Look what I got in the email this morning from Darrell "Recall Davis" Issa! (Electoral Coll scam)

[cascadiance]

In another thread, Darrell Issa was shown to be one of the big backers of the new effort to put in place the manipulative partial electoral college vote for California scam.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=3058692&mesg_id=3058692

I reminded people in that thread of course that Issa was also perhaps THE prime sponsor of the recall of Gray Davis a while back too, and himself tried to get elected instead of him (though he backed out crying in the end when it was obvious that he wasn't going to beat Arnold).

Here's the message (which likely was directed to me since I think I'm on Bilbray's list now for some of the emails that have been sent to him on other issues):

From: [e-mail]
Subject: California Counts! - Make Your Vote Count!
Date: November 8, 2007 11:48:47 PM PST
To: (calipendence)
Reply-To: [e-mail]

Darrell Issa
U.S. Representative



Hello,

In 2003, I called on Californians to come together to take control of their state government and recall Gray Davis. Over 1.5 million responded by signing our recall petition.

Now, I need your help to put a vitally important measure on the June ballot to reform the Electoral College.

California’s current ‘winner-take-all” system is not fair and makes our votes irrelevant in Presidential elections. Our reform initiative will make sure your vote counts and make sure every candidate wins his or her fair share of electoral college votes from California.

This initiative is NOT about helping any one party or candidate. It simply makes sure that every vote cast in our state counts in the Electoral College.

o In 1988, Democratic nominee Michael Dukakis received 48% of the vote, but received ZERO electoral delegates from California.
o In 2004, Republican nominee George Bush received 44% of the vote, but received ZERO electoral delegates from California.
o It has been over 30 years since presidential candidates have actively sought the votes of Californians. Without this reform initiative, they will take us for granted again in 2008.

Here is what I need you to do:

o Download the petition: http://www.calcounts.org/petition/">California Counts Petition
o Print the petition out on your home or office printer on 8.5 x 11 paper. DO NOT adjust the margins and please use white paper and black ink.
o Please Sign and date your petition and mail it back to this address:

California Counts
921 11th Street
Suite 400
Sacramento, CA 9581

You can also help by forwarding this email to your friends and associates, or, if you prefer, we will forward the petition for you. Just send us your email list and we will take care of everything else.

Also, please visit our website, http://www.calcounts.org for more information.

Thank you for helping make sure your vote – and every vote - counts, and thank you for helping make California a better place.

Sincerely,



Darrell Issa
U.S. Representative

P.S. I am not an officer, director or organizer of “California Counts” – just a citizen who wants to make sure this important measure is placed before voters. Please join me.

Paid for by Issa for Congress, ID#C00350520

In accordance with federal law, Congressman Darrell Issa is not soliciting individual funds beyond federal limits ($2300 per election) and is not soliciting contributions from corporations, labor organizations, federal government contractors and foreign nationals without permanent residence status “green cards”. Contributions are not tax deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes.

Click here to be removed from our mailing list.

Don't you just LOVE THIS LIE(!) in this line at the end and contrast with the previous post's? Oh, like you are just an "average citizen" with that much money behind it!

P.S. I am not an officer, director or organizer of “California Counts” – just a citizen who wants to make sure this important measure is placed before voters. Please join me.

Above DU thread referenced paragraph:

The largest single donor revealed in Tuesday's filing was the California Republican Party ($80,000), followed by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Vista) at $59,700. Issa has not yet endorsed a presidential candidate. Former Univision chairman Jerrold Perenchio, who is backing Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign, donated $50,000, as did Silicon Valley venture capitalist E. Floyd Kvamme, a Giuliani backer....Newport Beach investor Duane R. Roberts gave $50,000 to the effort. Hehas has given $2,300 to McCain, Giuliani and ex-Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.

Folks, we need to declare WAR on car thief and arsonist Darrell Issa, who's constantly trying to subvert our political processes for political gain! I think we need to take the gloves off with him now!

[Cleita]

1. I thought this already got shot down.

Leave it up to Darryl to try to resurrect it again. This needs to be addressed right away. He was successful in getting rid of Davis. He might be successful in this if not challenged right away.

[caligirl]

11. Its rebborn by Issa's money take a ction here>>

http://www.nodirtytricks.com/


YOu could print out the petition and sign it " Ivanna P Simov?"

[Fovea]

2. You'd think Rep Issa was already having enough problems

sitting in his seat of govt instead of a nice cooshy governor's throne.

I think we have to acknowledge that Daryl is a well heeled catamite for the Repubelic party.

[msongs]

3. riverside big shot businessman/hotel owner kicks in $50 K?

could the Duane R. Roberts, newport beach millionaire, be the same Duane Roberts, millionaire business man who owns Riverside's Mission Inn hotel? Roberts, well known republican party big shot....? I called our local newspaper and mentioned this and was told that the names of individual donors was not of interest to the paper. Hmm, why would the local paper not want local people to know a local big shot business person was behind this recall?

Msongs
http://www.myspace.com/msongsmusic

[EFerrari]

4. Can we circulate a petition to have Issa arrested as an enemy of the republic?

Maybe we should get serious and circulate a petition to keep our current system?

[Cleita]

5. I had the same thought.

At the very least there has got to be some scandals involving him that need to be dug up and aired in public in a Larry Craig sort of way.

[EFerrari]

6. Maybe also get people ready to challenge his signatures because

we know he or someone will likely try to cheat.

[robinlynne]

7. June election. That's scary. That's a tiny election where most people don't get out to vote.

This is not by accident. Were it in the november or february election, it would get shot down in a second.

[mopinko]

8. they are trying to recall my gov-(D) here in illinois

note that- a)there is no recall available in law here in illinois. b) nobody seemed to want to recall our last governor, republican george ryan who is off to prison for mulitiple felonies.
there guys are just determined to turn our democratic processes into kabuki theater for their own benefit.

[cascadiance]

9. You KNOW they want a Rethug to appoint a replacement for Obama if he gets elected!

That's the big reason I don't want Boxer on the ticket in 2008 too! If it were Angelides, we'd be in a lot better shape now! And then we could really go after Feinstein for her BS that has had her leave the defense appropriations committee too!

[riverdeep]

10. I knew this would get resurected sooner or later.

It's like trying to keep a deer carcass hidden from hyenas. Scare them off for a while, but they'll come back, they can't resist. If I recall, on the first go round, the effort was funded almost exclusively by a single mysterious donor. But it fell apart.

If you want to get rid of the electoral college, I'm all for that. But it needs to be done nationwide, or not at all. Anything else is just more dirty tricks. The only way they know they can win.

[cascadiance]

12. Kick for the evening crowd...