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Posted By Wolfie2007 1 year, 1 month ago in NewsCLEVELAND - Two Ohio voters, including Domino' s pizza worker Christopher Barkley , claimed yesterday that they were hounded by the community-activist group ACORN to register to vote several times, even though they made it clear they' d already signed up.
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Wolfie20071 year, 1 month ago
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mesodude1 year, 1 month ago
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I know, right, Endo? Doesn't it just burn you up when others are so desperate to avoid discussing the most pressing issues facing our country that they resort to using lame @ss smokescreens to change the subject? I tell ya...There oughta be a law, Endo. There just oughta be a law. ;-x
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mesodude1 year, 1 month ago
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Exactly, filthycon. We're sure GOP bed partners like Big Oil, Tobacco, Gun Lobby, Telecomms, defense contractors, Insurance and others could never compete with the likes of ACORN. Yes, indeedy. There's a new sheriff in town and it's ACORN (who, like the name Sarah Palin, the average pea-brained con had never heard of until a few weeks ago--keep inhaling Rush's raw sewage, cons). ROTFLMAO. Poorly educated cons crack me up. ;-x
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slate1 year, 1 month ago
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Yeah Donna, the NYP ultra right wing rag LOL!
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Funny how you've claimed that Repbs steal elections but give a pass to Obama's guys. Actually, Bush didn't and this is actual SOP by the dems. Next thing you know Obama get 500 million votes in a country of 300 million and you just scream Landslide!-
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MRCOFFEECAKE1 year, 1 month ago
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Did he know the gay guy who had homosexual sex and cocaine in a limo with Obama, or the guy who belonged to Obama'a Mosque when they agreed to a jihaad against America,
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or the guy who said that Obama never pledges allegiance to our dflag and who will want to be sworn in on a Koran??
Oh no, he's the guy who's related to Chalabi, who told us why we needed to go into Iraq..
You people would listen to a homeless drunk..You really are pathetic!
(By the way) 15 extra votes in Ilinois mean nothing..Nweither do 150,000.
Obama is gong to win Illinois 2,2000,00o to 900,000,,so why would ANYONE cheat in a state where they are already going to win??
Ask the Republican: You only cheat in Ohio or Florida, and you do it mechanically.
You don't involve a people trail.
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MSHELENA1 year, 1 month ago
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I would be worried if people were VOTING many times, not registering. . . . Registering many times doesn't help Obama--so it's not to Obama's advantage when people register more than once. I smell a GOP rat behind this. If the young man from the pizza establishment registered too many times, then that's HIS problem, not Obama's. The young man should have known better because he knew he'd registered the first time.
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hyperbola1 year, 1 month ago
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This story is typical of GOP scam attempts. There is nothing in it that indicates ANY voter was regisitered illegally. Thereafter it is all ugly innuendo without any evidence.
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The question you should ask yourself is whether you are gullible enough to be suckered by the kind of scams Wolfie posts here.
GOP's ACORN 'Voter Fraud' Lie Ramped Up
I had been intending to post an answer to the ongoing -- and quickly escalating -- ACORN smears being issued of late by the GOP enemies of democracy out there, who have decided to intensify their unsubstantiated assaults on the community organization, given its effectiveness at registering millions of low-income voters across the country....
... Doubtless you've heard the smears by now: that ACORN is committing "voter fraud", on behalf of Obama, in hotly contested swing states. The media has been all too happy to pass that garbage on, without bothering to note that, in fact, the organization attempts to authenticate every registration form their workers submit and by law they must turn in every form to election officials -- even if they find a registration to be fraudulent when they call the phone number submitted on the form, or if the forms are otherwise suspect or incomplete.
They do so, and they flag all questionable registration forms as being suspect before turning them in to officials.
The thanks they receive for registering millions of new voters that nobody else has bothered with, and for notifying officials about questionable registration forms when they turn them in, is that the GOP's democracy-hating propagandists and election officials run to the media shouting, "ACORN is committing voter fraud! They've turned in hundreds and thousands of fraudulent registration forms!"
Of course they have. They have to by law. But what those GOP despots of democracy always forget to mention is that it was ACORN themselves who notified officials about the potentially fraudulent and/or incomplete forms in the first place!
For the quickest idea of how the GOP ACORN scam has run amok, dutifully forwarded by the often clueless corporate media, and then the rightwing wankers in the blogosphere who are only to happy to help enable those who are lying to them -- by putting truth, democracy and country second -- take a look at the following game of rightwing "blogosphere telephone" concerning a recent news conference called by a Lake County, Indiana GOP chair in order to sound the phony alarm about "fraud" committed by ACORN....
http://www.propeller.com/story/2008/10/10/gops-aco...
