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ACORN Watch: When it rains, it pours

By Michelle Malkin • October 8, 2008 11:09 PM

Photoshop: Blind Mule

I’ll be discussing my ACORN columns tomorrow on Fox and Friends at around 8:15am Eastern-ish. New voter fraud developments are breaking fast and furiously:

*MISSOURI:

Officials in Missouri, a hard-fought jewel in the presidential race, are sifting through possibly hundreds of questionable or duplicate voter-registration forms submitted by an advocacy group that has been accused of election fraud in other states.

Charlene Davis, co-director of the election board in Jackson County, where Kansas City is, said the fraudulent registration forms came from the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN. She said they were bogging down work Wednesday, the final day Missourians could register to vote.

“I don’t even know the entire scope of it because registrations are coming in so heavy,” Davis said. “We have identified about 100 duplicates, and probably 280 addresses that don’t exist, people who have driver’s license numbers that won’t verify or Social Security numbers that won’t verify. Some have no address at all.”

The nonpartisan group works to recruit low-income voters, who tend to lean Democratic. Most polls show Republican presidential candidate John McCain with an edge in bellwether Missouri, but Democrat Barack Obama continues to put up a strong fight.

Jess Ordower, Midwest director of ACORN, said his group hasn’t done any registrations in Kansas City since late August. He said he was told three weeks ago by election officials that there were only about 135 questionable cards — 85 of them duplicates.

“They keep telling different people different things,” he said. “They gave us a list of 130, then told someone else it was 1,000.”

FBI spokeswoman Bridget Patton said the agency has been in contact with elections officials about potential voter fraud and plans to investigate.

CONNECTICUT:

The State Elections Enforcement Commission has opened an investigation into allegations that a community activist organization submitted at least 10 false voter-registration cards in Bridgeport.

One of the phony registrations was for a 7-year-old girl in the Marina Village housing complex, whose age was listed as 27 on the voter card.

Another registration came from a man who later said he couldn’t have completed the voter card purported to be his because he was in jail on the date of the document.

Joseph J. Borges, the city’s Republican registrar of voters, filed the complaint with state officials after months of local complaints on the tactics that ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, was regularly filing applications that were ruled ineligible.

In response, a Bridgeport leader of ACORN on Tuesday night called the charges “part of a concerted and coordinated campaign by conservatives and the GOP to attack and discredit ACORN.”

Actually, the “lazy crackheads” are doing the discrediting just fine all by themselves.

WISCONSIN:

Milwaukee County prosecutors Tuesday charged a convicted felon with illegally registering himself and others to vote between his conviction and his sentencing.

The complaint accuses Adam Mucklin, 22, of registering to vote in June, after he was convicted of battery in April, and after a judge told him he couldn’t vote as a convicted felon. Later in June, Mucklin signed up to work as a paid voter registrar for the Community Voters Project, something else he couldn’t do as a convicted felon, the complaint says.

A recent opinion from the staff of the state Government Accountability Board says no one convicted of a felony can ever serve as a registrar, a stricter standard than the previous interpretation that registrars only had to be eligible to vote.

Under Wisconsin law, felons can’t vote until after they have completed their sentences and are off probation or parole. For Mucklin, that would not be until Jan. 10, 2012, the complaint notes.

OHIO: ACORN admits it can’t stop fraud. Now, if they’ll only admit that they don’t want to stop it. It’s standard operating procedure:

The group blamed inefficiency and lack of resources for problems such as being unable to spot duplicate voter-registration cards or cards that may have been filled out by workers to make quotas.

The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN, has turned in at least 65,000 cards to the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections in the last year. The board has investigated potentially fraudulent cards since August.

The group has faced similar inquiries in other large Ohio counties. And Nevada state authorities recently raided ACORN’s Las Vegas headquarters searching for evidence of fraud, according to the Associated Press.

Local representatives of the organization told Cuyahoga board members that they don’t have the resources to identify fraudulent cards turned in by paid canvassers who are told to register low- and moderate-income voters.

Cuyahoga election workers flagged about 50 names on suspicious cards. The cards were to register the same names, raising the possibility that canvassers shared information when trying to make quotas.

“This is not something you can catch with your internal controls, apparently,” said board member Sandy McNair at the meeting.

“Not perfectly, no,” replied Mari Engelhardt, ACORN political director for Ohio.

INDIANA:

New voter registrations closed Monday in Lake County with possible record-breaking numbers and simmering allegations of fraud and racial discrimination.

