Race For Ag Took Nasty Turn

THE RACE FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE

TAKES A NASTY TURN

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Recent events in the Oklahoma GOP race for the office of the Attorney General have taken a nasty change of discourse recently. Name calling is just part of it. Claims by both individuals have painted their opponent as the worse possible choice to hold the office. We received in our mail on Wednesday, a flyer from both individuals. We looked to see if the claims made are accurate. The following story is what we found.

We started by going to the flyer's themselves. We compared the individual claims made for accuracy. We started by going to the Wikipedia page for each candidate. The page on Mr. Drummond we found to be accurate as to what he is indicating he's accomplished in his life. Then we looked at the AG Mike Hunter's page and found some omission's that raise a concern over his qualifications to be the State Attorney General.

The first was that there is little to no information to indicate he was a practicing attorney. It does state he was. He served in the state legislature from 1988 thru 1991. There is no indication of what he did between 1991 thru 1993. Once again, it's indicated he returned to a private practice. It must not have been a success because two years later he became the General Counsel for the Oklahoma State Corporation Commission between 1993 through 1994. There is no indication of his employment from 1994 until he went to work for Governor Fallin.

Our Secure Voting Machines?

 

HOW SECURE ARE OUR VOTING MACHINES?

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As we are all well aware of the voting problem in the 2016 elections, we decided to investigate the security of voting machines and why the Republicans want photo identification before people vote. We were in shock about what we found. We have uncovered the reason that Democrats insist on not having voter identification. We believe it's the only way many Democrats remain in office.

We found this article from Newsweek. Yes, we are aware that they are a left leaning magazine. It would appear that this article is only left leaning. It doesn't try to blame either party, but it does include an admission by the manufacturer of certain voting machines that failed to include non-hackable software.

Hoftmeister's Scandals

JOY HOFMEISTER AND

THE SCANDALED STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

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  To no one's surprise, the Superintendent of Education drew a few challengers for her seat and the potential of unseating her is still a real possibility. The scandal plagued Department of Education even at one time had the Superintendent charged with felony campaign finance regulations. That is not the only scandal that transpired during her administration. We would have been shocked if she didn't have a rival. As it currently stands, she faces a run-off election for her position in August.

  What brought our attention to this story was this article from the MusgokeePolitical.com site. After the criminal case against her was dismissed, she still received enough votes to face a run-off against a challenger. The charges, though dismissed at this time, are still under investigation by the Oklahoma County District Attorney's office.

GOP Picks Worst Candidates

THE PRIMARY IS OVER, AND ONCE AGAIN

THE GOP HAS PICKED THE WORST CANDIDATES

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The primary results are in and we know that a lot of candidates were disappointed at the returns. We would never have guessed the run-off election would be between a real estate executive with a shady pass and the former television reporter and former Mayor of Oklahoma City. We can only speculate as to why, and we are not in the business of speculating about elections.

We've already focused on one of the candidates and now we'll show you what information is available on former Mayor Mick Cornett. One candidate appears to buy the election with his ample wealth while the other candidate is running on having a fourteen-year history of a balanced budget. Well he's required to have a balanced budget. So are our legislators, but the never seem to have enough money in the coffers to balance it without loans and tax increases.

The first item we found was this article from the MusgokeeePolitical.com. There is a mention of the two remaining candidates having issues and we concur with the statement. We would encourage you to open the link and read it for yourself. It's a very informative article.

Pfeiffer Get's Exposed

INCUMBENT LEGISLATOR RUNS AS A CONSERVATIVE

YET HIS VOTING RECORD SAYS DIFFEREENT

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It never fails to have Liberal Republicans run as Conservative during each election. We have again found another incumbent liberal Republican running for re-election in his district. We all know that politicians shade the truth on their about their true political believes, but we fail to see how anyone that votes for a tax hike can call themselves a Conservative. This is doubly troubling when a half billion in new taxes are placed on the backs of the working class when they leave tax credits to corporations practically untouched.

What started our interest in this report an article in the MusgokeePolitico.com. It seems that he is going to face a runoff in his campaign to keep his seat. All of his campaign literature is showing that he is claiming to be a conservative, yet he has voted to increase taxes that made it to the floor of the house over these last two years. It appears that he has it that the Republican Party is the party of lower taxes and less government. It also appears that he knows little about the states Constitution or chooses to ignore it. If he did, he would realize that him as well as all the elected officials in the state have been in violation of the Oklahoma State Constitution since 1994. That would make this and all other elected positions in the state illegitimate.

A Candidate who Doesn't Vote... Wants Your Vote

 

 A MAN WHO SELDOM VOTES

WANTS TO BE YOUR NEXT GOVERNOR

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It's not often that we come across a candidate for office who fails to vote repeatedly. Those that fail to vote, not only those seeking office, have failed to let their voice be heard. We often wonder why these individuals fail to vote. By not voting they have failed to exercise their Constitutional right of a voice in the decision making for the state and the federal governments. Such is the case for one candidate for the office of Governor of Oklahoma.

What brought our attention to this problem was a piece of investigative journalism from the group Oklahomawatch.org. We encourage you to read the story at this link. It is a very well written article.

We next came across an article concerning campaign financial reports. When we last reported on his campaign we were unable to locate these reports. You can read the report in this article.

The Block Candidacy For Lt. Gov.

THERE IS A CANDIDATE FOR LT. GOVERNOR

That is Actually a Very Good Choice

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 There are many times when a candidate runs for office that they are completely ignored. Today we bring you a textbook example of one such candidate. This gentleman has been ignored by most of the main stream media. We found only one blogger, two newspapers and one television station that have bothered to interview him. We will not make a recommendation for any candidate; however, his voice deserves to be heard.

We first learned of this individual from this article. Although not directly mentioned by name, it was an incentive to push us into looking at the fourth candidate. We were able to find a lot of good useful information on him.

The candidacy for the office of Lt. Governor was put into further detail in this article from the muskogeephoenix.com. You can read the article here. They have some good information on the candidate.