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Wolfie20071 year, 1 month ago
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"You can tell them you're registered as many times as you want - they do not care," said Lateala Goins, 21, who was subpoenaed.
"They will follow you to the buses, they will follow you home, it does not matter," she told The Post.
She added that she never put down an address on any of the registration forms, just her name.
A third subpoenaed voter, Freddie Johnson, 19, filled out registration cards 72 times over 18 months, officials said.-
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HannibalBarca1 year, 1 month ago
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Registering under a fake name is illegal. But officials usually catch multiple registrations and toss them.
ACORN's Cleveland spokesman, Kris Harsh, said his group collected 100,000 voter-registration cards; only about 50 were questionable, he claimed.
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hyperbola1 year, 1 month ago
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Well Wolfie, your "scare tactic" is revealed by the very quotes you cite. NONE of those voter registration forms would have been accepted and verified. However, ACORN (and any other group registering voters) is required by law to submit even the defective forms (and to notify voting officials that they are defective).
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Frankly, sounds like the GOP has been running a scam by trying to find "volunteers" to fake reigstration multiple times to try to smear ACORN.
Time to label the smear campaigns for what they are Wolfie.
Obama the Subhuman
Increasingly, right-wing conservatives and Republican political leaders are issuing dire warnings to the American public that they – and only they – are the legitimate rulers of the United States and the world. This basic contempt for anything but one-party rule is manifested in a number of dire threats repeated by the party, with its members promising the end of Western civilization as we know it if they lose their dominant status in government. A review of Conservative and Republican contempt for bi-partisan politics is in order....
- On the culture war front, Republicans and conservatives have been unrelenting in their religious fanaticism and racism. Residents of West Virginia and Arkansas have received mailings directly from the Republican National Committee warning that liberals will ban the bible....
- Right-wing pundits, echoed by major conservative political leaders, have warned that a victory for Barack Obama will be a victory for Islam, radical terrorism, and anti-Americanism....
- Conservative legal officials have essentially declared war on the Democratic Party, not for violating the law, but due to their own ideological prejudices. Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was recently exposed for allowing politically motivated prosecutions against prominent Democratic political officials....
None of these right-wing hit jobs or smear tactics should strike voters as merely "more of the same" negative politicking in an election season....-
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hyperbola1 year, 1 month ago
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The Democrats' attempt to appeal across party lines has clearly not been the preferred tactic of the Republican Party. Angry over their likely loss of power in the upcoming election, they have become increasingly desperate in their attacks on the Democrats and the legitimacy of the two party state. This is particularly disturbing at a time when it is becoming harder and harder to discern concrete or substantive differences in the economic policies of the two parties. In reality, Obama and Biden's vague references to "regulation" don't amount to a whole lot when they fail to follow them up with actual policy proposals. That these Democrats are demonized by Republicans as sub-human, dangerous, or terrorist is more a sign of the growing extremism of conservatives than of the moral weakness or treachery of the Democrats. The Democratic Party today may be morally bankrupt, spineless, and bland, but none of those are anywhere near as dangerous as the Republican Party's fundamentalist contempt for multi-party elections and bi-partisan politics.
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http://www.propeller.com/story/2008/10/09/obama-th...
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Wolfie20071 year, 1 month ago
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I don't think they care enough about their voters to consider them intelligent or not. They only want them to vote as many times as possible or have someone else vote for them as many times as possible. It's all about power for the liberal, progressive democrats. If it were about helping people they wouldn't have sacked and looted Frannie and Freddie and all the while telling everyone that Fannie and Freddie were, "just fine" under the guidance of Franklin Raines, democrat and adviser to Barack Obama.-
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DeauxNut1 year, 1 month ago
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What's really scary, if I understand correctly, one of the voter registration managers said in a TV interview that it is not considered a "crime" to register multiple times but that they have to wait to see if the perp has actually voted multiple times. Something doesn't smell right!!
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nostalgia1 year, 1 month ago
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It feeds the public perception that there could be [fraud], and that makes the pillars fall down," said local Board of Elections President Jeff Hastings.
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jordan111 year, 1 month ago
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corl641 year, 1 month ago
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"Yep, you're a 'fine' American, you are"
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Wasn't it you on here a few weeks back bragging about how successful your business was and that you drive around in a Mercedes.
