Spreading democracy you say?
/Greg Palast, Author of Armed Madhouse, on How Rove May Have Already Stolen the 2008 Election
(** Now U.S. Attorney for Arkansas)
Greg Palast:
In 2006 and 2004, they (Tim Griffin**, under the direction of Karl Rove) challenged tens of thousands of black soldiers. They stopped their votes from being counted when they were mailed in from Baghdad. Go to Baghdad and lose your vote -- mission accomplished.
BuzzFlash:
How did they do that?
Greg Palast:
By sending letters to the homes of soldiers, marked "do not forward." When they came back undelivered, they said: Aha! Illegal voter registered from a false address. And when their ballot came in from Fallujah, it was challenged. The soldier didn’t know it. Their vote was lost. Over half a million votes were challenged and lost by the Republicans -- absentee ballots.
Three million voters who went to the polls found themselves challenged by the Republicans. This was not a small operation. It was a multi-million dollar, wholesale theft operation.
(** Now U.S. Attorney for Arkansas)
