ACORN fights back

What a joke. If you needed a third party to register you to vote, you should just do what you normally do and stay home next week.

Wait a minute. The 450,000 number needs to be almost doubled if you consider people that they helped register by updating their old registration. People can debate if these important updates (without with you may not able to vote even if you were registered in th past) are deserving of being called "new," but it is silly to use the lower number and not mention this valuable work.

Voter suppression???????? In the words of Joe Gaffe Biden, "are you kidding me?!!"

ACORN = Voter Fraud

Pure and Simple.

So the Globe uses the phrase "voter fraud" when it is registration NOT voting that is in question here. Secondly, ALL registration groups are REQUIRED to hand in any registration form regardless of whether they recognize it has a phony name. It is the voter registration board that has authority to reject inaccurate, incomplete or potentially fraudulent forms. Therefore, none of these "registrants" will be allowed to vote. If I wanted to reduce registration in low income areas I may volunteer for ACORN and flood their boxes with phony forms that they would be required to submit, thus besmirching their credibility. Hmm, what organization has been known to suppress voter roles from low income areas in the past?

I have two words for ACORN - Mickey Mouse. We've seen with our own eyes the trays and trays of phony and duplicate registrations submitted by ACORN. We've seen with our own eyes the ACORN workers admitting that they tell the people that they drag to the polls to vote for Obama. They do not know what bi-partisanship is.
ACORN has hundreds of tax liens in various states. They are using the $31 million dollars in federal funding to steal this election for their candidate. It is disgusting. Obama has promised ACORN that they can shape his agenda. Vote McCain/Palin 2008

I never realized we funded this dopey organization. They should be dismantled. If people don't care enough to register to vote, then let them take their chances. Personally, I feel like this sort of thing should be taken care of by local volunteers. Paying people to register voters BY QUOTA invites fraud. The two parties can register voters with volunteers, the League of Women Voters can register people, most states allow registration with driver's license renewal now and those that don't should. This is a waste of resources.

Just can’t let the media charade go on without refutation…
In case you have been following the latest media lies about voter fraud recently, the truth is exactly the opposite not somewhere in between: completely opposite. Greg Palast has been screaming about this for 8 years and of course, I’ve been following this attentively since 2000; the year democracy ended in this country at the hands of the republican party, the supreme court and the bought and paid for media. From Florida 2000 to Ohio 2004 to nationwide 2008, this has happened with media complicity and the "real" coverage has been nearly exclusively in the UK and most of the rest of the world. Check out Palast’s videos over at gregpalast.com.

I am apalled that my government would allow such a thing as take my money as taxes, pervert my freedom with it, then allow theft and corruption, and play the blame game to cover up the dastardly deed.

Getting people interested in what is happening to this country and getting people out to vote is a good thing... for too many years people have been so disgusted and believing that thier one vote does not count, especially after the fiasco in Florida... It is a positive thing to get people interested in making the changes this country needs from within. I for one am against voter registration fraud, however, if I remember correctly, when I registered to vote, the people who registerded me did not ask for ID or proof of citizenship or anything else. It would not be hard for ANYONE to put down bad information, be it Republican or Democrat. I am amazed that so many of you think that we do not pay for politics... Just where did you think you tax money was going anyways? To pay for our guys in Iraq to have the equipment they need? No way... that money was forked over to Blackwater so they could prtect the mercenaries protecting Bush and Cheney's oil interests. I think you all should be more worried about the fact that McCain picked Sarah Palin, who has not convince me that she does not support AIP. What is next, East US and West US, are we going to build a bid wall down the MS river and at both the Canadian and Mexican Borders. Wake up people... we need to work on the solutions instead of stiring up and bantering about the problems... too bad the Republicans have forgotten what the REAL issues are and are just mudslinging. What happened to my part of less goverment? I am now voting Democrat because for the first time in my life, I am afraid for my beloved country. To be so greedy and self serving to say that people less fortunate don't count... and then to have the nerve to say (with that mouthful of garbage) that you are a Good Christian, Please... I feel for Jesus right now... listening to all the garbage that people spew in HIS name... how sad for those who think THEY can inherit the earth. It is the Meek who inherit the earth... Did you forget about that?

do people really believe ACORN is the problem? ACORN is required to turn all registration applications over to the government, and they flag any that seem suspicious. It is the government that does the actual registering. You think they'll register Micky Mouse? If the candidate you support says this is a huge problem, you believe it? In the past McCain praised ACORN, now he and other republican party loyalists are fabricating a controversy to distract voters from genuine voter suppression and other methods of stealing or disenfranchising the vote. The mainstream media has avoided the truth for some time....but alternate news sources are succeeding in getting the word out.

