After being hammered for purging thousands of eligible voters in Florida in 2000 in one of the biggest cases of election fraud of all time, Republicans countered by blaming the liberal group ACORN for any and all voting irregularities (of which there have been none).

Finally thinking they had something on ACORN when some amateur filmmakers candidly shot the ACORN employees advising them (while they were dressed as a pimp and his prostitute) on which paperwork to fill out to get help finding a place to stay, Republicans seized on the opportunity and quickly called for all federal ...continue reading]]>

After being hammered for purging thousands of eligible voters in Florida in 2000 in one of the biggest cases of election fraud of all time, Republicans countered by blaming the liberal group ACORN for any and all voting irregularities (of which there have been none).

Finally thinking they had something on ACORN when some amateur filmmakers candidly shot the ACORN employees advising them (while they were dressed as a pimp and his prostitute) on which paperwork to fill out to get help finding a place to stay, Republicans seized on the opportunity and quickly called for all federal funding to be pulled from ACORN.

Although the bill passed, the law prohibited the funding from being pulled and in all actuality the ACORN employees did nothing illegal, according to an internal report.

The report showed that while the employee’s actions confirmed a serious lack of management and training, nothing illegal was done.

Ironically, a debate ensued in the Senate after the ACORN debacle that Halliburton-KBR, who had illegally covered up one of their employees being gang raped by other employees, should have their funding stripped (along with any other company that condones rape) and 30 Republican Senators voted against the measure (how’s that for consistency?).

While ACORN has its demons, company has never been involved in any kind of voting irregularity. Several ACORN workers have been arrested around the country for filling out false voter registration cards but that stems not from malice but from the fact that ACORN pays its employees based on how many voters they register.

Who Needs Facts Anyway?

All too often, partisanship in the United States grows to inexplicable proportions. A recent poll done by Public Policy Polling revealed that more than 50% of Republican voters believe that liberal non-profit group ACORN stole the election for Obama despite the fact that the President received more votes than any candidate in history and no voting irregularities involving ACORN registered voters have ever been reported.

While ACORN has been caught up in a scandal about what their group really does and employees registering fake voters because they are paid for every voter that they ...continue reading]]>

Who Needs Facts Anyway?

All too often, partisanship in the United States grows to inexplicable proportions. A recent poll done by Public Policy Polling revealed that more than 50% of Republican voters believe that liberal non-profit group ACORN stole the election for Obama despite the fact that the President received more votes than any candidate in history and no voting irregularities involving ACORN registered voters have ever been reported.

While ACORN has been caught up in a scandal about what their group really does and employees registering fake voters because they are paid for every voter that they sign up, none of these fake registrations have ever been used, despite years of digging by Republicans around the United States.

Still, led by blatant lies of right-wing pundits like Rush Limbaugh, only a meager 27% of Republican voters told PPP that they believe Obama won the election legitimately.

The results are said to be a response to eight-years of Democrats and independents arguing that Bush stole the 2000 and 2004 elections. The difference in the cases is that there is ample legal proof to show that the “voting irregularities” in Florida in 2000 and Ohio in 2004 were hardly accidental and favored George Bush.

Despite the obvious illegal actions by some ACORN employees, they have never purged tens of thousands of voters illegitimately and cost anyone the election. Even if they wanted to, Obama won the election with nearly twice as many electoral votes than McCain.