Elections board Director Sally LaSota said more than 12,000 voter registration forms are waiting to be processed from recent days before the county knows how many potential voters are ready to cast ballots in the Nov. 4 general election.

“It may be a record,” she said.

Porter County has processed at least 3,500 voter applications since the spring primary in May, officials there said.

However, the large influx has brought new controversies.

LaSota said Monday representatives of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN, a grassroots activist group conducting registration drives, dropped off 2,000 new voter applications last week in Lake County.

“About 1,100 are no good,” she said.

And this: More Voter Registration Shenanigans: Indianapolis Has 105% Of Its Population Registered To Vote

I hope Sarah Palin will start talking about this.

You know John McCain won’t.

Wouldn’t want to be labeled a RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACIST.

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#492094

On October 8th, 2008 at 11:13 pm, Lindsay said:

I am glad this is happening now instead of November 5th.
#492105

On October 8th, 2008 at 11:16 pm, backwoods conservative said:

I have it on good authority that an acorn doesn’t fall far from the tree.
#492106

On October 8th, 2008 at 11:17 pm, LibTired said:

Can’t people go to jail for this? Or is punishing these groups considered “unconstitutional”?
#492108

On October 8th, 2008 at 11:18 pm, alwaysright43 said:

They’re just doing their thug thizzle- lay off you racists!!
#492109

On October 8th, 2008 at 11:18 pm, theloneranger said:

I guess Indianapolis has 105% of it’s current population registered to vote thanks to ACORN.
#492115

On October 8th, 2008 at 11:23 pm, ErinF said:

Why the hell aren’t all these people in jail? And I mean all the workers in ACORN as well as the people filling out these fraud cards.

Ironic that it seems to be mostly the people who cried “disenfranchisement” in the past two elections are the very ones doing the disenfranchisement.

Solutions are easy:
Require photo IDs to vote EVERYWHERE in the country. And election day should be held only on ELECTION DAY!
#492117

On October 8th, 2008 at 11:26 pm, swmbo said:

Be still my beating heart, someone is FINALLY listening to Michelle, our busy busy Information Highway. Thank You Michelle for hanging in there for us!!!

You have me on the phone on a daily basis trying to right the wrongs being done to our country. Keep on keeping us up to date.
#492118

On October 8th, 2008 at 11:26 pm, ErinF said:

If Hussein manages to pull off stealing the election because of these illegal tactics, can we all collectively give him four years of relentless turmoil calling him the “illegitimate president”?

They did it to Bush; we can do it to Hussein.
#492121

On October 8th, 2008 at 11:27 pm, genso said:

Forget about calling this fraud and talking about how Ayers is an unrepentant terrorist. The issue here is SOCIALISM and COMMUNISM. And its not just Obama, its his financial and political backers. The Chicago machine is not just a thug organization, its an off-shoot of the unions. The unions are communist organizations, founded by communists and structured in the communist way. Trade union….Soviet Union…get it?

This is not an election about whether we are going to pay more taxes. If the socialists get control of both houses and the White House, with the help of the media and guys like Soros and Buffett, who will ever be able to challenge them. Didn’t work in Chicago and won’t work in DC.

As long as we talk about these distractions, we are playing their game. These issues won’t change the minds of enough people and McCain is not getting traction on economic issues.

If we are going to choose whether we remain a free republic or descend into socialism, then at least let us be aware of the true choices.
#492122

On October 8th, 2008 at 11:28 pm, fred5676 said:

I protest!!! You forgot to mention my state!!
#492124

On October 8th, 2008 at 11:29 pm, trailortrash said:

this is getting way out of hand…
#492126

On October 8th, 2008 at 11:30 pm, Flyoverman said:

I hope the RNC have their legal staff primed, locked, loaded and ready to pounce.

And I again ask WHERE the bleep is the U.S. Justice Department. This organization has obviously crossed state lines. Where are the Feds?

Let me guess; a funding issue?
#492127

On October 8th, 2008 at 11:31 pm, fred5676 said:

Never say that ACORN doesn’t have a sense of humor:

Secretary of State Ross Miller said the fraudulent registrations included forms for the starting lineup of the Dallas Cowboys football team.

“Tony Romo is not registered to vote in the state of Nevada, and anybody trying to pose as Terrell Owens won’t be able to cast a ballot on Nov. 4,” Miller said.

