The Real News about ACORN
It is simply amazing that this so-called scandal of false voter-registration occupies any space at all in the news cycle, much less engenders an FBI investigation and an ominous (and utterly false) warning from Mr. McCain in the most recent presidential debate. As anyone who has even an elementary understanding of the process knows, the chances of a single false registration application form leading to a fraudulent vote is next to nil. And as the NYT editors point out, there is zero evidence of this ever happening, not a single instance has been brought to light. And even if it did happen once or twice, or even a hundred times, it would hardly affect the outcome in all but the most closely contested elections, hardly the "greatest fraud in voter history" Mr. McCain suggests.
This ACORN scandal is indeed a scandal, but having nothing to do with the actions of ACORN or fraudulent votes. The scandal is that this is yet another attempt by the GOP to inspire distrust in the democratic process and manipulate elections to their own ends. Shame on the larger media (but thanks to the NYT editors for today's column) for failing to report on the concerted GOP duplicity, in which McCain is an active participant. That is the only real news here.
This ACORN scandal is indeed a scandal, but having nothing to do with the actions of ACORN or fraudulent votes. The scandal is that this is yet another attempt by the GOP to inspire distrust in the democratic process and manipulate elections to their own ends. Shame on the larger media (but thanks to the NYT editors for today's column) for failing to report on the concerted GOP duplicity, in which McCain is an active participant. That is the only real news here.
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