factcheck.org - 10/19/2008
—
McCain makes exaggerated claims of "voter fraud." Obama soft-pedals his connections.
campaignsilo.firedoglake.com - 10/14/2008
—
campaignsilo.firedoglake.com —
Ben Smith has a photo of McCain at
an ACORN event he headlined in 2006, smiling like...
the "I'll say anything to anyone for a vote" suckup he is. Meanwhile, the anti-ACORN juggernaut that seeks to delegitimize the election and/or drive ...
(more)
McCain Hearts ACORN — Before He Hated ACORN
Comments
Blog Reactions
Fact-Checking the ACORN Flap
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines —
... have been convicted of submitting false voter registration forms in Colorado Springs in 2005, Kansas City, Mo., in 2006 and King County, Wash., in 2007. ACORN’s Las Vegas office was raided by a state criminal investigator on Oct. 7, 2008. ACORN workers are also the subjects of ongoing investigations in Wisconsin, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Indiana. The Indiana investigation started in early October and may involve thousands of fraudulent registration forms.
Read more READ THE WHOLE ITEMRelated ...
Fact-Checking the ACORN Flap
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines —
... have been convicted of submitting false voter registration forms in Colorado Springs in 2005, Kansas City, Mo., in 2006 and King County, Wash., in 2007. ACORN’s Las Vegas office was raided by a state criminal investigator on Oct. 7, 2008. ACORN workers are also the subjects of ongoing investigations in Wisconsin, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Indiana. The Indiana investigation started in early October and may involve thousands of fraudulent registration forms.
Read more READ THE WHOLE ITEMRelated ...
Factchecking the lies about ACORN
Daily Kos —
Bookmark this, send it to your friends and family, and keep it in your arsenal to combat the lies. From FactCheck.org: The McCain ad accuses ACORN of "massive voter fraud." In the final presidential debate, John McCain added that ACORN "is now on the verge of maybe perpetrating one of the greatest frauds in voter history in this country, maybe destroying the fabric of democracy." Sounds scary, but is it true? There's no evidence of any such democracy-destroying fraud. The AP also sets the story ...
BREAKING: Conservatives React Sensibly to Election Losses, Eschew Acting Like Loons
Firedoglake —
... ) never really believed any of that that silly ACORN crap they were pushing. I'm even more excited that these ideas may even include something more substantial than ...
Related Content
Death threat, vandalism hit ACORN after accusations
miamiherald.com 10/18/2008 — WASHINGTON -- An ACORN community organizer received a death threat and the liberal-leaning voter registration group's Boston and Seattle offices were vandalized Thursday, reflecting mounting tensions over its role in registering 1.3 million mostly ...
ACORN vs. McCain
acorn.org 10/16/2008 — © 1999 - 2008 - ACORN and ACORN logo are Registered Trademarks of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Inc.
ACORN
time.com 10/16/2008 — A look at the community-organizing group and its relation to Barack Obama
ACORN
ballotpedia.org 10/27/2008 — ACORN employee Adams is charged with submitting 45 forms, about twenty-seven or 60% of which contained information alleged to be false, including 19 voter forms listed persons that do not appear to exist, 19 voter registration forms were determined ...
ACORN
barackbook.com 10/2/2008 — "[ACORN Is] A Housing Advocacy Group That Also Helps Lead Ambitious Voter-Registration Efforts Benefiting Democrats." (Elizabeth Williamson and Brody Mullins, "Democratic Ally Mobilizes In Housing Crunch," The Wall Street Journal , 7/31/08) ACORN Was ...
ACORN Defends Itself
corner.nationalreview.com 10/15/2008 — Yesterday, ACORN held a press conference to respond to charges that they enable voter fraud. I was in attendance and have a piece up on the homepage today about it. Here's how ACORN responded to questions from the press:
Out of the 13,000 workers ...
ACORN Does Philadelphia
powerlineblog.com 10/15/2008 — ACORN continues to perpetrate voter registration fraud around the country; here is CNN's report on what is happening in Philadelphia:
Some excerpts:
CNN: According to city officials, close to 8,000 applications turned in by ACORN are ...
Obama to world: (looking around nervously) ACORN? Who's ACORN?
redstate.com 10/15/2008 — Today's message to the Left: Psalm 146, verse 3.
A decade and a half
of alliance . He represented them. He trained them. He worked
with them in dozens of initiatives. He gave them money, both his
own and yours . The relationship between ...
Obama's lead slips to 3 points —
Reuters: Politics 10/19/2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama's lead over Republican John McCain in the presidential race has dropped to 3 points, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Sunday.
Follow BeltwayBlips on Twitter
