Progressive Commentary Hour - How to steal an election - 09/17/12

How to steal an election – look at voter fraud that the tactics of Karl Rove, the Koch Gang, the GOP (and Dems), ALEC, et al use to swing the elections and ways to protect your vote Greg Palast is a journalist’s journalist, with the BBC and the British newspaper The Guardian, who has been called by the Tribune in the UK “the most important investigative journalist in our time.” He has won many awards including from the Financial Times,  the National Press Club and the George Orwell Courage in Journalism. In the past his investigations have included cover-ups, racketeering, and bribery among the big oil and energy companies and the nuclear industries fraudulent site testing and lies over nuclear reactor safety measures.  His new book is Billionaires and Ballot Bandits: How to Steal an Election in 9 Easy Steps Prof. Harvey Wasserman is a professor of history at Columbus State College and Capital University in Ohio.  He is an investigative journalist, author and has been a national voice in the anti-war and anti-nuclear movements for four decades. He is also a senior advisor for Greenpeace USA and the Nuclear Information and Resource Service.  Among his many books are “George W Bush vs. the Superpower of Peace” and  most recently  an e-book introduced by Greg Palast  -- “Will the GOP Steal America’s 2012 Elections”