MUST READ: Brad Friedman interviews RFK Jr. An excerpt:

[kpete]

MUST READ: Brad Friedman interviews RFK Jr. An excerpt:

HAVA was written specifically to require the states to buy Diebold machines. I mean one company basically had control of the whole legislative process. That's why HAVA has a provision in it that discourages vote verification by paper ballots. Both Republicans and Democrats tried to reform the HAVA, saying of course we should have paper verification of the vote. Paper verification would allow you to go in, make your vote on the electronic machine, and you get a receipt that is a copy of who you voted for and you are allowed to examine that receipt. You deposit it in a locked box in the voting area. That way, if there's ever any question, if you need to count, you can count the papers, and see if it compares to what the machine says.

But Bob Ney fought tooth and nail against that provision because Diebold made a machine that does not provide a paper ballot. And he went so far, because Diebold contributed a million dollars to an organization that purportedly protects the rights of blind people. And in exchange for that, that organization got one of its officers to testify on Capitol Hill at the HAVA hearings, that blind people in America did not want paper ballots - voter verified ballots - because it would deprive someone of the right to vote secretly. Now the other organizations that support handicapped rights and rights of the blind, do not take that position. This was a position that that organization adopted after accepting a million dollars from Diebold. The whole operation was corrupt and now Bob Ney is going to jail for it.

http://cannonfire.blogspot.com/2006/07/vote-news-its-happening-again.html
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3079#more-3079

[pberq]

1. Thank you - K&R

[Kurovski]

2. kpete's in the house!

:bounce:

I like this RFK Jr. quote:

'...I give about 40 speeches a year, in red states to Republican audiences, and I get the same enthusiastic responses from those audiences as I get from Liberal college audiences. The only difference is, is that the Republicans often say to me, "How come we've never heard this before?" '

Edit: Kennedy also recommends Greg Palast's latest book "Armed Madhouse"!

[Kurovski]

3. Kick.

Machines costing $100 sold for $2400.

Go, read. Spread what he says far and wide. Make RFK the face of Election reform, knock B Harris' attempts to represent the face of reform into the sewer once and for all.

[blm]

4. Really good point, K.

I hope people hear you.

[cmd]

5. This is the outrage that no one is paying attention to

It's not only a golf trip to Scotland. Ney is guilty of vote manipulation. He is going to get off on that because few people understand it.

[bleever]

6. K&R.

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Wilms]

7. K&R n/t

[Awsi Dooger]

8. "80% of Republicans are just Democrats who don't know what's going on"

That's the centerpiece quote. Followed by RFK's summary of the PIPA report of 2004, indicating Bush voters had basic factual misinterpretations. Hard for me top believe he made that incredible quote and there is zero followup questioning, just a beeline to electronic voting.

The interview was actually conducted by Joy and Tom Williams, not Brad Friedman. I made the same mistake on GD Politics before catching it. His website is like my hamper when I finally decide to wash the clothes; every damn thing I can fit in there and a real mess. Hey Brad, forrest green is my favorite color but you might be overdoing it a bit...

[Kurovski]

9. It really is a terrific interview.

I saw your post in GD and recommended that too.

I wouldn't mind pushing the article until everyone gets a chance to finally read it.