Posted on 10/15/2008 2:08:43 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Groups: ACORN attacks meant to suppress vote By Chris Good Posted: 10/15/08 03:51 PM [ET]
Left-leaning groups Wednesday came to the defense of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), accusing Republicans of seeking to suppress voter turnout by attacking the group.
“This latest attack on ACORN follows a sorry pattern, played out in election after election,” said Julian Bond, chairman of the NAACP, outlining what he called a history of voter suppression tactics by the Republican Party.
Bond spoke at a press conference at the National Press Club. He was joined by leaders of ACORN and People for the American Way (PFAW). In addition, a statement of support was provided from the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR), of which ACORN has been a member since 2007.
“Republicans have practiced an assortment of subtle and overt methods to suppress and smother voter registration and turnout” throughout the party’s history, Bond said. “Ever since they first practiced voter suppression, they’ve yelled, ‘Voter fraud!’ ”
Conservatives have accused ACORN of voter fraud over the past week after the group submitted thousands of faulty voter registration cards across at least 10 states. Law enforcement officials raided the group's Las Vegas office last week, and headlines of ACORN-registered cards bearing the names “Mickey Mouse” and “Tony Romo” (quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys) have stoked conservative criticism.
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Oh, never mind........
YEAH! SUPPRESS ALL THE VOTER FRAUD! DEAD VOTERS! CRIMINAL VOTERS!
Somebody needs to start saying that fraudulent voting cancels out legitiment voting and so suppresses my vote and I’m angry about it.
Translation: “How dare you intefere with our right to cheat!”
I thought they would have done this sooner
no doubt the Dems have been in talks with these groups to do a concerted effort of putting down republicans while they get away with their voter fraud
Maybe the NAACP( racist group) should be asking why here in Florida they don’t want photo ID and why they do not want any checks come voting day.
Surely the advancement of color people means getting off your butts and going to register by yourself in a lawful manner.
What ever happened to Kings speech where he said he wanted a color blind country
so we have the black college,
black TV
black miss America
black bike week
black congress
black negro fund
black this and black that
and let not forget the racist policy of affirmative action, whee a man or woman gets a job not because they are qualified but because they are black
so much for a color blind country and a being treated equal for MLK
intefere=interfere
someone needs to say yes we are suppressing the the vote by dead people, suppressing someone to vote more than once, suppressing the made up people.
what they want is to rig the election and the likes of these groups are making this election look like a third world country election
with the suppressing free speech
media coverage so biased and not giving the truth
threats of violence and riots
rigging the election
and so on and so on
It truly disenfranchises those who have the right to vote.
Fraud is fraud, and these damn liars in these so-called “citizen’s groups” can put it where the moon don’t shine.
Voter ID’s. By the way, Julian Bond eat me you un-American Ass.
Julian Bond is an ass. You can’t defend lying and cheating by saying that people are “suppressed”. The man is a charlatan.
I’m in favor of all those who commit vote fraud getting prosecuted. They’re attacking the system that elects our most important officials. All in favor say Aye.
People for the American Way is a group that drives home my reference to U.S. Citizens so often. The People for the American way is as anti-U.S. as just about any organization.
Here’s your (race) card.
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