> > Platt said: > I only know about election fraud from news reports, many about Acorn which > is apparently encouraging false voter registration in several states. The > purpose must be to affect the outcome of the election. Otherwise, why make > the effort? In any case, false registration is a violation of law. > > dmb says: > The notion that ACORN is perpetrating a fraud isn't asserted in the in > news reports so much as the McCain campaign and McCain himself. The > reports I've heard, seen and read usually explain that the fraud is being > committed AGAINST acorn, not by it. They end up paying good money for > bogus names. In fact, they're the ones that reported it to the legal > authorities. > > Did you see the reports about what happened to acorn after McCain's > accusations in the last debate? He'd said acorn was about to "destroy the > fabric of our democracy" and the very next day branch offices across the > nation were flooded with angry e-mails, many of which included racist > slurs and threats of violence. In a few cases offices were vandalized and > death threats were issued. > > If acorn's job is to help voters register to vote and McCain is > deliberately trying to discredit them for no legitimate reason, the who > really threatens the fabric of democracy? > > Oh, and did you hear the report about the Montana Republicans' effort to > SUPPRESS votes? The judge pointed out that the voter suppression efforts > there in Montana fit a nation wide pattern of behavior by Republicans and > that this pattern made it impossible to believe that the busted Republican > operative had any sincere interest in rooting out any real problems. Like > her, I think it's completely obvious that these party loyalists have very > little respect for democracy, if any. > > Don't take my word for it. Surf the net. Any reasonable person can see > this pattern too. > > Country first, my ass.
>From the NY Times, Oct. 16: "Acorn has acknowledged that some of its part-time canvassers have submitted false or duplicate registrations, and the authorities in about a dozen states have been looking into reports of suspect voter registration applications." Your crudity contributes a lot to MOQ discuss. Platt Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
