A Buzzflash News Alert:

Washington, DC - Only days after RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman claimed that his party has a "zero-tolerance" policy against voter fraud, intimidation, and suppression, it has been reported that the Republican Party has spent more than $722,000 to defend a former Bush election official accused of conspiring to keep Democrats from voting. [Boston Globe, 8/11/05; Letter to the American Center for Voting Rights Legislative Fund from RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman, 8/9/05]

Meanwhile, Mehlman has sent out an RNC fundraising email  warning of Democratic schemes to steal votes in upcoming elections! Unholy hypocrisy Batman! You just can't make this stuff up...well, the Republicans sure can...