GOP bullies voters — an example from Roanoke

Read this Roanoke Times article. http://www.roanoke.com/news/da... The short version: -- Americans for Prosperity, a Koch Brothers PAC, knocked on doors, asking people if they voted in the last election and the one before that and the one before that . . . -- AFP then sent mailings to neighbors telling them you DID NOT vote in one or more past elections. -- When questioned about this tactic, AFP replied: "Well, golly gee whiz Aunt Bee -- we are just reminding people how important it is to vote!!"

Read this Roanoke Times article.

http://www.roanoke.com/news/da…

The short version:

— Americans for Prosperity, a Koch Brothers PAC, knocked on doors, asking people if they voted in the last election and the one before that and the one before that . . .

— AFP then sent mailings to neighbors telling them you DID NOT vote in one or more past elections.

— When questioned about this tactic, AFP replied: “Well, golly gee whiz Aunt Bee — we are just reminding people how important it is to vote!!”

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