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Rep. Jim Moran’s Son Resigns From Campaign After Release of Latest O’Keefe Undercover Video

Oct. 25, 2012 12:41am Jason Howerton

Patrick Moran (source: Business Insider)

ARLINGTON, Va. (TheBlaze/AP) — The son of Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) resigned from his father’s campaign Wednesday after a conservative group released an undercover video in which he discussed a plan to cast fraudulent ballots.

Patrick Moran had been a field director for the campaign.

The resignation came hours after Project Veritas, an organization led by activist James O’Keefe, released a video showing an undercover operative pitching a voter-fraud plan to Patrick Moran. The plan called for casting ballots in the name of 100 voters who were registered but rarely voted.

In the video, Patrick Moran expresses doubts about the plan but eventually tells the undercover volunteer to “look into it.”

In a statement issued Wednesday night, Patrick Moran said, that “at no point have I, or will I ever endorse any sort of illegal or unethical behavior.”

“At no point did I take this person seriously. He struck me as being unstable and joking, and for only that reason did I humor him. In hindsight, I should have immediately walked away, making it clear that there is no place in the electoral process for even the suggestion of illegal behavior, joking or not.”

Moran said he stepped down because he didn’t want “to be a distraction during this year’s critical election.”

Jim Moran’s campaign office released a statement, saying: “Patrick is well liked and was a well-respected member of the campaign team. This incident, however, was clearly an error in judgment. The campaign has accepted Patrick’s resignation, effective immediately.”

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Man-On-A-Mission
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:38am
Where is the stories of how the GOP committed actual voter fraud on Florida?????

Not an issue here I guess.

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- SITDOWNANDSHUTUP
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:47am
  What in the wide world of sports are you talking about? Please give details. Oh wait, you don’t have any, right?
  
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- Want our country back
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:56am
  MAN ON A MISSION You need to get into your time machine and go ‘FORWARD’ into the 21st century… we now have our first half white, half black and gay president.
  
  Cheating and lying is the only way that obama could win re-election.
  
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- turkey13
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:57am
  If only more elected officials fought for results instead of political gains.- Tom Colburn – Senator of Oklahoma – controlled under term limits.
  
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- Recceman90
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 1:00pm
  You mean defending the Military vote from Al Gore? Ya, that ain’t fraud….it’s insurance that our defenders of freedom actually get to vote and be counted.
  
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Beachbaby
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:20am
I hope he gets beat up and dies.

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ONEOFMILLIONS
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:10am
Long gone are the days when most elected leaders were men of good conscious and character. This is really apparent in this case. A man of character would say that my son’s decision gives testimony about how I helped raise him. So his decison was bad and I need to accept some of the. responsibility for that and resign my position immediately. That’s what a person of character does Mr. Moran. I am sorry you fell short of that threshold sir. Let’s hope the voters in your district see this flaw and rememdy the problem!!!!

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Pakinpastor
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 10:45am
@Hidden_Lion, sorry, I looked it up, and it is not the blatant voter fraud you are implicating. It is nothing like what this Democrat has done.

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Popp40
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 10:40am
Funny how in VA and especially MSNBC they are not really reporting on this story, however, they are reporting about how a guy from a company that the Republicans contracted out to threw away 8 voter registration ballots. They are both voter fraud but only one is getting coverage.

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BODYBAG
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 9:19am
“In hindsight, I should have immediately walked away, making it clear that there is no place in the electoral process for even the suggestion of illegal behavior, joking or not.”

TRANSLATION: Im not sorry for what I did —- just that I was caught red-handed

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BLACKDIAMONDSKIER
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 8:51am
“at no point have I, or will I ever endorse any sort of illegal or unethical behavior.”

Dude….when you are a Democrat…. reality lives in a far away land. People are watching you on video doing the very thing you are claiming you never did. The Democratic party is full of these types of lowlife dirtbags.

Maybe, he thinks he will be o.k. if he says he was just kidding. What is the penalty for promoting voter fraud. The campaign said he is “well liked and well respected”. It seems that being a low life, lying, cheating, fraud are required to be “well liked and well respected” within the DNC.

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bdandsl
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 8:43am
Lies! The dems have told us there is NO VOTER FRAUD!

This is shameful and American’s should be very worried. There is nothing the liberals will not do to win!

Let’s get intregity, honor and humility back in the White House. Romney/Ryan 2012!

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The_Jerk
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 8:00am
So casual that this kind of abuse must be common.

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woodyee
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 7:54am
DemonicRats + voter fraud = Standard operating procedure.

Voter ID’s – Yes!

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- The_Jerk
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 8:29am
  This footage should be used as exhibit number one.
  
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Gonzo
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 7:50am
He’s pursuing a career as a scarf model.

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- SocialistSlayer
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 9:10am
  Its the latest fashion in Commie-Land! Makes Northern Virginia so proud !
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 10:52am
  If it’s warm enough to go in shirt sleeves, what kind of **** wears a scarf?
  
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jackact
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 7:50am
Ha ha ha…..O’Keefe, American hero!

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Amazingoly
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 7:32am
Like father, like son. Voters should give bully Jim Moran the boot. He is corrupt too.

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- The_Jerk
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 7:52am
  Exactly. But, I’ve come to the conclusion that stupidity is taking over intelligence in this country. I’m losing faith in the American people, and maybe that’s because many aren’t even American.
  
