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Today on Flashpoints:
US bombing of Fallujah intensifies in preparation for a major
strike, meanwhile, kidnappings and resistance attacks multiply;
also, a primer on how Bush is going to steal the 2004 election
with Greg Palast; plus, was Bush wired for the debates with
Kerry? Post-election protests in San Francisco no matter who
wins; and the Knight Report;
5:01 PM PST
Knight Report.
5:04 PM PST
Report from Iraq. Kim Sengupta, correspondent with Independent
of London
5:17 PM PST
Stealing the 2004 Election. Greg Palast, author of The Best
Democracy Money Can Buy.
In Berkeley, I'm Dennis Bernstein and you're listening to
Flashpoints with Pacifica Radio. The likelihood of US elections
being fixed or being undermined by fraud is close to a certainty
this year. Revelation after revelation of various irregularities
or registrartion fraud continue to surface. Among the most
recent are
- Criminal attempts to manipulate voter lists in Florida
- False Registration Campaigns in Florida and other states
- [58,000 Missing Absentee Ballots in Broward Florida voiding
Democratic Votes]
- [More
Dirty Tricks Headlined Today in Democracynow.org]
Joining us for "A Primer on "How To Steal The 2004
Election" is Greg Palast. He is the author of "The
Best Democracy Money Can Buy" and the BBC Documentary
"Bush Family Fortunes" and most recently "Voters
Claim Abuse of Electoral Rolls" in the London
Observer. Let's begin with the Observer article.
There 4000+ Florida students were allegedly conned into signing
a form led them to be doubly registered. They thought they
were signing forms supporting medical use of marijuana. Instead
they were signing the back of registration forms. For their
sins they were all re-registered as Republicans. Almost all
of these students were now double registered with their registrations
switched to other locales, voiding their vote.
It was a good way to capture progressive young Democrats
and wipe out their votes. The perps were on the payroll of
the Republican Party of Florida. Most stunning is not the
4000 students who had their civil rights stolen through a
scam. This is a felony crime and Jeb Bush's cops were called
by an angry father of one who happens to be the Elections
Supervisor in Tallahasse and that is how this scam got caught.
He told the cops 'this is a class three misdemeanor, this
is big jail time, we know who did it - go get them'. Jeb Bush's
cops said "we're busy for now". What they have been
doing instead is kicking in the doors of old black folk around
the state, demanding if they really signed their absentee
ballots. What we are seeing in Florida - and I just got back
from filming there, is a return of Jim Crow Voting. It is
more of an Apartheid System, because it is newer and more
sophisticated than the old stuff from the early sixties.
More intimidation tactics can be viewed in this BBC's
Greg Palast Newsnight Report From Florida Video.
In addition we found "caging lists" - lists to
challenge black voters on election day saying their addresses
are no longer valid. This too is a crime. The crime of profilling
black voters for mass challenges. The list was prepared for
the Executive Director of the Bush/Cheney Campaign in Florida
and the Head of Research for the Republican National Committee
in Washington. This is the top guys preparing to commit a
race crime, they intend to completely sabatoge and block voting
in black districts in Florida.
In Ohio, Republicans announced they were going to challenge
voters. A couple of federal judges threw the gavels at them
and said effectively 'Read the Constitution' - basically trying
to enjoin and stop them. In Florida they have tried to keep
the lists secret. Also because in Florida it is solely and
only in African American communities - which is a crime. Since
the Voting Act of 1965, nobody has done mass challenges of
voters in America. This is a new game, which is horrifying
Election Supervisors in both parties. Note that in Ohio, it
was Republican Supervisors who said 'you will not do this,
you cannot tell people not to vote'!
What are the chances of a fair election versus a Constitutional
Crises. Palast replies zero percent, because the abuses are
already occurring and documented. Colorado, New Mexico, Minnesota
and other states are also experiencing spoilage - bad voting
machines that don't tally. Berkeley statistician estimates
that of the roughly two million votes not counting in America,
roughly half - a million votes dropped are of blacks. We have
an Apartheid voting system in which literally votes are simply
not counted if cast by black folk.
While this may be ignored or under reported in the US, it
is recognized elsewhere. Greg
Palast's BBC story on American Election Fraud is the number
one news story worldwide outside of the United States.
5:37 PM PST
Bush’s
Bulge. Dave Lindorff, investigative reporter - Salon
The Administration says Bush was not wearing any electronics
to ABC, The NY Times and this author. Nelson openly admits
he is a supporter of Kerry and that he did this simply on
his own initiative. Is this a stupid story? The main press
is not touching it. Only you can decide if "the wrinkled
shirt" excuse is Bush once again getting some much needed
assistance and getting caught in yet another lie.
see MotherJones: "Was
Bush Wired? Sure Looks Like It"
5:48 PM PST
Massive Protest Nov 3rd in San Francisco. Not In Our Name
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