Gingrich: Justice Dept Wants to ‘Steal Elections’
- Posted on December 31, 2011 at 4:45pm by
Christopher Santarelli
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(The Blaze/AP) — Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich blasted the Justice Department for blocking a South Carolina voter identification law and suggested the Obama administration wants to “steal elections.”
During a campaign stop in Council Bluffs, Iowa, the former House speaker questioned why Attorney General Eric Holder is “so determined not to identify if people are not eligible to vote”
Gingrich went on to say that, “you have to ask, why is it that they are desperate to retain the ability to steal elections and I think that’s what it comes down to.”

The Justice Department recently rejected South Carolina’s law requiring voters to show photo ID at polling places as discriminatory against minorities. Republicans argue stricter voter ID laws are needed to avert voter fraud.
The South Carolina primary is Jan. 21.
Gingrich’s once promising campaign has derailed over the last month, especially in key early caucus Iowa where frequent attack ads against Gingrich have sent the former Speaker of the House from first to fourth place in polls over the last month.





















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mcpbob
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 5:46pmeveryone has ID. even if you were in jail, you have a photo ID,
Report Post »Grasshopper42
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 5:50pmNo they don’t . . .
MeteoricLimbo
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 7:29pmWell if they want to vote they have 11 months to get one…
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on January 1, 2012 at 5:01amThe left have been stealing eections in this country for years, sorry … Decades !!!
Report Post »GETLIFE
Posted on January 1, 2012 at 9:30amWhere are the other candidates on this? Everybody -ESPECIALLY the minorities should be outraged by this. Legalized corruption which will infiltrate all sides.
Report Post »pitboss711
Posted on January 1, 2012 at 11:55amBet they could get one if they needed one to buy a bottle of booze.
Report Post »teaisstronger
Posted on January 1, 2012 at 5:39pmHow Will Illegal Criminal Aliens And Dead People Be Able To Vote If ID Is Required.
If no one knows who is voting then voting no longer means anything. Obama is taking away our right to vote in the States he needs to win. In the States Obama does not need, voting will be controlled.
The Government has declared war on the American people so what does voting have to do with anything anymore. Everyone is so eager to obey illegal laws.
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on January 1, 2012 at 6:08pmwell, you have 10 months to get one to vote,,,,,what’s the delay?? what’s the REAL reason???? humm?
Report Post »Wolf
Posted on January 2, 2012 at 10:46amLiberals and dimocrats don’t want voter ID, but they want a national ID card… what does that tell you about their plans?
Report Post »Pink Elephant
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 5:34pmI had to show ID to buy the orange box of Mucinex behind the counter at Walgreens ….. Doctor’s offices are increasingly asking for ID to combat insurance fraud ….. I even had to show an ID to sign my child up for little league.
But … oh … how horrid if someone has to show one to VOTE. Is this Administration also against people having to show ID if they lose their food stamp/debit card & need a replacement?
Report Post »toto
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 6:47pmObama (and his entire administration) is so corrupt it is beyond pathetic, why the public is so complacent about it I will never know. I feel like I am living a nightmare.
Report Post »venture291
Posted on January 1, 2012 at 3:09amRELAX this is the progressives in action what could be wrong with any of: If this article on SOROS and his big shadow govment don’t wake us up we deserve the future.. Sad our children don’t though feel terrible for them when i look into their innocent eyes, they trust we are looking out for them… http://www.horowitzfreedomcenter.org/2011/12/29/the-center-for-american-progress-jihad-against-the-free-world/
Report Post »decendentof56
Posted on January 1, 2012 at 8:26amLook…..Why would we not want to ensure the integrity of elections? Tell me. It is, after all, the cornerstone of our Republic.
How many times in the past have you read of elections in third-world countries that have been completely rigged for only one outcome? How many times?
Now, third-world elections have come to America. You can thank your friends and neighbors for being apathetic towards the continued destruction of everything America stands for. Freedom to work without being forced to pay union dues, freedom to board a plane with out being strip-searched, freedom to own guns and carry them, freedom to mention God at graduation ceremonies, the list goes on and on!
When will you say….ENOUGH!
Report Post »I’ll tell you when…..AFTER OBAMA IS ELECTED AGAIN AND WE ARE IN A STATE OF ANARCHY!
You better wake the hell up!
venture291
Posted on January 1, 2012 at 10:18am@Decendant
Report Post »All the crazy illogical actions we are witnessing are to bring us to slaughter so we can bow down to our new leader of the world GEORGE SOROS. He is the pupet master. Everything makes sence when you discover what this guy has been and is up to. Thanks for reading and please pass this on so we can enlighten the masses. Check out a few of the many 537 front groups this guy has been working on..
