[B Knotts]

BTW, citing Mother Jones is rather bad form, wouldn't you say?

[Chancellor Palpatine]

The interesting thing about Mother Jones is that while their editorial bias and interpretation is obviously hard left, they're utterly rigid about their factual reporting. Thats something I've known for years. Considering that the Mother Jones article is consistent with everything else that has been posted here, I'd suggest that it would be hard to refute - we've got info from newsmax, Newsday,, TV stations, Pew, a GOP organization, as well as quotes from the various players themselves.