Back on October 27, John Hindraker at Powerline linked to a story about possible voter fraud in Wisconsin. The story revolved around two people who were not eligible to vote in the state, but were registered anyway - even though they informed the registrar that they were not legally eligible to vote.

Several months later, Hindraker and another Powerline writer, Scott Johnson, were speaking to a class at the Humphrey Institute when the story of voter fraud came up. Camille Gage, a student of public affairs, asked a question about fact-checking regarding their October 27 story, then dropped into full left-nut mode by playing the race card about someone she knew nothing about - Susan Tully, Midwest Field Director of FAIR (Federation for American Immigration Reform).

Camille then submitted an article to the Minnesota Star Tribune, where she makes this claim:

The story seemed outrageous, so I made a few phone calls to check it out.

Outrageous? Really? Compared to... ummm... voter fraud in Oregon? Voter fraud in Chicago? After what must have been an exhausting research session, She concludes:

There was no factual basis for the voter fraud allegations.

Even though the registrars involved are under investigation by the FBI, Camille found no factual basis for the allegation. Excuse me, is that your objectivity on the floor? You must have dropped it.

Wait a minute. Camille saw the Oct 27 story but didn't think enough of it to comment on it until several months later. What caused her sudden surge of concern now? And why play the race card when the topic of the day was fact-checking? And what about the feet pickles? (I am trying to be the #1 search result for "feet pickles")

Well, in spite of Camille's claim that bloggers don't do fact-checking, I am doing some research right now. I sent out emails asking Susan if she is a racist. I have not yet heard back from her (and several emails have bounced), but I find no factual basis for calling Susan a racist.

P.S. Aside from being a student of public affairs, Camille is also an artist. I thought you might enjoy viewing some of her work.

"Inhabitation" 1996, handmade paper, cotton, beeswax, wood, 30 x 36 in.