I’m NOT laughing.
#492130

On October 8th, 2008 at 11:32 pm, Michelle Malkin said:

I protest!!! You forgot to mention my state!!

I’ve been mentioning it on the blog for the past 24 hours. This post just contains the most recent developments.
#492134

On October 8th, 2008 at 11:33 pm, Ron said:

I’ll say this much, the Acorn corruption shows that Barack Obama’s get-out-the-vote campaign was highly organized in many states. And aggressive, too, since most of the Acorn voters probably a) don’t exist or b) are ineligible or c) are already registered in other districts. Was it a Chicago pol who said, “Vote early, and vote often!”
#492137

On October 8th, 2008 at 11:34 pm, hunter said:

On October 8th, 2008 at 11:26 pm, ErinF said:
If Hussein manages to pull off stealing the election because of these illegal tactics, can we all collectively give him four years of relentless turmoil calling him the “illegitimate president”?

They did it to Bush; we can do it to Hussein.

Absolutley not you filthy racist.

/sarc
#492138

On October 8th, 2008 at 11:35 pm, d1carter said:

Could America elect the first socialist president and the MSM never cover the issue? That’s the issue that is the elephant in the room.
#492143

On October 8th, 2008 at 11:36 pm, Wellsy said:

Michelle, have you looked into this business with Odinga that Jerome Corsi just got detained over? Anything there? On the surface, it sounds extremely damning. Probably why it hasn’t been brought up.
#492145

On October 8th, 2008 at 11:37 pm, Republicanvet said:

On October 8th, 2008 at 11:17 pm, LibTired said:

Can’t people go to jail for this? Or is punishing these groups considered “unconstitutional”?

Uh, they should.

I’ve been following this for a very long time, and what is different this time is the response from ACORN. In many instances where they have been caught, the response from ACORN “officials” has been snotty, aggressive and accusatory…as if they know they are protected, or can get away with their fraud.
Responses from their “officials” in several states seem similar, as if it were a part of their training.

At what point does the RICO investigation start?

Bueller? Anybody?
#492146

On October 8th, 2008 at 11:37 pm, Flyoverman said:

……and in the offices of CBS, ABC, NBC, CNN, and MSNBC their crack news professionals dig into this breaking story:

http://www.terragalleria.com/asia/japan/nikko/picture.japa6313.html
#492147

On October 8th, 2008 at 11:39 pm, fred5676 said:

More on Las Vegas, NV, and that pesky Obama connection:

Bob Walsh, spokesman for the Nevada secretary of state’s office, told FOXNews.com the raid was prompted by ongoing complaints about “erroneous” registration information being submitted by the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, also called ACORN.

The group was submitting the information through a voter sign-up drive known as Project Vote.

I knew that “Project Vote” sounded familiar. From our lovely, intelligent, and oh-so-thorough host’s earlier post.

The Ohio primary was March 4. According to FEC records, the Obama campaign paid Citizens Services Inc. $832,598.29, from Feb. 25 to May 17.

CSI is a “separate organization entirely” from ACORN, he said.

“ACORN is a client of ours,” Robinson said. “ACORN has a lot of different partner organizations. We are a partner, but we are separate.”

Robinson is listed on several Web sites as national deputy political director for campaigns and elections at ACORN. He is also listed as political director at the nonprofit Communities Voting Together and as a consultant at Project Vote. He did not return phone calls or an e-mail request for a follow-up interview.

Money flows back and forth between ACORN, Citizens Services Inc., Project Vote and Communities Voting Together. ACORN posts job ads for Citizens Services and Project Vote.

Obama is STEALING this election right in front of us!!
#492148

On October 8th, 2008 at 11:39 pm, DesertLover said:

I guess Indianapolis is trying to insert itself into the monthly back and forth battle between Phoenix and Las Vegas as the fastest growing city in the country …
#492150

On October 8th, 2008 at 11:40 pm, genso said:

On October 8th, 2008 at 11:35 pm, d1carter said:

Could America elect the first socialist president and the MSM never cover the issue? That’s the issue that is the elephant in the room.

It’s the only issue in my mind. Why people don’t recognize it and talk about it is puzzling.
#492153

On October 8th, 2008 at 11:42 pm, Flyoverman said:

Why people don’t recognize it and talk about it is puzzling.

They see it. They see it all, but the MSM has sold their professional souls for the sake of ideology.
#492156

On October 8th, 2008 at 11:46 pm, fred5676 said:

On October 8th, 2008 at 11:32 pm, Michelle Malkin said:

I protest!!! You forgot to mention my state!!

