Obama on ACORN Controversy: “A Distraction… We Don’t Need ACORN’s Help”

McCain should be more concerned about both his and Palin’s ties to questioanble organizations and individuals.
Rick Sanchez just reported on the ties between the Palin’s and the AIP.
It was shocking to hear the AIP’s very hateful remarks concerning the American government…certainly smacks of domestic terrorist ideology!!
Given the days and days of coverage the media reported on Rev. Wrights hateful remarks, one assumes you will be reporting on the AIP’s ideology and Palins ties to it on as well?? Sanchez reported that Palin attended their 2008 convention as well as showed her televised address to their convention. The voters have a right to hear more coverage of this.

EVERYTHING that Obama doesn’t want to talk about, but is guilty of, is “distraction”!!!
Anytime Ayers was brought up, he would say it’s a distraction! Well, you big fool, your corrupt and dangerous associations are a distraction to America’s safety and security!
Move along folks, nothing to see here….
He is also lying. He not just represented them , but he also was a trainer of their thug tactics back in his “community orgnizer” days. His campaign also donated 800K to ACORN.
Obama is knee deep in ACORN dirt.
But, that’s a distraction, and it’s also racist to say anything bad about Obama. !!!!
Oh, by the way, Mr. Obama, where is your birth certificate? why are you wasting legal resources “delaying” the Berg case, when you can just show it and get it over with? Sorry, was that a distraction too?
Obama is a criminal. Corrupt trash. the proof is there.

JR – Excellant question.
Sarah – Are you sure he wasn’t hired to give Sarah P a few pointers. He sounds more her style.

I hope Obama’s explanation satisfies the people that want to throw ACORN around without rhyme or reason. Besides, who cares anyway. Most peoples minds are made up anyway about who to vote for. Mail-in votes are already happening in quite a few states. I mailed mine in already.

Breaking just now:
McCains transition chief aided Suddam Hussein
Huffington Post has just released this

barack is stupid.

Perhaps fake Tony Romo already voted in Ohio like that guy they nailed. Perhaps fake Tony Romo will vote or voted by absentee ballot.

Oh poor misguided Barack, they have already made arrests in Ohio of phoney voters trying to vote. Someone should really update him, isn’t that what they pay the staff for?

Obama is still trying to claim that his only connection to ACORN is that he represented them in the Motor Voter lawsuit?
It is fact that he volunteered as a trainer for ACORN, that he and Ayers funneled millions to ACORN through the Annenberg Challenge, and that he invited ACORN to help shape his White House agenda.
How can he still stand there and lie?
Even that is a stretch because he represented ACORN in many lawsuits.

“CNN reporting on Palins ties with the AIP”
Ed Rollins and Roland Martin?

New buzz word for this corrupt piece of trash!
OBAMACORN
OBAMACORN
OBAMACORN
LOL!

Obama is hiding the fact that his current presidential campaign gave Acorn more than $800,000. Lying again.

If he doesn’t need Acorn’s help, why did his campaign pay Acorn $800,000 for get-out-the-vote efforts, as reported on the WSJ’s editorial page this morning?

“But this isn’t a situation where there’s actually people who are going to try to vote ’cause these are phony names,” Obama said. “And, it’s doubtful (Dallas Cowboys quarterback) Tony Romo (whose name has been fraudulently submitted) is gonna show up in Ohio to vote. So this is another one of these distractions that gets stirred up in the course of a campaign.
EXACTLY! Geeze… I can’t beleive the MSM isn’t smart enough to figure that out for themselves!

There pictures of Obama with ACORN…what a joke…

CNN just exposed Sarah and Todd Palin’s connection to the Alaskan Independence Party. It’s over for McCain/Palin….couldn’t happen to a nicer couple

Obama’s previous work with voter registration (when he did community service) is that he tries to submit a lot of new voter registration forms on the last day in order to flood the city offices, and there is no time to check validity. It is a loophole that he has exploited in the past to disrupt an Illinois election, which he won as a result.
All voter fraud should be investigated and prosecuted to the fullest extent. Obama’s flip remark that it isn’t hurting anyone is ridiculous, and unpatriotic, and I’m surprised the reporters didn’t call him on it. I hope McCain catches this one.

Obama (D-ACORN) would like us to believe there are “other issues,” really?
Are there more important issues than the right to vote without voter fraud? No, but Obama (D-ACORN) would like us to think so.
Say, isn’t this the same jive move Obama (D-ACORN) first made with the ravin’ Rev. Wright? Ayers? Why, yes, it is.
And, say, Obama (D-ACORN), since you paid $850,000.00 to ACORN to “get out the vote,” do you no longer need them to get out the vote or have they exhausted Mickey Mouse, the Dallas Cowboys in Nevada, etc.? Your training classes already paying you back hey.

I don’t really care about these workers who submitted fraudulent registration forms. They should be fired and receive a reduction in pay. And from what I read, it was ACORN who reported these fraudulent forms, as required by law. This is just an attempt to further demonize Obama.
What worries me more is people who cannot vote at all because their names have been purged from the voter rolls, as has been tried or already accomplished in the states of Ohio, Michigan, Florida and Wisconsin.

“And from what I read, it was ACORN who reported these fraudulent forms, as required by law. This is just an attempt to further demonize Obama.”
So you’re not worried about the guy they caught committing voter fraud? Probably an isolated incident.

Oh but apparently Obama thought they DID need ACORNs help when he threw $832,000 their way.
As reported on MSNBC moments ago: “Obama and two other lawyers in 1995 represented ACORN in a lawsuit against the state of Illinois to make voter registration easier. During this year’s primary, Obama hired a firm with ties to the group for a massive get-out-the-vote effort.
Obama told reporters on Tuesday that ACORN was not advising his campaign on voter registration.” HAHA!! HE ‘did not have sex’ with that woman either!! HE did not inhale either!! Oh my God… what an insult to American’s intelligence! He is playing his followers for complete fools!!

Isn’t it amazing that so many on the right ASSUME that every person that ACORN registers for voting are registering as DEMOCRATS and will vote as DEMOCRATS? Hello folks, McCain himself praised ACORN for its efforts in Arizona. Why? Because they registered so many REPUBLICANS. Or did you miss that?

another distraction from the GOP. yawn.

Gee, another coincidence for poor little Barack. It was a coicidence that Ayers “lived in the neighborhood”, “hosted my political coming out party in his home” etc., it is a coincidence that Rev. Wright gave radical sermons and awards to Farrakhan while poor little Barry sat in ignorance for 20 years, Pfleger is a coincidence, the sleazy dealings with Rezko are a coincidence, the Che Guevara banner hanging in his campaign HQ was a coincidence, the massive donations from Fannie and Freddie were a coincidence, now ACORN is a coincidence. Poor little Barack. maybe this little liar ought to just change his campaign theme from “hope and change” to “ignore the man behind the curtain”.

