay out real programs instead of just telling us he has ideas and he will tell us about them after the election.

In reality, he will still lose the election, but he will at least appear to have some trace of dignity and self-pride. Something sadly lacking in his campaign this year.

To me, whether this election is fair or not is even more important than who wins. The right to vote is sacred in this country, and those who have suppressed voters for their own political gain should be found and held accountable.

Isn't the justice department where the head of personnel was recently fired for only hiring republicans for the past 6 years? How can these employees be considered impartial? It's clear to me this isn't a good idea at all. We can no longer trust this Justice department.

Is this the same Justice Department who totures people? I trust them as much as I do Bushy. NOT. I know how to vote, they can stay home.

oh lord, someone had better be watching the feds. we know which side of the fence they are on.

In other words they are going to bend over and kiss the butts of all the Democrats that whine and pitch fits. We should probably have the National Guard ready too. The democrats are some of the most violent and nasty creatures on earth. No dignity, no respect, no morals.

Good I hope they are there to keep things straight.
I'm glad all these black folks have decided to join America and registered to vote. When Obama re-enacts the draft because men and women won't join if he is President and we are at war they will get drafted along with real working americans. I'm sure they'll have to find them since they are giving false addresses to register.

Go Mcain/Palin 08 REAL AMERICANS

Do you really trust these Republican appointed –"watchers" ??????? They will look like Feds and make people nervous.----

Well if you actually look up the locations that they are sending these agents....They are all minority locations. The Department of Justice has become a national tragedy under Bush. This election is not going to be easily won no matter what the polls say. This type of power does not release it's grip with an polite OK.

i hope these justice dept. observers are fair, honest and impartial. i seem to recall there being some problems with people from the justice department being fired for political reasons and the attorney general had to resign. but if it's a bunch of Bush appointees observing then they should ne called injustice observers.

Since the Justice Dept. is under Bush, I do not trust this plan. The Obama campaign and his supporters will have to see an eye on these DOJ workers. I think they are being put in place to commit fraud themselves. They are probably computer programmers. I don't like this.

Voter intimidation is a serious problem in some places and it's great to see DOJ stepping up to the plate to do something about it. However this still won't prevent folks from tampering with voting machines to change the outcome.

After this election I hope Congress will enact uniform standards for federal elections to restore public confidence in the process.

The Bush Administration's Justice Dept.? We'll need independent observers from other countries!!

So the Justice Department is sending their minions to make sure Republicans will steal this election? We all know the Justice department is filled with Republicans loyalists. They will stop at nothing to destroy this country!

The Bush Administration Justice Department? We need independent observers from other countries!

My best friend Bush, told me we can trust this guy.haha

I never thought I would live to see the day when United State monitoring their own election. Those days are gone when former President Carter would go into other country to monitor their election. The Republican party is the founder for scaming election. It all started in 2000 when they stole the election from Al Core. WATCH OUT FOR THEM OBAMA.

Monitors? I believe the correct term is 'suppressors'.

Our so-called 'democracy' is a sham if McCain wins because of these thugs.

How about deploying these monitors to keep an eye on ACORN?

I keep hearing, "Oh it was only voter REGISTRATION fraud, not actual voter fraud."

So, what ACORN is saying is they smoked "but didn't inhale." Riiiiiiight... now where have I heard that before?

Again I ask... if I can go to any country on the planet, stick a piece of plastic in the wall and money shoots out, why in the hell don't we have an electronic national database of legally registered voters? Oh, that's right... because without voter fraud, Democrats would never be elected again. Silly me... my mistake. Nothing to see here... move along... these aren't the droids you're looking for...

In Nevada I voted for Obama and it kept switching to Mccain. I had to ask the representative why my vote kept switching to Mccain and she said because it's a battle ground state. After about the fourth try it finally sticked...I hope.

I hope they do. During a conversation this morning with the local Board of Elections, I was told that a soldier in uniform was told they were unable to vote while wearing a uniform by a campaigner outside the polls.

Last night while early voting, I heard one campaigner call to someone in line "you know who to vote for, right? Heck, vote 3 times!"

Finally, a partisan "ride to the polls" vehicle parked 2 feet from the line of people waiting to vote, covered in their candidate's name. Two of those inside were handicapped (we have curbside voting for the handicapped here) and completed their ballots with the partisan campaign employee inside.

Yeah, in all of these cases it was Democratic campaigners. Both sides are out to do whatever it takes to win this election.

Get out and VOTE! It is your right as an American citizen, and many of our predecessors suffered and/or died to give us ALL the right to vote. Choose wisely, and God Bless!

How can you defend democracy when you don't HAVE democracy? End electronic voting...it's a travesty (don't even get me started on hanging chads!) Simple handwritten ballots have been defending democracies for 2000 years and as a Canadian, I voted federally in 3 minutes using a paper ballot. The GOP has got America coming and going. Like Joe the Stalin said: "It's not who votes that matters, it's who COUNTS the votes" Thank Diebold for helping Bush steal the 2004 election with a bunch of fishy returns that defied exit polls in tight states. Thank you CNN for finally waking up to the fact that ALL U.S. elections need a vigilent media watchdog. I hope it'll be enough. A close election can be stolen very easily and the GOP is well familiar with Karl Rove's playbook and entrenched system for pulling out votes. They've already started acting like the cat that swallowed the canary. We shall see.

WHO WILL BE WATCHING THEM

why should we believe them after bush and gonzales tainted their bias!?

Wow, Bush League Justice out to save our election process.

