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    Okay don't shoot me, I'm a new follower in politics. AS I never cared much till the last election. What the heck does ACORN stand for?
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    Obama’s Acorn

    By NancyA

    Obama’s ACORN: A Leftist Social Reform GroupObama’s most questionable tie is to a leftist organization called ACORN. His connection to this group begins with a woman named Madeleine Talbot. She embraced Obama and taught him the ropes. He remained a part of this group’s training cadre. Obama taught leadership conferences for the group while working for Miner, Barnhill & Galland. His connections don’t end there. Obama actively sought and received the endorsement by ACORN for his local campaigns. He has now done the same in his bid for the USA presidency.


    Some recent reports about their activities include the following things. They have disrupted and blocked activities within the Chicago City Council during living wage discussions. In Baltimore, MD, they burst into the scene of a private law dinner. They bussed four loads of protesters to the site of a mayor’s house, where they spewed profanities at the mayor and his family. And these are just the ones we know about. Their thuggery is over the line by far.


    These are not their only questionable actions. In the past they have been tied to illegal voter registration in at least three states. These three states are Washington, Missouri, and North Carolina.

    In Missouri, the voter fraud case was tied to at least one campaign, the senate campaign of Claire McCaskill.

    In 2004, the Washington state Secretary of State described ACORN’s illegal activity as the “largest case of voter fraud in the state’s history”.

    This is just the first layer of radicalism

    In Chicago, where the largest organization exists, an ACORN member won a seat on the Board of Alderman as candidate of the leftist New Party

    Once again, Madeleine Talbot, Obama’s ACORN mentor, reappears on our radar screens. It turns out Talbot was in some sense responsible for the attempted unsuccessful coup of the Chicago City Council meeting on the living wage issue in 1997. Two hundred ACORN supporters were present. While the actions did disrupt the meeting, six members were arrested that night, charged with “mob action and disorderly conduct.” Among those six was Talbot, Obama’s ACORN mentor.

    I do believe by this time Obama was well aware of their tactics and understood them, maybe even teaching them in his leadership conferences.

    It seems that in reality that Obama is ACORN’s way to overthrow the system from the inside. This jives with his words such as “I am for hope and change, I am for a new Washington, D.C.” While Axelrod coined the term “Hope and Change,” ACORN is fully behind Obama’s opportunity to overthrow our government, if you will, from the inside. They are not alone in their quest for this because it seems that the Service Employee’s International Union is one of ACORN’s strange bedfellows.

    The extent of his ties is often dismissed. They are however covered in another article found in the journal Social Policy entitled “Case Study: Chicago - The Barack Obama Campaign” by Tom Foulkes. In this article, Foulkes claims that ACORN specifically sought out Obama’s representation in the “motor voter case,” remembering him from his pre-law days and his work with Talbot.He also trained many of the new volunteers and employees in Leadership Training Conferences even as he was working as a law professional.


    This is only the beginning of his continued use and cooperation on the part of ACORN. Obama used them as volunteer “thugs” for his first bid for the Illinois state senate in 1996 and again in his failed 2000 bid for Congress. Obama doesn’t forget his old friends, many of his newly trained volunteers, and used them again in his 2004 successful bid for the United States Senate. By this time ACORN and Obama were like old friends.

    ACORN as well as other groups were the recipients of foundation money from both the Woods Fund and Joyce Foundation. Why is this important? Obama sat on both boards. Through his board positions, he was able to assist in the funneling of many millions of dollars in grant money to various ultra-liberal organizations like Chicago’s ACORN.

    Where does ACORN get the money for its never-empty war chest? Could it be they receive funding from someone like George Soros, who has poured millions into presidential campaigns like Obama and even Howard Dean, according to a blog piece at No Quarter, “Hitler and the New Democratic Party.”

    According to Kurtz in his NRO article, while these questions about funding and partisanship are important, what is more troubling are Obama’s ties to ACORN, “arguably the most politically, radical, large-scale activist group in this country.” ACORN sneaked its first political insider on the Board of Alderman in Chicago as a “New Party” candidate elected to that board. As ACORN has managed to sneak its operatives within the system legally through elections, one would think that Obama is able to do the same. Why do we know this? Because Obama has trained many of their current leaders.

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    ACORN isn’t the only one cornering the voter fraud market.