Obama represented ACORN as a Lawyer, he gave ACORN at least 800000 dollars from his campaign, he helped funnel millions of taxpayer money to them. BY the way ACORN did bnot bring it out, they were raided in Nevada, stopped in Indiana.
Obama is tied to them and if it was not for Obama they would not be as big as they are, now there is proof they are behind the Mortgage problems.
STOP making excuses people Obama is dangerous.
Read the letter he sent to his friends in Africa, to protest which caused thousand of Christians to be slaugtered.
ACORN is part of Community Organizers!!

I think we’re missing what’s important here. Note Jake’s first sentence: “Obama…took questions from the reporters”.
Now remind me, when has Sarah Palin held a press conference since she became a vice presidential nominee?

Notice everything is a distraction to Obama!! when his lies are brought forth!!

quote: “I don’t really care about these workers who submitted fraudulent registration forms. They should be fired and receive a reduction in pay. And from what I read, it was ACORN who reported these fraudulent forms, as required by law. This is just an attempt to further demonize Obama.”
No, no… sorry. No one has to demonize Obama. He is doing a very good job of it on his own. He doesn’t give a hoot about voter registration fraud so long as he benefits. You know darn well he knew what was going on. He has very close ties with ACORN. How could he not know? And if he didn’t, he thinks he’s smart enough to be the president of the US??! Now he claims innocence because ACORN is not ADVISING his campaign. OMG. I can’t believe this guy is for real

WE DON’T NEED ACORN’S HELP!
I love it. As a volunteer for Obama’s campaign, he said the absolute truth. We also can’t forget that when a person registers, they select their party. If an ACORN worker who’s incentive is based on the number of registrations they turn in, its likely (as evident) they will turn in fake registrations. IT’S YET ANOTHER DISTRACTION AND AMERICANS AREN’T BUYING IT! Now let’s talk about the GOP challenging voting rights for the folks facing foreclosure.

oh, we don’t need ACORN’s help.
Did Obama need his help for entering political field?

Fake registrations virtually cannot lead to fake votes, but removal of registrations from the rolls can lead to changed elections. The former problem is being highlighted by Palin right now while the latter is being ignored. Is this by design?

Seems to me a candidate in favor of a fair election – who did not want a repeat of the 2000 debacle – would want a full investigation of any allegations of voter fraud.
Also, is Obama’s campaign does not need ACORN, why did it pay $800,000 to that organization?
This kind of stuff and the “this is just a distraction” is getting about as old as “if you don’t vote for Obama, you’re a racist.”
It really turns me off.

Again, this is voter REGISTRATION fraud, not voter fraud. It is comparing apples and oranges. Think, people, think!

Registration fraud is not the same thing as voter fraud. If you don’t know the difference, learn it before posting. Otherwise you’re wasting everyone’s time.

Obama’s comments re: No one is having any capital gains right now (or something to that affect) demonstrate beyond any doubt that the man is totally ignorant of the markets… people are cleaning house right now, picking up companies dirt cheap.. good solid companies that will definitely increase (and in fact did today).. He is a total moron, in my opinion. No one should trust this ignoramous with the ivy leage degree to be President of our country! Wake up and vote NOBAMA!!

I’m with you ‘No thanks Obama’. I’ve never been a strong supporter of McCain… but I’ll tell you what I’d take him anyday over this guy. If McCain doesn’t have the dirt after 30 yrs that Obama has had in the last 5-10 I’m for him. And you know that by God, if there was this kind of stuff going on with McCain the race would be over.
And folks, it ain’t over ’til it’s over.

It’s funny (ironic, even) how the media has jumped on every single thing McCain or any right-wing nut has said about Obama including keeping the insipid Ayers “non-scandal” going in their coverage. Now it’s “ACORN this and ACORN that”.
Yet, for 8 years, the policies, mistakes, lapses, and outright lies of George W. Bush and Co. has received way less scrutiny.
So Obama needs to answer questions about Ayers and ACORN (which he’s already done how many times?)but nobody (ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, ETC.) have not asked why:
1. 9/11 was allowed to happen?
2. What about those WMD’s?
3. What about all the jobs shipped overseas via corporate tax breaks?
The list goes on and on. The Bush Administration has been given a free ride for 8 YEARS. Sarah Palin is getting one now on Troopergate—where it has been determined that SHE ABUSED her power in her current position as Governer. But Obama is being hounded about two issues he has answered time and again.
The mainstream media has questioned, probed, and downright dogged Obama more in the last few months than it has Bush the last 8 years!

Voter fraud is inaccurate
as you cannot vote until Nov. 4, and the GOP Republicans are busy disenfranchising minorities in the largely populated urban cities with court restraints blocking the opening of early voter booths. It’s a sick, sad, world we live in that people are being preventing from going to the voting booth.
This accusation that the GOP has spun to the media is flat on its face false. Indeed there were false registration forms submitted to ACORN but that doesn’t mean voter fraud has been committed.
The main question is, who’s submitting these blatantly false registration forms. What motivation would be behind this other than to cause controversy.

“He doesn’t need ACORN to collect new voters. Look at his primary organization and the consistent outreach efforts of his entire campaign. That’s not all about ACORN.’
So he gave them over 800k out of the goodness of his heart?