Well, West Virginia is already in the Republican bucket thanks to their computers choosing their pick for president by automatically switching votes from Obama to McCain and from Dem to Rep all the way down the ticket.

The RNC in Michigan has already tried to get those that have been foreclosed on from voting.

Virginia spread flyers saying that if you are voting Democrat show up on November 5th.

The RNC in Florida is upset with their Governor for expanding the early voting poll hours.

So I suspect that the 800 "Monitors" will be dispatched to Democratic leaning counties in battleground states and Pennsylvania.

Bush has not done anything helpful for this country in 8 years, Why would we think he would start now?

Vote Democrat – Your kids will thank you!

As the Republicans create a smoke screen by espousing that Acorn was out to commit voter fraud, they act to suppress the vote. All Acorn did was register voters, no one, with any knowledge of the situation or a even half a brain really thinks that the fraudulent voter registration forms could realistically translate into voter fraud. What else are they up to?

If this election proves to be rigged, then some one needs to hang for it. Eight years ago, the election was stolen and the absence of accountability has left a pervasive attitude that such corruption would go unpunished. Now with electronic voting it would be just too easy to adjust the screen to have the voter select the wrong candidate or just later flip a bit to change a vote.

This is does not bode well. On the surface one would think the FBI providing monitoring would make us feel better, but seeing how the Bush Administration has done everything in its power to undermine our confidence in their truthfulness – and proven its ability to ideologically distort the missions of its agencies – this is frankly the scariest thing I've heard all election season.

We'd better hope that Obama wins by a landslide so that any effort to "defraud" the election in favor of McCain can be quelled. The inane confidence of McCain and his campaign aids today, combined with this announcement, makes me wonder if he really isn’t inane, and perhaps just a tad bit too giddy that he now gets to drive the criminal get-away car that Bush ran him over with in 2000.

If this turns out to be a nationwide Florida – brace yourselves – the wheels are going to come off and there is going to be some serious civil unrest.

The Justice Department should prosecute anyone found tampering our democratic process.

Report your issues and God Bless the United States of America.

REMEBER THE MEDIA IS FOR OBAMA .

MOST KNOW THAT .

JUST LIKE YESTERDAY , ON ONE COMMENT , THERE WERE 632 ALL NEGATIVE BLOGS AGAINST THE MAVRICKS. YES 632 . THAT ALONE STARTS AN ODOR.

JUST AS MUCH AS 1,636 VOTERS IN FLA. ALREADY VOTED AND ARE DEAD .

ALSO REMEMBER THIS IS HOLLYWOOD'S FAVORITE SIBBLING . WRIGHT

THANK GOODNESS!

SOMEONE HAS TO DO SOMETHING!

WE CANNOT HAVE ANOTHER CATASTROPHE!!

Watch out for the Chicago thugs – oh that would be OBAMA!!!
LOLLOLLOLLOL!!!!

You dems are whackos – your crew is out terrorizing old people to vote for NOBAMA – I called the police on some of you!!!!

Voting laws regulations are controlled by the State. If you object to the way things are done Blame your state the a political party. We have so many conspiracy theoriest in here and you need to learn to base information on facts not other people's paranoid beliefs. If people do not take the proper steps to ensure that your allowed to vote then its your fault not someone elses.

Where is the FBI going to find that many blind poll monitors?

Hmmm. McCain's campaign mgr. sounds like he knows something....

Obama supporters please go VOTE. My daughter just stood in line for 4 hours in Fulton County, Atlanta, GA for early voting and she said NO ONE LEFT. So wear comfortable shoes, warm clothing, bring bottled water, a folding chair (If you need it.) but please, please stay in line. DON'T LEAVE.. I believe we can do this but we all have to STAY and VOTE....

The justice dept has proven that they are a partisian bunch. Witness the prosecutor firings....Alert the media if you feel your being intimidated or supressed, not the local police or federal gov't.

Please please please young people, old people, middle aged people, PLEASE VOTE! The MCCain campaign is counting on low-turnout by youth and black votes to win in their narrow victory strategy. PLEASE vote. Skip school, play sick, do whatever you have to do to vote. Stand in line, bring a book, your iPod, you patience and please let's close the deal for Barack. I am confident in Obama's ground game but we all know that the Republicans are very good at getting the vote out as well. Witness their 72-hr strategy over the past two elections that produced 2 narrow victories. Let's show everyone that we Dems and crossover Republicans (thank you by the way), can turn out too. If young people, black people and others do not turn out in the swings like VA, NC, OH, FL, CO, NV, PA and MO, then we lose. Very simple. Please vote early if you can so that you can help others on election day by giving rides, knocking on doors, making phone calls, etc. Ok, I have go on long enough, but PLEASE PLEASE VOTE! (I would, as an American, tell The GOP members to vote, but they don't need any convincing or prodding). Low turnout= President McCain and soon after that President Palin. :-/ Is that a scare tactic? You BETCHA!

This is good news.

Now... what are they going to do when 100 homeless in Ohio show up with the same park bench as their address?

JUST KEEP THAT SCOUNDREL KARL ROVE UNDER LOCK AND KEY ON ELECTION DAY
KEEP THE OTHER CRIMINAL JEB BUSH RIGHT NEXT TO HIM; ON SECOND THOUGHT WE SHOULD CREATE A REAL BIG CELL TO INCLUDE BUSH , CHENEY, RUMSFELD AND THE REST OF THE SCOUNDRELS CLUB...

They need to deploy someone because it is going to get ugly out here if McCain and the media keeps reporting the things that McCain is saying about a come back and that they have this race right were they want it!!!