    Democracia USA is a partner of open-borders La Raza (The Race) in an aggressive, nationwide Hispanic voter registration drive. http://www.nclr.org/content/news/detail/50909/

    NCLR AND DEMOCRACIA U.S.A. LAUNCH A NEW PARTNERSHIP TO INCREASE LATINO VOTER PARTICIPATION

    Washington, DC– The National Council of La Raza (NCLR), the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the U.S., and Democracia U.S.A., one of the country’s leading Latino-focused voter registration and civic engagements efforts, today announced an historic partnership designed to maximize Hispanic participation in the democratic process.

    “The importance of the Latino vote in shaping our country’s future has never been greater. This is the ‘perfect moment in time’ to combine Democracia U.S.A.’s proven expertise and NCLR’s broad reach to promote increased Latino civic engagement in the 2008 elections and beyond,” said Janet Murguía, NCLR President and CEO.

    “Democracia U.S.A. brings substantial expertise and a strong track record of successfully registering and turning out new Latino voters. NCLR is a leading and highly respected voice for Latinos in America. By joining forces, Latinos will be engaged in the political process like never before,” stated Jorge Mursuli, President of Democracia U.S.A.

    “Despite Hispanic gains in the overall electorate, there is a lot of room for growth. If we registered and voted at the same rate as non-Latinos, the result in 2004 would have been more than two million additional Hispanic voters. This partnership presents a major opportunity to realize this enormous untapped potential,” added Murguía.

    Democracia U.S.A. was originally launched in 2004 by People For the American Way (PFAW) Foundation in Florida and registered 72,000 new voters in Florida that year. In 2006, the nonpartisan project expanded to Arizona, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania and was credited by the Associated Press with registering 70% of all new Hispanic voters.

    Mursuli and Murguía expressed appreciation to the PFAW Foundation for establishing Democracia U.S.A. “People for the American Way Foundation’s early investment in this project, dating back to 2002, has allowed us to be here today. I will always be thankful for their support,” stated Mursuli. Murguía expressed her appreciation to the NCLR Board of Directors for taking this important step.

    “People For the American Way Foundation is proud to have given Democracia U.S.A. a strong and successful start,” said Nick Ucci, Acting President of PFAW Foundation. “We’re excited to know that D-U.S.A. will thrive in an organization with such extensive roots in America’s Hispanic and Latino communities. NCLR is the right place for Democracia U.S.A. to reach its fullest potential. We look forward to working together to oppose any barriers to full participation in public life. ”

    “A great part of Democracia U.S.A.’s achievements over the years has been thanks to the relationships we have built at the street level. Our voter registration and mobilization model is driven by our understanding of how Latino neighborhoods work, but we also use the latest technology to measure our success and ensure accountability. Our partnership with NCLR will help take this model to an unprecedented scale,” Mursuli noted.

    Under the agreement, Democracia U.S.A. will be incorporated as a separate nonprofit corporation with close ties to NCLR. The two organizations will share certain administrative and finance systems to maximize efficiency.


    George Moneo at Babalu Blog reports that canvassers for Democracia USA have been caught on tape sabotaging electoral integrity. http://www.babalublog.com/archives/009940.html

    October 09, 2008
    Democracia USA and Voter Fraud


    Voter fraud is running amok in this election. From Nevada to Ohio to Missouri to Indiana to Connecticut, and, now, to Florida. ACORN has been involved in most of these cases, but that isn't the only organization that's been violating election law and stiffing the American people.

    In the following video, shot after a recent Citizenship Ceremony here in South Florida, two Democracia USA canvassers are caught red handed tampering with Florida Voter Registration Forms.

    The man caught tampering with the forms is asked what he's doing and he states that he is simply putting in his canvas ID number and Location at the tops of the forms. Obviously, from the video you can tell that this is not the case and that the man is filling in parts of the forms and checking boxes in same that he has no legal authority or right to do so. You can view the Florida Voter Registration Form right here and see for yourself. http://election.dos.state.fl.us/pdf/webappform.pdf

    Democracia USA is an organization dedicated to helping Hispanics become part of the election process. That's a good thing and I don't begrudge anyone, Hispanic or not, their right to participate and vote in any election. I do, however, have serious issues with the prostitution of the process for agenda driven gain.

    It seems ethics and integrity are out the door in this election, and voter fraud isnt just illegally adding a few votes here and there, it is the usurpation your voice and your opinion and your right to express same.

    Emails sent to Democracia USA for comment on the above were not responded to.