JACKSON ON OBAMA’S AMERICA
PREPARE for a new America: That’s the message that the Rev. Jesse Jackson conveyed to participants in the first World Policy Forum, held at this French lakeside resort last week.
He promised “fundamental changes” in US foreign policy – saying America must “heal wounds” it has caused to other nations, revive its alliances and apologize for the “arrogance of the Bush administration.”
The most important change would occur in the Middle East, where “decades of putting Israel’s interests first” would end.
Jackson believes that, although “Zionists who have controlled American policy for decades” remain strong, they’ll lose a great deal of their clout when Barack Obama enters the White House.
“Obama is about change,” Jackson told me in a wide-ranging conversation. “And the change that Obama promises is not limited to what we do in America itself. It is a change of the way America looks at the world and its place in it.”
Jackson warns that he isn’t an Obama confidant or adviser, “just a supporter.” But he adds that Obama has been “a neighbor or, better still, a member of the family.” Jackson’s son has been a close friend of Obama for years, and Jackson’s daughter went to school with Obama’s wife Michelle.
“We helped him start his career,” says Jackson. “And then we were always there to help him move ahead. He is the continuation of our struggle for justice not only for the black people but also for all those who have been wronged.”
Will Obama’s election close the chapter of black grievances linked to memories of slavery? The reverend takes a deep breath and waits a long time before responding.
“No, that chapter won’t be closed,” he says. “However, Obama’s victory will be a huge step in the direction we have wanted America to take for decades.”
Jackson rejects any suggestion that Obama was influenced by Marxist ideas in his youth. “I see no evidence of that,” he says. “Obama’s thirst for justice and equality is rooted in his black culture.”
But is Obama – who’s not a descendant of slaves – truly a typical American black?
Jackson emphatically answers yes: “You don’t need to be a descendant of slaves to experience the oppression, the suffocating injustice and the ugly racism that exists in our society,” he says. “Obama experienced the same environment as all American blacks did. It was nonsense to suggest that he was somehow not black enough to feel the pain.”
Is Jackson worried about the “Bradley effect” – that people may be telling pollsters they favor the black candidate, but won’t end up voting for him?
“I don’t think this is how things will turn out,” he says. “We have a collapsing economy and a war that we have lost in Iraq. In Afghanistan, we face a resurgent Taliban. New threats are looming in Pakistan. Our liberties have been trampled under feet . . . Today, most Americans want change, and know that only Barack can deliver what they want. Young Americans are especially determined to make sure that Obama wins.”
He sees a broad public loss of confidence in the nation’s institutions: “We have lost confidence in our president, our Congress, our banking system, our Wall Street and our legal system to protect our individual freedoms. . . I don’t see how we could regain confidence in all those institutions without a radical change of direction.”
Jackson declines to be more concrete about possible policy changes. After all, he insists, he isn’t part of Obama’s policy team. Yet he clearly hopes that his views, reflecting the position of many Democrats, would be reflected in the policies of an Obama administration.
On the economic front, he hopes for “major changes in our trading policy.”
“We cannot continue with the open-door policy,” he says. “We need to protect our manufacturing industry against unfair competition that destroys American jobs and creates ill-paid jobs abroad.”
Would that mean an abrogation of the NAFTA treaty with Canada and Mexico?
Jackson dismisses the question as “premature”: “We could do a great deal without such dramatic action.”
His most surprising position concerns Iraq. He passionately denounces the toppling of Saddam Hussein as “an illegal and unjust act.” But he’s now sure that the United States “will have to remain in Iraq for a very long time.”
What of Obama’s promise to withdraw by 2010? Jackson believes that position will have to evolve, reflecting “realities on the ground.”
“We should work with our allies in Iraq to consolidate democratic institutions there,” he says. “We must help the people of Iraq decide and shape their future in accordance with their own culture and faith.”
On Iran, he strongly supports Obama’s idea of opening a direct dialogue with the leadership in Tehran. “We’ve got to talk to tell them what we want and hear what they want,” Jackson says. “Nothing is gained by not talking to others.”
Would that mean ignoring the four UN Security Council resolutions that demand an end to Iran’s uranium-enrichment program? Jackson says direct talks wouldn’t start without preparations.
“Barack wants an aggressive and dynamic diplomacy,” he says. “He also wants adequate preparatory work. We must enter the talks after the ground has been prepared,” he says.
Jackson is especially critical of President Bush’s approach to the Israel-Palestine conflict.
“Bush was so afraid of a snafu and of upsetting Israel that he gave the whole thing a miss,” Jackson says. “Barack will change that,” because, as long as the Palestinians haven’t seen justice, the Middle East will “remain a source of danger to us all.”
“Barack is determined to repair our relations with the world of Islam and Muslims,” Jackson says. “Thanks to his background and ecumenical approach, he knows how Muslims feel while remaining committed to his own faith.”

Republican weapons of Mass Distraction aided by the MSM. Is Obama running ads questioning Palin’s ties to AIP? Questioning the McCain campaign managers lobbying tiies to Georgia? No, and you know why? Compared to the massive job of cleaning up the mess the Republicans have made, they are small things. This election is too bi to be about small things.
01/20/09. End of an Error.

Of course it’s just a “distraction” when they’re registering democrat voters 5 and 6 times each. If it were republican voters, Obama would be outraged. He’s such a loser for president if we vote him in, we’ll deserve what we’re getting: a conversion from the USA to the USSA.

amanda: “Again, this is voter REGISTRATION fraud, not voter fraud. It is comparing apples and oranges. Think, people, think!”
We ARE thinking Amanda… we’re thinking we smell a rat… fraud is fraud is fraud is fraud. If it didn’t matter, why would they be wasting their time. think Amanda think!
Doesn’t it bother you that there all of these shady connections that Obama has and you’re just now finding out about them, in detail, every day, because the GOP figured out that the media just doesnt report much of anything against ‘their pick’ unless forced to? That is because the media has propped up their golden boy for so long. They gave you half the news. Doesn’t that make you mad?

UH OH
guilt by association just blew up in mccains face
THIS JUST IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
William Timmons, the Washington lobbyist who John McCain has named to head his presidential transition team, aided an influence effort on behalf of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein to ease international sanctions against his regime.
The two lobbyists who Timmons worked closely with over a five year period on the lobbying campaign later either pleaded guilty to or were convicted of federal criminal charges that they had acted as unregistered agents of Saddam Hussein’s government.

Hmm the silent Jessie Jackson sheds some light on Mr. Obama and his real feelings towards Isreal! Posted today in the New York Post Mr. Jackson says
The most important change would occur in the Middle East, where “decades of putting Israel’s interests first” would end.
Jackson believes that, although “Zionists who have controlled American policy for decades” remain strong, they’ll lose a great deal of their clout when Barack Obama enters the White House.
“Barack is determined to repair our relations with the world of Islam and Muslims,” Jackson says.
Hmm for all you Florida voters hope this opens your eyes a little about Mr. Obama!

It is amazing how many who posted think voter fraud is OK!!! Wow! Jake: This is the real news story!

just because you have fake registered names does in no way suggest that those people can vote
after someone has signed up as a voter
they have to respond to a registration by the state through the mail
if they dont respond then the voter is taken off the rolls
no one can come in and vote multiple times if they dont have proper ID
sorry peeps you guys are blowing this way out of proportion

it does not matter if it is registration, or voter fraud the law is clear either is fraud any tampering with a federal election or its prcesses is fraud get it.
acorn is currently under investigation by the FBI the FEDS for FRAUD get it. you guys are in total denial.

Why is everything that’s said against Obama described as a ‘distraction’ by him. Is all of life just one big distraction or what? He pulls his fans around and wraps his arms around them and says, “come on guys, it’s just another distraction. dont’ believe a word they say.” I would be furious if I was an Obama fan. I would feel betrayed and disrespected. I would feel lied to. McCain has made some moves that I have shaken my head on… but nothing, NOTHING has compared to the outrage I would feel if I kept finding out this kind of stuff about his associations and he kept passing it off as distractions. It’s outright insulting to the intelligence

I find it hard to believe there are so many ignorant, uninformed, uneducated people out there that haven’t clue as to how the election process works in a democracy. But then, the far right wing raises its ugly head, and I realize that it doesn’t take all the thinking people using their vote to elect a person into office, but a majority. And that is why this election is still so close, because we let stupid people cast votes just like we do democrats.

