Comments on: ACORN: From Defense to Further Reform

By: ChrisWWW

ChrisWWW — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:59:51 +0000

Alter on MSNBC just said that ACORN actually told the government about these false registrations.

False registrations are a problem, but it's not the same as voter fraud. And ACORN isn't evil, as John McCain knows.

By: JSpencer

JSpencer — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:10:43 +0000

Rush Limbaugh opines on ACORN, Ayers, and Obama (his racist nonsense isn't so easy to stomach, so be warned) :

http://crooksandliars.com/john-amato/rush-limba...

After listening to this blather is it any wonder that minorities overwhelmingly vote democrat?

By: lurxst

lurxst — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:38:46 +0000

Thanks for the link to the 2003 Sol Stern article. I love how he glorifies the infallible free market and labels working with the poor as “radical”. I think its pretty evident from the article that ACORN has been a target of the right for many years.

By Stern's measure, apparently I am a radical now.

By: CStanley

CStanley — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:59:28 +0000

Not only does ACORN need to clean up its act, but to clean up and pay for the mess they've made. How much will it cost taxpayers to 'check' all of these registrations, and then to apply the necessary scrutiny to actual ballots that are cast if the registrations themselves haven't been verified yet? Why are we footing the bill for this?

By: DLS

DLS — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:52:45 +0000

Republicans never cheat (R), Jill. Didn't you read the earlier thread?

Be conscientious and be sure to vote this year, November 14.

By: Jillmz

Jillmz — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:39:24 +0000

Pete - there's more in this transcript between ACORN and Greta Van Susteren:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,437448,00.html

And let's not forget how Obama supporters went after Women's Voices Women Vote, trumping up the mistakes that WVWV did apologize for and did work to correct and learn from during the primary.

And let's also recall how in 2006, the RNC in California got nailed for identical voter fraud problems as they now claim ACORN has committed:

http://www.alternet.org/democracy/102933/califo...

By: DLS

DLS — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:12:33 +0000

The only other thing I can point out here is that Obama has responded to this and he won't satisfy most people, but probably has put the issue behind him at this point. It would have been different had this been addressed earlier this year.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008...

By: DLS

DLS — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:01:31 +0000

It's probably too late -- even for the Wall Street Journal to raise the issue:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122394051071230...

By: DLS

DLS — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:42:13 +0000

Actually, McCain is disqualified from attacking Obama on ACORN -- he'll have to have someone else do it like conservative talk-show hosts do it, and it's awfully late to make a really big deal of it now, much as I wish it had been made months ago.

ACORN is notorious for much more than mere classic-traditional Dem vote fraud.

http://www.city-journal.org/html/13_2_acorns_nu...

http://www.nhi.org/online/issues/129/ACORN.html