Patriots

While Donald Rumsfeld was busy sticking his foot in his mouth and disrespecting our soldiers yesterday, Democratic Representative John Conyers, Jr. of Michigan led a forum on election "irregularities" in Ohio. Other true patriots who were scheduled to participate in the hearings included Rep. Melvin Watt; Rep. Robert Scott; Rev. Jesse Jackson, Founder Rainbow Push Coalition; Ralph Neas, President, People For the American Way; Jon Greenbaum, Director, Voting Rights Project, Lawyers Committee For Civil Rights Under Law; Ellie Smeal, Executive Director, The Feminist Majority; Prof. Robert Fitrakis, Editor, The Free Press; Cliff Arnebeck, Arnebeck Associates; John Bonifaz, General Counsel, National Voting Institute; and Steve Rosenfeld, Producer, Air America Radio.

Truthout has the details and Crooks and Liars has the video highlights.

Plus: Brad Blog has been hit with so much traffic he's started Brad Blog Too. The reason for all the rumpus: Brad may have found a smoking gun concerning the Florida vote. In a nutshell:

(Clint Curtis, a programmer for Yang Enterprises, Inc., a software design and engineering company) claims that he designed and built a "vote rigging" software program at the behest of then Florida Congressman, now U.S. Congressman, Republican Tom Feeney of Florida's 24th Congressional District.

For the full story so far, go here.