‘American Democrat’ for Prime Minister of Canada? Or Another Non-citizen Caught Voting in U.S Elections?
by Capitol Confidential
Canadians will go to the polls on May 2nd to elect a Prime Minister. The election has gained almost no attention in the U.S. but one candidate suddenly has a very American problem.
As reported in the Toronto Sun, Michael Ignatieff, the Liberal Party candidate for Prime Minister stated in a 2004 interview with a U.K. journalist:
“I am an American Democrat. I will vote for Kerry in November.”
Ignatieff, a professor at Harvard University, was living in Cambridge, MA at the time. He had been away from Canada for over 30 years, having arrived at Harvard as a graduate student in 1969. In the 70s he moved to the UK, but eventually found his way back to Cambridge and settled in as an academic. He became so settled that it was a shock to many in Canada when returned in 2005 and announced his intention to run for Parliament. Many questioned if he was a U.S. citizen. Feeling the pressure, Ignatieff told the Toronto Star, ”
“I’ve never been a citizen of any other country. Nor was I a green card holder in the United States.”
If that is true, then voting in the U.S. was illegal. And a professor at the Kennedy School of Government would have known that.
A conviction for illegal voting in Massachusetts carries a penalty of up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000. For each time that he voted.
But proving if he did or did not vote may be an impossibility . The only conclusive proof would be the hard copy poll books that are used to check in voters on election day – if he signed in, he voted. But, the Cambridge Election Commission says that they no longer have the hard copy material from 2004. And while their electronic database includes voter history, they admit that a voter who has been purged from the rolls may not show up anywhere in the file. Assuming Ignatieff didn’t vote in Cambridge after being elected to Parliament in 2006, he would have been purged.
So all we have is Ignatieff’s word that he voted in a U.S. election. And he may or may not be a citizen.
When asked for comment, Ignatieff’s spokesman basically thumbed his nose at U.S. election law:
“Mr. Ignatieff has simply confirmed what we already know — that he is a progressive, compassionate liberal. Always has been, always will be.”
But that doesn’t answer the question: Is he an American, or did he vote illegally? If he’s an American, he should stop denying it and be proud to have become a citizen of this great country. If it’s the latter, he should be prosecuted for making a mockery of our democracy.
So far, there has been no word from the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office about investigating Ignatieff’s voter files.
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I am born and raised in Taxachusetts, since he may have voted illegally demoncrat he will get a pass. In fact Mad Martha (AG) won't spend a minute on this. Complete waste of time, the rules don't apply to a dimwitocrat. It isn't fair but it is fact here.
Liberals don't care who votes or how often as long as it follows their agenda. This trend is getting worse as they become more desperate to create the world they "know' everyone wants.
Remember that billy ayers and bernadine dorn want people all around the globe to be able to vote for the US President. This assclown just got a jump on the idea.
Come on people this guy is ahead of the curve for the New World Order with one Government. Obviously this guy believes that the only laws that apply to him are those that suite his needs and goals.
He needs sent to GITMO today, not tomorrow or next week but Today.
We need to get the answers out of this Liberal POS….. and if the peope who run GITMO have their way they will get the answers out of this Liberal POS.
If Canada has anything bad to say about it they can talk to the United States Military.
The Canadian Government sent Ignatieff to the United States of America to Spy on the USA and UK some 30 years ago.
Yes, and once convicted Canada will not allow someone with a criminal record to enter the country. That is if he can show he has been "rehabilitated" then they will let him enter
He said he voted,that has to count for something,no one forced a confession out of him,he came right out and said he voted in a US election.
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The Obama campaign is expected to fire the starting gun of the presidential race this week – filing papers with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) as early as today – and then hit the circuit for what is expected to be the most expensive election in history.
The White House is playing down the time Mr Obama will have to take off from his presidential duties to prepare for the showdown in November next year, saying it expects the campaign to be relatively subdued until spring 2012, but his campaign staff hope to stuff his war chest with money from rich supporters long before a Republican challenger is nominated.
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For the past few weeks, Jim Messina, the Obama campaign manager, and Patrick Gaspard, the executive director of the Democratic party, have been criss-crossing the country meeting frustrated donors, hoping to re-energise them. Major donors are being set a target of raising $350,000 apiece.
Mr Obama is already slated to appear at party fundraising events this month in Chicago, New York, LA and San Francisco. Filing formal election papers with the FEC means that money from those events can now be split between the party and the President’s re-election campaign.