I’ve been mentioning it on the blog for the past 24 hours. This post just contains the most recent developments.

Didn’t mean to jump – I just felt a little left out not having NV in the latest summary.

Maybe it would be easier to just list the 2 or 3 states NOT corrupted by ACORN. Or maybe ZERO??
#492158

On October 8th, 2008 at 11:47 pm, Flyoverman said:

Good luck tomorrow, Michelle.

Ensuring the integrity of our election process is paramount, regardless of the outcome.

Your tenacity and hard work is appreciated very much.
#492160

On October 8th, 2008 at 11:49 pm, DesertLover said:

In every “battleground” state ACORN is currently being investigated for fraudulent registrations …
#492162

On October 8th, 2008 at 11:50 pm, fred5676 said:

On October 8th, 2008 at 11:47 pm, Flyoverman said:

Good luck tomorrow, Michelle.

Ensuring the integrity of our election process is paramount, regardless of the outcome.

Your tenacity and hard work is appreciated very much.

Dittoes. Too bad M. will get only 5 or 10 minutes to describe this laundry list of absolute corruption. A thorough airing would make a mini-series.
#492164

On October 8th, 2008 at 11:50 pm, Republicanvet said:

On October 8th, 2008 at 11:36 pm, Wellsy said:

Michelle, have you looked into this business with Odinga that Jerome Corsi just got detained over? Anything there? On the surface, it sounds extremely damning. Probably why it hasn’t been brought up.

Last I saw, Corsi hadn’t made it home yet. I suspect something will drop in the next day or two.

Sad that a citizen, performing a job of journalist about a seriously important issue, can be detained by thugs in a foreign nation with connections to Obama like that, and not a peep from the drive-by media.
#492167

On October 8th, 2008 at 11:51 pm, atxcowgirl said:

an acorn doesn’t fall far from the tree

And from an ACORN a Mighty Oak grows.
#492169

On October 8th, 2008 at 11:51 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

Outstanding! Let Thug Thizzle done his thang. Come on over for an ACORN roast. I’ll watch an see if ACORN has a booth at the State Fair this year.
#492172

On October 8th, 2008 at 11:53 pm, Republicanvet said:

On October 8th, 2008 at 11:37 pm, Flyoverman said:

……and in the offices of CBS, ABC, NBC, CNN, and MSNBC their crack news professionals dig into this breaking story:

http://www.terragalleria.com/asia/japan/nikko/picture.japa6313.html

…as they should. It’s not often you see Pelosi, Reid and Frank depicted in a relief carving.
#492174

On October 8th, 2008 at 11:56 pm, DesertLover said:

Jerome Corsi supposedly was released and was supposed to have a radio interview with Hannity this afternoon but I got pulled away from the radio and missed the rest of today’s broadcast … so can’t personally say whether or not he was on with Hannity …
#492175

On October 8th, 2008 at 11:58 pm, Republicanvet said:

On October 8th, 2008 at 11:39 pm, fred5676 said:

Money flows back and forth between ACORN, Citizens Services Inc., Project Vote and Communities Voting Together. ACORN posts job ads for Citizens Services and Project Vote.

Easier to launder money when it flows between several shady organizations.
#492176

On October 8th, 2008 at 11:59 pm, fred5676 said:

In response, a Bridgeport leader of ACORN on Tuesday night called the charges “part of a concerted and coordinated campaign by conservatives and the GOP to attack and discredit ACORN.”

Oh, if this were only true!

Would LOVE to see the MSM feature this “GOP attack” story every hour, with a GOP spokesperson ready with examples of fraud.

Can this be a debate topic next week??
#492177

On October 9th, 2008 at 12:02 am, chilloutyo said:

My grandfather was a Republican poll watcher on the west suburban side of Chicago during the JFK/Nixon election in 1960. He noticed that everyone left headed in the same direction. He followed to investigate and found out that every voter was getting a full chicken handed off a truck around the corner from the polling station. He reported this and they fired him on the spot. If you have ever been persona non grata in a hostile neighborhood, you will understand why he then made a very quick tactical retreat.

