Waking Up to Republican Voter Caging
Jul 28, 2007 21:09 Filed in: Politics
Finally, a program on PBS featuring Greg Palast and
his groundbreaking reporting (for the BBC) on
how the Republican Party stole the 2004
presidential election.
One of the most effective means of stealing the 2004 election was voter caging—sending letters to newly-registered voters in Democratic areas with instructions not to forward. The Republicans then challenged the voters whose letters came back, including soldiers serving in Iraq and students who had been sent letters while on summer break.
http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/330/video.html
The mainstream media in the U.S. have avoided this topic as they would a contagious disease.
There was, however, far more skullduggery going on in 2004 than just vote caging. Palast's book (see sidebar), which sets out detailed, virtually conclusive evidence that the election was stolen, is a shocker.
One of the most effective means of stealing the 2004 election was voter caging—sending letters to newly-registered voters in Democratic areas with instructions not to forward. The Republicans then challenged the voters whose letters came back, including soldiers serving in Iraq and students who had been sent letters while on summer break.
http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/330/video.html
The mainstream media in the U.S. have avoided this topic as they would a contagious disease.
There was, however, far more skullduggery going on in 2004 than just vote caging. Palast's book (see sidebar), which sets out detailed, virtually conclusive evidence that the election was stolen, is a shocker.
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