One has to wonder what last evening’s lack of leadership in the possible “Government Shutdown Crisis” (never waste a crisis) will do to the fund raising machine…
WHERE'S THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE BARRY:
http://i40.tinypic.com/o0154z.jpg
Too bad he's not a Republican… That would guarantee he would be investigated.
The Progressive/Marxist/Elite are above any laws,just ask one,they'll tell you!
part of the Soros group OSI- 'open society institute' plans is the borderless United States where ANYONE can vote…
No matter if one is a citizen or not. What is MOST peculiar about all this is it only applies to this country. Never is any mention made of, say, 'voting' out the Red Chinese oligarchs, or the Iranian mullahs. No, the only 'open country-open borders' is the good ol' US of A.
Of course this is a Progressive shell game. Deception brought to a very high level because their agenda is treasonous, this useful idiot has in all of his 'enlightened' ignorance tipped the hand of their movement. Of course he voted for John Kerry irrespective of citizenry or not. Isn't that the duty of all good Progressives? By any and ALL means possible?…
You beat me to it, I was painting my Bathroom but most Canadians are smart enough to see through this clown, he doesn't stand a chance.
LMAO. I am from Canada. His return to Canada from years of exhile is a bit of a running joke on the right ('The first American Prime Minister') and has been used in ammunition in election campain ads from the Conservative Party.
He has made all kinds of gaffes on American related issues. In an attempt to use a Conservative supporters criminal backround as ammunition he refered to him being a 'felon'. The 'felon' term is an American term and is not used in the Canadian justice system. Things like this just go to show that he is more American than Canadian regardless of his actuall citizenship.
Now perhaps he can get a birth certificate from Hawaii and run against Obama in 2012?? ;^)
"So far, there has been no word from the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office about investigating Ignatieff’s voter files."
The AG says "it is a first in first out office!" This means that it has to investigate ALL of the OTHER illegal alien voters, before it gets to a "Professor"./ sarc off
Don't forget to get his SSN in North Carolina!!!/ sarc off
A 'real' Democrat if there ever was one. LOL!
If Ignatieff became an American citizen, there should be naturalization records. Has anyone checked?
“Mr. Ignatieff has simply confirmed what we already know — that he is a progressive, compassionate liberal. Always has been, always will be.”
I guess what the spokesman is saying is that "progressive, compassionate liberal" so obviously implies a disdain for the rule of law it is not even worth mentioning.
Further than I'd go, but, he's the spokesman.
Like Barack H. Obama II, aka Barry Soetoro, Michael Ignatieff is just another citizen of the world, that feels he can defy law, "basically thumbed his nose at U.S. election law," plant his ass in any country, vote anywhere, or run for political office in any country he chooses. Massachusetts should be issuing an arrest warrant, and Canada should do likewise.
Where's the Birth Certificate Barry: http://i40.tinypic.com/o0154z.jpg
Does this mean that we all should be applying for our absentee ballots from Canada?
@TylerNull – Thanks for posting this video! The dems are crooked all the way!
I'm surprised the people in Canada are putting up with this,I guess the guy is another Obama supported by those who want to rule the world under the new communist world order,makes sense to me now,if they could pull it off in the US Canada will be a cake walk!
All you really need to know about a liberal is that "They lie" If they say something, write something, record something, teach something just keep it in the back of your mind always… "They lie" I find it hard to even keep a straight face when I come to know that someone I associate with is a Democrat, or progressive… It's sort of like finding out that they have brain damage or something.
Good riddance to him, let him be Canada's problem. My grandparents were from Canada and they lived in Michigan and had green cards, they did not get to vote. Some people abide by the laws of the land, and others like most of those of a certain association to the Democrat party don't.
read this – the 1912 Progressive platform – how much has been put in place?
http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index….
Example number 1,675,352,379 of democrat voter fraud.
Time for a change……….again!
http://therealrevo.com/blog/?p=43426
Time for a change……….again!
http://therealrevo.com/blog/?p=43426
Where's the birth certificate Barack Obama?
http://superstore.wnd.com/Wheres-the-Birth-Certif...
Where's the birth certificate Barack Obama?
http://superstore.wnd.com/Wheres-the-Birth-Certif...
I could be wrong, but didn't Obama's aunt live in Massachusetts?
You know, the illegal alien who defied deportation and was living in SUBSIDIZED housing.
Besides, what's a little voter fraud. If a guy is brave enough to walk past Black Panthers with blackjacks, that means something in this country.