This guy believes the U.S. is standing in his way for a new world order!
http://www.horowitzfreedomcenter.org/2011/12/29/the-center-for-american-progress-jihad-against-the-free-world/
http://www.truethevote.org/news/what-is-the-secretary-of-state-project http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/12/14/george-soros-godfather-left-gives-550-million-to-liberal-causes/
Master Sergeant Malone
Posted on January 1, 2012 at 10:54amU got that right Pink. How, on God’s green earth is it discriminating to demand a photo ID to vote? Hells bells, one is required to buy alcohol, cigs, to fly and in ALL cases to get freekin’ FOOD STAMPS to include other kinds of welfare….but hell no, no bitching in those cases. Eric Holder should be slapped under the jail for HIS continuing bull s-it with Obama in the same cell. Joe and Jane six packs in this country are getting fed up with this crap. Make that already fed up, not getting! There’s going to be hell to pay if this Prez is shoved back in office. It’s in the cards!!!!
Report Post »beebacksoon
Posted on January 2, 2012 at 4:57amTo Pink Elephant:
“But … oh … how horrid if someone has to show one to VOTE. Is this Administration also against people having to show ID if they lose their food stamp/debit card & need a replacement?”
Just have our gov‘t include the recipient’s picture on those food stamp “credit/debit” cards (you know, the cards that have the American flag draped across it). ANYONE can get a picture ID, they just don’t want to make the effort.
Report Post »harryt17
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 5:32pmIs it just me or does his new wife look scary as hell!!!!???? Wow!
Report Post »inblack
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 5:48pmPlease, she is beautiful, but this is the shot that the MSM is always dying to take. An awkward shot that makes you look bizzare or evil.
Sad that people suck so bad.
Report Post »BODYBAG
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 5:58pmIts mostly you. Her current look is just too harsh. She’s actually quite an attractive woman.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_606w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2011/05/17/National-Politics/Images/political-wives004.jpg
http://wishididntknow.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/newt-and-wife.jpg
Report Post »SacredHonor1776
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 6:00pmShe looks like Ghirahim from Zelda: Skyward Sword in that picture…
Report Post »BODYBAG
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 6:17pm“Sad that people suck so bad.”
Yes. Absence of any sense of honor. Want to attack the candidate….he made the choice,
Report Post »he’s the candidate, he’s fair game. Leave the wife & kids alone. Wives & children
should be off limits. Bet dimes to donuts the rabid ******** wouldnt like their families
being mercilessly targeted and ridiculed.
nick7
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 7:02pmIt’s you !
Report Post »SacredHonor1776
Posted on January 1, 2012 at 12:59amHis wife is probably a nice woman…
She isn’t part of the problem, unless you believe the idea that the power behind every president is a woman (except in maybe the case of James Buchanan). But ya, they really did take an awkward picture of her… I blame the media! It’s funny that in general most pictures of candidates and popular political figures are awkward in some form or other.
Report Post »decendentof56
Posted on January 1, 2012 at 8:39amYou know as well as I that the photographer took many pics of her before getting the one he wanted.
Report Post »Come on….don’t be gullible. The guy is probably alone right now thinking about her, and……well, you know.
She is a beautiful woman
denispaul
Posted on January 1, 2012 at 9:18amYou must think Pelosi’s a fox.
Report Post »decendentof56
Posted on January 1, 2012 at 9:32am@ DENISPAUL…..
Report Post »“You must think Pelosi’s a fox.”
No….actually, I think (”You must first pass the bill to know what is in it.”) Pelosi is the devil.
Anyway, that ‘photographer’ was probably estatic that after so many tries, he finally got an unflattering pic of her.
DP, isn’t beauty in the eye of the beholder? Don’t you think in freedom of thought/expression?
You felt the need to attack my opinion? For what reason?
What do you think of MO’s looks?
SacredHonor1776
Posted on January 1, 2012 at 12:03pmBeauty is in eye of the beholder true… I suppose it probably also depends on a person’s age. If someone’s younger she is sure to look too old… For example.
But seriously who chooses to vote presidents based on what a candidates wife looks like? Or in case of Bachman based in her appearance?! That is shallow and superficial reason to vote…
Report Post »Helpful
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 5:32pmThis is nothing compared what the Justice Dept. is planning on NEW GUN LAWS…….wait and see…??
Report Post »AMERICA4EVER
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 6:27pmWhat’s that? Only blacks and Mexicans can have guns? That’s who has most of them now. Oh, only law abiding citizens can’t have guns.
