John McCain's Praising Speech at ACORN Rally

So the Republicans think they've found a new bugbear with which to hoodwink voters. Turns out McCain is cynically, dishonestly and knowingly using ACORN as an election disruption tool. So much for the man of integrity he promised to be before his handlers dangled all the shiny pretties in front of him.



Said an ACORN spokesperson:

"In most states, ACORN is required by law to turn in every voter registration card -- even in cases where the cards are not valid," the organization insists, adding that ACORN "has reported almost all of the issues regarding voter registration cards..."

"Invalid voter registration cards do NOT constitute voter fraud. Even RNC General Counsel Sean Cairncross has recently acknowledged he is not aware of a single improper vote cast as a result of bad cards submitted in the course of an organized voter registration effort..."

"ACORN hired 13,000 field workers to register people to vote. In any endeavor of this size, some people will engaged in inappropriate conduct. ACORN has a zero tolerance policy and terminated any field workers caught engaging in questionable activity..."

"At the end of the day, as ACORN is paying these people to register voters, it is ACORN that is defrauded."

Quote of the Day

A damsel with a dulcimer (6)
In a vision once I saw:
It was an Abyssinian (7) maid,
And on her dulcimer she played,
Singing of Mount Abora.
Could I revive within me
Her symphony and song,
To such a deep delight 'twould win me,
That with music loud and long,
I would build that dome in air,
That sunny dome! those caves of ice!
And all who heard should see them there,
And all should cry, Beware! Beware!
His flashing eyes, his floating hair!
Weave a circle round him thrice, (8)
And close your eyes with holy dread,
For he on honey-dew hath fed,
And drunk the milk of Paradise.

--"Kubla Khan" - Samuel Taylor Coleridge