OK, that's a little sensationalistic, but it's the word on the street in Portland. I didn't spread it when I first heard it, but now that its posted on blueoregon (www.blueoregon.com), I think it's OK to share it. Isn't that how the SCLM work these days? More below the fold.
Here's how blueoregon puts it:
We're getting lots of reports that there are up to fifty RNC staff/contractors in Portland (staying five to a hotel room) helping with the last-minute push for Nader by collecting in the usual high-traffic places. We'll provide more details when we get them.
blueoregon also passes along the report from Medford TV station KTVL that one petitioner is collecting signatures for Nader by telling gullible passersby that they are signing a petition to support President Bush's re-election. The petitioner happily admits it and sees nothing wrong with the misrepresentation. And you can hardly call it a lie.
Reporter: We asked Rhodes if he thought he was misleading people and he said "no." And then he would not say anymore on camera. He did tell us he was successful, receiving more than 50 signatures yesterday and more today.
The petitioner works for a company called APC, which, he says, has been hired by the Republican National Committee to collect Nader signatures.