That’s the double-down message Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott delivered Thursday to poll watchers affiliated with United Nations who want to come and observe voting on Election Day.
The squabble started after Abbott wrote to the Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe, threatening to prosecute any of its members who come near a polling location.
“The OSCE may be entitled to its opinions about Voter ID laws, but your opinion is legally irrelevant in the United States, where the Supreme Court has already determined that Voter ID laws are constitutional,” Abbott wrote.
Abbott concluded his letter by adding that the Texas Election Code governs all election participants and that OSCE officials are not authorized to enter a polling place. He said it “may be a criminal offense for OSCE’s representatives to maintain a presence within 100 feet of a polling place’s entrance.”
“Failure to comply with these requirements could subject the OSCE’s representatives to criminal prosecution for violating state law,” Abbott wrote.
The OSCE wants to go to Texas this year, like it has to poll locations across the U.S. since 2002.
The group calls Abbott’s threat “unacceptable” in a letter to the State Department. Abbott on Thursday tweeted his response: “BRING IT.”
Greg Abbott @GregAbbott_TX
UN-related vote monitors warn Texas: Don't mess with us. My response: BRING IT. Official letter to follow reut.rs/WK2dj0
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The State Department says it has reassured Texas that OSCE will follow state election laws.
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Obama's world , where the UN can come to America and tell us what to do. Not here in Texas though, we will stand firm our ground - Fuck the UN
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Agreed, fuck the UN. I'm also still confused about what the point is. This shit has been going on since 2002? So I'm curious as to which states these impotent European assholes have already been.
Posted Oct-26-2012 ByNateyG2 (242.70) NateyG2 View Channel Send Message
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Good to see some read blooded Americans giving the finger to those trans-global elitist scum in blue helmets. F them and their globalist agenda.
Don’t fuck with Texas!
Posted Oct-26-2012 ByMoore Slayer (2084.94) 
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someone is texas is reallllyyyy defensive for some reason
we tell the UN to put poll observers in other countries....yet when one tries it at home...its a scandal
Posted Oct-26-2012 Bymylostsoul (736.94) 
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@mylostsoul - You use the term "we" like we had any say so in the matter. Think about that for second.
Posted Oct-26-2012 Bycajunmojo (2059.80) 
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@cajunmojo fair enough, im saying the us has pushed the un to put poll observers in volatile countries or corrupt ones, yet we don't expect to be treated like that
i understand the voter ID law, but this guy with "bring it" a bit defensive no ?
Posted Oct-26-2012 Bymylostsoul (736.94) 
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He doesn't want some foreign group interfering with Voter Id laws. Read the entire story.
"He cited reports that OSCE monitors had met with organizations challenging voter identification laws. Texas' voter ID law was blocked earlier this year by a federal court, and Abbott has said he will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
"The OSCE may be entitled to its opinions about Voter ID laws, but your opinion is legally irrelevant in the United States, where the Supreme Court has already de More..
Posted Oct-26-2012 BySalmonellalover629 (545.30) 
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@Salmonellalover629
BINGO
Posted Oct-26-2012 Bycicc2422 (151.40) 
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If foreigners want to challenge Texas election laws where they have no jurisdiction, by all means do so. It'll be a good LL vid to see them being escorted out in handcuffs if they choose to test the AG resolve. Come on OSCE, you talk the talk, lets see you walk the walk.
Posted Oct-26-2012 Byrakkasans (234.38) 
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US soldiers die in conflicts like Bosnia and Iraq so that these countries can have democratic elections over seen by the U.N. Poll Observers. These same observers are now threatened by the USA for trying to ensure their elections are free from fraud.
...so what did the soldiers die for?
Posted Oct-26-2012 Bycdnbud (153.30) cdnbud View Channel Send Message
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i guess america is a dictatorship because even in the middle east the un is there now what does america have to hide.
Posted Oct-26-2012 Bynowhereman1 (495.42) 
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The UN serves no purpose other than to enhance their own power over free people.
Posted Oct-26-2012 Bytsnwi (292.10) tsnwi View Channel Send Message
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@tsnwi
Have you been in an American airport recently? - have you seen the hundreds of 'US Police State' abuse videos on LL?
Trust me, Americans are not free.
You do know about the 'frog in boiling water' scenario?
And now Americans are even being led to believe they have democratic elections.... and they fall for it! LOL
Posted Oct-26-2012 ByGrumpyAuldBastard (222.34) GrumpyAuldBastard View Channel Send Message
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what is he afraid of?
Posted Oct-26-2012 Byleontrotsky (272.94) 
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@Vityazz A Russian talking about fair elections? That is rich.
Posted Oct-26-2012 BySalmonellalover629 (545.30) 
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@Vityazz a russian shouldn't even be pointing any finger at all
Posted Oct-26-2012 Bymylostsoul (736.94) 
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@mylostsoul Easy, you'll end up jail like those crazy punk rockers. Fucking Russia is just jonesing for Obama to win again.