Sounds too much like they are overly confident about their numbers changing. there will be hell to pay if those GOONS steal this one!!!!

Wow! I cannot believe how many angry Democrats there are that have doubts about the polling machines. Wait until Obama loses before you try and blame the machines for anything. I wonder how many will complain if he wins???

The Republican controlled "Just-Us" is sending out monitors?

Oh dear ... That's like the Wicked Witch in Oz sending out flying-monkey-solders.

Just click your heals three times and say 'there's no one like Obama, our nation needs, just go and vote Obama "

so... when are they going to start prosecuting the ENTIRE McCain/Palin campaign and their base of hate-mongers????

This is a good move, but let's face it - we need something along the lines of UN monitors if we want anyone in the free world to believe we're practicing anything close to democracy here.

people need to remember that the votes were not suppressed by direct means, but by subtle ones.
Poor neighborhoods being covered in lying flyers. The poor neighborhoods have far too few machines, so that hourly workers, who cannot wait in long lines for fear of losing their jobs and wages, do NOT get the chance to vote. It isn't that they don't care, it is that they simply cannot risk the financial loss. Please everyone be vigilant, let your employees have some extra time, be nice to your poll workers, and if you can, vote in the middle of the day so that lines are shorter in the morning and evening.

After the last election and all the trickery that went on, you'd think we learned enough to handle all the issues that are going on. We as americans are very smart! We can walk on the moon, but we can't get our election process corrected? Sounds fishy to me. Makes me think "they" want to have problems with the voting machines so they can swing the election in their favor.

Think about it

Right. If there's any voter fraud, we'll just let Antonin "Get over it" Scalia set it straight.

We've got those Republicans on the run!

Just look at them scurry away like rats with all their obscene wealth in their greedy little paws!

We don’t need their lousy demeaning jobs. We will soon live in dignity – off tax refunds.

I really hope this will make a difference. This country sat quietly by while Bush stole an election that he did NOT win, TWICE. Everyone has the right to have their vote counted, not just those who happen to be in the white areas with 500 voting machines in each polling place.

Vote no matter how long you have to stand in line. Four hours is
shorter than Four more years!

Democrats 08.

Senator McCain you are no hero, you are in fact a terrorist.

Your campaign advisor & "Transition Chief" William Timmons was a Saddam Hussein lobbyist for 5 years.
You pal around with Gordon Liddy, domestic terrorist.
You are a member of "The Project for a New American Century" – a radical extremist terrorist organization.
Your VP candidate's husband Todd Palin is a domestic terrorist in the Alaskan Independence Party.
You accuse Obama of knowing Rashid Khalidi, yet you yourself have given Rashid Khalidi & the PLO $500,000.00!!! So by your logic, if Obama is a terrorist sympathizer like you claim, then you Senator McCain are a state sponsor of terrorism. You are, by your own twisted logic, a terrorist by your own admittance.
You have met with Chilean Dictator Pinochet, a terrorist.
You're coordinated effort to use FOX NEWS, the Bush Administration, your campaign, Sarah Palin, and The Justice Department to commit voter fraud, voter intimidation, & voter suppression is an act of terrorism.

John McCain you are a disgrace to your uniform, yourself, & to your country.

Oh BeauMan, get off the ACORN pill. It does not matter how many are registered to vote, if they can't prove their identity they can't vote. Maybe you will pull your head from under Palin's skirt and use your brain (if you have any) for a change.

You'll excuse me if I don't place much faith in the Justice Department. We can only hope the elections will be fair and all the counts made accurately.

Scott L: I am about tired of you and your "scare" tactics. Everyday you come up with some new, outrageous lie. Bill Richardson can say whatever he wants, he is not part of the campaign, he will not be president or vice president and he is not in Congress. Okay? Gosh.

this is a sad day for all of obama/biden supporters,because the justice department is being sent in to help the republican state treasurers in florida,georgia,and other places steal this election.remember ,this is bush's justice department.their is noway their gonna let obama when this election.unless they get caught in the process.those voter machineare ran by computers which can be progam to alter votes.if it quake like a duck,look like a duck,walk like a duck then it is a duck.

Maybe it's time to think about National ID cards for US citizens as a way to reduce voter fraud and intimidation in our elections. The current system is a joke and I DO NOT trust the touch screen voting machines that leave no paper trail.HMMM.... Wonder who came up with that brilliant idea??

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You mean Bush's Justice Department?

Wow, that makes me feel so much better

Mukasey-appointed observers validating an election is hardly convincing evidence that it was not rigged.

Who do these people work for?

i don't trust these so called feds attorneys. they're the same thief .they'll steal the election for Mccain. they're the same republithugs. i don't trust them a bit.. i want Obama to hire his own attorneys to watch the battleground states so they don't steal this election. republicans are known for stealing elections. that's all they're good for nothing more. they already crashed the economy of this great nation and now they want to make it worse than it already is.... PLEASE GO VOTE AND VOTE NOW THE EARLIER THE BETTER... GO VOTE FOR OBAMA. HE'S THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN GET US OUT OF THIS MESS....

The intelligence in these comments is staggering. I thought Gore ran in 2000, kayla.

Vets for Obama, you are the disgrace to the uniform. How dare you level accusations that you have no way to prove. McCain is more of a hero than you will ever be.

I refuse to fall for Obama's propoganda.

