Palast and RFK talk about elections, the media and education

Following up my earlier post, these are two incredible speeches. The first is by Greg Palast who explains some of his discoveries regarding how Republicans are engaging in very sophisticated voter suppression techniques to steal elections.

Oh by the way, he has 500 of Rove's lost emails. 70 of those emails refer to "caging" operations, in which letters are sent, first class and do not forward, in order. If the letter comes back, the vote associated with that name is challenged. Problem: Most of the recipients are Black, Hispanic or Native American. Some of those challenged were soldiers using their home addresses to vote absentee while they were deployed. 3.5 million votes were dismissed in 2004 through republican-led challenges received in this manner. It's a felony to do this, incidentally. Palast has the lists.

The next speech is by Robert Kennedy, who very clearly explains the consequences of the demise of the Fairness Doctrine, the importance of public education and why the increasing influence of corporations of the US government is dangerous in the extreme for our democracy.

The combined speeches last about an hour. It's worth it.