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- SocialistSlayer
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 9:14am
  Think about it – half the residents in Northern Virginia work for the Communist obama regime ! The other half are immigrants who have been brainwashed into thinking the Commie-Crats are working for their best interests – Yes the Morans are well known Criminals !
  
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- SITDOWNANDSHUTUP
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:51am
  Never happen…….Jimmy is most likely claiming “victim status” right about now. To them, O’Keefe is the bully.
  
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Hoax And Chains
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 7:09am
Liberals seldom ever do any work at all and do it honestly. Make Liberals disaapear. Put up a “help Wanted, Apply Inside” sign.

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blanco5
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 6:54am
One down, how many more to go? We will never know, but we do know that cheating will be at epic levels this time.

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pepsicolakid
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 6:31am
Corruption is why we are gonna go down folks. Its everywhere, politicians,clergy and 99% of everything on tv. Used to be a time when people actually valued honesty. Nowdays it seems, honesty is a quaint little value that must die before you can succeed in politics or the entertainment industry,banking or just about anything. Regardless of faith or lack thereof, a society HAS to have some sort of moral compass in order to thrive. America is falling away from everything good she once stood for,hence the rest of the world falling into chaos. Praying for America,our troops and all the women in the muslim world that endure the pure evil that is sharia law.

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FightingBear
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 6:23am
Instead of stepping down, shouldn’t this guy be stepping into an orange jumpsuit?

It’s no wonder the Dems fight so hard against voter ID laws …those laws would disenfranchise the libs out there who want to cast 100 votes….and of course that wouldn’t be possible with a voter ID.

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- G-WHIZ
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 10:31am
  Call it a PINK jumpsuit with Sherriff Joe A. !!
  
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TrueSoundsOfLiberty
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 4:32am
So dems talk about it and have to resign but the repubs pay people to do it and not many seem to care about it?

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- yougottabekidding
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 5:15am
  FORWARD = 180 degree turn then go with determination
  
  If you have proof of voter fraud, then submit it to law enforcement. If you have knowldge and do not submit it you are guilty
  Fraud is fraud no matter who is doing it. Voter ID laws would take most of the doubt – out
  
  If you are just shooting off your mouth, then you are an absoulute idiot, which seems to be the case!
  
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- RightUnite
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 6:54am
  Not only should he resign, he should face jail time.
  
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- hidden_lion
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 7:12am
  gottabekidding-
  Look up Maine RNC primary. Thats the most blatant one.
  
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Miss Impala
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 4:27am
At first I could have believed him had he quickly ended the conversation after saying yeah look into it and let me know. But he fostered the conversation. One thing he may have been doing is trying to get info on this reporter to report him to the police. Something I might have done.

But the conversation, just went on and on… and it did not seem like that… it seemed more like the wheels were turning in his head…

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Simonne
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 3:56am
Just another example showing why some people don’t want photo ID. There’s more voter fraud that I actually thought as I’ve seen enough about people double voting.

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DNOLAN
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 1:50am
This situation is complete nonsense.

Video should have spent a couple of meetings talking about it, and then also trick the dude into making payment, then all doubt would be removed and someone would be doing jail time.

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- Ditto Head
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 2:02am
  DEspicable MOroniC RATS!!!
  
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Pro-Palin
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 1:38am
Just in case ANY OF U FORGOT THIS in Virginia and the nation.
Apr 7, 2011
Jim Moran to Veteran: Sit Down or Leave
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfhY3ZEbv5I&list=PL50ABDD2CF4DCB6AF&index=19&feature=plpp_video

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Al J Zira
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 1:05am
Just the tip of the iceberg. It’s a good thing the UN is coming in to monitor our elections. Otherwise we could wind up with the Black Panthers intimidating voters again. What a joke the left is turning the whole election process into. There should be mandatory 25 year sentences for anyone found tampering with the election process regardless of party lines or who is involved.

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- M13
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 1:12am
  You don’t honestly think that the U.N. monitoring U.S. elections is a good thing? That statement proves you are a moron.
  
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- Guitarcarl
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 1:38am
  M13 you don’t understand sarcasm do you. Al J Zira is not the moron.
  
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- mercenary4freedom
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 2:13am
  M13, I think AL J ZIRA was being sarcastic.
  
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- RightUnite
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 6:55am
  @M13….. Wow!!! Sheeeesh!
  
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- blanco5
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 7:05am
  We need a “sarcasm” font.
  
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Diane TX
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 1:00am
Yeah I did it (guilty), but I was really humoring him because I believed him to be a nutjob. (Sure Patrick)

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AProudConservative
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:57am
I know Cong. Jim Moran. I have also met Patrick, back when he was a kid. So it’s sad to see he would stoop as low as his dad. But having been involved in politics in the 8th district in Virginia for a long time before I moved away, this will probably have no effect on the race. Jim Moran will still win by his usual 2/3′s of the vote. You see, character doesn’t matter to the liberal dems in NOVA.

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- Al J Zira
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 1:06am
  Unfortunately, that seems to be a trend.
  
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- CatB
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 2:05am
  Too true .. I was reading on another website that this was a set up and not true and all manner of excuses …seems anything is okay to people who stand for nothing.
  
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- SITDOWNANDSHUTUP
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:59am
  That’s what I’ve been saying.
  
  I know these people well. Congressman Moran would need to commit a capital offense to lose this election. Heck, I’ll bet he could be arrested for a small crime days before the election and still win whilst behind bars.
  
  LIBS DO NOT CARE ABOUT ETHICS OR MORALS, ONLY POWER. Everyone on this website needs to understand this fact.
  
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