And did you forget? Harvard profs clearly qualify as elites and are not subject to the rules of us commoners.
A conviction for illegal voting in Massachusetts carries a penalty of up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000. For each time that he voted.
This law only applies if you vote Republican. If you are voting democrat then you get a free ride to the polls and a free slice of pizza.
I looked up the definition for criminal in Webster an was redirected the the word Liberal.
much of it has- and ALL of it can be unwound- but it calls for a largely ignorant public to take direct action- and, considering the Progressives have taken over the Democrats and infected the GOP it won't be easy.
But it CAN be done…
Aww heck. The liberals want an American Idol voting system. Just text in your vote for the best candidate and they'll let you know who wins. With our luck we'd wind up with Adam Lambert….or have we already?
He voted for John Kerry before he voted against him!
I almost wet myself laughing when I read the first line of the article
"Canadians will go to the polls on May 2nd to elect a Prime Minister. The election has gained almost no attention in the U.S"
So true
So true
God love those crazy Canadians. By and large, they are a pretty cool bunch and their soldiers are top notch but damned if I could name a single prime minister of theirs.
"So far, there has been no word from the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office about investigating Ignatieff’s voter files."
And there never will, Martha Coakley is a progressive puppet (not to mention pure evil personified).
YOU GUYS NEED TO SEE THIS…IT IS GREAT…SHE TELL GRAHAM HOW IT IS IN AMERICA…SHE'S ONE OF MY NEW HERO.
"A young woman in Colorado named Ann Barnhardt watched Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) holding forth on television yesterday about the necessity for rolling back the First Amendment in order not to anger Muslims. This did not sit well with her, and she made a two-part video for YouTube expressing her outrage, and vigorously affirming her right to patriotic dissent.
She declares herself strongly at the beginning of the first video:
"Hello, my name is Ann Barnhardt, and I am apparently one of the very, very last people left in Western Civilization who possesses any quantity of brains and balls simultaneously.""
http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2011/04/manifes...
YOU GUYS NEED TO SEE THIS…IT IS GREAT…SHE TELL GRAHAM HOW IT IS IN AMERICA…SHE'S ONE OF MY NEW HERO.
"A young woman in Colorado named Ann Barnhardt watched Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) holding forth on television yesterday about the necessity for rolling back the First Amendment in order not to anger Muslims. This did not sit well with her, and she made a two-part video for YouTube expressing her outrage, and vigorously affirming her right to patriotic dissent.
She declares herself strongly at the beginning of the first video:
"Hello, my name is Ann Barnhardt, and I am apparently one of the very, very last people left in Western Civilization who possesses any quantity of brains and balls simultaneously.""
http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2011/04/manifes...
It is also a federal crime, 18 USC 911/False Claim to U.S. Citizenship along with several other administrative violations, including 8 CFR 212 (6)(c) fraud, and 8CFR 212 (7)(a)(1) immigrant without an immigrant visa. Basically this Harvard con-job has more H2O than a pobrecito Mexican swimming across the Rio Grande. The question is will Eric Holder do something about it now that it is in the open.
I guess this commie pig must want ACORN to gin up wetbacks like himself to vote for him.
Im sure Governor Abercrombie of Hawaii has "checked". I guess since he cant find Odumbells long form birth certificate, I doubt he can find anything on this "professor". I suggest we try Dog the bounty hunter.
Just another reason for requiring an ID to vote. If you are here on a green card then your ID would have to say "not US citizen". It wouldn't eliminate all of this nonsense but it would be a start. Personally I would put extra scrutiny on anyone voting Dem because 99 times out of 100 it's a Dem vote that involves the fraud. Here folks is why the libbies scream bloody murder when you even mention requiring an ID to vote, ditto on clamping down on illegal aliens. If either go forward the Dems will never win again in our lifetimes. I've maintaned that for sure since 2000 and probably before there have been widespread voter fraud cases in this country. Al Franken anyone?
Please arrest me. I'm am a Harvard moron. Bloody hell. Canada, please take him. He's too stupid to live here.
My kind of woman! Thanks for the link!
That guy can't be canadian…wheres his mullet, flannel shirt, and labatt blue?
He answered the question, he is a progressive, compassionate liberal and always will be. Nuff said
One way to fix this is to make voting in American elections for American Taxpayers ONLY! If we are footing the bill, then we should be the ONLY ones able to elect and DUMP the elected representatives. It's the only way to weed out the HYPOCRITES, and the IGNORANT ENTITLEMENT CLASS TOO!
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