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The “Salvador Option” was real. So far I have seen no better summary than at that link. Three of the western reporters who tried to cover this story were killed in 2005.

A toxic white powder and swastikas were in an envelope sent to US Rep. Raul Grijalva’s office yesterday, causing it to be evacuated and shut down. Rep. Grijalva is one the leaders of the movement against Arizona’s racist anti-Hispanic law, and is in a tight campaign race for re-election.

UPDATE: Although officials told Grijalva’s staff that the white powder was toxic, the AP has just reported that the FBI says it was not:

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The FBI says white powder that was mailed to U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva’s (gree-HAHL’-vuhz) office wasn’t toxic.
FBI spokesman Manuel Johnson declined to say Friday what the substance was determined to be. He says the FBI will continue to investigate.
Grijalva’s Tucson, Ariz., office was evacuated Thursday when a staffer opened an envelope containing a plastic bag of white powder and two pieces of paper with swastikas written on them.
The Democratic congressman wasn’t in the office at the time.
He is seeking a fifth term representing his southern Arizona district.
A Phoenix man was indicted in June for allegedly threatening to assault, kidnap and murder Grijalva and his aides. In July, a bullet was fired into Grijalva’s Yuma office shortly after he reversed his call for groups to boycott Arizona because of its new immigration law.

Should have been done many years ago. Now fire Mara Liasson.

Ultimately what is funding the GOP use of rent-a-crowds is money freed up by the massive injection of campaign ad money by the Koch brothers and their friends, outlined in the article below. So College Republicans from out of state are being paid to act as extras at political rallies all over the east coast, at a bare minimum, by the use of money that really comes from foreign companies specializing in outsourcing American jobs.

To quote the Simpsons, “it’s funny but it’s not haha funny.” Extra bonus points for his defense, which is surely false anyway, where someone says “he was just getting familiar with the internet” when he mass-forwarded the 100% hateful racist e-mail. This “defense” essentially states that he was simply forwarding the type of e-mail that circulates within GOP e-mail circles.