Empty vessels make the most sound and that is the republicans

Wake me up when it’s been proven that the AIP has bombed any federal installations and/or killed anyone like those Marxists in the Weather Underground. Until then, the AIP isn’t any different than the pro-CSA people in the South: nothing but a lot of hot air, no bite.

To POSC and your comment: “McCainites, WHEN ARE YOUR CANDIDATES GOING TO TALK STRAIGHT TO THE PRESS???”
Your liberal media won’t even give them a chance.
To Pacific moderate and your comment:
“Now remind me, when has Sarah Palin held a press conference since she became a vice presidential nominee?”
You are comparing Obama who is running for President to Palin who is running for VP and asking why she is not holding a press conference…are you that dense? Do you really need an answer to that one???

The Republicans tried to make fun of Barack Obama as a community organizer at their national convention in Minnesota, which I guess just goes to show how little Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert have to fear from right-wing “humor.”
Now they’ve gone further: Now they’re attacking ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now), one of the strongest, hardest-working, most dedicated community organizations in both Chicago and in 40 states across the U.S.
Why are they after ACORN? Well, I’m sure they’re going to come up with a lot of “reasons” in the coming days. But the real reason is obvious: Because ACORN, along with Project Vote, just announced that they had successfully registered 1.3 million poor people this year.
Get that? 1.3 million, including 148,000 in Pennsylvania, 152,000 in Florida, 217,000 in Michigan, and 238,000 in Ohio. No wonder the GOP is up in arms. They’re scared of too many poor people preparing to vote this year.
In the last week, the right wing has tried to blame ACORN for the collapse of the globalized financial system–yeah, that’s a viable argument. They got excited because they found a some possible fake registration forms in Florida, which predictably led to a bunch of whining from the party that stole an entire presidency from Al Gore by blocking vote counts, mischaracterizing voters as felons, refusing to recount entire counties, sending congressional staff down to riot and intimidate volunteer vote-counters, and topped it all off with the most partisan, badly-reasoned, illegitimate Supreme Court decision since Plessy v. Ferguson. A decision so illegitimate that the partisan majority, to their eternal discredit, themselves damned by writing into their own decision that it should never be used as a precedent for any other court ruling.
This week, the right-wing is hyperventilating because apparently Democratic election officials raided an ACORN office after they found the names of some Dallas Cowboy football players among the 80,000 new registration forms that ACORN helped to get done in Nevada.
Obviously it’s not right for a fake “Tony Romo” to be registered in Las Vegas, so someone was probably playing a not-very-funny joke, or trying to pad their registration numbers to get paid a little more money rather than doing the hard work in the hot Nevada sun that helping voters to register requires, or maybe a provocateur was setting up ACORN for some bad press. But remember the basic point–it’s not voter fraud unless someone shows up at the voting booth on election day and tries to pass himself off as “Tony Romo.” And who would try to do that? No one is going to be that stupid.
The truth is, the main voter fraud efforts going on in my lifetime–and I was born the week of the Selma march in 1965–have been repeated conservative attempts, far too many of them successful, to demonize and suppress the vote of African-Americans and Latinos in election after election, a history for which former RNC Chair Ken Mehlman actually apologized a few years ago, while promising the GOP would no longer engage in such tactics.
So they stole an election from Gore, made the Department of Justice into an outfit for partisan hacks, allowed New Orleans to drown, lied us into a war against a country that did not threaten us, replaced science with bad ideology, indebted our grandchildren to China, and turned our banking system into a deregulated casino–but thank the Lord that “Tony Romo” will not be able to sneak in to vote in Nevada next month.
This time, there are already fake flyers mysteriously appearing on the streets of minority areas of Philadelphia, illegal voter purges in numerous states, “caging” tricks, threats of using home foreclosure lists to strike voters from the rolls, and “black box” electronic vote-counting systems under the control of private companies–and we haven’t even gotten to election day!
Meanwhile, I say thank you, ACORN. Thank you, Project Vote, for taking our democracy seriously enough to try to include 1.3 million more poor people in a more perfect union.

To Mack and your victory speech…
We shall see. We shall see.

I challenge you right wingers to get John McSame to repeat the same absurd accusations that you write in postings and email to your friends.
Just how far will you “good Christians” go to win an election? Or, is it that you are really so uninformed as to believe the BS you write?

OBAMA MODIFIED HIS WEBSITE TO HIDE HIS WORK WITH ACORN:
The originally website said:
Fact: Barack was never an ACORN trainer and never worked for ACORN in any other capacity.
Sometime on Friday, the website was altered, and the text was changed to state:
Fact: ACORN never hired Obama as a trainer, organizer, or any type of employee.
The mere fact that his campaign has now changed the language of the site shows that they have conceded the fact that their original remark was a bold-face lie. As a lawyer Sen. Obama should know the importance of language.
The original statement implied that he had no working connection with ACORN, whereas the new statement now insists that he has never been employed or hired by ACORN.

I know. Let’s keep track of how many times Obama says the word “distraction”. They were counting how many times he said “pie” the other day. Now that’s highly informational news, but I think we should go on to more important words like ‘DISTRACTION’

Empty vessels make the most sound and that is the republicans
Empty vessels make the most sound and that is the republicans
Empty vessels make the most sound and that is the republicans

ACORN OR NO ACORN OBAMA/BIDEN WILL WIN THIS ELECTION.

I agree landsend: McCain should distance himself publically from ACORN.

“You are what makes America special” Senator John McCain tells ACORN at a rally.

All of this really is a distraction. I think the nation of voters who have not made up thier minds have noticed that we have a MUCH bigger problem called a financial crisis. McCain, so far, has only provided an indecisive and disjointed plan of how to deal with this crisis. Obama has provided a sound, reasonable solution. He acknowledges that the road ahead will be hard and that people will have to make sacrifices. McCain thought the economy was fundamentally sound until a few weeks ago when banks began failing. McCain is a reactionary on issues like foreign policy, fiscal policy, taxation, medicare, social security, and defence. We have already seen 8 years of this. Obama thinks, and plans for the future as only a true leader can.
Vote for Change
Obama/Biden ’08

Just how long will Obama expect his followers to remain in denial?? But if they admit to themselves that he’s a fraud, they will have to admit they’ve been wrong. I’m not sure they are up to that. So they keep following him like little sheep.

Typical Obama.Lie first, answer no questions later.

Anywhere a Republican wins here in Kansas they do everything possible to make is as difficult as possible to register any new voter. Confusing forms, moving polling places, ‘lost’ registration forms, ect, ect. This is the true corruption of democracy. As thier name suggests they would prefer a Republic, not a Democracy.
Posted by: dsmith | Oct 14, 2008 4:35:42 PM
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Really?!!! I had no problem registering when I moved here, I could register online, by mail, in person and even check it all online. My husband had no trouble registering and he just became a citizen this year….I think you can come up with better than that.

