STATEMENT ON
OBAMA CAMPAIGN'S LETTER TO JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ON VOTER FRAUD
ARLINGTON, VA -- Today, McCain-Palin 2008 Spokesman Ben Porritt issued
the following statement in response to the Obama campaign's letter to
Attorney General Michael Mukasey:
"After a week of shifting stories and clumsy corrections regarding
Barack Obama's connections to ACORN, the Obama campaign resorted to
their now-customary heavy handed tactic of attempting to criminalize
political discourse. Today's outrageous letter to Attorney General
Mukasey and Special Prosecutor Dannehy at the Justice Department asking
for a special prosecutor to investigate Senator McCain and Governor
Palin's public statements about ACORN's record of fraudulent voter
registrations (including in this week's Presidential debate) is absurd.
It is a typical time-worn Washington attempt to criminalize political
differences. For someone who promises 'change,' it is certainly only
more of the same.
"The letter's request that the Department of Justice investigate
'recent partisan Republican activities throughout the country' is
almost a parody of the Obama campaign's attempt to intimidate their
political opponents. In case Sen. Obama's lawyer did not notice, we are
in the midst of a political campaign, not a coronation, and the alleged
criminal activity he calls 'recent partisan Republican activities' are
what the rest of us call campaign speeches and debates. All of this is
unfortunately reminiscent of the Obama campaign's recent creation of a
'truth squad' of Missouri prosecutors and sheriffs to 'target' people
who criticize Sen. Obama. Rest assured that, despite these threats, the
McCain-Palin campaign will continue to address the serious issue of
voter registration fraud by ACORN and other partisan groups, and
compliance by states with the Help America Vote Act's requirement of
matching new voter registrations with state data bases to preve nt
voter fraud."