Report Post »ICRedifURBlue
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 6:48pmWhen it’s illegal to have guns I will be a criminal……….20 votes in a box of ammo…..
Report Post »venture291
Posted on January 1, 2012 at 3:13amIt‘s not DOJ it’s SOROS, check this out http://www.horowitzfreedomcenter.org/2011/12/29/the-center-for-american-progress-jihad-against-the-free-world/
Report Post »AlphaDoe
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 5:32pmI am so sick and tired whith comes out of DC! Maybe they don’t have to provide ID, but unless they can prove they are a US citizen, their vote should not count.
Report Post »Bill Rowland
Posted on January 1, 2012 at 5:30amApply this to the Senate and the House. I don’t mind showing my ID to vote , why should congress be exempt.
OMG
Report Post »geonj
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 5:31pmcan’t wait to see if the nbpp will be intimidating me at my polling place. i will be defending my rights to vote with extreme prejudice. let holder do something about that.
Report Post »neverending
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 5:31pmThe only thing I agree 100% with Newt on. doj is doing everything they can to pave the way for obamas re-election. Why so many of us are sure he will win a second term because I don’t think we have ever seen such corruption and dirty politics as well are seeing now and only going to get worse, Just think they will literally do everything they can to win. God help us all.
Report Post »NancyBee
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 8:17pmThey are doing it right before our very eyes…if little ole me can see all this…….what are our representatives doing??? Can they not see…..are they that stupid…..are they blind as bats…..do they not care……are their brains fried???????
Report Post »AmazingGrace8
Posted on January 1, 2012 at 5:19pm@nancybee
Prostitute: (2) meaning…to sell (oneself,one’s talents,etc.) for base purposes. Base purpose: elected post….life-long career with all the perks. The rest of the fools can eat cake (that THEY paid for).
Report Post »Term Limits are a must!!!
From Virginia
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 5:28pmI’ve know dems were crooks for over 6 years since they were Lt Gov in most of the states and stated flatly they were not going to purge their voter rolls of the deceased. Why wouldn’t you do that unless you planned to have a warm body claim to be that person?
Report Post »MCDAVE
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 6:20pmNorth Carolina has same problem….the dead do get to vote
maryslittlelamb
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 9:43pmGo to http://www.truethevote.com. They’re doing some good stuff vis-a-vis voter fraud.
Report Post »venture291
Posted on January 1, 2012 at 3:25am@Mary great link. I have kept it and will pass along. Here is another one of SOROS that is very diturbing and nobody is talking about.http://www.horowitzfreedomcenter.org/2011/12/29/the-center-for-american-progress-jihad-against-the-free-world/. and http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/12/14/george-soros-godfather-left-gives-550-million-to-liberal-causes/ Happy New Year and fasten your seat belts!
Report Post »jarhead69
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 5:27pmHe’s right, most corrupt administration ever, they will do anything to make sure the blacks get away with everything
Report Post »BODYBAG
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 5:40pmWhat did you expect? Think 2008 Black Panther goons brandishing batons at the polling location in PA shouting racial slurs.Case dropped & closed. Did you see the riot videos over the new NIKE air recently during christmas? I mean did anyone REALLY look at them? The one observation that everyone was scared to make?
Dont pay any attention to the media crap regarding Newt not standing a chance against BarryO. Newt will wipe the floor with this Marxist dimwit. He‘s the only guy with the intelligence and the stones and I would love to see him follow Barry around showing up at every stop like he’s suggested already.
Report Post »Id love to see him get into office and wrap this Administration up in a RICO case…that would be true Social Justice.
Celeste.Christi
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 6:08pmAs of the 2000 Census the black population in America is less than 12%. Blacks can’t elect anyone on their own. The solution to the “black block” is simple. Vote.
Report Post »DeyTirkErJerbs
Posted on January 1, 2012 at 9:52amLolololol
Report Post »AlphaDoe
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 5:26pmI agree that the DOJ is corrupt! I don’t understand what the big deal is. Most people need more than one form of ID to get a job, get a driver’s license, or even a library card!
Report Post »concealled9mms
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 5:56pmwhat a pack of liars you need a photo id to enter the justice dept
Report Post »snakeyes4liberty
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 5:22pmYou cannot buy a beer without showing you are at least 21! I am 54 & I get “carded” at Walmart when I buy alcohol. You can’t write a check for anything at any store without a valid ID. You can’t board an airplane without ID. You can’t view an R rated movie if you look under the age of 17 without an ID. The list goes on, but rest assured that in the United States you can apply for welfare, get an abortion and exercise the right to elect the people who run this country with NO proof as to your age or who you are!!!