It’s time again to remember the backstory of the US Attorney Firing scandal. The firings were one thing. But the story behind the firings, what led to them, is key to understanding the current ‘vote fraud’ scam being played by the Republicans and the media outlets that are going along with the scam.
Remember, the US Attorneys in question were all either Republicans or Republican-leaning independents. In every case, they were appointed by George W. Bush. In most of the cases their firing was tied to ‘vote fraud’ claims stemming from the 2004 election.
The pattern was very consistent. During the final weeks of the 2004 campaign Republican partisans started pressing claims of widespread voter fraud. In many, though not all cases, the examples they pointed to were not even allegations of voter fraud, but allegations of voter registration fraud: examples of people being registered more than once, non-existent people being registered, etc.
The Republicans making these claims argued that these problems with registration cards were opening the coming election up to widespread vote fraud. Logically, this makes no sense. And, more importantly, all evidence shows this has never happened, certainly not in any widespread sense. Every person who claims otherwise is either ignorant or speaking in bad faith.

LOL…..
McCain as a Key note speaker promoting Community Activist work
VERSUS Obama:
Representing them as and attorney, Coaching them on how to “get-out-the-vote” and the best one of them all….giving them $800,000 to “get-out-the-vote” because some how paying someone to get votes for you, from what appears by any means necesary, is A-OKAY!!!
LMAO….yes, I see why the two are the same……
If you guys remember anything, remember this…..go back and look at the elections in Illinois that Obama participated in and look at his dirty politics and his “technicality” efforts to get his competition booted off the election ballots…Seems tachnicality is not in his favor right now..but poor Barry S. is being soooo mistreated……looks likes his own “chickens may be comming home to roost”!!!
Heopfully sooner rather than later!
“political correctness is the downfall of this country”

The fat lady is warming up. It’s all over but the rolling of the credits for an Obama/Biden democratic sweep. John needs to saddle up old Paint and ride into that Arizona sunset. Sarah needs to just leave — exit stage left.

“David Plouffe called the charge that ACORN was illegally registering voters (and that Obama had nefarious ties to the organization) a cynical “smokescreen” and an attempt to discourage people from going to the polls.”
Shouldn’t we also find out what Roland Martin and Anderson Cooper have to say about this.

I AM A MCCAIN SUPPORTER BUT i have no ill feelings toward obama but regarding acorn, obama does need to address this and distance himself from this organization. obama needs to make it clear, that fraud is a crime, and speak against any effort to assist his election thru fraud and illegal means.

Republicans are so desperate now. they are sure they will lose BIG this November, so they have to call the results into question before the election. They can’t admit that nobody is buying their brand anymore.

Mack…why should we wait to see what Copper and Martin have to say…they will say the same thing….they are in the Tank for Obama…..
TRUE Journalism is DEAD!

Obama worried about voter supression? That’s how he won his first election. He ran unopposed, because his legal team got the ballot petitions for both of his opponents thrown out.
Obama’s ACORN ties are a little deeper than he admits, too. He personally provided training to them, and his campaign THIS YEAR has given ACORN $800,000 for GOTV activities. So who’s paying folks to register Tony Romo? Barack Obama, among others.

Samhiguchi:
Please know this. The Repubs are looking for an excuse. When Obama wins, they want to have someone or some thing to blame… ie false registrations.
It is not considered voter fraud until that person actually shows up on election day or during early voting to caste a vote.
It’s funny. ACORN has been around for decades and it now suddenly a problem when a black man is running for president. If I weren’t white, I would be raising hell.

The real question should have been: Mr.Obama, in light of your camp having to ammend its FEC report over your undisclosed money injection into ACORN for “Get out the Vote” program, would you not like to get back the $800,00.00 you gave them? You see….this way you are better able to fudge the fact that you do have dealing with ACORN. Character Matters!!

All I want to know about the “Mainstreet Media” is when you are going to start reporting the REAL NEWS about NOBAMA??? Thank God for Fox News, at least they are fair and balanced!
Posted by: Jeanne | Oct 14, 2008 4:53:40 PM
LMAO! I hope you aren’t being serious! There is no such thing as an “unbiased” media. Balanced! Give me a break! Might as well call it GOP News. Or FEAR News.

ACORN isn’t involved with Obama’s general election campaign. Obama has his own people who register people to vote.

I guess ACORN fixed it so McCain is down 10 points nationally too, eh Repubs? You people have no shame. You loved the 2000 results, in which the margin of victory was less than the margin of error in Florida, so you all can just deal with whatever comes your way now.

BREAKING NEWS!!!!
McCain Transition Chief Aided Saddam In Lobbying Effort…….
Looks Like ACORN is a non-issue – Tee Hee
People who live in glass houses (Republicans) should not throw stones.

I guess ACORN fixed it so McCain is down 10 points nationally too, eh Repubs? You people have no shame. You loved the 2000 results, in which the margin of victory was less than the margin of error in Florida, so you all can just deal with whatever comes your way now.

While many Americans support Obama for good reasons, voting with their head, and so many others – especially those active online and those who have little educations, they do so blindly, knowing not much at all. They see what they want to see, hear what they want to hear, using double standards almost everywhere. Just so naive and stupid, indeed! I would have no problem with a president Obama if he wins fair and square, but it’s not going to be the case, and that is one of the major reasons I will never vote for him.

Yes!
ACORN is considered the kitchen sink… and it still isnt working for the Repubs. Give it up!

Oh, right, “we don’t need ACORN in this election” – How do you ACORN guys feel when you hear this from your idol? Think of it, Obama campaign contributed close to 1 million to ACORN yet he so distanced himself as he had nothing to do with this organization, just like he did on everything else – Ayer, Rev. Wright, etc.!

pamp205 it dosen’t matter it mccain said nice things about acorn in the past mccain did not fund them with campaign money, did not train them and defend them legally. big difference. this is in obamas best interest to own up. be accountable, be responsible, it is the very least we can expect from a prospective president.
i do not know if that in itself would change my vote, but it would change my opinion of the man.

The reason McCain/Palin are focused on ACORN is because they are NUTS…. lol!!!
That’s right…
Ignore Troopergate and AIP and McCain’s ties to Saddam and focus on ACORN…

ACORN was defrauded by its own employees. Pity, but it’s got nothing to do with the central issues of the campaign.
McCain’s swift boat needs bailing.

So Obama donated 800K to ACORN for what? We don’t need them…indeed.
Every disagreement with me is from now on going to be a “distraction.”
My wife: hey, you said you were going to mow the lawn and you didn’t!
Me: Honey, that’s just a distraction from the real issue of low paid yard workers!
Wife: *glare*

LOL @ Troopergate…
“She was well within her right to terminate [him]…”
Ethics violation because she did not muzzle her husband…….
Right….she is a bad person for wanting a cop take off the streets whom drinks during his shift, operates a cop car while consuming alcohol, tasers a kid, abuses his shield and threatens the life of others……
You guys are right……she is such an IDIOT….I am sure M.A.D.D. is upset with her for trying to get a drunk off the streets……..

