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	<title>Comments on: Right Wing Rages Against New Voter Registrations: The &#8216;Purpose&#8217; Of ACORN Is To Commit &#8216;Voter Fraud&#8217;</title>
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		<title>By: Since2oo6</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/10/acorn-reaction/comment-page-1/#comment-5574728</link>
		<dc:creator>Since2oo6</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:15:25 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Ohh Thanks :)<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5574728', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: StratRat</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/10/acorn-reaction/comment-page-1/#comment-5279530</link>
		<dc:creator>StratRat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:59:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It is a law that all ballots be turned in. The ballots that the canvassers make themselves, or fake, or obtain properly all must be turned in - it is the law. Acorn turned in three - three - stacks of ballots. one stack was ok, one stack looked ok, but needed review, and one stack marked suspicious. Why would they knowingly separate the stacks of ballots if they wanted to &#039;taint&#039; the process? The only party which has a history of ballot issues is the GOP. The right side doesn&#039;t care if they have to cheat to win - just so they win.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is a law that all ballots be turned in. The ballots that the canvassers make themselves, or fake, or obtain properly all must be turned in &#8211; it is the law. Acorn turned in three &#8211; three &#8211; stacks of ballots. one stack was ok, one stack looked ok, but needed review, and one stack marked suspicious. Why would they knowingly separate the stacks of ballots if they wanted to &#8216;taint&#8217; the process? The only party which has a history of ballot issues is the GOP. The right side doesn&#8217;t care if they have to cheat to win &#8211; just so they win.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5279530', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: k</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/10/acorn-reaction/comment-page-1/#comment-5279356</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:07:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEzY2tnwExs

Tom Feeney???  Really?  POS----all this ACORN business is just unbelievable---saw Lou Dobbs talkin&#039; up the outrage on ACORN..funny corporate news wont mention Feeeney &amp; Diebold or Rove and voter caging e-mails---go spend some time on the Bradbolg to see how this election is really being stolen.</description>
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<p>Tom Feeney???  Really?  POS&#8212;-all this ACORN business is just unbelievable&#8212;saw Lou Dobbs talkin&#8217; up the outrage on ACORN..funny corporate news wont mention Feeeney &amp; Diebold or Rove and voter caging e-mails&#8212;go spend some time on the Bradbolg to see how this election is really being stolen.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5279356', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: DallasNE</title>
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		<dc:creator>DallasNE</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Why is it that the truth has such a hard time getting heard while the lied get shouted from the roof top over and over again. We don&#039;t need a megaphone for the lies; we need a megaphone for the truth. Are you listening MSM?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why is it that the truth has such a hard time getting heard while the lied get shouted from the roof top over and over again. We don&#8217;t need a megaphone for the lies; we need a megaphone for the truth. Are you listening MSM?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5278884', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Con10tious</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/10/acorn-reaction/comment-page-1/#comment-5278860</link>
		<dc:creator>Con10tious</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It is hard to fathom how a lucid person can call anyone in general and Republicans in particular &quot;subversive&quot; or &quot;criminal&quot; for wanting to make sure that votes are legitimately cast.  Of course, if the votes in question support your man, then I guess the ends justify the means.  NOT!  

Most likely the insults help assuage the intellectual dishonesty.  By denigrating someone you can then feel superior to them and their ideas and therefore you must be right.  NOT!

&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RZVw3no2A4&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Nobama Bad for the Economy, Bad for America!&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is hard to fathom how a lucid person can call anyone in general and Republicans in particular &#8220;subversive&#8221; or &#8220;criminal&#8221; for wanting to make sure that votes are legitimately cast.  Of course, if the votes in question support your man, then I guess the ends justify the means.  NOT!  </p>
<p>Most likely the insults help assuage the intellectual dishonesty.  By denigrating someone you can then feel superior to them and their ideas and therefore you must be right.  NOT!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RZVw3no2A4" rel="nofollow">Nobama Bad for the Economy, Bad for America!</a><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5278860', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: republicanSScareme</title>
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		<dc:creator>republicanSScareme</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 05:18:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The Republican Party is a criminal organization. No one should be surprised that they act like one. Republicans should be jailed as subversives.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Republican Party is a criminal organization. No one should be surprised that they act like one. Republicans should be jailed as subversives.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5278798', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Bilbo Hussein Baggins</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/10/acorn-reaction/comment-page-1/#comment-5278770</link>
		<dc:creator>Bilbo Hussein Baggins</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 04:36:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;barfly Says:
At this point, it’s all about creating a political atmosphere so highly-charged, if Obama does win, he won’t be able to pass any part of his agenda.&lt;/em&gt;