My Point: Unless Republicans take a vocal stand against vote fraud, this stuff will continue until we are a full-fledged third-world country, with a dictator for life and all…or scarier…we’ll become a second-world country.
#492179

On October 9th, 2008 at 12:04 am, rooster said:

On October 8th, 2008 at 11:56 pm, DesertLover said:
Jerome Corsi supposedly was released and was supposed to have a radio interview with Hannity this afternoon but I got pulled away from the radio and missed the rest of today’s broadcast … so can’t personally say whether or not he was on with Hannity …

I heard it (OOOOOOOHHHHH DOGGYYY)and always knew of Odinga, But Dr Corsi has emails from Obama to Odinga’s campaign with strategy tips. Corsi was detained and a government official packed his stuff before he was deported….they forgot to take the evidence of odumbo’s involvement in Kenya’s presidential elections before deporting Corsi. Hooh Raah!!!
Any other person than odumbo, this info would be the final nail on the coffin for odumbo.
#492183

On October 9th, 2008 at 12:06 am, DesertLover said:

thanks rooster … was hoping someone could confirm that Corsi was on with
Hannity …
#492187

On October 9th, 2008 at 12:09 am, AlohaGuy said:

When will we be as advanced as Afghanistan, and use indelible ink on voters…

Once upon a time in America, people had to register far enough in advance that records could be checked. You did it yourself, rather than having lazy crackheads do it for you. You needed idsentification, back before we realized that was preventing illegal aliens from purchasing homes they couldn’t afford that we could later buy back from them at inflated prices. And every first Tuesday in November – every other year – the dead would rise and vote early and often in Obama’s adopted city of Chicago. It all seems so quaint.
#492188

On October 9th, 2008 at 12:11 am, rooster said:

On October 9th, 2008 at 12:06 am, DesertLover said:
thanks rooster … was hoping someone could confirm that Corsi was on with
Hannity …

Corsi was in London during the interview and thought he would never make it out of Kenya. Hannity told him to come on his show monday. This should be thouroughly ignored by the msm, because it is so damaging to odumbo.
#492190

On October 9th, 2008 at 12:13 am, AlohaGuy said:

This ~~should~~ will be thouroughly ignored by ~~the msm~~ McCain, because it is so damaging to odumbo.

SarahCuda…..
#492195

On October 9th, 2008 at 12:20 am, mattm said:

Its a good start. I wish it was earlier. Now we need the Justice Dept. to get involved. RICO comes to mind.
#492199

On October 9th, 2008 at 12:23 am, rooster said:

touche’ AlohaGuy
#492219

On October 9th, 2008 at 12:49 am, William Amos said:

Acorn HQ itself should be investigated. The links between the dems and Soros and others are thicker than anywhere else and can really stink up the place.

The Democrats have made a huge effort to take this election by hook or by crook
#492221

On October 9th, 2008 at 12:49 am, vickisoup said:

Michelle,
Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you
And God Bless you and Protect You, as well.
#492224

On October 9th, 2008 at 12:56 am, Truesoldier said:

This is just getting utterly ridiculous. How can state’s continue to allow ACORN to register voters after everything we know? At this rate I would not be surprised if there were more votes than voters across the nation. The only thing that I really am surprised about is that ACORN has not tried to register overseas voters (that we know of). I mean after all Obama says he is a world citizen.
#492229

On October 9th, 2008 at 1:08 am, ITookTheRedPill said:

Thank you, Jesus, that corruption is being exposed.

Now, let’s move quickly through:
Prosecution
Conviction
Prevention
#492230

On October 9th, 2008 at 1:10 am, Terry_Jim said:

#5

I guess Indianapolis has 105% of it’s current population registered to vote thanks to ACORN.

Sure, but fewer than 1% of dead people are voting there so ACORN still has room to grow.

Dead people are a very attractive constituency for ACORN vote harvesters, because they always vote the way you want them too, and they NEVER want to share your crack stash.

Did Faux Tony Romo get registered there too?
#492233

On October 9th, 2008 at 1:14 am, ITookTheRedPill said:

On October 9th, 2008 at 12:49 am, William Amos said:

Acorn HQ itself should be investigated. The links between the dems and Soros and others are thicker than anywhere else and can really stink up the place.

Agreed.

The Democrats have made a huge effort to take this election by hook or by crook

That would be

By any means necessary.

Malcolm X.
One of the people who inspired Barack to
“bring an Empire to its knees”.
#492234

On October 9th, 2008 at 1:15 am, FamilyMan said:

The pot calling the ket…………
Oh never mind.
#492235

On October 9th, 2008 at 1:18 am, ITookTheRedPill said:

It’s time to tell the Communists to get the hell out of this country.
They’ve got lots of places in this world where they can go to “enjoy” Socialism/Communism. We, on the other hand, have nowhere else to go. The USA is the last, best hope for man.