Report Post »Look4DBigPicture
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 5:22pmDon’t people need an ID to get food stamps or unemployment checks? How about a job? There’s something very fishy about any American who thinks requiring a photo ID to vote is in any way discriminatory. Obama said he felt the courts should be more active in formulating legislation … and here we are … discriminating against those productive citizens who follow the rules and favoring of those who don’t. Do we live in a banana republic or what?
Report Post »hikinggussie
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 5:15pmUsing photo IDS is only common sense. Sheesh.
Report Post »Bill Rowland
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 5:13pmIf Holder can keep getting publicity for things like votrer registeration, photo ID at the p, suits against states that inforce or reinforce federal immigration law, suing Sheriff Joe for supposed civil rights violations of illegal aliens, he hoppes to allow illegal voting for Obumbler and take attention away from himself for lying to congress and his envolvement in Fast and Furious.
This is the crookedest administration in human memory, they will lie, cheat, make false arrests ignore the Bill or Rights, anything to stay in power. If they don’t win or think they are not going to be able to steal the election, they will declare martial law, using the OWSers and their cohorts as the excuse.
Lock and Load.
OMG
Report Post »Dumbwhiteguy
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 6:02pmSomething is wrong. They can lie, cheat and steal and get away with it. We are already taken over people.
Report Post »Darla_K
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 7:56pmDon’t forget to check out the Fema camps for when he does declare martial law.
Report Post »BloodSweatandTears
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 8:37pmWait a second….you said civil rights violations for illegals aliens? Illegal- gives you civil rights that can be violated? Is that like saying a trespasser has the same rights or more than the property owner that he has violated? Sheeesh this is all so confusing.
Report Post »THE1stAMERICANMARTYR
Posted on January 1, 2012 at 1:41amI’ve known for 4 years that martial law was coming and have been telling anyone who would listen that it was going to happen late summer 2012. It’s time to make your lists, note where all the commies, Muslims and traitors live in your neighborhoods and mark the locations of all Mosques. You’ll know what needs to be done when they start their revolution. Lock and load rock-n-roll.
Report Post »DeyTirkErJerbs
Posted on January 1, 2012 at 9:54amWhy do you think Newt is thinking about the possibility of being able to manipulate the Justice Department? Were you not alive during the Bush Justice Department scandal? Having one court declare one law unconstitutional does not a (solid) conspiracy theory make.
Report Post »Eric_The_Red_State
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 5:09pmIf they don’t require Photo ID – then I suggest we all get in our car and go there to vote.
Report Post »When they have a 385% voter turnout – then MAYBE they will do something about it.
Vechorik
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 5:19pmWow — I wish!
Report Post »db321
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 5:27pmYour right Eric – In order to catch a crook – you have to think like one. Lets beat them at there own game.
Also – if anyone see an Obama Support Office Absent T Ballets drop off – report them – it is also illegal for anyone to touch an Absent T ballet other than the Voter.
Report Post »AlphaDoe
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 5:36pmI like the concept!
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 5:07pmI go to a bank, I need I.D.; I vote, I need I.D. – i need I.D. for everything.
My conclusion – No I.D.; must be illegal……………..
Report Post »Tri-ox
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 5:07pmTrue.
Report Post »MeteoricLimbo
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 5:09pmAgreed.
Report Post »survivorseed
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 5:06pmWhat…no mention of the fact that Gingrich isn’t on the ballot in Virginia because of voter fraud. The fact that he registered fake people, I thought only Acorn did that…..wheres the outrage?
Report Post »WakingSheep
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 5:11pmYeah! Now him and perry are suing! They new the rules!
marion
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 5:47pmYou forgot to read the article. Turned out one of the folks working to get the necessary votes to get Newt’s name on the ballot was a Lefty plant (along with Perry most likely) and the forgings were done to keep his name off the ballot. What a better plan than anything, get forged names into the ballot so that when it is verified they are found to be false and purposely defraud his chances. It is a perfect Saul Alynski plan. They did the same thing in California to prevent an amendment from being added to the ballot and it worked then, too.
Report Post »capelady
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 5:54pmFirst of all, in 2008 when all the candidates qualified in Virginia, they did not compare those who signed with a database of registered voters. They were only checking to see if the forms were completed properly. Newt hired people to collect the signatures and they solicited signatures from people who were not registered voters. He had no way of knowing that. The same thing with Perry. Romney and Paul have had their organizations in place since they ran in 2008 so they were not under the same time constraints. The AG has intervened in Virginia and there is no charge of fraud against Gingrich or Perry – just and unrealistic requirement that differs from years past in that this year they verified registered voters.