ACORN = fraud is right, but who is going to care when B. Hussein Obama is in office. They'll be in office with him. We all better get on our knees now!

Get out there and vote for McCain/Palin, if you are Canadian or Mexican don't worry just call Acorn, they will get you registered. All you have to do is tell them you are voting for Osama Obama. Maybe a wall around New York and California is not such a bad idea.

Voter fraud is extremely rare. Like another person commented earlier ACORN is required by LAW to turn in ALL voter registration forms it receives. They first go through and try to verifty the form, if they can't they flag the form and report it when they turn them in. I am so frustrated with the MSM and the way they are reporting this story. They never seem to report this fact nor do they call it what it is - voter REGISTRATION fraud NOT voter fraud...the difference is HUGE! The fraud that has been committed is against ACORN by employees who didn't do what they were paid to do. It doesn't have any effect on the outcome of the election. I think ACORN should be able to sue people for slander if they continue to try and say that ACORN is trying to destroy the fabric of democracy.

And then you have these right wing propaganda sites blaming ACORN on the entire economic crisis, which you only need to use common sense to realize that is a ridiculous claim. I think it is a shame the way this organization that does a lot of good in communities is being used by the GOP to distract people from their voter suppresion efforts.

May the GOP die off after Nov. 4th.

There is no voter fraud here. Further, ACORN is a great organization doing the right things. Flail in desperation Republicans, and try your best to smear everyone else on your way down in your sinking ship, but it's not going to work. I'd also like to thank Republicans and the crazy right wingers for inspiring me to donate to ACORN for the first time in too many years.

It registration fraud, not VOTER FRAUD!!!! ACORN gave a monatary incentive to register voters.... so every form sent in was money in someones pocket. Human nature being what it is, it was a program ripe for the picking. Think about it.

Mickey Mouse is not going to show up to vote!

It is ignorant comments like" Osama Hussein Obama" that keep this country divided. It's a shame the people that make such comments can't see past their prejudices to understand that poor and suffering does not have a skin color. I thank God that we had to go through such crisis for people to wake up and understand that we are all Americans-white, black, hispanic, whatever. I am proud to have served my country in the military, and to have served with people of all origins. This ACORN scandal is a discouragement to the poor that believe their vote does not count anyway. Change is Coming!

Allow me re-write the lead on this article.

.ACORN, the community agitator group which is trying to steal the election and gets federal funding when it is supposed to be non-partisan, is continuing its fight to promote fraud -- and Barack H. Obama.

Acorn is corrupt. Republicans are corrupt. Democrats are corrupt. Find your peace with God. Neither of the candidates can/will do what we need in this country. I am not committed to either party but rather as an independent. I look at the issues for what they are, not at left wing or right wing in an overall scale. It's sad that we say" Osama Hussein Obama" and "there isn't enough Zanex in the US for McCain". I don't believe in Bashing but all the campaigns have been is just that. Back and forth, one attack after another. Where is the sincerity in the issues at hand? Where is the conviction of honesty and integrity? It's corrupted. The US, the Government, the Laws and the Land. Look to Christ (honestly) and seek him. It's truly the only way to remain happy regardless of who runs our country, because whatever happens... the Lord already knows. Let him have your heart, your mind and your soul. Barrack of John will not be able to give you what you need. I'm disappointed in both parties. I am not disappointed with Christ. He's already fought the battle for us. Why strain our lives trying to bash another rather than work for the good of man? Let's stop saying what we're against but rather push what we are FOR.

I hope this has struck you in goodness and gave you insight to truth.

Peace,
Christopher