No, you can’t steal an election and bring our country to its knees, Barack. No, you can’t.

NO, YOU CAN’T!
#492237

On October 9th, 2008 at 1:21 am, txvet2 said:

Meanwhile, the San Antonio city council, (which is trying to weaken term limits this election) continues to brag about the work ACORN is doing in the city. I hope the county officials are on the ball, or we’ll have the entire illegal population voting for Obama this election – not to mention the entire population of the military cemetary at Ft Sam.
#492243

On October 9th, 2008 at 1:37 am, AF Sarge (Ret) said:

I’m sure Washington will be on the list pretty soon. Why do I keep having the verse from “V” go throught my head the more I hear about BHO’s associates and ACORN?

Remember, remember the 5th of November.
ACORN’s treasonist plot.
I know of no reason, why ACORN’s treason,
should ever be forgot.

Sarge
#492245

On October 9th, 2008 at 1:40 am, fred5676 said:

Woulda, coulda, shoulda …

Former NFL player and coach Mike Ditka is a self-described “ultra-ultra-ultra conservative.” He reportedly considered running against Democrat Barack Obama for an open seat in the U.S. Senate for Illinois in the 2004 Senate election.

From a series of Republican celebrities.
#492249

On October 9th, 2008 at 1:51 am, nostradamslives said:

WHY in the WORLD has the Republican local and/or state “committees” stood idly by, all these years, and allowed ACORN to (a) commit voter fraud in state after state (b) be funded by Democrats using taxpayer dollars for MILLIONS each year and (c) stay in business?
There needs to be EXAMPLES made of ACORN, and any/all organizations that allow ILLEGALS to vote, from the “thug thizzle” workers all the way up to the “got mizzle” (aka: got my millions from taxpayers)executives/owners/etc.
Furthermore WHERE are the news organziations DISCLOSING (a) who “owns” ACORN (b) who are the executives at ACORN (c) how much # a and b are paid each year (d) the TAX RETURNS of ACORN for the past few years and (e) EXACTLY which Democrats (names, and amounts) have given EARMARKS to ACORN!
Even though I respect and appreciate ANYONE who is LEGAL, regardless of their command of the English Language – and/or in spite of, to vote AMERICAN CITIZENS need to WAKE UP as your “rights” are being THROWN AWAY by these “bought and paid for” (literally)…organizations.
It is NOT humorous/funny/etc. and the MSM should get off of Michelle Malkin’s “proverbial back” and focus on the ACTUAL FRAUD that is occuring.
The “bottom line” is that EVEN IF the “voter fraud” is only 1/100000th of a percent for every VOTER FRAUD ballot that is allowed it takes the REAL vote away from an American Citizen!
It should not be allowed, condoned, trivialized, etc.
I can assure you that IF anyone took the ballots, after they just voted, from the MSM “journalists” and TORE THE BALLOTS UP RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM there would be “hell to pay” and it would be covered 24/7. Thus…what really is the difference between this “sceanrio” and what is really happening with ACORN?
Nuff said.
Nostradamuslives by Jeffrey Schrembs
#492252

On October 9th, 2008 at 2:12 am, fred5676 said:

Lpcal NBC TV reports ACORN closes office and stiffs 30 employees in Reno.

Also paper reports ACORN alert at registrar’s office.
#492261

On October 9th, 2008 at 2:59 am, nyc123me said:

Everyone should have to re-register with proper identification and verification, even if it means delaying the election. Holding an election under such obviously fraudulent conditions invalidates it completely.

ACORN should be served a cease and desist order, all assets frozen, and management prosecuted accordingly.

If it can be proven that Obama tried to fraudulently win this election using Acorn, then he should immediately be removed from office, prosecuted, and jailed for a long long time. Gitmo might be a good start.
#492263

On October 9th, 2008 at 3:02 am, nyc123me said:

..note, a few hundred votes amongst millions is probably not enough to delay an election, but registrations totaling 105% of all eligible voters in an area is grossly fraudulent, and certainly enough to alter the outcome if there are people running around utilizing all those fake registrations. Needless to say, they’d all be democrat votes, considering what Acorn is.
#492283

On October 9th, 2008 at 6:41 am, travlinman said:

On October 8th, 2008 at 11:30 pm, Flyoverman said:
I hope the RNC have their legal staff primed, locked, loaded and ready to pounce.

