Comments on: FBI Investigating ACORN

By: Gaucho Politico

Gaucho Politico — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 07:46:48 +0000

the investigation and the leak itself are pretty shady. tpm has been all over this and the ways it relates to the doj attorney purge scandal.

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/237716.php

By: Alan Stewart Carl

Alan Stewart Carl — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 04:08:20 +0000

The smoke is the FBI investigation.

By: George Mauer

George Mauer — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 03:13:01 +0000

For the record, I listened to Bertha Lewis on C-Span’s podcats (http://podcast.rbn.com/cspan/cspan/download/podaudio/news_101208_lewis.mp3) and found her to be indirect, political and somewhat unpleasant to listen to.

But is there smoke really? What in the world is it? Even if there is, is there any reason to think the Obama campaign was involved? It seems like they would hardly need it.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:06:57 +0000

you are right on! community organizing and canvassing of any kind is hard work, and there will always be some bad apples. ACORN registered 1.3 million new (legit) voters and there were only a few thousand bad cards. None of those will result in actual votes. Several states (Colorado and Florida, for example) have dismissed all of the claims of ACORN voter fraud in their states. And the same organization that is suing in Ohio (RICO) filed the same exact suit in 2004 and withdrew it when they had to present evidence. This will turn out to be nothing but a political stunt.

By: Terry

Terry — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:24:32 +0000

From other sources I read, by law ACORN and others must turn in every form filled out, regardless if they believe it is fraudulent. This is to protect them from throwing away voter registrations who registered with parties against their beliefs. They’re only responsibility it to flag them if they are aware of them.

Am I being to naive to believe this is normal business, things happen, and we have a system in place that weeds these things out? I assume ACORN canvassers are like Greenpeace canvassers and others who stop you on the street and make commission on the number of people they sign up. A hellish job only a college student could love.

By: Jim S

Jim S — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:13:43 +0000

McCain’s totally over the top assault on ACORN last night did make my jaw drop.