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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.

Isn't it funny?
The economy is in ruins, two (possibly more) wars are being waged at tremendous cost, the health care system and the education need reveiwing, and the climate isn't getter better either.

And what do the Republicans decide should be the major issues in the presidential elections? Whether or not Obama has something to do with what could possibly be fraud by an association he has some ties with. And something about a rehabilitated university professor with whom he shared the board of an anti-poverty group and whose previous-life misdeeds he has clearly denounced.

And then they wonder why the polls go the way they go.

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.

What about the $800,000 his campaign gave to ACORN?

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.

"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. That probably is not going to be particularly useful in solving the financial crisis"

Rather telling on how little Obama understands about Business... Somebody stop this man, he's a fool that doesn't understand basic economics!!!

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?

Concerned in OH: "NY Post is reporting that some ACORN "voter" tried to vote in OH."

No they're not. From the article:

"... he breezed into Ohio election offices - the state allows early voting for president - reregistered with a fake address and cast a paper ballot, officials said."

That vote is nothing to do with ACORN. That's just some idiot, who reregistered not with ACORN, but in the election office, as the article says.

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

Just like with Fannie, the republicans go after anybody that they perceive helps minorities. ACORN is small potatoes compared to the numerous grass-roots, community activists and plain folk encouraging people to participate in the election. This is so not rocket-science! It's ONE VOTE, not one registration.

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."

Oh man, you are missing half the story - in states with motor-voter there are TONS of duplicates. And this has been going on since 1993. Think of all the possible duplicate votes... which you think we would know about if these case went anywhere, which they don't.

I'm also thrilled to learn the in some states the registration system is so tight that we actually know if a voter was "registered by ACORN" or not. I mean, I know that registrar's books are numbered and audited, but I didn't realized that we could review who registered someone so dang quickly.

I say we have separate lines at the polls. One of ACORN registered voters, and one for the rest of us.

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 2 dozen voter registration groups funded by Democrats. ACORN is nothing compared to the others that include the NAACP - which Obama donated to as well.
You people are silly. OBAMA does not need ACORN...
get a life!

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

the ACORN thiong isnt as simple as the Obama people say and Obama does have issues to be worked out before he can be eldcted

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.

BJ--I couldn't agree with you more. It's like talking to a bunch of bobble heads.

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.

This voter registration hue and cry we hear every two years (since the Civil War, anyway) always amount to nothing. It is merely an excuse for the ham-handed attempts at voter intimidation that inevitably follow them. They have a long and sordid history, and it is ultimately about attempting to suppress people's right to vote.