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Thursday, October 16, 2008

Great Oaks

posted by on October 16 at 17:44 PM

… from little ACORNS grow. At least the McCain campaign sure hopes they do.

My hero and yours Hendrik Hertzberg sets them up…

During this election cycle, the Times reported today, ACORN has deployed thirteen thousand mostly paid workers, who have registered 1.3 million new voters. One or two per cent of these workers turned in sheaves of forms that they filled out themselves with fake names and bogus addresses, and, even though at least a hundred of these workers have already been fired, the forged forms have been submitted to election boards.

And knocks them down…

Sounds suspicious—unless you know that groups like ACORN are required by law to submit them, even if they’re obvious fakes. This is to prevent funny business, such as trashing forms that look like they might be Republican (or Democratic, as the case may be).

And then knocks them down again…

Sounds suspicious—unless you know that ACORN normally sorts through forms, flags those that look fishy, and submits the fishy ones in a separate pile for the convenience of election officials.

And then knocks them down three more times.

Required reading, as the kids say.

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ON C-Span right now - The Alfred E. Smith Dinner in NYC. Obama is speaking, and he's hilarious. Honestly, turn it on right now.

Posted by LDP in Cincinnati | October 16, 2008 6:34 PM
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Wow. Thanks, this is good info to have and know.

And fuck you, McCain campaign...

Posted by Thanks! | October 16, 2008 6:44 PM
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Completely trumped-up fears about election fraud as a pretext for election fraud. You gotta admire the brazenness.

Posted by flamingbanjo | October 16, 2008 7:28 PM
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Robert Elisberg on Huffington Post claims that "Joe the Plumber" is the son of John Keating's son-in-law!

more amazing and hilarious revelations about Joe the Plumber at The Mudflats

Posted by mama4obama | October 16, 2008 9:17 PM
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So, perhaps the question could go something like this: "Senator McCain, why do you advocate that ACORN break Federal election laws by not turning in all completed applications? Do you believe that a private organzation should determine who should be eligible to vote?"

Posted by bohica | October 16, 2008 10:02 PM
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Acorn could sue all the contractors who turned in false registrations to show, rather dramatically, Acorn is on our side, not on the side of the liars promoting false voter reg.

Feds should prosecute, too. Not Acorn -- the folks who filled out false voter registrations.

Posted by PC | October 16, 2008 11:00 PM
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@6: Registration fraud is a misdemeanor. Election fraud is a felony. So the people who filled in "Mickey Mouse" on a registration form would get a slap on the wrist, whereas the felons who used a few examples of that as an excuse to throw millions of eligible voters off the rolls would get -- the keys to the White House!


Posted by flamingbanjo | October 17, 2008 12:27 AM
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Goddamn fucking banana Republicans. They should all be in prison.

Posted by Greg | October 17, 2008 9:38 AM

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