Anyone who saw last Thursday(?)’s Daily Show probably already knows about this, but I just saw it, and it was so weird I had to look into it. Apparently, back in September, students at Pitt and IUP were approached by “student-aged” people asking them to sign petitions supporting things like medical marijuana reform. Those who did received new voter registration cards in the mail a few days later, informing them that their registration had been changed to Republican. In a PA primary, this would make a differnce. Unless the students’ addresses have changed, though, it wouldn’t affect them at all. So what’s the point? Apparently no one knows. But here are two articles about it:
http://www.observer-reporter.com/283941907422030.bsp
http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_5550.shtml
Here’s an equally ancient article about dirty tricks in general:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12514-2004Oct30.html
In more recent news, Kerry has said that he & his people will be “participating” in the Ohio recount. Keith Olbermann has more.
And, finally, a far cry from the $1 grilled cheese sandwiches sold at Phish shows, GoldenPalace.com has bought a sandwich bearing the image of the Virgin Mary. For $28,000.