QUOTE (Lurker @ Oct 9 2008, 09:58 AM)

And once again: how many of these names have actually ended up on the registration rolls? As FoxNews itself reports (sort of sheepishly at the end of its 'reports' on this news after yelling 'Fire' to get people's attention), the names that have been submitted are invariably discarded by the board of elections personnel who have to verify their authenticity.
This is a non-story in reality, but makes for good "the poor/ethnic/not like you types are trying to steal the election" for the far-right nut jobs.
Lurker, you are a fool if you can't figure out what this ACORN outfit is all about. They have been under investigation by several States, for several years. Once more, their spiel is that they can't control their 100 or so "allied" groups, and that it is the authorities that need to do a better job.
You like to rag on Fox - I suggest you ask why most of the rest of the media aren't after ACORN. There is a betrayal of the press across America. Add in the slow demise of the printed word. The "gimme a link" mentality with the assumption that any twerp with a computer and 5 bucks to spend on a domain name spouts the Eternal Truth. You would have to have the level of intuition and detection ability of a twig laying on the sidewalk not to see that.
The odds are getting better everyday - that you shall wake up one day and find yourself very dismayed at the government you screamed and kicked for. You will get the one-party rule you seem to desire. Opposing views no longer allowed.
BTW - that kicking and screaming about butterfly ballots in FLA (in counties ruled by Dems), chads...now we have the "electronic" voting. I'm sure in the past several years, you've read and article or to about failures, mysterious results, and the like.
You also might like to look into Buddist monks, the Lippo Group, etc. but you won't.
So here it is - the moaners and criers that were carefully directed and orchestrated fell into the trap - the paper trail of the ballot is essentially non-existent.