Beware these JOP are Bush's Cronies ..... Obama needs to disperse lots of his own lawyers to the polls .. don't trust these people

Oh sure... you can trust the Bushies... NOT. Vote by mail. Do not be intimidated. Vote early if you can.

i DON'T FEEL ANY BETTER KNOWING HOW BUSH HAS TWISTED THE DOJ ANY WAY HE WANTS. WE WANT OUR RIGHTS BACK TO VOTE AND LET GOD SORT IT OUT AFTER THE ELECTION AND PLEASE, NO REPUBLICANS TO DO THE SORTING

Let's get on this and make sure McCain don't steal this election from us. Obama is the man.

Wish they'd send some to Colorado. Colorado Sec of State Mike Coffman lost a lawsuit and has to let thousands vote who were removed from the voter rolls. YET, thousands are still being removed on a daily basis. AND he is running for office himself! Talk about the fox watching the hen-house. SOMETHING needs to be done here in Colorado. Can these republicans just do what they want ? They don't obey the law, don't respond to subpoenas, consider themselves innocent when found guilty – what is that mentality! There has to be a change in this country – the good kind of change that President Barack Obama will bring. EVERYONE PLEASE VOTE! I voted early for Barack Obama!

Fair voting is a sign of a true Democracy.

Please go VOTE !

To have people monitoring the polls to make sure there is no voting fraud or voter intimidation, especially in America, makes people like myself wonder what has happen to the American Democratic Process. My God, why is this happening in the USA, the oldest democratic country in the world. We here in Canada take pride in our election process. The polls do not need to be monitored by the feds or justice department. Each poll is maintained by election Canada employees who take their job seriously and make sure all rules are followed. I know. I work for Elections Canada. Maybe the USA federal government should ask Canada on how to run their election process for them. Right now all I can say is the since the republicans have been in power since 2000, they have made a joke out of your election process

Great News! Because let us not forget Gore! The 2000 election was definitely stolen and how convenient it came down to 537 votes and the problem occured in Florida where Jebb Bush was Govenor.

Obama/Biden '08

That should have been done during this early voting stage and the justice dept should have watchdogs at every polling station. so that every voter gets a vote and to make sure that the vote isn't switched, lost or torn up. If I were Obama I would hire overseers to make sure that every vote is counted–hanging chads my eye!!!!!!!

Stealing votes? Those are some tall allegations that have never been proved. Just because an election doesn't end how you want it to doesn't mean it is stolen or rigged.

Blame the media and pollsters for not being objective and pushing an agenda when the election doesn't turn out how the Obamabots want it to.

I get real tired of reading all of these libelous liberal comments.

Check the voting machines. Check the voting machines. Check the voting machines. Check the voting machines. Check the voting machines. Check the voting machines. Check the voting machines.

I believe the electronic machines are the real scam. The state of California refused to use electronice voting machines. They found that the votes were not counted correctly and can be changed. There have been several lawsuits against these voting machine, I can't understand why they are still being used.

I have talked with so many who believe the election will be rigged, or their votes not counted. I hope the media covers this well, because I fear a backlash if there is any indication of fraud no matter who wins the election.

Ahhhh, crap! The republicans are doomed if they aren't allowed to interfere with democracy.

But then, they would just blame the democrats with their unintelligible ACORN smoke screen anyways.

Seriously, the few remaining republicanloyalists sound like a bunch of school yard bullies.

Vote Obama/Biden

PLEASE DO BECAUSE IF ITS ONE THING THE REPUBLICANS ARE GOOD FOR....OTHER THAN CREATING WARS AND DESTROYING THE COUNTRY'S ECONOMY.....ITS INSTILLING FEAR IN PEOPLE AND STEALING ELECTIONS!

There's only one problem here:

The justice department are the same people that let the election be stolen for Bush. And they are even more corrupt now that Bush has revamped them to be his cronies.

This is like having a fox guard the hen house!

So who is watching the Justice Department? Because they are in fact the ones that need to be watched most!

The fact that I can't even trust the Justice Department to promote justice anymore is yet another reason why I am voting for Obama.

I voted today and personally witnessed Obama supporters buying people's votes in front of the polling place. He'll do anything to win.

That is very comforting to know.The department of injustice will be there to see that the elections are "fair".This is the same justice department where appointees were chosen on the basis of political affiliation rather than legal ability.While some of them were removed ,most of them are still there.Guess what? If Obama is elected ,most of them will be out of a job.It iS pretty clear they have a vested interest in the outcome.I cant think of a worse omen than if Gonzalez was a pollwatcher himself.His successor Mukasey has already shown himself to be a stooge dancing to Bush's tune.

8 years late is better than never.

'Uncounted'.

This is a must-see bi-partisan documentary for educated global-minded voters. The dire situation that the United States now finds itself on the domestic, economic and foreign relations fronts are a result of outright criminal election fraud by the Bush Administration and the Republican Party.

Where were the Republicans and Fox News in 2004 when President Bush wanted the Media to suppress the Voter Fraud issue days before the elections in Ohio and amongst other problem states, in which this was stated in the newspapers.Seems to me the Republican party is running out of ideas to instill fear into voters, so they will get the vote. Go Obama/Biden.

Even inside Obama's campaign, some of his people already feel that everything is just about Obama. With over $600 millions raised for the Democratic campaign, Obama has not given any to help out with campaigning at Congress or Senate level or even help out with Clinton's debt. All money has been poured into Obama's image. $600 millions!!!

The most liberal and egotistic candidate ever. You don't help the people sitting in the wagon by screwing the one pulling it. After hours of pulling the wagon, when refreshment comes, the people sitting in the wagon get it first. What a deal.