    Watch the video here. http://www.babalublog.com/archives/009940.html
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    In Indiana
    More Registered to Vote Than Eligible, Media Misses Story

    By Warner Todd Huston
    October 9, 2008


    If Barack Obama wins this election, there will be absolutely no doubt whatsoever that one of the things that will help push him over the top is massive Democrat vote fraud. It'll make the Democrats that stole the 1960 JFK/Nixon election for Kennedy look like pikers. One example of this massive vote fraud is in the amazing fact that there are now more registered voters in Indianapolis than are actually eligible to vote. News at 11? How about no news at all.

    Oh, sure, there have been stories in the media in Indiana covering the vote fraud issue. But almost to a report they are covered as mere charge and counter charge and end up making the GOP look as if they are engaged in just the normal partisan bickering. But no one is reporting the true nature of this vote fraud.

    WANE, TV 15 out of Fort Wayne, for instance, reported on a visit to that city by Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita (R) who was there to talk about voter fraud. In Lake County the GOP is accusing the Democrats of vote fraud, but the report does not reveal any further details.

    The Indianapolis Star, though, had more to say on the issue in an October 7 piece about early voting. After quoting exultant officials about how wonderful it was to see so many new voters registering, the Star had this to say about the Indy area.

    In the county, 677,401 voters were registered as of Monday evening; that number was expected to continue growing as last-minute registrations are entered into the system. In 2004, the county had 602,918 registered voters.

    Ed Treacy, Marion County Democratic Party chairman, said the campaign of presidential candidate Barack Obama brought in as many as 12,000 new registrations over the weekend alone.

    "We've never seen anything like it," Treacy said.
    How exciting, eh?

    And now to the dull math, so dull that the Indy Star didn't seem disposed to undertake the effort. Paul K. Ogden, however, helpfully breaks out his calculator for the edification of the press.

    According to STATSIndiana, In 2007, Indianapolis/Marion County had an estimated population of 876,804. Of that number 232,607 were below 18 years of age, for a total of 644,197 people in Marion County/Indianapolis 18 or over and thus eligible to vote. (Indiana allows felons to vote as long as they are not incarcerated).

    So we have 644,197 people eligible to be registered in Marion County/Indianapolis, and 677,401 people registered. Congratulations go to Indianapolis for having 105% of its residents registered!
    There are more registered voters than eligible ones in the capital city? And the media are not all over this?

    One has to wonder why the media doesn't connect these dots? Yes it's all well and good that voters might be excited to participate in this historic election. But, not to notice these suspicious numbers of voters seems a bit out of character for a medium claiming to be a "news" source, doesn't it?

    Well, it does if you don't imagine that the media wants to give cover to the Democrat's illegal activities, of course.

    Oh, and is ACORN, Barack Obama's favorite fraud immersed "community organizer," involved? Well, you tell me? Maybe we can give their Indy offices a call and ask?

    http://newsbusters.org/blogs/warner-...a-misses-story

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    What needs to be done is a Federal lawsuit (KC Beach vs The United States has a nice ring) based on the fact that because of the massive voter fraud I have been disenfranchised.

    The fraud committed by ACORN has worsened every year, yet they are allowed to continue their criminal enterprise. RICO comes to mind since ACORN appears to be an ongoing criminal organization similar to the mob. Can you imagine John Gotti claiming he did nothing wrong and that he is just a victim of his employees? WHAT A JOKE!

    The voter fraud has worsened with the spread of early mail in voting. The Constitution address the Presidential election in that the vote shall be the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. I do not read anything that says you can mail in a vote in September because you do not want to be inconvenienced by going to the polls.

    The Supreme Court has already laid the ground work for the only solution I see. Voters must present a photo i.d. in order to vote, and only those in the military would be allowed an absentee ballot.

    This would end ACORN's fraud committed every election cycle. Four year ago in Jackson County Mo. Acorn attempted to fraudulently register 30,000 people. This year, in Independence, Mo they have been found to register the same non-existent person at least ten times (the FBI started investigating yesterday).

    Speak up, my @$$. It is getting close to point of sharpening the pitchforks and stocking up on torch fuel. We The People need to take the country back and I am afraid words won't get it done. Action, or class action, is needed and warranted.


