Posted by
Desert Blue on Thursday, October 23, 2008 9:07:27 AM
The Obama campaign’s defenders are out on television
claiming that just because ACORN has committed voter registration fraud does
not mean that that anyone would actually cast a fraudulent ballot, and that
such claims are mere paranoia caused by desperation. It is clear that they take the American
public for fools. There is no reason to
register false names other than to be able to cast false ballots.
Yes, they are totally separate crimes. So are brandishing a weapon and armed
robbery. However, it is reasonable that
a man arrested outside a 7-11 for brandishing a weapon may also have intended
to commit armed robbery inside the 7-11, and that he was merely caught before
completing that crime. Most prosecutors
would have little difficulty in convincing a jury that the man was guilty of
attempted armed robbery. Nobody but the
man’s defense attorney would call this unreasonable; being outside the 7-11
with a weapon to brandish is a “substantial step” toward the completion of the
crime of armed robbery. It is a necessary but not sufficient condition, taken
with the aim of furthering the crime. All
U.S.
jurisdictions use language similar to this to define the crime of attempt.
Fraudulent voter registration, though its own crime, is likewise
a substantial step toward the completion of the crime of fraudulently voting. Therefore, establishing attempt, or even a
conspiracy to commit voter fraud, should not be out of reach for the Justice
Department. RICO arrests should be made
now, before the crime is completed.