Before you start judging someone, you should look in the mirror! Support the American worker, buy American.
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HannibalBarca1 year, 1 month ago
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Gullible???????WTF????
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Every time you have a Rep Pres you double your debt, but you have a surplus with Dems.
Your $ is down, economy a mess, military stretched, Vets not being treated, education downhill, Mexican Army crosses your border at will, 750,000 jobs lost, 1.5 trillion IOU to China.......and these your are for?
And you have the nerve to call someone else gullible?
ROTFLMFAO
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nostalgia1 year, 1 month ago
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Palestra has inteviews with ACORN workers on tape
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They have interviews with people hounded by ACORN volunteers to register
This isn't a case of people going into offices to register
This is a case of ACORN volunteers going out into areas and bullying people to register over and over - even when the people told them they were already registered
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Wolfie20071 year, 1 month ago
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Read about Obama suing Citibank.
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dandt16121 year, 1 month ago
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Wow, you would think Obama is part or head of some mob gang the way he and he groupies do things. I wonder where he got his training? Obama IS A FRAUD and a dangerous person to this country.
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You know even Bush didn't go around suing people or companies who didn't support him. At least he could take it like a man and not whimper and whine about it. Obama is PATHETIC!!!-
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Jimjn21 year, 1 month ago
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This "Acorn" scam group was the group the House Dems tried to slip money to in the first Bailout package bill. That was the bill that the republicans walked out on. Yea!!!
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If Obama gets in, kiss the USA goodbye and get ready for the new politically correct world order. It will be like the Jimmy Carter years, only worse.-
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corl641 year, 1 month ago
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Yea, and look what happened. The global economy is in a meltdown because Jimmy Carter wanted to finance homes for lower income families. Then Clinton follows up deregulating the financial system. Now Bush gets the heat for the crisis that he tried to avert two years ago. But that's OK, Obama is here to save the day, this is the same guy who can't even keep his plane clean. Compassion really is helping the American taxpayer right now isn't it.
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HateKoolAid1 year, 1 month ago
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So Bush tried to avert the crisis two years ago, yea right. You actually think people buying homes during the Carter administration is the cause of the mortgage meltdown. That was well over twenty six years ago for christ sakes. Those home are practically paid for by now. I seem to remember Bush making speeches about how his administration was going to make it a priority for 'every' american to achieve the dream of home ownership. Doesn't sound like making it tougher to qualify for a home to me but the opposite. If you think it was Clintons fault why didn't the republican congress rectify the situation?? You guys controlled congress for six and half years.
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corl641 year, 1 month ago
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Carter started it with some package that he pushed for, I forget exactly what it was called but it had some initials like CRA or CRV, something along those lines. People who bought houses during the Carter years are more than likely paid off, but as time went by and Clinton de-regulated the financial system, more and more bad mortgages were made. Bush and McCain both warned about this 2 years ago, but Dodd said everything with Fannie and Freddie were fine and pulled it out of his committee, guess who took the most contributions from both Fannie and Freddie, and Obama is second on the list.
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Wolfie20071 year, 1 month ago
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Voter fraud is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to ACORN.
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Check out more of their activities.
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bubba21 year, 1 month ago
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GOOD GRIEF, this "spam" thing is INSANE ...
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Even if this posts, I GIVE UP. This only PROVES that this propeller format does S-U-C-K ....
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No concrete evidence of systemic voter fraud in the United States has ever surfaced. Many election integrity experts believe claims of voter fraud are a ploy by Republicans to suppress minorities and poor people from voting.
ACORN has long been a target of Republican Party operatives dating as far back as the 2004 presidential election. But the accusations of malfeasance have never been supported by evidence.
Three or four former U.S. Attorneys out of the nine fired in 2006 were targeted because they refused to bring criminal charges against individuals affiliated with ACORN.
The GOP has, through state GOP governments, attempted to purge tens of thousands of legitimately registered voters in 6 battleground states in the past few weeks.-
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orndorffter1 year, 1 month ago
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Hey bubba2. Dont sweat it, I'm new at this And I sure am trying to do things right, I just hope when I post my story I get it done right Ya all may be hearing yealing for help when I began it. I have several but afraid I'm gona flub up, any way the govermments is so toren they dont even know what thire suspose to be doing.there is no voter fraud in the United States the people are finaly wiseing up to our so call goverment,never have I saw an election like this one.
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donald511 year, 1 month ago
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Wow, but for Bubba and Jordan, this article just by its title sure brought out all the bigots to pat eachother on the back with their lies and spin! You right wingers have no scruples or a conscience!
