DEMS POINT TO EMAILS AS ELECTION FRAUD SMOKING GUN

So, not to long ago, I blogged about [http://gregpalast.com|Greg Palast] [http://www.gregpalast.com/rove-pick-for-us-attorney-resigns-following-conyers%e2%80%99-request-for-bbc-documents/|reporting] on the real reason this whole controversy about the firing of Federal Prosecutors by Bush and Pals. See, this isn't about firing prosecutors, which may be unethical but is not illegal, this is about emails sent between one of the replacement prosecutors and his mentor, one Karl Rove. What is in these emails is even more important. Here's a cutting from [http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/06/18/ap3833035.html|a June 18, 2007 article] from AP.org available at Forbes.com that explains why Senator Kennedy and Senator Whitehouse are making a big deal out of this:

One of the fired prosecutors, Bud Cummins in Little Rock, Ark., was replaced on an interim basis by Tim Griffin - a protege of presidential political adviser Karl Rove who worked at the Republican National Co! mmittee in 2004. The two senators Monday pointed to two e-mails to Griffin - titled "caging" and dated August 2004 - listing nearly 2,000 potential voters in Jacksonville, Fla. The e-mails were posted on a political Web site critical of the Bush administration, but a White House spokeswoman said the Democrats did not doubt their authenticity. "Caging" refers to efforts to disqualify voters who fail to sign for registered campaign mail sent to their houses. In theory, the practice identifies homes where voters no longer live. But the Democrats said in a letter to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales that "there are many reasons why registered mail might be 'returned to sender' that have nothing to do with a voter's eligibility."

So, the theory goes that these address-confirmation letters get sent to poor folks (read: less educated) and people serving in the military (read: not likely to be home) and when they didn't reply, said voters had their votes challenged (read: not counted). Now, if you guess who those poor folks and military folks would vote for, you'll see why this was a sound tactic for the enemies of the poor and the friends to war. So, this has the potential to explode all over the place, but will it? It's up to the press to keep on this story and make sure people are aware. This is an obvious example of the Republicans doing something that was clearly meant to discourage votes from being counted. Probably also not illegal, but again VERY unethical. In fact, one might call it "a betrayal of the public trust." Which, coincidentally, is all you need to prove in an impeachment trial.

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