"I would just like to know what you can say to reassure us that this election will not be rigged or stolen?" a woman asked Obama at an economic forum at Kent State University's Tuscarawas campus in New Philadelphia.If it's not close, they -- meaning Democrats -- can't cheat. This is an outrage. I demand that Obama produce evidence that Ken Blackwell or any other Republican committed election fraud. I can show you lots of examples where community organizer group ACORN has committed lots of voter fraud, but NOBODY has been able to prove that the 2004 election was stolen.
"Well, I tell you what, it helps in Ohio that we've got Democrats in charge of the machines," Obama replied -- adding quickly that he is from Chicago, where Democrats have been accused of rigging votes in the past.
Right here in this one statement, Obama is directing his surrogates -- including Jenny Brunner -- to steal the election.
Don't tell me that if Greg Hartmann had won and John McCain said something like this that the lefties all over this planet would be making the same accusation. The difference is that Obama's Democrats are just that devious and angry to try it.
HT: Maggie via Twitter
UPDATE: More from that Dispatch piece includes this response from the Ohio GOP:
Ohio Republican Party Chairman Robert Bennett issued a statement saying Obama's comment "basically amounted to an endorsement of vote-rigging."Jenny Brunner is the most partisan Secretary of State that the Great State of Ohio has ever seen or is likely to see in the future.
"That may be how you win elections back in Chicago, but Ohioans tend to frown upon the idea of massive voter fraud, especially when it's floated by a presidential candidate," Bennett said. "Jennifer Brunner's meddling with Ohio's elections system and her firing of elections officials for political reasons has been disturbing enough, but it now seems the Obama-Brunner team are openly wearing the same partisan jersey. Ohioans will not stand for this blatant disregard for the integrity of our elections system."
