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Old 01-21-2012, 12:46 PM
 
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Barack Obama’s 2008 Iowa New Media Director was arrested Friday for attempting to use the identities of Secretary of State Matt Schultz, and/or his brother Thomas, with the intent to falsely implicate the Secretary Schultz in illegal or unethical behavior. Zach Edwards, 29, of Des Moines, currently works for Link Strategies, a Democrat-affiliated organization with ties to Iowa Senator Tom Harkin. Edwards is the Director of New Media (http://www.linkstrategies.com/bios.html - broken link) for Link Strategies.
The Secretary of State’s office discovered the alleged crime and reported it to authorities. Edwards turned himself in to the Iowa DCI agents Friday afternoon. He was charged with identity theft, a misdemeanor, and booked into the Polk County jail. Edwards posted $2,000 bail and was released later on Friday. He faces up to two years in prison.
Former Obama Staffer Busted for Stealing Iowa Secretary of State

Wow, what a mess.
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Old 01-21-2012, 12:50 PM
 
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Sounds like a mess for the "former staffer"..
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Old 01-21-2012, 12:52 PM
 
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Sounds like a mess for the "former staffer"..
Uh....yeah.........
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Old 01-21-2012, 12:53 PM
 
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Sounds like a mess for the "former staffer"..
...and OTHERS!
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Old 01-21-2012, 12:56 PM
 
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Since his surprise victory over incumbent Michael Mauro in November 2010, Secretary of State Schultz has been a target of the Iowa Democratic Party. Interestingly, on June 24, the same day as Zach Edwards alleged crime, Under the Golden Dome, a blog connected to Iowa Democrats, launched a three-part series of articles critical of Matt Schultz. They were based on documents obtained through an open records request from “a tipster.” The blog alleged that a batch of emails from Schultz’s office “raise some serious questions about his ability to remain independent and ensure election integrity”.

Just 15 days earlier, on June 9, the Iowa Democratic Party filed an ethics complaint against Schultz, claiming the Secretary of State of used public resources to campaign against presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman. The Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board dismissed the complaint on July 19.
Hmmm.......
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Old 01-21-2012, 12:56 PM
 
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29 years old..still too young to know better.
He's following the mantra ..."Whatever it takes" only he got caught.
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Old 01-21-2012, 12:56 PM
 
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Since his surprise victory over incumbent Michael Mauro in November 2010, Secretary of State Schultz has been a target of the Iowa Democratic Party. Interestingly, on June 24, the same day as Zach Edwards alleged crime, Under the Golden Dome, a blog connected to Iowa Democrats, launched a three-part series of articles critical of Matt Schultz. They were based on documents obtained through an open records request from “a tipster.” The blog alleged that a batch of emails from Schultz’s office “raise some serious questions about his ability to remain independent and ensure election integrity”.
Likely he did not act alone. I wonder how many others Democrat activists were in collusion?
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Old 01-21-2012, 12:58 PM
 
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Uh....yeah.........
how long did the aforementioned spend in Washington, D.C. on Obama's staff?

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...and OTHERS!
what others?
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Old 01-21-2012, 12:59 PM
 
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Likely he did not act alone. I wonder how many others Democrat activists were in collusion?
I wonder if Debbie Wasserman-Schultz is the mastermind of this?



Lol, I said "mind" and Debbie Wasserman-Schultz in the same sentence!
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Old 01-21-2012, 05:13 PM
 
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how long did the aforementioned spend in Washington, D.C. on Obama's staff?



what others?
He was part of Obama's media team 2007-2008.
Google told me so
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