Could someone, anyone, ask Palin or McCain to be even a little more specific on just what ties they think Obama has with ACORN?

So far, all I have heard are generalized statements that Obama should come clean about his ties with ACORN. These generalized statements contain no specifics and only imply (nothing specific) that ACORN is somehow evil, and that Obama is somehow (not specified) related to ACORN.

MSM, get on it and give Americans some real reporting. Forget that "Liberal Bias" crap and give us some actual facts, not the same old she said, he said BS.

This is a fantastic tactic by the Obama camp. America has a laughably short memory - we need to be REMINDED that the USAG was booted out of office for this crap. We've already forgotten Abramoff, Iraq, Abu Ghraib, Wiretaps, etc, just because they all happened more than 6 months ago, and as people forget it becomes easier for the GOP to make the argument that both sides are equally complicit, because nobody remembers the truth.

TPM, getting cited! (see page 7)

The mucus boy will be out of a job if Obama wins; he's doing his best to keep in power the party that brought him employment. Maybe he, too, should be investigated in 2009. Re-education camps, anyone?

U.S. Attorneys Scandal! Yes! Thank you! This is what we need to be talking about.

I don't see this letter gaining any traction with the Dept of Justice, which, after all, is the department that is politicizing the FBI by having them investigate a perfectly legal organization, ACORN, on the eve of the election. Unless this gets heavy press coverage as what it is, the use of the Justice Department as a political branch of the Republican Party, it can cost Obama the election.

No one, no organization, no group is guilty of any form of illegality when they obtain voter registrations. If some of those registrations are fraudulent it is the sole responsibility of the state election officials to react to that by tossing the registration and notifying the person who fraudulently registered that he broke the law. When I register voters in California, I have no choice but to submit the registrations I obtain, even if one of those claims to be a Donald Duck registering to vote, and living in a graveyard. The state law here prohibits me from doing anything with a completed form other than mailing it in to the Secretary of State as if it were a perfectly filled out form.

When I register someone to vote, the only thing I am doing is supplying that person with a "do it yourself" registration form to fill in, and answering any questions he asks me about how to do so. Then my only obligation is to give that new voter a receipt and mail in the completed form. If that new voter registers as a Republican I have to give it exactly the same treatment as Democratic registrations.

Unfortunately Americans are so ill informed about just about everything that unless the TV news tells them otherwise they will believe this ACORN nonsense to be a voter fraud plot by the Obama campaign.

Isn't Friday the day you release news you want buried? I guess this means the Sunday Funnies will have this to talking about.

Obama needs to put out ads to push back on this smear effort.

I also would have liked them to spell out that it's not voter fraud unless the phony names try to vote on Nov. 4th. It's registration fraud, and it very likely wasn't done for nefarious reasons, but just for workers (albeit with poor judgment) to meet targets.

McCain spoke at an ACORN conference in 2006 to boot - why is he trying to hang this around Obama's neck, and why is Obama allowing him to do so.

ACORN is a boogeyman for the McCain Campaign, with the vast majority of folks not knowing what the hell he is talking about other than it's used against Obama so it must be evil.

I also would have liked them to spell out that it's not voter fraud unless the phony names try to vote on Nov. 4th. It's registration fraud, and it very likely wasn't done for nefarious reasons, but just for workers (albeit with poor judgment) to meet targets.

The letter makes it clear that only a very, very small percentage is actual voter fraud. Mostly, it's clerical errors, typos, etc...and the Republcian's true purpose, thinly veiled as some sort of voters "rights" is, in fact, meant to stop votes. When McCain claimed ACORN could "destroy the fabric of democracy" it should have been a challenged to reporters everywhere. So far, not so much.

Of course, the Corporate Media isn't reporting this story.
I see a ton of reports about Palin attacking Obama on ACORN, but they ignore this.
I still can't believe how impotent the media is these days, with Palin. She refuses to answer questions... all she does is spew lies... and they still cover her.

It's time to put the DOJ and the AG on the spot about this. Gonzo tried to disqualify voters with bogus, partisan cases in 2004 and 2006. They won't get away with it this time. The light is on. the bugs are scattering.

What about Bob Ney's infamous March 2005 hearing on "election fraud" which featured a report by the newly created GOP front, the American Center For Voting Rights?

In the report, the ACVR cited the Free Enterprise Coalition-funded civil RICO complaint brought by two Ohio residents against ACORN, ACT, the NAACP National Voter Fund and the Ohio AFL-CIO on 12/17/04. One of the bases for the case was the untrue charge that ACORN paid for fraudulent voter registrations with crack cocaine.

The lawsuit was dropped when NAACP attorney, Cliff Arnenbeck, noticed that Alex Vogel, a notorious GOP operative acting as an authorized representative of the FEC, had indemnified one of the plaintiffs in an offical document.

The Free Enterprise Coalition, another GOP front, was led by disgraced former congressman, Robert Livingston. In 2004, the FEC received $2.8 million from undisclosed sources which it promptly spent on schemes to disenfranchise Democrats.

I posted a lot of information about the FEC and the ACVR between May and July 2007 here in the TPM Cafe. Be sure to read the comments if you are interested.

McDesperate has called down violent rage in an effort to achieve his lifelong dream of outranking his father. He could care less what the consequences are for this country once he is gone. If he did, then he would have never picked Palin.

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Kevin Swanson advocate of "HATE and FEAR"

I would encourage others to post anything from those who claim to have knowledge in advance about the stealing of the election.

This knowledge they have in advance of the election should be explored by the authorities.

searching for more info on how to contact the DOJ and further support acorn - i see how far the hatred of the right has reached so quickly. the web is innundated with 'stopacorn' petitions and websites.
2 weeks or so ago when this horror show began (and i gave my first donation to acorn to try and help them weather the impending storm) a google search produced not much. now there are dozens upon dozens of hateful websites discrediting them and garnering support to fight the 'largest voter fraud blah blah blah'
the thought of these people wanting to trash and tear apart this righteous organization just made me break_down_completely into tears. This hurts my soul.

FYI in the 40 minutes since my last post with the letter to CNN (from acorns website) their website now reading an error message and is inaccesible
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