LOL…..Wade!

If he didn’t need ACORN…
Then why did he flip them 800 grand?
And yet another “distraction” for this guy?
How many “distractions” does this guy have anyway?
WAY TOO MUCH TO BE POTUS FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!

“I haven’t looked at all the details of his capital gains proposal. I will tell you that nobody one really has capital gains right now – so if the idea is the cut capital gains taxes, when I don’t know anybody, even the smartest investors who right now are going to be experiencing a lot of capital gains.” Obama
Obama=clueless

Ok–Let just say that there was registratin fraud. When the actual voting starts— Nobody will be able to vote more than once. This is much to do about nothing. Let stay focus on the real issues, like people losing their homes, etc……

ITS FUNNY HOW OBAMA CAN EVEN DISMISS THIS..
ITS EVEE MORE AMAZING HOW ALL FOUR NETWORKS ARE NOT SPINNING THIS 24/7 OR ALASKA -BOUND TO DIG UP DIRT..

Ok, I’m still not sure what the big deal is about acorn. The recruiters got paid by the number of voters they registered. So some people cheated. And it’s a registration, not a vote. And why is it Obama’s fault? And how many times does he have to answer these questions. Most of you will never be satisfied with any of his answers. Frankly I don’t see the point. I see now CNN is questioning Palin’s involvement with AIP.She must be guilty. Her husband is a member of AIP. So now we’ll see if she has to answer for it or if the media will give her a free ride. I want to see her on every blog and newscast explaining. Her, not her advisors.

Idiots.
Please tell me how a fake voter casts a ballot.

This is not NEW… most all intelligent voters know about this; plus, this is how Barrack Hussein Obama got into his lst political office in Chicago, by doing this sort of stuff; so the BO gang figures it worked before,so let’s do it again.
FYI: ACORN (another Obama activity) helped cause this financial meltdown by forcing bankers/creditors/lenders to give loans to people/voters that they knew (upfront) could/would never repay the mortgage, but they could still vote.
You must do your own research/homework as media won’t give you the truth, but if you do, you’ll know the “TRUTH” about BO and his cronies.

Zero-bama buys everything, ACORN and your votes. He helped giving you “poor, less-educated, gun and God-clinging” people $600 bucks, rather than using that money to rescue the banking and mortgage meltdown one year ago, and he promises to give you another $1000 bucks if you vote for him.

ACORN HAS GONE TO THE LAND WHERE ALL OBAMA FRIENDS HAVE GONE.. FAIRY LAND CALLED “UNDER THE BUS”
ACORN IS NOW, UNDER THE BUS..
CLINTONS WHO HELPED HIM GET ELECTED IN CHICAGO.. ONCE UNDER THE BUS, HAD TO BE PULLED FOR EXPEDIENCY.
HIS WHITE GRANDMA . WHO SUPPOSEDLY MAKES RACIAL REMARKS –UNDER THE BUS.
JEREMIAH WRIGHT — UNDER THE BUS
AYERS– UNDER THE BUS. COUSIN OGDINGA..UNDER THE BUS
BLACK AFRICAN GRANDMA-STARVING WHILE OBAMA HAS MILLIONS–UNDER THE BUS
MICHELE OBAMA -NOT YET UNDER THE BUS.. COMING SOON.
OBAMA IS FOR OBAMA AND NOBODY ELSE
LETS FEED HIM HIS OWN MEDECINE AND THROW HIM UNDER THE BUS ON NOV 4TH.
OBAMA -UNDER THE BUS.

This situation is extremely serious and significant steps must be taken immediately to prevent voter fraud in this and future elections. I believe that the November election should even be postponed for a month so all of the thousands and thousands of fraudulent registrations can be identified and discarded. In addition, all write-in ballots have to be checked out to make sure that the voter exists and that he/she does not vote again on election day. Further, all people that have committed fraud must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Finally, all government funding of ACORN has to be immediately ceased and this criminal outfit and all of its players have to be permanantly barred from collecting voter registrations ever again. Voter registration is a government function and it should not be permitted by private biased organisations. And, by the way, why does the government fund ACORN to begin with, considering that they endorse candidates. Priests, Rabbis, and Pastors can’t endorse candidates without losing their tax exemption. Why is ACORN getting tax payer dollars to go around and tell the homeless to vote for Obama!!!

ACORN IS a problem. They’ve already noted voters registered with ACORN who tried to vote in Ohio without proper residency proof. HOWEVER, beware, that’s NOT your major problem.
POLLS are generated based on voter registration. Weighted according to Dem, REPUB, Idies, and the weight going to DEM voters is way too high based on those FALSE registrations.
SO for those who believe Obama is ahead, keep believing.
I like it.
As for Obama’s assertions that he doesn’t need ACORN, more hogwash just like all of the other things he didn’t know or didn’t need.
Can you say CON MAN?

Quoting Lydia: I love Obama’s logic and his ability to think ahead whether it is about the economy or foreign policy. He has all the qualities we could wish for in a leader. Calm under fire, detailed policies, (they are all on his website, some commenters have complained Obama gives no details in his ads. If any politician’s details fits in a 60 second ad there would be no real substance!) his faith in all of us to bring this country around and his connection to real people. His smile is genuine as he meets people; it is the same one you see him give to his daughters. I also love the fact they are not dragging their children around to many events but keeping their home life as normal as possible. The way someone parents, whether they think through what is best for the child, says a lot about the kind of leader they will be. Obama has my vote.” Um let me get this right – you will vote for him because you like his “logic”, his smile, the way he treats his kids, the fact that he actually has policies, he has “faith” and he “connects” with people, and he can “think ahead” – whatever that means. Sounds like he makes you feel good. It takes more than that to get my vote.

It’s all smoke and mirrors…
Obama is innocent. ACORN registers voters, it doesn’t buy their vote.
You people are desperatate as hell and its not working….lol

Obama is very, very guileful.

The real question is when Obama wins the election, as with each passing day this seems more certain, how will he go about bringing in at least some of that 40+ percent of those who will vote for McCain, many of whom have been persuaded of the worst about him. Certainly, he will be better for them than they expect, and far better for them than McCain would be for Obama voters who clearly will make up the majority of voting Americans. However, as even he points out, we are in deep soup, and it will take a commitment on a large part of our citizenry to move forward in the upcoming years. If all that remains is a completely resistant hate machine on the right, it will be hard to get much done.

