ACORN has demonstrated a firm commitment to fraudulent activities, helping people falsely register to vote repeatedly (as many as 73 times), or using false names like Mickey Mouse to get thousands and thousands of illegal registrations all over the country (including new activities in Louisiana, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina). It will shock you to know that it's always on behalf of Democrats, too. Sarah Palin recently demanded Obama release his records to show just how deep his relationship with ACORN goes, and has ripped him repeatedly for that relationship. Almost unbelievably, the ties between Obama and ACORN appear to go even deeper, as it has now been reported that Obama proposed legislation to shield ACORN from prosecution for harassing banks to approve loans for individuals who could not afford them. Shamefully, it took a Canadian reporter to dig that out.
For a great summary on the rotten apple that is ACORN, go to Ballotopedia.
This bunch of criminals is actively working to steal the election for their man, the Obamessiah. The longer we look at them, the more foul they are revealed to be. The FBI is finally investigating, but by the time anything gets done about it -- IF anything gets done -- it will be long after the election is over. Even so, there's no guarantee, as the Democrat/ACORN partnership is systemic and deeply entrenched (excerpts):
We've all read a lot about the "politicization" of the Justice Department in recent years, and that political pounding is having an ironic effect. The prosecutors who are supposed to guard against voter fraud don't seem very interested in running the political risk of doing their job. ... Acorn's history of deceit and the national sweep of today's scandal demand a federal probe. Safeguarding the integrity of the vote is every bit as important as protecting access to the polls, yet Democrats want Justice to pay attention only to the latter.
House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers recently sent two letters to Attorney General Michael Mukasey deploring a news leak that the FBI is investigating Acorn, and warning Justice to focus instead on "voter suppression." Barack Obama has also joined in this political intimidation, demanding in two letters that Mr. Mukasey appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Justice staff who he claims are engaged in "unlawful coordination" with John McCain's campaign to pursue "so-called 'election fraud.'" There is zero evidence that such coordination exists, but it is remarkable that a Presidential nominee would dismiss election fraud as a myth.
The lawyers at the Civil Rights Division are already falling into line. Justice recently decided to reverse a policy in place since 2002 to send criminal attorneys and other federal employees to monitor polling places. The decision came two weeks after a September meeting to which the Civil Rights Division invited dozens of left-wing activist groups to discuss voter "access" to the polls.
Justice has also failed to enter the fray in Ohio. As many as 200,000 new voter registrations in that state are suspect, yet Democratic Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner is refusing to follow the 2002 Help America Vote Act that requires her to verify these registrations. The Ohio Republican Party sued Mrs. Brunner, but the Supreme Court said the GOP lacked standing. Justice does have standing -- it is charged with upholding that law -- but has ignored the fight. The Justice excuse is that it isn't appropriate to file litigation so close to Election Day.
Yet that hasn't stopped the Civil Rights Division this month from filing a lawsuit against Waller County, Texas, to correct alleged violations of the Voting Rights Act; a lawsuit against Vermont for failing to report accurately on overseas ballots; and an amicus brief in a case filed by a civil-rights group that is suing to stop the Georgia Secretary of State from complying with voter verification rules. Justice's election suits always seem to side with liberal priorities.
It doesn't help Justice's credibility that attorneys charged with supervising voting issues are avowed Barack Obama supporters. According to Federal Election Commission data, James Walsh, an attorney in the Civil Rights Division, has donated at least $300 to Mr. Obama. His boss, Mark Kappelhoff, has given $2,250 -- nearly the maximum. John Russ, also in Civil Rights, gave at least $600 to Mr. Obama.
Vote fraud is real and can affect elections. In 2001, the Palm Beach Post reported that more than 5,600 people who voted in Florida in the 2000 Presidential election had names and data that perfectly matched a statewide list of suspected felons who were barred from voting. Florida was decided by about 500 votes.
In 2003, the Indiana Supreme Court overturned the result of a mayor's race because of absentee ballot fraud -- a case that led to a stricter Indiana ID law recently upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court. A 2005 Tennessee state Senate race was voided after evidence of voting by felons, nonresidents and the deceased. A Washington State Superior Court judge found that the state's 2004 gubernatorial race, which Democrat Christine Gregoire won by 133 votes, had included at least 1,678 illegal votes.
Voter access does need to be protected, but Democrats are using that principle as a political weapon, suggesting that any serious look at fraud is intended to "disenfranchise" voters. This is a naked attempt to protect their friends at Acorn, who have been registering thousands of phony voters. Congress put the voter fraud statutes on the books, and Justice is obliged to enforce them.
Many of these positions are appointed by our elected leaders. With the heavily Left-leaning administration of Clinton, and the incredibly stupid lack of house-cleaning (in the name of a 'new tone') by the Bush administration, we have Leftists all over the federal bureaucracy. Even in the Justice Department, which is supposed to be steadfastly non-political (in the interest of upholding the law, you know), Leftists are now exerting considerable influence that most certainly does NOT protect Americans from those who are trying to violate the law.
Elections have consequences, some more visible than others. That's why it's so critical for the grass roots effort to get out non-ACORN voters and get every vote counted against Obama. That's the only thing that will beat back ACORN long enough to allow some serious house cleaning, and some serious investigation and prosecution.
There's my two cents.
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