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@yorba hah ! russia politics are a joke to me as well.
Posted Oct-26-2012 Bymylostsoul (736.94) 
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Well its sorta the 'American Standard' we've come to expect.
They love to pontificate and preach to the world about 'Freedom Liberty & Democracy', but the minute anyone wants to make sure they hold themselves to those same standards, America gets all defensive, threatening and nasty.
Americans are funny, or rather... America is now the biggest joke on the planet.
I mean come on boyz!
Jayus - whats your problem?
Posted Oct-26-2012 ByGrumpyAuldBastard (222.34) GrumpyAuldBastard View Channel Send Message
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Ah haha. And the icing on that grand cake is that no one in America gives a fuck about what every other lesser country thinks.
It's just how the world works. The biggest fish in the foodchain gets to dictate policy and be void from it. If you other countries don't like it, why don't you come over here and try to stop it?
Posted Oct-26-2012 ByNateyG2 (242.70) NateyG2 View Channel Send Message
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Biggest fish?
You are owned by China, and everywhere you go you get your ass kicked.... Korea, Vietnam Somalia etc etc - in fact, you need to realise that Americans are merely legends in your own minds, and if some ragheads in the desert can kick your ass, rice farmers in the jungle or some mountain goat herders in Afghanistan can have you running away with your tail between your legs, then trust me, its only Americans you have left to convince of your own importance.... cause everyo More..
Posted Oct-26-2012 ByGrumpyAuldBastard (222.34) GrumpyAuldBastard View Channel Send Message
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You're clearly just drunk. And probably fighting too... somehow. Lol, Ireland. England's piss pot. You're a fine one to talk.
Posted Oct-26-2012 ByNateyG2 (242.70) NateyG2 View Channel Send Message
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I don't trust the UN, but I also don't trust our own government, so it seems pretty silly to be banning vote watchers for the same purpose of how it looks when a middle eastern country denies entrance to weapons inspectors.
I understand wanting to keep a tight watch on them, but banning them completely is suspicious.
Posted Oct-26-2012 By86mang75 (318.30) 
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Why is Mitt Romney so confident?
In states where the winner will be decided by less than 10%, of the vote he already knows he will win. This is no tinfoil hat conspiracy. It’s a maths problem. And mathematics showed changes in actual raw voting data that had no statistical correlation other than programmable computer fraud. This computer fraud resulted in votes being flipped from Democrat to Republican in every federal, senatorial, congressional and gubernatorial election since 2008 (thus far More..
Posted Oct-26-2012 ByGrumpyAuldBastard (222.34) GrumpyAuldBastard View Channel Send Message
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The OSCE has nothing to do with the U.N., btw.
The OSCE’s representatives are just looking into the elections to find flaws in the democratic process, which everyone in the U.S. should welcome. It's not that the U.S. election system is perfect and flawless, just think of something called "faithless electors".
Worst thing that can happen is the OSCE people observe flaws and report them, maybe offer some advice on possible ways to get rid of the flaws. They wouldn't have any power to a More..
Posted Oct-26-2012 ByUac_mitun_ahau (267.62) Uac_mitun_ahau View Channel Send Message
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The article below came from here:
www.ukprogressive.co.uk/breaking-retired-nsa-analyst-proves-gop-is-stealing-elections/article20598.html
I tried to edit it in, but couldn't.
Credit where credit is due.
The point is, everyone knows that voter fraud is rife in the US, and Texas doesn't want caught... so they follow the American way - that being, and bully and threaten everyone
Posted Oct-26-2012 ByGrumpyAuldBastard (222.34) GrumpyAuldBastard View Channel Send Message
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@GrumpyAuldBastard "Caught" are you serious. There are over 8,000 poll (voting) locations open in Texas open for 12 hours on 11/6. In a state that is over 696K square km, they're going to have a lot of territory to cover in a short period of time with a one or two person team. "Caught" LOL, If they want to catch someone they should go to Chicago where I live. The Democrat machine here is the epicenter of voter fraud and corruption in the US...you know..where Obama came from.
Posted Oct-26-2012 Byrakkasans (234.38) 
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Ahhhhhh spoken like a well brain washed American.
So whats the issue then?
If its only one or two persons, and 8000 polling stations have nothing to hide, then why is Texas getting all anally retentive about being inspected that voter fraud isn't taking place? - and that Texas is being seen to apply the same standards of democracy that the US pontificates to the world about?
Posted Oct-26-2012 ByGrumpyAuldBastard (222.34) GrumpyAuldBastard View Channel Send Message
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@GrumpyAuldBastard Written like a well oiled dickhead. "the issue" No matter what mantle you hang on the OSCE, the mere fact that they are an international observer organization gives them no special status that trumps Texas sovereignty and election laws. No other groups, ACLU, NAACP, in the US have any special access to polling places in Texas..this group is no different. They can observe all they want, I really don't care. Because for all their bluster and indignant hand wringing, t More..
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