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ACORN: We're Not Even Working In New Jersey
ACORN: We're Not Even Working In New Jersey
OK, here's what should be the nail in the coffin for conservative claims that ACORN is poised to steal the New Jersey governor's race through rampant voter fraud. Brian Kettenring, an ACORN spokesman, tells TPMmuckraker that the much-maligned group has conducted absolutely no political or ...
BREAKING: ACORN’s New Orleans Office Raided by Louisiana Attorney General
BREAKING: ACORN’s New Orleans Office Raided by Louisiana Attorney General
biggovernment.com — In a fast-breaking development comes word that agents of the Attorney’s General office in Louisiana have raided... ACORN’s offices in New Orleans. ACORN’s New Orleans was, for decades, the headquarters of the national community ... (more) BREAKING: ACORN’s New Orleans Office Raided by Louisiana ...
Why Doug Hoffman is Running for Office
Why Doug Hoffman is Running for Office
foxnews.com — Tuesday, October 27, 2009 This is a rush transcript from "Glenn Beck," October 26, 2009. This copy... may not be in its final form and may be updated. GLENN BECK, HOST: And eight days from now, voters in the 23rd Congressional District in New York have ... (more) Why Doug Hoffman is Running for Office
Taking Governance Seriously
Taking Governance Seriously
motherjones.com — Congress passed something today. Hooray! Congress gave final approval Thursday for an additional $24 billion to help... the jobless and support the housing market as climbing unemployment poses a growing liability for elected officials. The bill, passed ... (more) Taking Governance Seriously
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ACORN: We're Not Even Working In New Jersey
The Political Carnival — ... They'll blame them anyway: OK, here's what should be the nail in the coffin for conservative claims that ACORN is poised to steal the New Jersey governor's race through rampant voter fraud. Brian Kettenring, an ACORN spokesman, tells TPMmuckraker that the much-maligned group has conducted absolutely no political or voter registration activity in the state during the 2009 cycle. And Kettenring added that ACORN had done very little such work during the 2008 cycle [...] Not that the right is letting any of this get in ...

Your Election Night 2009 'Hiccups' 'Glitches' 'Snags' and 'Snafus' Report...
The BRAD BLOG — ... --- were minimal. At least as so far reported. Whether any of the results tabulated in secret, with secret software, are actually accurate, well, that's anyone's guess as usual. In any case, we're monitoring, and will let ya know if there's anything you need to know about. Please feel free to let us know about anything you think we should know about in comments. Other than that, we're just stunned that ACORN did such a terrible job, yet again, at "stealing the election" in New Jersey! ...

Barbara's Daily BuzzFlash Minute for November 4, 2009
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash — ... , "Sen. Franken wasn't loud in his quest. He put forward a simple amendment that only made the GOP look foolish if they voted against it, and 30 of them did so eagerly." So I say to the Repuglicans, who's the FOOL now! * * * He's baaaccckk! What is it about Repuglican "bad pennies," they always have a way of turning up when there's a lie to be told, or a Democrat to cheat! I am reminded of that old adage, " ugly is as ugly does " whenever and wherever Fund appears! Remembering John Fund during the Clinton years, every time you turned around his face was seen on the ...

The Fraud of Voting Scandals
The American Prospect Articles — ... the election might be stolen away from Republican Chris Christie through voter fraud. "Local politicos," he wrote, "tell me Philly operatives associated in the past with Acorn may now be advising their Jersey cousins on how to perform such vote harvesting." That's quite a hedge -- and understandably so, given that ACORN had "conducted absolutely no political or voter registration activity" in New Jersey during the 2009 cycle. A few hours later Fund went on The Glenn Beck Show to strike fear into the hearts of Beck's viewers: "People are going door to door in parts of ...

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