Buncombe GOP makes charges of vote-buying against Obama campaign

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Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

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The Buncombe County GOP claims that Democrats were “buying votes” by giving out free James Taylor tickets a couple of weeks ago. The local board of elections voted 2-1 along party lines to dismiss the claim.

Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

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  1. Ash November 3, 2008

    judgeyall, thanks for reading! you probably know better than i do because you’re on the front lines. but i still like making the guess.

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  2. Chad Nesbitt November 3, 2008

    Gordon,

    Can’t be anymore absurd than you siding with a magnolia tree let alone the people that hug on it.

    Dr. Johnson did a great job. If he were a Democrat you would be singing his praises.

    Chad Nesbitt

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  3. judgeyall November 3, 2008

    Ash! 114th – Susan Fisher. Ill be volunteering but butt off if he tries it. 🙂

    Oh, and after running phone banking for two days straight, I still check you daily before I totally crash…. sleep…

    Love the predictions. I think NC will go for Obama because the ground game is like anything Ive seen. Leicester, Fairview, W. Asheville, Weaverville, Burnsvilles, Black Mountain, and it goes on.

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  4. Ash November 2, 2008

    Gordon, wow.

    judgeyall — thanks for the tip. which district does he live in?

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  5. judgeyall November 2, 2008

    Just about as stupid as the chick who carved a B in the side of her face.

    Word is this guy is going to run for state house…

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  6. Gordon Smith November 1, 2008

    Say huh?

    I had to transcribe some of this just to see if it read as absurd as it sounded and looked:

    “We have a history in this nation of perception and therefore perception being reality. It seems to me that our perception is not being validated.”
    […]
    “All I’m talking about right now is the perception. We’re not even validating the perception. It may not be illegal, but perception is my reality. And so I think that that’s the part that is more hurtful from my vantage point than anything because it’s like our perception isn’t even validated. It’s like well you don’t have a right to have that perception because there’s no way that could have possibly been happening, no way it was legal. O.k. so it wasn’t legal, but perception is reality. And therefore those individuals who may have perceived that receiving a ticket would have meant that they were expected to vote, irregardless of what they chose to do when they got in that ballot box, it goes back to that issue.”
    […]
    “I’m not asking you to validate my perception. I’m asking you to respect our perception.”

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