Famous Community Organizers …… Saul Alinsky (socialist, invented modern community organizing) ….. Frank Marshall Davis (member of Communist Party USA, Stalinist, mentor to Barack Obama during Obama’s teen years) … wild Bill Ayers (communist, terrorist, propagandist, sexual deviate, close friend of Barack Obama) … Reverend Al (fat leftist idiot) … Barack Obama (socialist, voter fraud expert, former coke head) … What a cast of characters!!!!!

Obama is not even in office and he is involved in scandal.
The mood among democrats is to beat the daylights out of anyone who disagrees.
Obama is well on his way to setting up the facist regime his buddy Ayers has dreamed of.

Brenda: “POLLS are generated based on voter registration.”
No, they’re not. I’m curious. Did you:
a) Research how the polls are actually done, but somehow reach an incorrect conclusion
b) Read that on some blog somewhere and assume it’s true because you wanted it to be true
c) Make it up yourself
And Glenda: you can’t count.

Light-headed Joe – I see how you got your name.
Palin and McCain are involved in much bigger scandals “already” and they will never be in office…. teeeheee

Forget Ayers and Acorn — McCain and Palin are big time liars. The American public sees it and that’s why they are behind in the polls.

Besides this whole ACORN line is just the republicans creating a scenario wherein they can freely suppress the vote.
Not going to happen this year, folks, so take your medicine and have a seat. We’ll have the country up and running again in no time. Then after that, subpoenas.

Yeah, people Aengil has a point… do you have no sense of shame asking questions about a candidate that has paid 832k to ACORN, which is now accused of voter registration fraud in at least 5 states?? Fraud is fraud and I sure hope they knew the rules going in. Do you have no shame wondering why a candidate consistently denies associations with ex-cons, slumlords, American terrorists, and radical ministers? You should be ashamed of yourselves for these drive-by statements! After all, none of it could possibly be true because only the bad stuff you read about McCain is true!! lol

Oh you poor McCain trolls. It’s simply a riot watching you throw out the buzz word of the day, and you don’t even know what it really means. It’s a little peculiar too. I mean, why are the GOP surrogates so hell bent on this Acorn/vote fraud thing?
Because they know within their own guts, that not only will McCain lose, but the GOP stands to lose big time around the country in Senate and House races.
So they are already with their excuses, which do not include anything real like Palin being a complete joke, or crusty McCain not having any message discipline, or that he changes his ideas every 24 hours.
No, they seek to blame poor nonwhite voters, just like they tried to blame poor non white people as the reason the housing bubble burst. Have they NO sense of shame at all? to the GOP operatives, lying through your teeth is just another day at the office, hoping their audience is dumb enough to believe it which most of them will.

So Rocketsgobang,
Are democrats at all at fault for anything or no? Obama ever do anything wrong, out of all the things about him out there?
Biden? Please say Biden didn’t ever do anything wrong.
The difference is, I am an independent voter and recognize McCain’s flaws (big ones, too, I know)…Palin clearly acted like a fool on Couric…McCain blew some opportunities last debate and wandered around a bit…
However, Obama’s halo is going to wear very thin over the next year or so if he is elected (and I recognize that he may be) and actually has to do something (see his work on the Annenberg challenge for the results of his efforts)…
Can you see any flaws or are the times too serious to do so?

The Republican ticket was doomed from the moment Sarah Palin set her moose footed, lip stick wearing tail in the picture.

Aside from Fraud: When you crowd the whole system with these bogus names it certainly clogs up the system. It also makes it VERY DIFFICULT in the case of absentee ballots, where voter I.D’s are not provided for, to make sure that the people are who they claim to be.

Those things will not affcet the outcome
Landslide for Obama

@Frieda
Its the politically correct way to say lies.
@liberati
The Ayers myth was put to rest numerous times, by a number of publications. When talking about “corrupt and dangerous associations” I never see you people bring up Keating, ot Libby, or the Council of World Freedom.
His birth certificate has been produced, examined by two (two!) non-partisan groups and proven real. You never bitch about seeing McCain’s even though he was born out of country.
He represented ACORN, and may have contributed to them. So did John McCain.
Has Obama made mistakes? I hope so, he’s human. FISA was a mistake, and in hindsight I’m sure he regrets being on an education board, funded by republican friends of Ronald Reagan, with a stupid hippy radical.

I wouldn’t be surprised if Republicans turned in these false registrations to set up ACORN.
All McCain has left is a fake charge of vote fraud. It won’t work!

Well said, Wade

Let’s get this straight. ACORN does not work for Obama. They are a non-profit agency that pays workers to get people registered and they have had some workers just take names out of phonebooks, etc. to get money. Registration fraud does not mean voter fraud. Mickey Mouse is not coming to the polls to vote. They just tricked ACORN out of some money.
Here is what Obama has said.
“My relationship to ACORN is pretty straightforward. It’s probably 13 years ago when I was still practicing law, I represented ACORN and my partner in that representation was the U.S. Justice Department in having Illinois implement what was called the “motor voter” law, to make sure that people could go to DMVs and driver’s license facilities to get registered. It wasn’t being implemented. That was my relationship, and is my relationship to ACORN. THEY ARE NOT ADVISING OUR CAMPAIGN,” Obama has said. “We’ve got the best voter registration and turnout and volunteer operation in politics right now and we don’t need ACORN’s help.”
“This isn’t a situation where there’s actually people who are going to try to vote because these are phony names. ..Let’s just make sure everybody is voting, everybody’s registered. Let’s make sure that everybody’s doing it in a lawful way.”

Ayers.
Trinity United.
ACORN.
Obama is “guilty by participation” in all cases.
And this is just the tip of the iceberg.

Obama’s blind ambition and results of his leadership guidance. Remember, Senator Barack Obama has problems with speaking the truth.
America has become a nation where major corporations have to train its employee’s basic human aspects like respect and ethics. Most Americans know that Hollywood and liberals are responsible for taking away decency and replaces morality with immoral or vulgar antics. But at fault are the few selfish politicians like Senator Barack Obama whose ego and blind ambition is allowed to grow with no accountability from the media or political peers. Especially when the media gives such ambitious individuals an endless amount of free press.
For example, today Rev. Jesse Jackson suggested that Sen. Obama would not put Israeli interest first (CNN, 15 Oct 08). Yet Fox News today reported (i.e., showed tapes interviews) that Sen. Obama has hired Jewish college students and pays them $12 an hour to go to Florida and other critical states trying to change their grandparents and other senior citizens minds to vote for Obama. But this is nothing for a politician that became ACORN’s their primary trainer and was credited converting traditional education systems to social cultures. It was ACORN that is credited with the recent subprime mortgage practices that caused a $700 billion bailout that would have benefited ACORN with $140 billion had Senator John McCain not returned to Washington thanks to Sen. Obama and his fellow Democrats.
This week Americans learned that Sen. Obama hired ACORN for $800,000 to help him with his election and not to help register minorities. In recent times, ACORN has used fake names, dead voters, voters that are in prison and ACORN employees that are convicted convicts, imaginary people including “Fruto Boy Crispila”, and countless other cases with duplicate voter registrations. ACORN added to the two individuals convicted last year with voter registration fraud and added additional employees that are being investigated in 12 states with voter registration fraud. The Nevada and Carolina raids found that ACORN falsely registered the entire Dallas Cowboys football team although they are not Nevada residents. ACORNs illegal activities have shown up in Missouri, Connecticut, Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana and other states with the list growing. In Indianapolis alone, the voter fraud benefited Barack Obama when a hundred and five percent of the population was registered by ACORN.

