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Re: Nutty Attacks On ACORN

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From: John H. Fisher
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:29
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On Oct 14, 6:08�pm, mh <hobrats...@gmail.com> wrote:
> John Black wrote:
> > In article <00d57ffc-3e1c-4cf2-9aa1-
> > 68b5e83ba...@c22g2000prc.googlegroups.com>, TaxServ...@aol.com says...
> >> Nutty Attacks On ACORN
>
> > Yes, "Nutty Attacks" on an organization in the middle of massive voter fraud
>
> You *do* realize that ACORN, like all other groups doing voter
> registration, are required, by law, to submit ALL voter registration
> applications they receive?
>
> You *do* realize that you need to demonstrate that people have illegally
> voted using these fraudulent registrations before your pathetic whines
> will be taken seriously, don't you?
>
> And you *do* realize McCain is a friend of ACORN, too, don't you?
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_y2KwbhBJo
>
> Y'know, Jack, your desperation really doesn't endear you to anyone ...

Y'know, mh, the Right's doing everything it can to whip up "voter
fraud" paranoia! But the math just doesn't add up.

Accusations of widespread voter fraud have been disproved time and
time again. Yet Fox News, Lou Dobbs and the McCain-Palin campaign
continue to equate inaccurate or incomplete information on
registration forms with a vast conspiracy to have people vote
illegally (a conspiracy that would be logistically impossible to pull
off)... distracting from the Right's truly dangerous efforts to purge
valid voters from the rolls.

We can't let the Right get away with this! We need your help to expose
the truth and stop the Right's efforts before it's too late. Already
this year, we have seen the extent to which the Right will go to
impact the election:

In Michigan, the state GOP had planned to challenge the voting
eligibility of victims of home foreclosures... they've since backed
off those efforts (publicly, at least) thanks to pressure brought by
groups like People For.

In Montana, the state Republican party moved to challenge 6,000
registrations in Democratic-leaning counties (Republican Party
Executive Director Jacob Eaton said they were trying to guard against
"voter fraud")... they ultimately dropped the challenge thanks again
to the generation of attention to the matter.

And a right-wing report alleging that up to 333,000 noncitizens may be
registered to vote in Texas was just thoroughly debunked by an
investigation by county elections administrators saying there is NO
evidence of widespread voter fraud.

But you can help People For the American Way fight for a clean and
fair election!

We've been out front in exposing these egregious attempts by the Right
to challenge eligible voters. In many cases, sunlight has been the
best disinfectant -- and we've succeeded in stopping the efforts
before harm could be done.

People For the American Way and People For the American Way Foundation
are making sure poll workers are armed with the facts and empowered to
stand up to vote challengers on Election Day. People For the American
Way Foundation has already completed 22 major trainings around the
country and is currently engaged in statewide poll worker trainings
that will reach thousands of poll workers in eight key states.

People For Foundation has distributed thousands of voter ID toolkits,
voter ID flyers and other voting materials and will be reaching tens
of thousands of voters with voter ID palm cards in the most critical
states where voter suppression efforts are taking place.

THERE ARE ONLY 19 DAYS LEFT! Help expose the "voter fraud" myth for
what it is: a distraction from the Right's despicable tactics of voter
intimidation and direct challenges to tens of thousands of eligible
voters.


-- Kathryn Kolbert, President

P.S. Fox News has been hammering the "voter fraud" message constantly,
and it's fitting that one of the main "experts" they've been
interviewing is Hans Von Spakovsky, a Bush administration official who
has made an entire career out of figuring out ways to deny voters
ballot access. It reiterates that what we're up against is a
coordinated effort that includes the entire right-wing media echo
chamber as well as the current administration.
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From: "John H. Fisher" <TaxService@aol.com>
Newsgroups: phl.media,austin.general,phl.misc
Subject: Re: Nutty Attacks On ACORN
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:29:44 -0700 (PDT)
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