How are they going to be able to stock Obama from passing his agenda.  They are within shouting distance of having a filibuster proof majority in the Senate and stand to gain another 40 seats in the House.  Even if the Democrats don&#039;t have a filibuster proof majority, they will be close and it will be really hard for the Republicans to pull the kind of shenanigans they have been pulling for the last two years.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>barfly Says:<br />
At this point, it’s all about creating a political atmosphere so highly-charged, if Obama does win, he won’t be able to pass any part of his agenda.</em></p>
<p>How are they going to be able to stock Obama from passing his agenda.  They are within shouting distance of having a filibuster proof majority in the Senate and stand to gain another 40 seats in the House.  Even if the Democrats don&#8217;t have a filibuster proof majority, they will be close and it will be really hard for the Republicans to pull the kind of shenanigans they have been pulling for the last two years.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5278770', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: IBTunion4obama</title>
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		<dc:creator>IBTunion4obama</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:14:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m sorry but if I remember correctly it&#039;s been the Republicans who have disenfranchised and used voter FRAUD the past two Presidential Elections. First in Florida, then in Ohio. Just a coincidence that 92,000 mostly minority democrat voters were disenfranchised in 2000 because they had &lt;em&gt;similar&lt;/em&gt; names and/or birthdays to convicted felons. Just a coincidence that the SoS in Florida was chairmen of the Bush campaign and the governor was George&#039;s brother. Just a coincidence in 2004 that voters in predominantly democratic and minority areas were given 125 LESS voting machines even though SoS knew there were thousands of newly registered voters. Just a coincidence if you went to the wrong precinct or even the wrong line in the right precinct, your vote were forced to vote provisional and your ballot was not counted. Just a coincidence that SoS Ken Blackwell was chairmen of the Bush campaign. 

Learn more from my professor: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UOGEYMt0_I</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m sorry but if I remember correctly it&#8217;s been the Republicans who have disenfranchised and used voter FRAUD the past two Presidential Elections. First in Florida, then in Ohio. Just a coincidence that 92,000 mostly minority democrat voters were disenfranchised in 2000 because they had <em>similar</em> names and/or birthdays to convicted felons. Just a coincidence that the SoS in Florida was chairmen of the Bush campaign and the governor was George&#8217;s brother. Just a coincidence in 2004 that voters in predominantly democratic and minority areas were given 125 LESS voting machines even though SoS knew there were thousands of newly registered voters. Just a coincidence if you went to the wrong precinct or even the wrong line in the right precinct, your vote were forced to vote provisional and your ballot was not counted. Just a coincidence that SoS Ken Blackwell was chairmen of the Bush campaign. </p>
<p>Learn more from my professor:<br />
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		<title>By: COProgressive</title>
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		<dc:creator>COProgressive</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:43:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As I was flipping through the channels the other morning I happened to stop on Faux News and there was a middle aged black man there and I picked up on the subject of voter fraud.

I though I&#039;d stay more than the 30 seconds that I usually give Faux New to hear what this gentleman had to say.  He was talking about ACORN flooding the Cleveland area with thousands of fraudulent voter registrations and how no one was doing anythin to stop it and he concluded that the Democratic SoS in Ohio was attempting to steal the election away from John McCain.

As he was speaking they flashed his name up on the screen and I almost spit out my coffee onto the table.  

It was Kenneth Blackwell, former SoS of Ohio that stole the Ohio vote for the shrub in 2004 by assigning polling machines in Repug districts at a ratio of 100 voter per machine and in blue collar primarily Dem urban neighborhoods at a ratio of 1000 voters per machine which lead to standing in eight hour lines in the rain if you were inclinded to vote for Kerry

I though, who better to explain what could happen then one who had successfully stole an election.

Now Election fraud is a Hot Button with me, I don&#039;t call it &quot;Dirty Tricks&quot;, I don&#039;t call it &quot;Shenanigans&quot;, I call it what it is. &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt; Election fraud which to my mind is tantamount to treason!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;  I&#039;m a mild mannered man, but if I ever found out my vote was changed, or not counted or my ability to cast a vote were ever impeded, I&#039;d find the SOB that did it and put that individual in a hurt to were they would be confessing to the police just so the cops would throw them in jail to keep me away from them. 