America, please vote rationally, not emotionally. The whole world envy the US. We have become the greatest nation because of our free entrepreneurial spirit, not big government control as in other nations.

It will be the Obama supporters who cause the chaos, with their marching, rioting, protesting etc...

...before this is over, probably the National Guard will have to be called upon, to help bring about the peace.

Obama is a "Prince" to his supporters, they will settle for nothing less than a victory!

Let's just pray that all these federal observers aren't all conservative nuts.

Is this the same department that fired attorneys because of party affiliation and they wouldn't prosecute "bogus" cases?

Who's COUNTING THE VOTES? They should be publicly tallied and/or broadcast on TV for everyone to see.

I don't trust this at ALL...

They need them out there for early voting, as machines are already messing up and switching votes from Obama to McCain and voter suppression is already up and running in many areas.

With all the fraud flowing in these states by ACORN, how can you disagree with this decision?

With no telling how many faudulent registrations made it through, would you not expect the elections committee to keep an eye on these controversial areas?

Voter disenfrachisment is a strawman argument and always has been. I'm still waiting for someone to show ANY kind of proof that Bush rigged either election....8 years later and still waiting.

Perhaps we should get election observers from the EU? What a sad day it is when we can't trust our elections to be free and fair.

Like anyone in their right mind trusts Mukasey,a Bush appointee.Makes me laugh and very ill at the same time.

GOOD! We know the Democrats can't be trusted. Don't forget how Obama raised all his money? Oh yeah, we still don't know who all those contributors are and probably never will but we do know he lied about how he would finance his campaign; but then, when did lying become a sin to the left?

It's about time the U.S elections are monitored and by Federal Officials even though states may have the right to organize them. Local thugs cannot jeopardize the integrirty of Presidential elections and that too in a country like the U.S, which preaches ad nauseum about how elections are run in other countries! If necessary, they should use the services of the National Guard and the Army to enforce the Federal Voting Rights Act and not leave it to the local hyperactive Katherine Harrises of this country.

I'm glad to see them taking initiative, I only hope that they can catch even a portion of the problems as they come through. I hope more that they catch the Republicans in the act this year.

The last time the DOJ deployed "poll watchers" Kerry got screwed in Ohio!

Scott L.

HAHAHAHA!

More dropping of the tax threshhold!

Bill Richardson in an interview said Americans making less than $120,000 will get a tax cut. When asked to clarify he said yup 120k under Obama!

Laughing so hard at Democrats now!

Also search you tube for DEAR MR. OBAMA – best video and most watched video of this election!!! Very inspiring…too bad Obama and liberals have no respect for this young man.
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He is on every blog spewing this crap about all of the people campaining for Obama to make republicans/independants think they are being fooled. Scott is really the fool – I'm pretty sure that he is Sarah Palins brother!!!!!
OBAMA will win despite all of the stupidity & lies on these blogs by republican hacks.

Here we go again!

After the 200 and 2004 elections, you just can't trust Republicans. They cheat and steal. Mukasey should have been impeached.

Voter Suppression and VOter Purging is going on let's focus on this as a main story and stop talking about Joe the Plumber!!!

Re-thug-licans are stealing the election.

Outside monitoring does nothing. Who's monitoring the machines swithing votes from D to R? Also what is the "Justice Dept's" party affiliation.

It beaucratically ok. but that going through so much these to handle thing right with a rouge policy from the current administration. this is the same justice dept that illegally fired several attorney generals

After the 2000 and 2004 elections, you can't trust a Republican around election time. They are cheaters. Mukasey should have been impeached!!

lol, i see bush adminitration is falling on obama side now, ever notice what obama plan to do and seems bush is following the same path!!!

GO OBAMA-BIDEN 08

Moo-crazy is in the tank for Bush and his heir apparent. Time for the LANDSLIDE to take them all down!

Voter Suppression and VOter Purging is going on let's focus on this as a main story and stop talking about Joe the Plumber!!!

Re-thug-licans are stealing the election.

I am glad there doing something. We all know that the GOP will try, say, take to court, do anything to supress votes. We need a change in good ole US of A and with out protection at the polls we may not get it. 2000 and 2004 need I say more

Change We Need
Obama/Biden 08/12

Just listening and reading what you ignorant Renothincans have to say, it is obvious that you all are obsolutely crazy. You spin everything that has been said to fit your small brains. I have no respect for anyone who believes that all the hatred and divisiveness coming from you people is understandable. You have no right to express the outright lies that are coming out of your mouths. By the way, Where are Sarah Palins medical records? You have all accepted a complete fraud, terrorist, and ethics violator to sponsor. Read the true definition of terrorist and this should give you clueless idiots some insight.

I am so appalled by you people that are still trying to convince yourselves that this country will be better under McNoIdeas and a Woman who you have no idea about. Have any of you read about her bridge to Wasilla that is costing the taxpayers upward of $600M. Google it, because no media outlet will say anything about it. But they are all in the bag for Obama.

Think before you speak. Research before you converse. Give your brain something to go off of except blatant racism. I hate cowards and the republican party is full of them.

A good idea only if they are unbiased, which is unlikely. Might be better off getting the UN to come in an observe.

Great! Maybe the election won't be lost this year because of faulty voting machines or God forbid hanging chads. OBAMA 08

I think they should deploy more than this. Hoefully they can stop what happened in 2000 not to happen again.

Republican in AZ and I'm voting for the smart one!!!! No MORE dumbies in Washington!!! I've been getting the most viel robo calls from the republican party and they better stop and the republican party better get some smart, educated people in their lineup next time!!!!
Keep an eye on every election station!!! I do not trust my own party!!!
Obama/Biden for more intellegent government–not bigger or smaller, but intellegent!!!!

