Talk radio is necessary to get this message about ACORN on the air before the election.

WTKK in Boston has been doing daily ACORN assaults.

You have to hear how they are responding to Attorney Bauer's letter to the DOJ.

They are construing it as Obama's attack on Free Speech. (No mention of the link to US Attorneys fired for not cooperating with the Bush administration.) Listen:

http://wtkk.everyzing.com/viewMedia.jsp?dedupe=1&res=348179971&index=1&col=en-aud-pod_wtkk-ep&e=21249488&il=en&num=10&s=PZSID_0000806771;Michael+Graham%2C+WTKK%2C+Boston%2C+MA&start=0&expand=true&match=query,channel&filter=0&y=0&x=0

Snap! You showed'em, N.M. Gopers! Heckuva job!

I've said this before, but I'm used to this. ACORN got very aggressive in Dallas Co., registering voters and turning them out, and the Repugs have been at war with ACORN in Dallas Co. ever since.

I hear this shit every election. I know it's bogus. It's always bogus.

Glad it was caught here in New Mexico.

How about the Republican Mob in North Carolina who engaged in actual voter intimidation at an early voting site yesterday? The Washington Times of all sources has the story. Where is the DOJ on that one?

The RNC people here in New Mexico are not the sharpest tools in the shed.

You would think the morons would have learned their lesson when former US Attorney David Iglesias blew the whistle on his own party and helped Heather Wilson loose the nomination for republican senatorial candidate. And the retiring Pete Dominici probably retired because of the same scandal.

Unfortunately (or fortunately for us) these guys never got the updated play book.

ACORN New Mexico should have waited until AFTER the local GOP held their conference call before displaying the refuting evidence. Oh well.

Why is it that republican party are rabidly against an organization who's sole purpose is to register as many people as possible? Why is that? Bear in mind what Josh has said repeatedly, the "scandalous" cases involve voter registration fraud, NOT voter fraud. You can register Mickey & Minnie Mouse but they won't be showing up to vote on November 4th (oops, my bad, perhaps George & Laura will vote). But seriously, where's the harm in registering more people?
It's the same with the repub's attitude toward the ACLU, their mission is to defend the Bill of Rights, what's so wrong with that?

On a related topic, how come the majority of college educated people support the Democratic party while the majority of non college educated people support the republicans? The obvious answer is ignorance, right?

Rep. Justine Fox-Young has made a specialty of crying "Vote fraud!" as political theater. Greg Palast has written about Justine regarding the same sort of histrionics around the time of the 2006 mid-term elections.
I'm a NM resident, and I'm fairly certain this story isn't over *just* yet...

All caps wingnut-esque tirade:

ACORN IS REQUIRED TO TURN IN ALL OF THE REGISTRATION FORMS THAT ARE FILLED OUT!!! IT'S THE FREAKIN' LAW!!! THEY EVEN FLAG WHAT THEY THINK ARE FRAUDULENT APPLICATIONS AND SEPARATE THEM INTO THEIR OWN STACK, TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE VOTING OFFICE TO SORT THEM OUT. WHY DOESN'T ANYONE EVER MENTION THIS?!?!?!

Ok, that is all, back the usual programming....

JFK used to say, "I make it a habit to forgive my enemies, but I never forget their names."

Words to heed.

Also:

“You need to remember one tactic of the totalitarian mindset, a tactic that belongs to the basic training of KGB cadres. They frequently accuse their victim of doing exactly what they, in fact, are doing. Why? It has a double utility. It forces the victim to use his meager resources defending himself from false challenges. But more importantly, it deflects attention from their own scheming and plotting.”

-- Elena Bonner, aka Yelena Georgevna Bonner, widow of Andrei Sakharov

The Republican want to disrupt the in any way they can.In Ohio they brought a vote fraud charge vs ACORN and Jeniffer Brunner,Secretary of State.The Supreme Court overturned the one vs.Brunner,but I`m not sure about the ACORN.Ithink they may have backed off.
But the Sunday morning Enquirer, the great right wing bastion of cognitive dissonance, came out with yet another story about all the illegal registrations.More of what "flywheel"posts in a 6:40 post above talking of totalitarian tactics:
"They frequently accuse their victim of doing exactly what they, in fact, are doing. Why? It has a double utility. It forces the victim to use his meager resources defending himself from false challenges. But more importantly, it deflects attention from their own scheming and plotting.”