The repug try to surpress the Dem vote because there are more Dems than Repugs and the Repugs try to handicap the elections because they can&#039;t win on ideas or on numbers.  So they cheat.

The other thing, as we have seen this last year, is place political hacks in the USA&#039;s in select &quot;Battleground&quot; states to prevent any legal challanges to the election fraud making its way to court.  They steal election, and when the Dems seek legal recourse, it&#039;s shut down before it ever sees a courtroom.

I&#039;ve said it before and I&#039;ll say it again.  &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If ever we were to lose our freedoms and liberties and our country, it will first happen through the corruption of our Justice system.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;  We lose the Justice system, we have no law.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As I was flipping through the channels the other morning I happened to stop on Faux News and there was a middle aged black man there and I picked up on the subject of voter fraud.</p>
<p>I though I&#8217;d stay more than the 30 seconds that I usually give Faux New to hear what this gentleman had to say.  He was talking about ACORN flooding the Cleveland area with thousands of fraudulent voter registrations and how no one was doing anythin to stop it and he concluded that the Democratic SoS in Ohio was attempting to steal the election away from John McCain.</p>
<p>As he was speaking they flashed his name up on the screen and I almost spit out my coffee onto the table.  </p>
<p>It was Kenneth Blackwell, former SoS of Ohio that stole the Ohio vote for the shrub in 2004 by assigning polling machines in Repug districts at a ratio of 100 voter per machine and in blue collar primarily Dem urban neighborhoods at a ratio of 1000 voters per machine which lead to standing in eight hour lines in the rain if you were inclinded to vote for Kerry</p>
<p>I though, who better to explain what could happen then one who had successfully stole an election.</p>
<p>Now Election fraud is a Hot Button with me, I don&#8217;t call it &#8220;Dirty Tricks&#8221;, I don&#8217;t call it &#8220;Shenanigans&#8221;, I call it what it is. <em><strong> Election fraud which to my mind is tantamount to treason!</strong></em>  I&#8217;m a mild mannered man, but if I ever found out my vote was changed, or not counted or my ability to cast a vote were ever impeded, I&#8217;d find the SOB that did it and put that individual in a hurt to were they would be confessing to the police just so the cops would throw them in jail to keep me away from them. </p>
<p>The repug try to surpress the Dem vote because there are more Dems than Repugs and the Repugs try to handicap the elections because they can&#8217;t win on ideas or on numbers.  So they cheat.</p>
<p>The other thing, as we have seen this last year, is place political hacks in the USA&#8217;s in select &#8220;Battleground&#8221; states to prevent any legal challanges to the election fraud making its way to court.  They steal election, and when the Dems seek legal recourse, it&#8217;s shut down before it ever sees a courtroom.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve said it before and I&#8217;ll say it again.  <em><strong>If ever we were to lose our freedoms and liberties and our country, it will first happen through the corruption of our Justice system.</strong></em>  We lose the Justice system, we have no law.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5278434', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: flex</title>
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		<dc:creator>flex</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:38:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>here&#039;s the link...

&quot;Voter ID laws a GOP tactic of cynicism

Sunday, October 05, 2008

The base of the Republican Party — a dwindling but still significant group — clings to a handful of pseudo-facts that don’t hold up to serious scrutiny but that still occupy a central place in GOP ideology. Those include the assertion that Saddam Hussein represented a threat to the United States, that affirmative action in lending led to the mortgage crisis and that voter fraud is a serious problem in modern elections.

In campaign seasons such as this, when victory may turn on a handful of votes, none of those claims is more important to Republican activists than overhyped allegations of voter fraud.
CYNTHIA TUCKER
MY OPINION
Cynthia Tucker
• E-mail Tucker

Recent columns:

    * Credit junkies hooked first by out-of-control consumerism 
    * Preachers need to read Bill of Rights 
    * Voter ID laws a GOP tactic of cynicism 
    * Palin either too green or a genius actress 
    * Credit crisis: Melting pot of problems 
    * Troy Davis may be innocent 
    * Sarah Palin: Cheney with a moose gun 

During the past decade, GOP-dominated state legislatures across the country have used assertions of mischief at the ballot box to push through harsh voter ID laws. Republican strategists have also pushed prosecutors to go after allegedly fraudulent voters.

