Intimidation tactics being used by Repubs against Troopergate deliberators

[pnwmom]

The Republican majority Legislative Council, whose vote is required in order to release the Troopergate report, has been subject to harassment all day from the same group that led the vicious attacks on the vote counters in Florida in 2000.

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/campaignmatters/371212/troopergate_report_review_rattled_by_gop_protests

Alaska's Legislative Council has been meeting behind closed doors since 9 a.m. Alaska time (1 p.m. EST) to review a 263-page report on Governor Sarah Palin's "Troopergate" abuses.

Outside the chamber where they are meeting, Republicans organized by veterans of the Bush-v-Gore Florida fight -- which saw official recounts disrupted by outside operatives -- have been protesting through the day.

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When members of the Legislative Council arrived for today's session in Anchorage, they were greeted by Republican campaigners who hooted at the legislators and called the inquiry a "kangaroo court." One of the national operatives who has been organizing challenges to the inquiry in Alaska, Taylor Griffin, a former Bush-Cheney campaign aide who was on the ground for the recount in Florida, where GOP operatives created havoc outside -- and sometimes inside -- official chambers.

While working in Alaska, Griffin has reported directly to Steve Schmidt, a veteran Bush-Cheney aide who has taken over operation of the McCain campaign.

Democratic and Republican legislators persevered. But there was no telling the extent to which the intense outside pressure might influence the Legislative Council's response to the report on Palin's wrongdoing.

[muntrv]

1. Use the PATRIOT ACT on these thugs.