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]]> http://www.nycmagazine.com/2009/12/08/acorn-did-nothing-illegal/feed/ 0 http://www.nycmagazine.com/2009/11/22/majority-of-gop-doesnt-think-obama-really-won/ http://www.nycmagazine.com/2009/11/22/majority-of-gop-doesnt-think-obama-really-won/#comments Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:56:22 +0000 Igor Derysh http://www.nycmagazine.com/?p=646

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 ...continue reading]]> http://www.nycmagazine.com/2009/11/22/majority-of-gop-doesnt-think-obama-really-won/feed/ 0