Those GOP strategists know better: One study after another has shown that voter fraud is, at worst, extremely rare. And the sort of in-person fraud that would be prevented by stiff voter ID laws is virtually nonexistent. But Karl Rove and his minions also know this: Voter ID laws can be used to disenfranchise a few hundred or a few thousand voters who are more likely to vote Democratic, usually poor or elderly voters who don’t have driver’s licenses. In close races, shaving off 1 or 2 percentage points is all you need to claim victory.

A recently unearthed e-mail from a Republican strategist in New Mexico shows the unbridled cynicism that underlies claims about fraudulent voting. Patrick Rogers, former lawyer for the New Mexico Republican Party, was among the party hacks pushing for criminal investigations into alleged voter fraud. He clearly was hoping that the threat of legal sanctions would intimidate Democrats and aid Republicans, including U.S. Rep. Heather Wilson (R-N.M.), who was in a tight race for re-election. According to a new report from the U.S. Justice Department’s inspector general, Rogers wrote in September 2004:

“I believe the [voter] ID issue should be used at all levels — federal, state legislative races and Heather’s race. … You are not going to find a better wedge issue. … This is the single best wedge issue, ever in [New Mexico].”&quot;

http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/tucker/stories/2008/10/05/tucked_1005.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>here&#8217;s the link&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8220;Voter ID laws a GOP tactic of cynicism</p>
<p>Sunday, October 05, 2008</p>
<p>The base of the Republican Party — a dwindling but still significant group — clings to a handful of pseudo-facts that don’t hold up to serious scrutiny but that still occupy a central place in GOP ideology. Those include the assertion that Saddam Hussein represented a threat to the United States, that affirmative action in lending led to the mortgage crisis and that voter fraud is a serious problem in modern elections.</p>
<p>In campaign seasons such as this, when victory may turn on a handful of votes, none of those claims is more important to Republican activists than overhyped allegations of voter fraud.<br />
CYNTHIA TUCKER<br />
MY OPINION<br />
Cynthia Tucker<br />
• E-mail Tucker</p>
<p>Recent columns:</p>
<p>    * Credit junkies hooked first by out-of-control consumerism<br />
    * Preachers need to read Bill of Rights<br />
    * Voter ID laws a GOP tactic of cynicism<br />
    * Palin either too green or a genius actress<br />
    * Credit crisis: Melting pot of problems<br />
    * Troy Davis may be innocent<br />
    * Sarah Palin: Cheney with a moose gun </p>
<p>During the past decade, GOP-dominated state legislatures across the country have used assertions of mischief at the ballot box to push through harsh voter ID laws. Republican strategists have also pushed prosecutors to go after allegedly fraudulent voters.</p>
<p>Those GOP strategists know better: One study after another has shown that voter fraud is, at worst, extremely rare. And the sort of in-person fraud that would be prevented by stiff voter ID laws is virtually nonexistent. But Karl Rove and his minions also know this: Voter ID laws can be used to disenfranchise a few hundred or a few thousand voters who are more likely to vote Democratic, usually poor or elderly voters who don’t have driver’s licenses. In close races, shaving off 1 or 2 percentage points is all you need to claim victory.</p>
<p>A recently unearthed e-mail from a Republican strategist in New Mexico shows the unbridled cynicism that underlies claims about fraudulent voting. Patrick Rogers, former lawyer for the New Mexico Republican Party, was among the party hacks pushing for criminal investigations into alleged voter fraud. He clearly was hoping that the threat of legal sanctions would intimidate Democrats and aid Republicans, including U.S. Rep. Heather Wilson (R-N.M.), who was in a tight race for re-election. According to a new report from the U.S. Justice Department’s inspector general, Rogers wrote in September 2004:</p>
<p>“I believe the [voter] ID issue should be used at all levels — federal, state legislative races and Heather’s race. … You are not going to find a better wedge issue. … This is the single best wedge issue, ever in [New Mexico].”&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/tucker/stories/2008/10/05/tucked_1005.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/tucker/stories/2008/10/05/tucked_1005.html</a><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5278428', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: questioneverything</title>
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		<dc:creator>questioneverything</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:22:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Why am I sure that many of the suspect registrations were filled out by McCain/Rethug operatives and designed to put a nut in the machine (and duly turned into county officials flagged as suspicious by ACORN). This is a massive operation to deny the vote to millions.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why am I sure that many of the suspect registrations were filled out by McCain/Rethug operatives and designed to put a nut in the machine (and duly turned into county officials flagged as suspicious by ACORN). This is a massive operation to deny the vote to millions.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5278362', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: flex</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/10/acorn-reaction/comment-page-1/#comment-5278268</link>
		<dc:creator>flex</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:41:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Curse  those evil Republicans that feed on hate, fear, lies, corruption and intimidation!