Considering what Bush did to the justice department, this doesn't make me feel better. Will the monitors be the political hacks from that third rate law school Bush put in under his religious initiatives? So now justice is no longer blind. And, just remember something like 23 states don't require a paper trail, so you can't recapture the votes. If the machine was hacked to send a percentage of the votes over to the repub side, there won't be any way to find out. If they steal votes, we won't know. That's what's so scary about this election. All those electronic voting machines need to be replaced with paper ballots. Then, there can be accuracy and accountability. Just go vote no matter what. Don't listen to the polls, if you want Obama to win, you must vote, don't become complacent. It's not over yet!!! Go O & Joe!

I'm still wondering why we don't have UN oversight for our elections.

Look out, Mickey Mouse. They're coming to get you. You, too, Tony Romo. Better only vote once!

I am concerned as Bush controls NI and worry just what may happen. Republican FBI may actually suppress voters!! Republicans have been suppressing votes all across America this Presidential election. I don't like the control of FBI to be partisan and rig whole election for John McCain!!! Hope everyone is researching all of this.

This is what is going to happens in the united states of obama. Reporters cast away , tv stations order to turn off, web pages remove. we might have only one tv channel the obama channel.? His past actions let me believe that this country is going to be turn to a socialist system against our will.

Love it.....Make sure there is no way they can cheat in this election.....McCain and Palin should just move to Alaska when this is all done never to return.....

Obama/Biden
Real change

I don't trust Bush...he tried to interfere with Ohio but the Judge saud no...

"BK" – What's next you ask. I'll tell you what's next....OBAMA/BIDEN WILL BE RUNNING THIS COUNTRY EFFECTIVE 1/20/09. Get used to it or leave earth. No-one will miss you!

OBAMA/BIDEN -08!

It is critical to preserve the people's right to vote freely and from intimidation by any party.

The electoral aparatus need be fixed and made easier to understand to avaid mistake as those that have been already reported. In some cases the people choose to vote for a candidate and some machines bumped them to another candidate automatically, I think this needs to be looked into to fix any defect.

Aaaahh...terriffic. The GOP controls Diebold and unreliable, unverifiable voting machines.

DO NOT TRUST THIS EXECUTIVE BRANCH DEPARTMENT.

REMEMBER WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH.

GREAT! Because the____________ are liars and cheaters! Never forget 2000 and 2004! GO BO GO!

I just hope these are not Karl Rove, Bush, Mcpalin, Limbaugh, Hennety and other hater's troops..

we need world observers everywhere in this country OR
WATCH OUT THEY WILL FOR A THIRD TERM STEAL THE ELECTION
and i hope people take to the streets.. as the bush and mcpalin and roves, and limbaughs, hennetys do not seem to get WE WANT CHANGE

we are tired of this tyranyy

interesting they did not do that during the 2004 thievery of the election

Ken, what's your point? Who is CNN siding with? And if I have to ask doesn't that make your point moot?

There is no need for the republican, independent and democrat members of the Obama Team to be LOUD or RUDE. Be concise and hard hitting … not mean spirited but always, always with SUBSTANCE over SIZZLE. This will keep the discussion on the issues, where the intellectual strength of our campaign resides. It will also remind the competition that the Democrats mean business in a way they not seen in a long, long time. All Americans are pissed!

The opposition is hoping we will get too confident in the face of glowing poll results … that we won’t vigorously defend lies promulgated against us … that we won’t mobilize and TURN OUT the vote on Election Day (The are especially saying that about the voters from age 18 to 26). But you know what, they are wrong. Let’s achieve 95% voter turnout from age 18 to 80.

Promise yourselves that you will make this the GREATEST REFERENDUM that the American public has ever issued in 232 years. It will be historical, not because of my involvement but rather because of yours.

I hear a lot about cheating, voter suppression, and intimidation. (But didn't hear it in 2006). Has anyone posting here personally experienced it? If you claim to, can you give me a link to public records where you filed a complaint with the proper authorities and it was taken up in court?

This is the equivalent of the security screeners at the airport. They inconvenience the law-abiding citizens while the back of the house is left unguarded. Yes this will help, but the biggest challenge is making sure all votes cast are counted and counted correctly.

TO "bk" with "They need to watch Obama and Acorn. ....."

You didn't get the memo apparently. The poll monitors will have to ignore all of Obama's cheating. You must never question Big Brother. Shut up and move along. You don't want to be called racist, do you? You will have to be sent to re-education camp.

- from a new Libertarian.

I love how people keep saying that the Republican party is a party of hate, but then I read all the comments against McCain and most are hateful comments. So I guess Republicans are not alone.

That's good because we don't want to hear cries of rigged voting machines; voter fraud, people being turned about at the polls and racism when there is a McCain Upset.

Hello, I'm from Brazil and just recently we had a major election down here, all the cities renewed or re-elected its mayors and councilemen/women.
It was a clean process, because not only each party had its own observers but also there were independent and electoral ones working that day as well. That way the electoral authorities reported many cases of vote fraud that were discovered and neutralized.
In ALL elections we have we hear stories about 'that candidate from that state' dirty and dishonest tactics to get elected, because they are reported by either a party's observer, and independent one or an oficial (electoral authority) one. That's their job and so far they've done it right.
Which is good because in all elections there are those who like to cheat.

I can see many post in this thread will be:

- The repubs will not steal this one. Newflash they did not steal any others.