    I know what your intention is, KC, but I'd amend that. There are other legitimate reasons for voting absentee. Health is one. A voter may not be able to get to the polls. My mom needs a wheelchair or a scooter to get around, but our city hall is not that accessable. And I have a brother-in-law who broke both ankles in August and definitely can't get to the polls. And some people have to be away from home on election day. But definitely no one should be allowed to vote absentee unless there is a legitimate reason why they can't vote in person.

    From the NY Post this morning
    A third subpoenaed voter, Freddie Johnson, 19, filled out registration cards 72 times over 18 months, officials said.

    "It feeds the public perception that there could be [fraud], and that makes the pillars fall down," said local Board of Elections President Jeff Hastings.
    Huh? Could be fraud??? And there's the problem, folks. The dumb--- election officials are simply morons. Much to the Democrats' advantage



    There is no coincidence that suspected voter fraud has popped up in every "battleground" state.
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    Wednesday, April 01, 2009
    Rep. Conyers May Proceed With Investigation of ACORN

    The news that Conyers would want to investigate this democrat-friendly organization drew praise from conservative critics- something new for this Far Left Bush-hater.

    Today the Washington Times wrote more on Conyers and ACORN.
    ACORN says they would welcome an investigation.
    The Washington Times reported: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...robe-of-acorn/


    Opponents of the liberal activist group ACORN have found an unlikely champion in House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers Jr., who is clashing with his own party to pursue hearings on accusations that the group has committed crimes ranging from voter fraud to a mob-style "protection" racket.

    "I still want to do it and I probably will," Mr. Conyers, Michigan Democrat, told The Washington Times on Tuesday.

    He dismissed the argument made by fellow Democrats that accusations of voter fraud and other crimes should be explored by prosecutors and decided in court, not by lawmakers in Congress.

    "That's our jurisdiction, the Department of Justice," Mr. Conyers said. "That's what we handle - voter fraud. Unless that's been taken out of my jurisdiction and I didn't know it."

    Mr. Conyers' continued commitment to hearings bristles Capitol Hill Democrats because it threatens to rekindle criticism of the financial ties and close cooperation between President Obama's campaign and ACORN and its sister organizations Citizens Services Inc. and Project Vote.
    It really would be shocking if Conyers went ahead with an investigation.
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    Maybe he wants to be in control so he can cover up the evidence. I just don't trust him. On the news last night I heard there was some connection between ACORN and that Jennifer Bruner of Ohio. I hope they go after her but have little hope of them actually doing anything to her.

    No wonder congress and most of the senators don't care what the people think, they are sure that ACORN will control all the elections from now on.

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    Okay here is my question........
    Obama only won by like 55% to 45%. Dont recall the number of popular votes.
    But if they found enough fraudulent votes that went in his favor PER state could or would they declare a do over. Or Would McCain then be the winner. I know one night on the news about a month ago they found like 45,000 to be fraud. just in Iowa alone. And I think that was like one county...
    I have no clue how all of this works. Just saying IF someone won by illegal votes (even if it was McCain) I would not want them running this country that way.
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    There weren't any fraudulent votes cast. These phony registrations were brought to the attention of election officials by ACORN. In order to vote, one must present a valid picture i.d.

    If a phony registrant showed up at the polls, they would be arrested for voter fraud.

    ACORN hires all kinds of people to register voters. These are obviously people without jobs. They also assign a quota. Some, sat down in the air conditioned libraries and copied names and addresses out of phone book. Others were more creative.

    You really do not need to worry about Mickey Mouse showing up at the polls to vote unless he can also produce a valid id.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mikej View Post
    There weren't any fraudulent votes cast. These phony registrations were brought to the attention of election officials by ACORN. In order to vote, one must present a valid picture i.d.
    If a phony registrant showed up at the polls, they would be arrested for voter fraud.

    ACORN hires all kinds of people to register voters. These are obviously people without jobs. They also assign a quota. Some, sat down in the air conditioned libraries and copied names and addresses out of phone book. Others were more creative.

    You really do not need to worry about Mickey Mouse showing up at the polls to vote unless he can also produce a valid id.
    Wrong again....neither my husband nor I presented any ID. We just gave our name and addy.....bingo, we voted.
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    There weren't any fraudulent votes cast.
    Again with your psychic visions ... knowing what no one else could possiably know... : You really should contact Miss Cleo ... doesn't Alex have her number ?
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    We're never asked for ID either even though they're supposed to ask. There should be an ID system implemented nationally, not state by state to protect the integrity of the vote. If we all had to show a valid ID then these accusations would be almost non-existant.
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