And I again ask WHERE the bleep is the U.S. Justice Department. This organization has obviously crossed state lines. Where are the Feds?

Thr feds are too busy investigating a Florida sheriff for using Obama’s entire name.
http://www.nbc-2.com/articles/readarticle.asp?articleid=22058&z=3

The GOP leadership is to sissified to fight their way out of a paper sack. Speaking of ’sacks’, I for one, would like to see the GOP grow some!
#492285

On October 9th, 2008 at 6:46 am, travlinman said:

I never thought that I would see the fraud land in my state to such a degree. I am pi$$ed off. Where is the outrage that more people have registered to vote than live in Indy!?!?!?!
I am writing the Atty General of Indiana this morning and will follow up with phone calls. I will also forward the link to everyone I know.
This is B.S.! Those cheating, lying, stinking, liberal, communist ba$tard$. This not the change that my state or my country needs.
#492288

On October 9th, 2008 at 6:53 am, Netfest said:

At what point and time are we just going to say, “THIS ELECTION IS BEING STOLEN.”

Look, McCain hasn’t endeared himself to my vote. But, when you look at the accumulating evidence (Acorn Nevada, 45,000 more voters in Indianapolis than residents, suspicious donations), a pattern is occurring.

It’s documented history that Kennedy stole the election, and this one is shaping up to be the same.

Where’s the RNC? Why isn’t McCain out there speaking to this now?
#492293

On October 9th, 2008 at 7:03 am, Netfest said:

Just read a story and I missed some voter fraud investigations:

“It [ACORN] also has encountered complaints of fraud stemming from registration efforts in Wisconsin, New Mexico, Nevada and battleground states like Michigan, Ohio and North Carolina, where new voter registrations have favored Democrats nearly 4 to 1 since the beginning of this year.”

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081009/ap_on_el_ge/voter_fraud
#492298

On October 9th, 2008 at 7:07 am, Goldwater Knight said:

Michelle bnlows me away with this crap. Obama is going to blatantly steal the election right before you eyes.
#492317

On October 9th, 2008 at 7:35 am, iamsaved said:

Your tax dollars at work!

Now we have to start a campaign to get the Federal Government from funding this organization.

When the Dems shout “every vote must count” and that the Republicans are trying to steal the election – hold on to your ballot box because the accusers are actually the criminals.

They scream fraud every election and actually they are correct because it is they who are committing it.
#492336

On October 9th, 2008 at 8:08 am, Flyoverman said:

President Bush should annoounce a Federal Task Force to investigate. Senator McConnel and Rep. Bohnner (sp?)should write a letter to the majority leaders asking them to conduct a joint investigation into voter fraud.

Their response will, of course be, “McCain’s desparate,” “smear,” disenfranchisment,” etc. etc.

Our response should then be “cover-up,” “2000 election,” and “Watergate.”

Pound and pound on this thing. It’s BIG!
#492337

On October 9th, 2008 at 8:10 am, Milwaukee Mike said:

If Obama wins, this fraud has to be stopped .
If McCain wins, this fraud has to be stopped.
It finally starts now but cannot be allowed to end Nov. 5th.
What we have been observing the past decade with these organizations is that they are growing in numbers and in sophistication of tactics.
I believe that this election will yield the first fraudulent leader of this country.
This is not the ideal I grew up with in my mind and heart.
Revolution is needed. Our constitution mandates it from the people in these instances!
#492339

On October 9th, 2008 at 8:14 am, flaming_o said:

“Racketeering” is suddenly my favorite word.
#492340

On October 9th, 2008 at 8:15 am, iamsaved said:

Obama trained ACORN well when he was a “community organizer”.
#492354

On October 9th, 2008 at 8:31 am, conservativesRus said:

On October 8th, 2008 at 11:17 pm, LibTired said:

Can’t people go to jail for this? Or is punishing these groups considered “unconstitutional”?

I’d equate these actions with treason (not that they are definitionally the same but both are acts against the state). Hence death by hanging would be a good punishment. I’d submit it won’t stop as long as the “punishment” is free room and board complete with security detail.
#492358

On October 9th, 2008 at 8:38 am, cicerokid said:

On October 8th, 2008 at 11:17 pm, LibTired said:
Can’t people go to jail for this? Or is punishing these groups considered “unconstitutional”?