What's REALLY hilarious here in NM is that the GOP said people voted illegally in the Democratic primary. That's not a state-run or managed election, the primaries are wholly paid and run by each party - especially this year in NM, where the Democrats moved the date of theirs.

So no one cheated in a school election, bond election, or general election. But in an primary. Not only was it not an "official" election, but Hillary won!

Gee, what a great idea - piss off even more Hispanics in the Southwest. This is the most bizarre campaign I've ever seen.

I think it would be wise to find the nearest Democratic Headquarters in our neighborhoods and find out how we can be of help to secure our votes before the election,not after.
It would be a positive step towards working together and taking control of the change we are are looking forward to with a new president.

Remember the Strategy: look at your own weak spots and attack your opponent on those things even if you have to make stuff up...Why doesn't this automatically clue us in on where to look for the dirt???
"Ayers" means there is some they are worried about in their own associations who is unamerican or a terrorist or worse.
"wright" means they have some worse problems in the religious area (witchdoctor?)
"voter fraud" means they are dumping votes or voters or even flipping votes.
"giving away our money" the Bush Admin and wall street have already looted the treasury.
"Communist/socialist" means they are asking the Russians for campaign money, and their party has just nationalized the banks, but not the medical system ("gov't is so incompetent we will give all our banking to them")
Palin won't interview? Accuse the other side of being gaffe-prone.
this is a much longer list than I thought it would be.

New Mexico is also the state where the then Republican party head, John Dendahl, offered a Green Party individual $100,000 to run in an election to split the Democratic vote for the benefit of the Republican candidate. At least the Green had the integrity to decline the offer.

I kinda feel sorry for Danny Diaz every time I see him. He's so obviously in over his head, and to his credit he seems to know it, unlike the very comical Tucker Bounds and the duchess von Pfotenhauserbockenstein.

The guy needs a job, after all, and the GOP dicks just put an obviously unarmed man in a battle of wits out there for target practice.

11/15/08
C-Span: Joint House Subcommittee Hearing on Election Preparation
James Terry, spokes person for a group calling themselves Consumer Rights League said that ACORN “has a ten year history of voter fraud. He accuses ACORN of embezzlement, fraud and “systemic abuse.”
Asked about any indictments against ACORN duirng that period, Department of Justice Acting Attorney General Grace Chung Becker said there has been only one indictment and that was of an ACORN worker who cheated ACORN. She said prior to that reply, “There is no place for politics in this election. “
Brian O’Leary,an Iraqi veteran testified that miitary personnel on front lines are being deprived of their right to vote. He referenced the “Pew Report on Military Voters.”
He said voting was being blocked by late receipt of the absentee ballots, forced late returns, being challenged by partison counters who chuck their votes – 48,628 miitary votes were rejected, he said -- and that the Dept Of Defense has known about the many ways front line miitary were cheated of their right to vote and have done nothing. O'Leary said this political ploy against military in war zones is "shameless."
O’Leary testified that a bill before the Senate to help our military vote did not get enough votes to pass. My question: Which of our Senators did NOT VOTE FOR THIS BILL?
The GOP 2008 voter suppression
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdNgMKPV9xQ

ALL VOTERS NEED TO KNOW THIS:
THE VOTING ACT MANDATES THAT A VOTER CAN TAKE ANYONE OF THEIR CHOICE INTO THE VOTING BOOTH WITH THEM TO HELP THEM VOTE. THIS IS THE LAW.
Suggestion.Take a small pad and pen with you and take notes of any voting suppression, intimidation, etc.you witness. Any citizen can be a voting observer. Turn the notes over to the Obama Campaign andto your state election officials.
We can fight back.