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Critical Faculties Check: Palast & Mexico

Mon, 07/10/2006 - 9:00am — chicago dyke

Here's an interesting tidbit from a Josh Holland article of Alternet, where he really takes Palast to task. He says:

Imagine for a moment that you're Felipe Calderón, a conservative trying to become the next president of Mexico, and you want to rig the election. To pull off your plan, you need a list of Mexican voters.

Here's a simple question: would you want an accurate list of all registered voters that's kept up-to-date by the federal election authorities, or would you want an old list from your buddy George W. Bush that's at least 6 million voters short?

I know which one I'd want, but Greg Palast thinks it's a toss-up.

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