Posted on 10/10/2008 4:26:57 AM PDT by Kaslin
As you may have noticed, left-wingers really hate to lose. That’s why, even eight years after the fact, they are still wringing their hands over the 2000 presidential election. They still insist that George W. Bush and the Republicans swiped it, even though several objective sources have since confirmed that, chads or no chads, Bush carried Florida, and that Sandra Day O’Connor, otherwise a heroine to leftists, was one of the Supreme Court justices who ruled against Al Gore, the candidate who couldn’t even carry his home state. Which is reason enough all of us should be forever grateful to the voters in Tennessee.
The idea that the Democrats have been crying “Foul!” for eight long years should appeal to everyone who appreciates irony. For it is those on the far left who have done everything in their power to corrupt the election process. One of their chief means of doing so has been through the activities of a group known as ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now). With approximately 175,000 dues-paying members, they own TV stations, businesses and periodicals, and have offices stretching from Canada to Peru, with over 80 offices in the U.S.
To give you some idea how all-encompassing the group is, they have schools where the children of leftists are trained in class-consciousness; they run boot camps for training street activists; and, like Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow Coalition, they extort money from banks and other businesses by threatening racial violence and trumped-up civil rights charges. One can almost imagine Marx, Lenin and Stalin, shaking their heads in admiration and hoisting their glasses in toast.
Apparently, the members of ACORN have gained control of the New York City government, resulting in a rollback of welfare reform; the appointment of a politicized Civilian Review Board, empowered to prosecute police officers and ban racial and ethnic profiling in the city that experienced 9/11 firsthand; raise corporate taxes; and is attempting to prevent any corporation from fleeing the city without obtaining an “exit visa.” Even before Berkeley got around to having its own foreign policy, New York’s City Council, by a 31-17 vote, passed a resolution condemning the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
For several years, the leadership covered up the fact that Dale Rathke, the brother of Wade Rathke, who co-founded ACORN, had embezzled nearly a million dollars from the organization. Once the theft finally came to light, the excuse given for not informing the authorities was that those of us on the right would use it as an excuse to attack the group. That of course is an obvious lie. Those of us on the right have far better reasons than financial skullduggery to attack ACORN. In fact, I, for one, regard Dale Rathke as something of a folk hero. I say it was far better that he squandered his ill-gotten gains on wine, women and song, than that the group got to spend it subverting the democratic process.
These people, self-proclaimed defenders of freedom, liberty and the working man -- or, more often, non-working man -- devote most of their energy and resources to making sure that they fix elections in much the same way that crooked gamblers fix fights. During the 2004 election cycle, ACORN ran a “voter mobilization drive” that resulted in countless allegations of fraudulent voter registration, vote-rigging and vote-for-pay scams. One of their specialties was registering convicted felons. Attorney generals in many states filed charges against several members of the group, charges that included voter-intimidation, vandalism and the destruction of voter registration forms.
What I have not been able to figure out is why the leaders of the group have not been indicted under RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) for taking part in an ongoing criminal organization. The only logical reason that the feds have backed off is because of ACORN’s close ties to organized labor. Tragically, in 2008 America, it’s not only individuals who are easily intimidated, but the government itself.
It’s no surprise that Barack Obama is ACORN’s choice for the White House. ACORN, after all, was created by those who subscribed to Saul Alinsky’s left-wing belief that class warfare is the only war worth fighting and that in order to win it, the ends always justify the means. And however much the left has recently attempted to pass off “community organizer” as a Christ-like vocation, everyone in his right mind knows that these days it’s code for Communist activist.
To my way of thinking, as catastrophic as it would be if Sen. Obama were to wind up in the White House, it would be far worse if he were to be elected because he and his colleagues had stolen the election.
An acorn, as we all know, is a nut. ACORN, however, home to 175,000 nuts, are the seeds, not of mighty oaks, but of political stinkweed, and the sooner they’re eradicated, the better.
ACORN is a CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE and needs to be RICO’ed!!!
Our Governor addressed this subject yesterday.
Gov. Blunt Condemns ACORN’s Attempts to Commit Voter Fraud, Disappointed with Official’s Flippant Response
JEFFERSON CITY – Gov. Matt Blunt today condemned attempts by the liberal group ACORN to commit voter fraud by submitting fraudulent voter registrations. The governor also was disappointed with statements by a Missouri official who casually dismissed ACORN’s actions.
“Fraudulent registration is an assault on our election system and should not be tolerated, period. There can be only one reason why an organization like ACORN would consistently submit fraudulent registrations and that is to cheat the system by allowing people to cast fraudulent ballots.
“I am disappointed that at least one Missouri official so casually dismisses this unavoidable truth, trying without success to claim registration fraud and voter fraud are not one and the same. Registration fraud has only one purpose and that is voter fraud.”
Gov. Blunt also stated that all elections officials and prosecutors have a responsibility to respond immediately to any attempt to commit voter fraud.
“I am calling on all Missouri clerks, election directors and prosecutors to be alert and vigilant, responding immediately to any and all allegations of voter fraud,” Gov. Blunt said. “It is the responsibility of all political parties to carefully watch over our election process while recognizing that under no circumstance should anyone ever intimidate voters.”
As Missouri’s Secretary of State, Matt Blunt restored Missourians’ confidence in the integrity of their elections. He led efforts to reform elections including enabling the creation of Missouri’s first real time statewide voter registration database, ensuring that every eligible vote cast was properly counted including eligible provisional ballots and calling for and obtaining the enactment of voter identification requirements which protect against fraudulent votes being cast.
“Instead of offering excuses for those who attempt to manipulate the system, elected officials should be emphasizing that registration fraud is a crime that undermines our elections,” Gov. Blunt said. “Fraudulent ballots cancel out the ballots of those who are playing by the rules of democracy on election day and serious evidence of fraud should not be treated as a trivial matter.”
All in favor of eradicating the ACORN which gives birth to the stink weed say AYE!
I fear too little, too late.
I like your Governor.
Hey Gov. Blunt....if your STATE OFFICIALS won’t do anything about VOTE FRAUD, it’s time to call in the FEDS!!!
Obama is an ACORM/Ayers dupe - useful idiot - front guy...
Unfortunately, if Obama wins the election, the FEDS will be of no use. His Attorney General will terminate any investigation into voter fraud by ACORN and other leftist groups without a whimper from the press.
I actually wonder if the Bush Administration in its final days has the will or desire to pursue these cases with any vigor. Plus if John, creature of the Senate Club, McCain pulls out a miracle and wins, he is unlikely to pursue voter fraud cases with any vigor. After all, he prides himself in being the great compromiser.
Is our US Attorney General going to prosecute ACORN for the voter registration fraud?
If not why not?
This is a mockery of our election system.
Fellow Freepers, you can go to StopAcorn.org for continuing updates about ACORN fraud and corruption nationwide. It has gone too far; the Justice Department must launch an immediate investigation.
Try it as
American Communist Obama Reprogramming Network
Like with the lame excuses the liberals are using for wanting to keep us dependent on foreign oil they are using lame excuses that registration fraud and voter fraud are not the same and that they can do noting about it. If there is a will, there is a way
AYE
Just saw a Fox News interview with Shelby Holliday, a Palestra (college news network) reporter. She was the one who interviewed the ACORN workers in Ohio who admitted they were registering only Obama voters. She’s been trying to get an interview with anyone from ACORN for two weeks, and was recently asked to stop investigating them by the Ohio Sec of State’s office!
Evryone should go to the Palestra site and read her reports.
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