- The rpubs and the dirty tricks. Oh like repubs are the only ones throwing mud.......right.

- If Obama loses it is b/c evryone that voted for McCain is RACIST!!!

Keep it up LIbs. That type of talk along with the ones saying that there will be a 2nd Civil War if McCain win only goes to bring out more votes for McCain. You will not scare McCain voters away and you are nothing but bully punks. Please keep up all your talk!!!

Part of me wants to say "good". The other part remembers what Bush has done to politicize the Justice Department and says "really bad". Not sure which part to listen to!

They need to because the Republicans have been known to manipulate things to win.

I am happy to hear that the justice dept is going to try to prevent problems with the AMERICAN people's right to vote. How sad is it that this has to be?? I don't understand how either party could condone having people interfere with the voting process. I don't understand why the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA does not have systems in place to guarantee the right to vote. The right to vote is a basic corner stone of our democracy. We have the technology and the "how to" spirit and ability to have a nearly flawless system. WHY DON'T WE!!!

800? Really? Thats it? Might as well not send any. Further evidence the Justice Dept under Bush turned political.

Yay! Not long now until we all walk hand-in-hand to our new training wage jobs.

People, for sake of America future send every GOP to home. We dont need these GOPS to run our country, enough.

Let's hope they do what they are supposed to do, and don't make things worse. Remember who is still in charge of the federal government.

Wow, good to hear that it will be harder for the Republicans to steal the election this year!

Primary "enforcement" objective of this neocon executive branch dept's employees:

Turn away any voter, particularly those that look like they'll be voting Democrat, for even the slightest hiccup in their registration, such as a missing middle initial or a mistyped apartment number.

Word is that they are doing this as they are already seeing signs of voter fraud and not from Acorn. Machines have been manipulated so that voting a straight democratic ticket registers a vote for the rethuglicans. If the election is close, it is because of rethuglican rigging.

Who would ever think that the greatest country on earth would even need the Justice Department to make sure the voting process is fair. The Rethugs have really harmed our reputation. We're the oldest democracy on earth and you would think we're a bananna republic.

Change We Need
Obama/Biden 08

I am suspcious. Are the Republicans?

Well lets hope so, I heard on the news that people are telling that they moved the voting from the 4th to the 5th...Fraud and dishonesty...
I am hoping that is not going to be another 2000 and 2004...if I am told that I cannot vote I will be very p-ssed off...I may have never voted before, because I could not trust the Government. I just could not take another 4 years of the Republicans. Even though the Democrats have made some blunders,(re-Jimmy Carter)

Lets make our votes count,

this is the beauty of our Democracy, we do have a choice...

Obama/Biden08/12

WHERE will these Bush administration "monitors" be? I'm volunteering at a polling location and would like to "observe" the monitors who are "observing" vulnerable voters.

Luckily, ACORN has been able to do what it can up to this point for Obama. Campaign financing needs to be further reviewed in the Obama camp. If Obama is going to help all the poor people (95%) that he so claims...where did the money come from? And if only "rich" people (5%) are voting for McCain, why is this race so close? Shouldn't the poll #'s be 5 times larger for Obama? Let me guess, it's a bunch of racists taht aren't voting for Obama...at least that is all I've read from a bunch of you liberal whackadoos!

The first sentence is horribly misguided. What evidence exists to suggest that the federal monitors are there to "make sure voters' federal rights are not violated on election day.". More likely their job is to drum up phony charges of voter fraud and slow down the polls in Democratic leaning districts.

Right...........................why not request monitors who are from out of the United States. America's history dosen't look very good (at all) with "monitoring elections". Just a thought!

Mukasey is a creepy guy. Watch the Republican "win."

I like this idea because we can not trust the Republicans. Look what happened in 2000, we were saddled with an inexperienced peabrain.

Obama/Biden is the answer.

08

Good! I would sure hate to see the repubs steal this election.

GET OUT AND VOTE!!!

i hope their not GOP

We want America be change,we suffered enough under the Bush administration and we don't want to happened this again for 8 yrs. under the Republican. People in America,it's time for us to wake up and be faced all the turmoil of our country.Let's let Obama be our President and I know he can change everything in our country.Don't believed all what the Republican s promises,we've been through a lot already under their administration.If we want the CHANGE ,Vote for OBAMA...

I hope they do better than they did in 2000 and 2004. If McCain steals this one, voices will be heard all over this nation. And one of them will be mine, loud and clear.

Voted early for Obama/Biden

Senator McCain you are no hero, you are in fact a terrorist.

Your campaign advisor & "Transition Chief" William Timmons was a Saddam Hussein lobbyist for 5 years.
You pal around with Gordon Liddy, domestic terrorist.
You are a member of "The Project for a New American Century" – a radical extremist terrorist organization.
Your VP candidate's husband Todd Palin is a domestic terrorist in the Alaskan Independence Party.
You accuse Obama of knowing Rashid Khalidi, yet you yourself have given Rashid Khalidi & the PLO $500,000.00!!! So by your logic, if Obama is a terrorist sympathizer like you claim, then you Senator McCain are a state sponsor of terrorism. You are, by your own twisted logic, a terrorist by your own admittance.
You have met with Chilean Dictator Pinochet, a terrorist.
You're coordinated effort to use FOX NEWS, the Bush Administration, your campaign, Sarah Palin, and The Justice Department to commit voter fraud, voter intimidation, & voter suppression is an act of terrorism.

John McCain you are a disgrace to your uniform.