&quot;Voter ID laws a GOP tactic of cynicism&quot;

&quot;The GOP’s brand is in tatters, dragged down by an incompetent president, an unpopular war and a sickly economy. So the party seems to be pinning its hopes on keeping likely Democrats — people of color, the poor, college students — away from the polls.

But that tactic seems unlikely to be enough to prevent Democrats from gaining seats in Congress, if not the White House. Democrats are registering in record numbers, and the GOP can’t intimidate or eliminate enough of them to make a difference.

&lt;strong&gt;The stench of corruption and cynicism emanating from the effort to disenfranchise voters is finally too heavy to ignore. The GOP is just ensuring that the tarnish on its brand becomes permanent.&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Curse  those evil Republicans that feed on hate, fear, lies, corruption and intimidation!</p>
<p>&#8220;Voter ID laws a GOP tactic of cynicism&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;The GOP’s brand is in tatters, dragged down by an incompetent president, an unpopular war and a sickly economy. So the party seems to be pinning its hopes on keeping likely Democrats — people of color, the poor, college students — away from the polls.</p>
<p>But that tactic seems unlikely to be enough to prevent Democrats from gaining seats in Congress, if not the White House. Democrats are registering in record numbers, and the GOP can’t intimidate or eliminate enough of them to make a difference.</p>
<p><strong>The stench of corruption and cynicism emanating from the effort to disenfranchise voters is finally too heavy to ignore. The GOP is just ensuring that the tarnish on its brand becomes permanent.&#8221;</strong><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5278268', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: barfly</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/10/acorn-reaction/comment-page-1/#comment-5278266</link>
		<dc:creator>barfly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:41:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>At this point, it&#039;s all about creating a political atmosphere so highly-charged, if Obama does win, he won&#039;t be able to pass any part of his agenda.

They know they&#039;re about to lose on a historically monumentous scale, but if they threaten to impede Obama&#039;s legislative progress, he&#039;ll roll over and play nice like Clinton, with the Contract With America bunch.

And after Obama&#039;s FISA pivot, they might be right.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At this point, it&#8217;s all about creating a political atmosphere so highly-charged, if Obama does win, he won&#8217;t be able to pass any part of his agenda.</p>
<p>They know they&#8217;re about to lose on a historically monumentous scale, but if they threaten to impede Obama&#8217;s legislative progress, he&#8217;ll roll over and play nice like Clinton, with the Contract With America bunch.</p>
<p>And after Obama&#8217;s FISA pivot, they might be right.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5278266', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: FunMe</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/10/acorn-reaction/comment-page-1/#comment-5278260</link>
		<dc:creator>FunMe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:36:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>OK kiddos, it might be &quot;Friday news dump&quot; ... it&#039;s time for us to make this the news of the weekend and next week:

http://www.adn.com/palin/story/552393.html

&quot;Troopergate report: Palin abused power

Troopergate report: Palin abused power

Troopergate report: Palin abused power

Troopergate report: Palin abused power

Troopergate report: Palin abused power&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>OK kiddos, it might be &#8220;Friday news dump&#8221; &#8230; it&#8217;s time for us to make this the news of the weekend and next week:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.adn.com/palin/story/552393.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.adn.com/palin/story/552393.html</a></p>
<p>&#8220;Troopergate report: Palin abused power</p>
<p>Troopergate report: Palin abused power</p>
<p>Troopergate report: Palin abused power</p>
<p>Troopergate report: Palin abused power</p>
<p>Troopergate report: Palin abused power&#8221;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5278260', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: katy</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/10/acorn-reaction/comment-page-1/#comment-5278256</link>
		<dc:creator>katy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:31:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>hey! THANKS for this, TP!

i&#039;ll be back later - just refreshed to see if you heard the 

BREAKING NEWS about the PALIN ABUSE OF POWER announcement.