No, Lib, it would be

RAAcciiisssstttt!!!
#492360

On October 9th, 2008 at 8:46 am, Hannibal said:

#47- On October 9th, 2008 at 1:08 am, ITookTheRedPill said:

Now, let’s move quickly through:
Prosecution
Conviction
Prevention

A spokesman for the DOJ, who asked to remain unidentified, stated that the Department of Justice takes the rumors about ACORN very seriously. However, he told a reporter that the DOJ must stick to its priorities. “We need to wrap up the Ted Stevens(R) thing prior to the November election. We will then move rapidly against Tony Rezko(D) sometime after President Obama’s inauguration. After that we will swiftly move against William Jefferson(D) after his election in 2010. We at DOJ see the possiblility of reprimanding ACORN sometime in the second term of President Obama. We at Justice believe that “justice delayed is justice delayed”.”
#492370

On October 9th, 2008 at 8:51 am, conservativesRus said:

Organizations like ACORN are enabled by the government passing out money. If the government got back to doing ONLY what the constitution prescribes, then this garbage wouldn’t be going on.
Of course, “conservatives” are just as guilty of feeding at the gov’t trough. “Charities” asking (and receiving) the government for money..no matter how noble the endeavor just perpetuate and grow the mess.
#492377

On October 9th, 2008 at 8:54 am, tre said:

I’m glad this is being investigated. But, is it in time? Will anything be done with it, or about it? Will anyone demand Barack HUSSEIN Obama answer for it. Will McShame actually demand BO explain it?

Am I asking dumb questions?
#492397

On October 9th, 2008 at 9:09 am, jbh45 said:

ACORN is Chicago politcs at its ~~finest~~ worst. BO comes out of the Daley slime machine and is nothing more than a media-designed candidate with no substance.

On Nov 4 conservatives need to wake up, vote early and often….
#492418

On October 9th, 2008 at 9:19 am, iamsaved said:

Don’t let the MSM scare you with their “landslide” talk and their poll numbers. Remember, liars figure and figures lie.
#492419

On October 9th, 2008 at 9:20 am, wighttrasch said:

Readers;
Stop questioning their right to do whatever it takes–after all, they are an underrepresented minority & have the right to use any means necessary to get their voices heard & their agenda served. Oh, and you are all white devils.

yours etc,
Shelly & B. Hussein
#492440

On October 9th, 2008 at 9:34 am, thetoysurgeon said:

I just wrote my 2 state senators..this is what I said!

Dear Senator DeMint and Senator Graham,

Voter fraud!!!!!

This upcoming election for president is becoming a sham! 11 States have been identified with voter fraud. All 50 states need to be investigated for voter fraud. I am against absentee voting unless you are out of the country or medically unable to make your vote.
Any pre voting before elections should be illegal.
All US citizens must be registered 30 days before the election with voting on election day. If it takes a class action suit by the American citizens to call this election a fraud then so be it. States with partisan administrations should not make up their own voting laws for national elections. Much reform is needed or the basis of this country is in jeopardy.

Sincerely,

Dennis Widner
Anderson, SC
#492449

On October 9th, 2008 at 9:41 am, Dimsdale said:

Isn’t it telling that the only party that is against each voter presenting positive ID, the only thing that could really put the brakes on this, is the party that is supported by ACORN?

The silence from the Democrats, as opposed to what the squealing would be like if this were a Republican supporting group, is the final indictment.
#492450

On October 9th, 2008 at 9:41 am, CO2 Producer said:

Sarah Palin apparently has to be the one to bring it up, because only then will the MSM actually investigate it.

*raspberries*

Local representatives of the organization told Cuyahoga board members that they don’t have the resources to identify fraudulent cards turned in by paid canvassers who are told to register low- and moderate-income voters.

[...]

“This is not something you can catch with your internal controls, apparently,” said board member Sandy McNair at the meeting.

“Not perfectly, no,” replied Mari Engelhardt, ACORN political director for Ohio.

Hmm. Gazillions in free money (yes, I exaggerate…sort of), and they don’t have a computer with Internet access and Excel? Hey, send me your info, guys, I’ll start figuring it out.

Keep hammerin’, Michelle (and everyone else of like mind). The public needs to understand how big of a deal this is. I already will reap little satisfaction with my vote this year, but the fact that my reluctant vote may not even count in my center-left state bugs me even more. End this third-party registration crap.