Guest Blogged by Alan Breslauer
Art Levine at The American Prospect has a new must read piece titled, “The Republican War on Voting: Using the Department of Justice, friendly governors, and its usual propaganda outlets, the GOP has propagated the myth of voter fraud to purge the rolls of non-Republicans.” Here’s a small taste of it…
“Unfortunately, progressives have tended to pay more attention to Election Day dirty tricks and to electronic voting machines than to a more systemic threat: the Republican campaign to suppress the votes of low-income, young, and minority voters through restrictive legislation and rulings, all based on the mythic specter of voter fraud…”
“Unfortunately, the public hasn’t heard just how nonexistent the voter fraud epidemic actually is. While progressives have successfully challenged some of the most restrictive laws in court, they’re still playing catch-up when it comes to combating the glib sound bites of voter-fraud alarmists. Republicans and the Bush Justice Department have cloaked their schemes under such noble-sounding concepts as “ballot integrity.” The GOP’s vote-suppression playbook features everything from phony lawsuits to questionable investigations to authoritative-seeming reports, all with the aim of promoting restrictive laws.”
Levine also draws quite a bit (and links to some) of The BRAD BLOG’s years-long exposé coverage of high-ranking Republican vote-suppression cappo Mark F. “Thor” Hearne and his GOP front-group “American Center for Voting Rights” elsewhere in his detailed report.
In related news, John Tanner, the man in charge of the Justice Department’s efforts to disenfranchise millions of voters until he was forced to resign after The BRAD BLOG captured and exposed him making crazy offensive comments on video (see below), has a new job, apparently. Tanner is reportedly now a fellow with the Alabama Law Institute – which provides the Legislature with legal expertise in drafting and revising laws.
Actually, I don’t think so. It seems that Election Day dirty tricks and electronic voting machine dangers have been covered up rather effectively and relatively ignored by progressives, compared to the “voter fraud” fraud.
I guess it depends who you call progressive 😉
These issues are all extremely important. I don’t think you can say that one is more important than the other.
#1 Huh… ?
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Hill… . . . it’s not because she’s a woman it’s because she’s an ass.
Unusually comprehensive article. The American Prospect looks to be a publication to watch. The title and subtitle of this article is unevasive and lays it right out there. Very BradBlogesque. One more reason for Rove and his minions to lose sleep. Don Siegelman was on a real short segment of 60 minutes tonight asking for Rove to testify or give the fifth. Maybe he’ll be on C-span tomorrow doing a clog dance or something.
Dance Karl, Dance!