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Heaven forbid that poor and middle class Americans who work a steady job and just want a part of the American dream have an organization help them buy a house!-
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corl641 year, 1 month ago
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"Heaven forbid that poor and middle class Americans who work a steady job and just want a part of the American dream have an organization help them buy a house"
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It takes more than just having a steady job to own a home. This is where the mortgage companies were wrong in handing out money to people who just can't afford homes. Financial responsiblity is more than just holding down a job, no matter how much you "want a part of the American dream". Your comment about "scruples" is just ignorant. How are scruples involved in getting someone a mortgage that they can't afford to begin with, just so you can pat yourself on the back and have a clear conscience about showing some compassion by helping somebody who is just looking for a handout. -
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slate1 year, 1 month ago
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Donna, do you still think that anyone against Obama are racists? Psst Obama is just as white as he is black, so it must be double racism if anyone says anything negative about him, depending on their color. What a sad way to live alife, being a race baiter and all. If 80% of Americans hate Bush and Obama is only ahead by a small margin, that would mean that 60% of Americans must be racists. Do you really think that?
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Heaven forbid ANY voter get more than one vote is more like it Donna. You do understand how it's supposed to work?
Heck by your stadards, I think the ultra rick could by mutiple million ref. cards and have them flood the process for McCain, how would you feel about that?
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HateKoolAid1 year, 1 month ago
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Why didn't these two poor 'hounded' people just call ACORN and tell them they were being asked to sign multiple voter cards. Every organization (that includes republican ones) that employs people to gather petitions and voter registration on a piece work basis have had problems with workers padding their totals to get more money. When they are discovered they are fired.
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slate1 year, 1 month ago
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You mean the voter should have to take the time and call ACORN over the ACORN people saying thank you for voting when they are told no thanks I'm already registered?
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Why hasn't ACORN seen that people are bringing in the same names over and over again, fired the people resposible, tossed out the duplicates and set down and checked Allllllll there data to ensure fairness? We'll see if that happened or they just added them to their numbers in an attempt to sway the outcome to the one they want to win.-
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HateKoolAid1 year, 1 month ago
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They are, as all such political organizations, just trying to get people registered. They collect the cards and turn them over to county officials whose job it is to verify the info. It's not the job of these organizations to legally verify voter info, it's the governments job. I'm sure if ACORN had been notified that there were people encouraging multiple registration they would have fired those responsible.
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ljponejolic1 year, 1 month ago
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why worry about acorn the dems use it as a tool to get elected the media thinks its ok so it must be ok you know the left wing media would never lie to us so lets all go out on election day and elect the first socialiist president the gifted one OOOO BBB OOOO MMMM AAAA
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mrlecher1 year, 1 month ago
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Doesn't anyone realize? You can "register" as many times as you like 10, 20, 100, 1000 times. It does not matter, you only get one vote per person per address, period. In fact, if you are black and you live in Florida or Ohio, 1000 times may not be enough registrations as the Repuglicans will have you illegally purged as soon as you have registered.
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What ever happened about that fake registration program in the last election? You know, the one PROVEN to have been funded by the RNC under orders from Karl Rove. Where dumpsters were found stuffed with all the voter registrations that had been marked Democrat or Independent. They got paid by the registration destroyed not number registered. And you losers have the GALL to make up stories and complain about ACORN? -
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cushi1 year, 1 month ago
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The snakes have gathered for a group session to comfort themselves because they can't stand the fact that someone other than a white anglo-saxon male will be the next president of the United States. Get ready good ole boys, the white house is FINALLY going to get some color (and new life) in it.
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ETproductions1 year, 1 month ago
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If these people's testimony turns out to be true, the ACORN workers who knowingly registered them multiple times are guilty of a Federal felony and should be dealt with accordingly. I'm rooting for Obama, but I don't believe such shenanigans will be needed to help him win, and if he can't win in a fair fight, he deserves to loose.
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ACORN was apparently bringing in workers off the street and in some cases paying them per registration. That's an obvious incentive for fraud, and should definitely be stopped.
As I have said on other threads on this topic, the Republicans are more guilty of electioneering than the Democrats. We had the firings of US Attorneys because they refused to prosecute meritless voter registration cases. We have the Republican owned companies that make electronic voting machines with no audit trail, machines that have been shown to have tilted results to Republicans. We have state GOP led administrations deliberately and unjustly dropping tens of thousands of minority voters in 6 battleground states -- something that happens every election cycle.
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