Report Post »survivorseed
Posted on January 1, 2012 at 1:58amyou guys would defend the devil himself if glenn beck told you to……pathetic
Report Post »NILAP
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 5:03pmWith all the photo technology available today, it takes seconds to create a photo ID. The only thing that takes time is the lazy government employees getting it to the public.
Report Post »abbygirl1994
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 5:01pmTell me..why does SC not have to show ID.. I have lived in two states and both required my ID when I went to vote, and that is at levels of Government>> what makes SC so special… if I agree with anything from Newt it would be this.. it is bullcrap that people can‘t afford ID’s or drivers licenses.. go to any of these peoples homes and you will see big screen tv’s, computers.. etc.. they just don‘t choose to spend their money on ID’s.. This is all about corruption and as American’s we know it!
Report Post »dnewton
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 7:49pmIf you have to pay for the ID/drivers license, then there is a legal argument that the law requiring a drivers license acts as a poll tax, which is illegal.
Report Post »Captain Crunch
Posted on January 1, 2012 at 2:10amThose states will give you an ID for FREE.
Report Post »decendentof56
Posted on January 1, 2012 at 8:33amABBY….ABBY!
Because Barak Obama and Eric Holder hate America and, especially, White America.
Theres a chip on their shoulders and a score to settle.
Abby, go find a copy of J Christian Adams’ book…“Injustice”. That will help you understand how the New Black Panthers in Philly were never prosecuted.
Report Post »Celeste.Christi
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 4:59pmNewt often voices exactly what we think…and he’s right about Holder and the DOJ.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 5:04pmHe is right about that. Wrong on just about everything else. He is a big givernment progressive. He will just rearrange the deck chairs on the Titantic. No Newt.
Report Post »AMERICA4EVER
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 5:17pmHolder should have been gone after the Black Panther deal. He is typical, hates whites and wants to keep enabling blacks while appearing as their savior. Him and his type are the trouble with America. Hurry next November.
Report Post »absolutelynot
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 5:20pmYes after the black panther intimidation case of voter intimidation there was a gentleman who quit the DOJ and wrote a book of these plans !!!! at least Newt is bringing the correct fights forth for consideration
Report Post »Celeste.Christi
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 6:14pmReply to BadDoggy:
To late Dawg. Our entire family has already submitted absentee ballots with the Palm Beach County Board of Elections. 12 votes for Newt!!
Report Post »decendentof56
Posted on January 1, 2012 at 9:10amOH, HELPFUL……You’re just silly.
Report Post »Gangs and criminals will still be able to have guns.
Stop worrying!
decendentof56
Posted on January 1, 2012 at 9:24am@
ABSOLUTELYNOT……..
“Yes after the black panther intimidation case of voter intimidation there was a gentleman who quit the DOJ and wrote a book of these plans !!!!”
Correct! Absolutely!….and that mans’ name is J Christian Adams. His book?….“Injustice”
You are correct that he quit because of the racism in the DOJ. They are exacting revenge over long-ago-ended voting-rights violations against Blacks.
Holder has so much hatred against this country, so much hatred against Whites. His boss has the same hatred.
They have filled the DOJ’s civil-rights division and its sibling, the ‘voters section’, with so many racially-motivated Blacks with a score to settle that Obama will win re-election in 2012.
Mark my word!
Report Post »cja23
Posted on January 1, 2012 at 1:25pmTotal deception from the DOJ. This has “nothing” to do with minorities”, it has everything to do with “voter fraud” and “stealing elections”, period! Tell the dam- truth, for once.
Report Post »Misha
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 4:58pmGot to hand it to him, he tells it like it is and I totally respect him for that.
Report Post »WakingSheep
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 5:07pmToo bad he wont speak of his support to the UN and his membership in the CFR (council on foreign relations).
Report Post »klammey
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 4:58pmThis is a no brainer. Well…except for those dumb enough to believe everything that King Obama and his thugs tell them.
Report Post »MrMagoo
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 4:52pmI imagine Newt is with most people on this one.Strict voter ID cards,with photos.Of course Eric Holder will fight it.Democrats hate fair and square elections,as history has shown time and again.
Report Post »charleyrocks
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 4:58pmI am beginning to like what he is saying!
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 5:01pmPhoto ID is Required in Deep Blue Konnecticut. Is our photo ID law unconstitutional??
Report Post »WakingSheep
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 5:09pmFunny Eric will call foul on wanting to enforce voter ID’s but how do you think he feels about the national ID card? He’s a piece.
Report Post »Master_and_Commander
Posted on December 31, 2011 at 4:51pmThe DOJ just reeks with corruption. The whole thing needs to be scrapped.
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