Thursday, August 30, 2012
Arkansas government RFK, Jr.: 'Tim Griffin should be in jail.'
Posted by David Koon on Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 1:41 PM
From Palast's article: "The RNC sent letters by the thousands to soldiers, first class, marked, 'DO NOT FORWARD.' When the letters were returned undelivered, the Republicans planned to use these 'caged' envelopes as evidence the voters were "fraudulent"—then challenge their ballot. A soldier mailing in his or her vote from Iraq would have that ballot disqualified — and the soldier wouldn't even know it."
RFK, Jr.'s conclusion after his review of the e-mails: Griffin should be in the Ironbar Hotel, not Congress.
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