A distraction, says Obama. Crack me up. That’s always his first response when something he does not want to have to explain to the American public comes up– like Rev. Wright, William Ayers, flag pins that reappear on his lapel in time for the general campaign, his home purchase details, the list goes on and on. What a lot of distractions. Ever notice that his “distraction” statement is his own attempt at distracting us from asking about these things? He is a jujitsu master, it seems.

Flash drive, I encourage poor people to vote. Wish more of them voted in their own self-interest, but different strokes… I have a problem with people who use poor people’s right to vote as an excuse to try to undermine the integrity of the voting system by voter registration fraud and voter fraud. I have seen how much grief Georgia is getting for having the audacity to say that every voter must show identification to vote– how controversial could that possibly be, right? But I’m continually told by Democrats that this is an unfair burden that falls disproportionately on the poor and people of color, which I find incredibly patronizing. And Georgia even gives out free id cards for those who do not have drivers license or other approved photo id. Even so, the law is being fought in the courts. Go figure.

The saddest thing to me, is that it’s still three weeks until Election Day and this election is ALREADY IN THE COURTS!!
The Sixth Circuit Court late today overturned the Order of its lower Court, and now the Democratic Secretary of State in Ohio, DOES have to verify EACH new absentee ballot voter name and address before they are allowed to be counted.
This election is already in the Courts, and I have a feeling this is just the beginning of the litigation.

hypocrisy… thy name is McCain
- William Timmons, the Washington lobbyist who John McCain has named to head his presidential transition team, aided an influence effort on behalf of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein to ease international sanctions against his regime.
The two lobbyists who Timmons worked closely with over a five year period on the lobbying campaign later either pleaded guilty to or were convicted of federal criminal charges that they had acted as unregistered agents of Saddam Hussein’s government.
During the same period beginning in 1992, Timmons worked closely with the two lobbyists, Samir Vincent and Tongsun Park, on a previously unreported prospective deal with the Iraqis in which they hoped to be awarded a contract to purchase and resell Iraqi oil.
Timmons, Vincent, and Park stood to share at least $45 million if the business deal went through.
- Timmons’ activities occurred in the years following the first Gulf War, when Washington considered Iraq to be a rogue enemy state and a sponsor of terrorism. His dealings on behalf of the deceased Iraqi leader stand in stark contrast to the views his current employer held at the time.

There were irregularities in registering the voters. The people hired by ACORN committed the irregularities. ACORN reported these irregularities. How is it the fault of ACORN or Obama. And if we are playing guilt by association here are some for you to consider.
1) Todd Palin, Sara Palin’s husband was a member of the seccionist group AIP.
2) McCain is pals with the convicted felon Gordon Liddy.
3) McCain has as his advisor one who lobbied for Saddam Hussein.
What do you right wing creatures have to say about this.

Michelle Geissler–Thanks for the info. It’s very scary to think of Obama as prez when he has no military experience and seems to not even like our military considering the lies he’s told about them attacking villages.
Also scary is that he seems to have sympathy for the extremist islamic terror groups who have endorsed his presidency.

True American: I have a question? What kind of military experience did Bush have?

Listen, the NAACP and Labor Unions also registered tons of voters for OBAMA. He has contributed money to all these organizations. All together there are about 25 voter registration groups that are in the bag for Democrats.
You people are chasing a wild rabbit with ACORN…
good luck!!

There are a lot of things that i dislike about Obama, but I just love his straightforward attitude when he talks to people. He actually answers the question (both parts of it), explains the whole problem in simple terms, doesn’t try to change the subject.
I can only imagine McCain’s answer if the roles had been reversed. Something like “These accusations are outrageous. Voters know that I have always fought for our country. The Obama campaign is trying to prevent decent American people from choosing their next leader.”

I wish some people can just take some minutes out of there busy schedules to get facts.
Know the truth and the truth shall set you free.
The modus operandi of ACORN are:
1. Recruit people for voters registration drives.
2. Set targets for the canvassers, as they are paid according to number of Voters they are able to register.
In order for the Canvassers to maximize their income, they fill the forms with fictitious names and they get paid.
You will see from the simple analysis above that ACORN as an Organization does not engage in Fraud.
But Americans that are engaged by ACORN perpetrates the Fraud on ACORN to get extra pay.
Here ACORN loses. Because it pays these canvassers for Jobs not done.
These fictitious names are not real People resident in such districts and hence, they are not enfranchise since they can not vote.
As an analogy, a real person, Dwight Aaron resident in Dover can not come to Ohio on the day of voting to vote despite having his name on the voters reg. list in Toledo.
Hence, the Candidates need not fear because it is ACORN that loses money to the smart alec for work paid for but not done.
The two Campaigns know this as a fact. Any of the Campign shouting blue-murder is only trying to take undue advantage of the ignorance of the recipients of such information

There’s a lot of low-resolution thinking going on here. “ACORN has been defrauded” isn’t the same as “ACORN has committed fraud.” If you can’t see the difference, I suggest you deregister yourself because you obviously have no capacity for rational thought.
Of however many invalid registrations were paid for by ACORN, how many were submitted without flagging by ACORN? (Please note, ACORN did not have the option of throwing away registrations they thought were questionable, because the forms are numbered and must be accounted for.)
Of that small number, how many went undetected by the Registrar of Voters? Of those, how many are the least bit likely to result in actual invalid votes being cast? Because that would require someone to know about the false reg. and show up on election day.
What kind of vast zombie army do you think Obama has under his nefarious telepathic command? Isn’t this something out of some late-late-night sci fi flick? What kind of no-lobes think this actually happens in reality?

Obama is assuring voters now that he doesn’t need ACORN’s help – but told them and other Community Organizations in December 2007 that once elected he would travel the country between then and Innauguration Day, meeting with COs and being sure that they have input to help shape his White House agenda.

It isn’t just that the Obama campaign paid ACORN $843,000 for voter registration, it is that the originally listed to the FEC that the money was for lighting, sound, staging. When caught, the said they would ammend the FEC report.

Instead of spending your time bickering between each other maybe do a little research about the claims made and find your own truth instead of what is fed to you by the media, and the candidates. I will say that McCain has said numerous times to check their records. Obama has never said to check his.

There is noticeably a bundle to know about this. I assume you made certain nice points in features also.