Friday, October 22, 2004

Can a Kerry Justice Department bring a RICO suit against the Republican Party?

You know about the scurrilous tactics of the Rovians this election. You've heard, for example, of the illegal registration drives, which threw out Democratic registration forms.

Now we have fake "election officials" collecting absentee forms from voters in Florida. Democratic votes -- headed straight for the round file.

If, in spite of these horrors, Kerry manages to pull off a win, must we continue to operate under the delusion that these assaults on our democratic rights are isolated incidents? They've occurred again and again and again, all over the country.

What we face here is nothing less than a criminal conspiracy. Which means that the ringleaders -- a group which may well include Ed Gillespie and Karl Rove -- can, should and must be prosecuted under the RICO statutes.

Kerry, as a former prosecutor, knows how to break a conspiracy wide open: Grab some small fish and pressure them until they agree to testify against the higher-ups.

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