Not this time ReThugs. Obama supporters make sure you VOTE. Don't let them discourage you from standing in line if you must. Just do it. Our future is riding on this.
One America.
Obama/Biden08

The Justice Dept should have been protecting our votes in the last 2 elections, not just starting now. Good they are finally showing up, but I have about as much confidence in them as I do in the Supreme Court: none.

Are you sure anyone would really want Bush era monitors?

The election has just begun but you can be sure that the GOP are finding ways to already steal votes. Watch them closely.

It's great that the Justice Department is doing this! It's a bit worriesome that it's necessary in the United States. This is the kind of thing that we berate third-world countries for. If Justice finds people who are actively trying to subvert the voting process, I do hope these people are prosecuted and sent to jail for a long, long itme.

Thank god! This is great news and is relieving to me, make's me more and more proud of America because I swear to god I was beginning to worry, I mean after 2000 c'mon...

Doesn't anyone think it's sort of silly that in the "country of democracy" that there is a need for oversight to make sure no one cheats?

God help us all if this ends up like 2000!!!!!!!!!!

Chris from NC

This is great! The republicans are good at voter suppression and cheating.

Oh goody...the corrupt, Republican-neocon-led executive branch will be out in full force to "observe" the voting centers. I think we can all breathe a little easier now.

/endsarcasm

They need to watch Obama and Acorn. Obama cheated in Chicago, cheated in the primary, and now trying to cheat in the general. We don't need people like Obama, Pelosi, and Reid running this country, not to mention Obama's anti-american friends. Obama attacks and tries to silence anyone that goes aganinst him, and now he throws the media off his plane and is going to silence them. Whats next?

I would like to know, is this a foreshadowing of a long wait to find out the outcome of the election? It seems like they're setting it up so that someone can cry foul...any thoughts?

Good! The GOP will have to find some other way to steal the election. Regardless of what they try, IT WILL NOT WORK!!!!

YES WE CAN!!!!!!!!!!

I'm so glad to see the voter's rights being taken seriously!

Official definition of terrorist from Merriam Webster:
ter•ror•ism Pronunciation: \ter-ər-i-zəm\
Function: noun
Date: 1795
: the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion
ter•ror•
1: a state of intense fear
2 a: one that inspires fear : scourge b: a frightening aspect c: a cause of anxiety : worry d: an appalling person or thing ; especially : brat
3: reign of terror
4: violent or destructive acts (as bombing) committed by groups in order to intimidate a population or government into granting their demands
By definition a terrorist is anyone who incites fear and terror through lies, false accusations, and other coercion techniques that are not true. So therefore, by official definition Sarah Palin and many of the McCain/Palin supporters are TERRORISTS who keep creating lies and false accusations for the purpose of scaring people not to vote for Obama. You people must be proud.

IF THEY HAD DONE THIS IN 2004. AL GORE WOULD HAVE BEEN OUR PRESIDENT., BUT BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.
OBAMA 08

As long as they cannot check a voters right to vote in that location (drivers license, etc.) they serve no purpose. ACORN and early voting has already interjected all the liberal fraud.

Too many dead people are being allowed to vote in Chicago and Philadephia. I know all too well about the democrat machine that owns Philly. I was a poll watcher there through several presidential elections.

When I was living in Jamaica we looked to the USA as a model of free and fair elections. Now it is just so sad to see, it seems the US is taking a step backward instead of being the country that everyone look-up to

Thank GOD!!! We cannot let the corrupt Chicago gang members rule our election. ACORN is a disgrace to all American Voters – everyone has the right to VOTE – and have it count – even FL & MI people!!!

GOD Bless America

Vote Smart: McCain/Palin – we can trust them

Hmmm, the Bush Justice Department?

why doesn't cnn have any articles on Prairie Fire and Ayres lover for Sirhan Sirhan. Barry is just another sleazy chicago politian.

The fox is guarding the chickens. Nice!

HAHAHAHA!

More dropping of the tax threshhold!

Bill Richardson in an interview said Americans making less than $120,000 will get a tax cut. When asked to clarify he said yup 120k under Obama!

Laughing so hard at Democrats now!

Also search you tube for DEAR MR. OBAMA – best video and most watched video of this election!!! Very inspiring...too bad Obama and liberals have no respect for this young man.

I wish I could vote! It'd be nice to know my vote could change history!

There was a time where I would feel GOOD about the Justice Department coming in to monitor. The JD has been SO compromised and SO politicized by the currentl administration tht it is difficult NOT to have misgivings about it.

Breaking News:

Palin / Joe the Plumber 2012

I hope your not talking about Bush's Justice Dept...

I am so glad to hear this.

I was afraid of what the Acorn / Obama effect would be on our voting system.
They have used the system so far to beat the system and I hope they don’t mess with the foundation of our democracy.

I am sure CNN wouldn't post this.

CNN = Obama HQ

Awww geee bet the republicans hate this...they cant steal another election like they did in 2004......

If McCain wins it would be ashamed and would be a destruction of American democracy, considering all the polls. It is ironic that we insist on a democratic system in Iraq and yet we (u.s) can not carry out a perfect election...look at all the early voting problems we are having.

Glad you posted my last one Thankyou CNN you act as a good filter of the Media. Report the news you want to report and supress the voices you don't want to hear As spoken by another American recently Mark my Words soon the American Spirit will rise. No wonder there is such anger towards the press. You are like a one sided referee in a sporting event calling everything one sided. What happens after such a game. Just think about it though this was all season of one sided calls on your part, just think what that can do. No Bias No Bull certainly does not equal Fair and Balanced

Sounds like a winner to me.