!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>hey! THANKS for this, TP!</p>
<p>i&#8217;ll be back later &#8211; just refreshed to see if you heard the </p>
<p>BREAKING NEWS about the PALIN ABUSE OF POWER announcement.</p>
<p>!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5278256', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Who Lied Today?</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/10/acorn-reaction/comment-page-1/#comment-5278254</link>
		<dc:creator>Who Lied Today?</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The report has been released: Palin abused the powers of the governor&#039;s office...

Sorry for the OT</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The report has been released: Palin abused the powers of the governor&#8217;s office&#8230;</p>
<p>Sorry for the OT<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5278254', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: had enough</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/10/acorn-reaction/comment-page-1/#comment-5278250</link>
		<dc:creator>had enough</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:27:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The repukes are raging to divert attention from the fact &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;THEY ARE COMMITTING MASSIVE ELECTION FRAUD.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;

Someone on AAR, I think Bill Press,stated that he heard a group of republicans laughing over the election fraud at a party.... that election &#039;00 and  &#039;04 was stolen and it is common knowledge.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The repukes are raging to divert attention from the fact <em><strong>THEY ARE COMMITTING MASSIVE ELECTION FRAUD.</strong></em></p>
<p>Someone on AAR, I think Bill Press,stated that he heard a group of republicans laughing over the election fraud at a party&#8230;. that election &#8216;00 and  &#8216;04 was stolen and it is common knowledge.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5278250', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Bilbo Hussein Baggins</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/10/acorn-reaction/comment-page-1/#comment-5278246</link>
		<dc:creator>Bilbo Hussein Baggins</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:16:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;#marwick Says:
At least ACORN is out there trying to get a win.&lt;/em&gt;

You really expect us to believe something that is posted on Michelle Malkin&#039;s site?  We&#039;re not that stupid.  Why don&#039;t you peddle your drivel at redstate.com?  They like people like you, we don&#039;t.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>#marwick Says:<br />
At least ACORN is out there trying to get a win.</em></p>
<p>You really expect us to believe something that is posted on Michelle Malkin&#8217;s site?  We&#8217;re not that stupid.  Why don&#8217;t you peddle your drivel at redstate.com?  They like people like you, we don&#8217;t.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5278246', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Bilbo Hussein Baggins</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/10/acorn-reaction/comment-page-1/#comment-5278242</link>
		<dc:creator>Bilbo Hussein Baggins</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:14:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;A man at the center of a voter-registration scandal told The Post yesterday he was given cash and cigarettes by aggressive ACORN activists in exchange for registering an astonishing 72 times, in apparent violation of Ohio laws.&lt;/em&gt;

From Malkin&#039;s site.  First of all, what would that gain?  The person would only be allowed to vote once.  You don&#039;t think if the poll worker saw his name 72 times, they wouldn&#039;t do something about it.  Second of all, why would an ACORN worker even do that.  They are paid by the hour, not by the registration so there would be no motive for them to sign up one person 72 times. 

It&#039;s more likely that the person Malkin is referring to either doesn&#039;t exist or is a paid operative for the McCain campaign.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>A man at the center of a voter-registration scandal told The Post yesterday he was given cash and cigarettes by aggressive ACORN activists in exchange for registering an astonishing 72 times, in apparent violation of Ohio laws.</em></p>
<p>From Malkin&#8217;s site.  First of all, what would that gain?  The person would only be allowed to vote once.  You don&#8217;t think if the poll worker saw his name 72 times, they wouldn&#8217;t do something about it.  Second of all, why would an ACORN worker even do that.  They are paid by the hour, not by the registration so there would be no motive for them to sign up one person 72 times. </p>
<p>It&#8217;s more likely that the person Malkin is referring to either doesn&#8217;t exist or is a paid operative for the McCain campaign.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5278242', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: scytherius</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/10/acorn-reaction/comment-page-1/#comment-5278240</link>
		<dc:creator>scytherius</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:10:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Only the wacko Right cares.  But they aren&#039;t going to let go of power easily.  This is gonna get worse before Nov 4.  And they need to be CRUSHED into oblivion on that day.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Only the wacko Right cares.  But they aren&#8217;t going to let go of power easily.  This is gonna get worse before Nov 4.  And they need to be CRUSHED into oblivion on that day.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5278240', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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