Rick Santorum and Diebold closer than you think

[Titus]

I was looking to see if Mitt Romney and Diebold had any connection. I came across an obvious Rick Santorum connection instead. This doesn't mean Mitt Romney doesn't have a connection but Rick's is a little more obvious.

In order to see who has a connection to Diebold, the first thing I did was look to find the institutional investors. I've provided a link and a screen capture. Diebold's institutional investors - Scroll to the bottom (http://investing.money.msn.com/investments/institutional-ownership?symbol=DBD) - Screenshot (http://i1170.photobucket.com/albums/r529/SantorumDiebold/d1.jpg)

The name Friess Associates should stand out. Friess Associates shares its name with Foster Stephen Friess, the contributor of Rick Santorum's superpac. According to MSN, Friess Associates bought over 20 million dollars of Diebold shares just before 2012. Foster Stephen Friess is on the board of Friess Associates, LLC. The board of directors primary role is oversight of the CEOs. It's more complicated than that, but is the simple version. His exact duties depend on the state (or country) where Friess is incorporated. I haven't looked at that yet. Link (http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/people.asp?privcapId=666628) - Screenshot (http://i1170.photobucket.com/albums/r529/SantorumDiebold/d2.jpg)

Now, I doubt there is another "Foster Stephen Friess" that has access to millions of dollars to buy Diebold stock. The wikipedia page for his name refers to Friess Associates as well. The odds that Foster Stephen Friess is almost certainly both the man behind the Red, White, and Blue SuperPAC and one the board of Friess Associates. Wikipedia Page for Foster Stephen Friess discussing Friess Associaties and the Rick Santorum SuperPAC (http://i1170.photobucket.com/albums/r529/SantorumDiebold/d3.jpg)

This isn't proof of impropriety but this certainly does not pass the smell test.

[Philosophy_of_Politics]

Nice find. +rep

[swissaustrian]

Great research + rep.

[Warmon]

+rep Great research. This is really really disturbing...

[amberjack]

I thought that name was familiar.

Seems Friess is in the news today:

hxxp://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/17/friess-apologizes-for-contraception-comment/


TRENDING: Friess apologizes for birth control comment

Rick Santorum backer Foster Friess apologized Friday for a now-viral comment he made Thursday about contraception.

[Titus]

I thought that name was familiar.

Seems Friess is in the news today:

hxxp://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/17/friess-apologizes-for-contraception-comment/

Yes. It is most likely the same guy. There may be more research to come but this was important to at least reveal this much. I still am trying to get my hands on the Diebold articles of incorporation to determine how shares vote in electing the directors. If Friess Associates can control a director on the board of Diebold, it gets even more fishy given the timing of the purchase.

Also, I obviously would like to see if Mitt's Bain Capital companies are involved in Diebold but that will take quite awhile.

What is +rep?

[coffeewithchess]

bump for the awesome research!

[Nathan Hale]

bump and +rep, but OUCH!

[coffeewithchess]

bump for the evening readers

[bbwarfield]

Ive been trying to find romney diebold connections too....lol... never expected santorum

[bbwarfield]

One problem.... diebold no longer owns any of the voting machine business... it spun them all off. Can you find the new owners onwership list?

[HOLLYWOOD]

The other thread about RP stating the country headed to the Fascist State... lol it's been here a long time.

Mr Freeze and Diebold... classic Fascism

[giovannile07]

Who's Diebold?


Yes. It is most likely the same guy. There may be more research to come but this was important to at least reveal this much. I still am trying to get my hands on the Diebold articles of incorporation to determine how shares vote in electing the directors. If Friess Associates can control a director on the board of Diebold, it gets even more fishy given the timing of the purchase.

Also, I obviously would like to see if Mitt's Bain Capital companies are involved in Diebold but that will take quite awhile.

What is +rep?

+Rep means that the person is going to give them reputation points, if you look at the bottom of each post there is a bar that shows icons one that says "Blog this Post", the icon that is a star right next to it is the Reputation icon. If you click on it you can give Reputation points to someone. They don't really have anything behind it, just sort of like brownie points. If you think someone had a good find, said something good, or you just like what they posted then you can choose to click the Reputation icon and give the poster a +Rep.

[bbwarfield]

http://www.scytl.com/en/about-scytl-c-8.html this are the people who bought the people who were formed from the justice department requireing diebold to leave the election scene..... they made the machines.... but they no longer have anything to do with elections...... now we know who to look at ; )