And where will the downside come from for these people? Will there be any punishment for them? If ACORN falls away like so much dead and decaying wood, big deal! That group panders to and supposedly champions the poor and unfortunate in our society. Since our government routinely takes money from those that have and use it to work on those that quit school, have numerous children out of wedlock, have criminal records or whatever their personal story is, we could actually see the sequel – ACORN II: THE SEARCH FOR MORE MONEY!! And even if the same people run it, the likes of Barney Franks and Nancy Pelosi will throw money at it to buy those votes whether they are legit or not.

Links between ACORN and Barry O, are inconsequential at this point, don’t confuse the average voter with facts. Their minds are made up. I was speaking to my neighbors last night and they had no idea what ACORN was, who Ayers was and had no idea where Barry O was born or about his history. These are good ahrdworking people that don’t pay as much attention to politics because they are raising children and working their jobs to pay their taxes and indirectly support ACORN. They cited the lack of passion in the McCain race and quite frankly said that if he didn’t seem to want it, why would they put a sign in their yard.

By BCB on 10.14.08 12:19 pm

With any luck, your stupid neighbors will stay home. I don’t like McCain but he’s not a porker. Do your neighbors understand about pork?

By TNOPINION on 10.14.08 2:09 pm

Hi Terry,

Glad to see your on top of all the important issues on your blog. I’m not sure if you remember me, but I’m the local girl that wrote the election book. My pen name is Marie Stacey and the book’s title is “The Election of Ideologies: Do You Know Where You Stand?”

My book should be on Amazon and B&N by the end of the week online! In the meantime, I’ve made a new blog and am keeping it updated with breaking news as well. I have an article on “ACORN — The Voter Fraud Organization” that you might find interesting. Also, on the October Suprise, Sarah Palin, and John McCain’s passion. I’d love it if you could check it out.

Have you heard of any organization that is combatting this voter fraud or is it mostly left up to the people counting ballots? I want to get involved if possible to make this voter fraud stop.

By Marie Stacey on 10.14.08 3:22 pm

My New Blog is:

mariestacey.wordpress.com

By Marie Stacey on 10.14.08 3:23 pm

Marie:

I’m in if you need any help. I haven’t advanced to the point of actually writing a book like you – congratulations by the way – but would love to get involved in something that could possibly make a difference.

One thing I’ve noticed about Conservatives is their willingness to get fired up about an issue and run to the keyboard. Each time something new comes up about Obama or something vile has been said about Palin by some pseudo-celebrity, the keyboards get abuzzin’. This does have its benefits as you rarely see a Conservative embarass the movement by slicing tires, burning yard signs, wearing inappropriate and demeaning clothing, and/or holding embarassing protests, etc…

However, we ARE at a disadvantage when it comes to getting the word out. We obviously can’t count on the MSM. Problem is that I feel we are just speaking to the choir when issues need to be addressed. Rants on Conservative websites are generally well-received and read only by other Conservatives. There is very little traction to this.

Point being: we need to try each and every outlet we can to save this Country. And, I’m not just speaking of the next election. I know we have jobs to work and families to raise. I have two children, go to school full-time and work. Folks…It doesn’t do us any good to work hard and raise our children correctly if we are going to have a Big Brother, high-taxing, socially (extremist) liberal government telling us what to do with our kids and our money. We are losing this Country piece by piece.

It’s time that the silent majority become pro-active. I thank Lee and Terry for at least giving us an outlet on the radio. Now, it’s up to us to walk the walk.

By Ty on 10.14.08 4:52 pm

They will go and vote. They will vote for McCain. My point is that McCain has shown the passion and drive of a day-old bowl of oatmeal. At least the oatmeal can be molded and shaped. I realize that McCain and company assume that TN is going his way. But when people don’t even know what the candidate stands for, how are they to get excited? Not everyone is like us and tries to stay informed. Some people have to have it handed to them like a Happy Meal. Barry O has done MUCH better at that than the GOP has. That was my point.

I hope they don’t stay home. As long as they vote, there is hope that they will learn why they need to do it.

By BCB on 10.14.08 6:36 pm

I have heard that the courts in the state of Ohio have ordered cetain actions that would assure that fraudulant voting registrations were detected. I see no way to do that in Tennessee. What would you do? I like the idea of provisional balloting for challenged voters and I like the idea of video taping the whole process. Probably the biggest threat in Tennessee is college students that have multiple residences and live within driving distance of both locations. The early voting makes this problem even bigger.
Counties with unusual increases in new registrations should be studied first. The suspect Counties might be:

TIPTON 13.49%
MOORE 7.98%
RUTHERFORD 7.44%
MONTGOMERY 7.26%
WILLIAMSON 6.17%
TROUSDALE 6.10%
ROBERTSON 6.02%
SUMNER 6.01%
FAYETTE 5.96%
DAVIDSON 5.90%

The median percent increase is 4.74%.
Data is from June 01, 2008.

By Danny L. Newton on 10.15.08 1:24 am

Your homework:

http://www.truthout.org/101308R

An excerpt:

“”There’s a lot more rhetoric than reality when it comes to actual voter fraud,” said Dan Tokaji, an elections law expert at Ohio State University. “There’s this public perception that voter fraud is common when the reality is that it’s quite rare.”

A 2005 report by the League of Women Voters of Ohio and the Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio found that of about 9 million votes cast in the state from 2002-2004, there were four fraudulent ballots. The data was collected from interviews with all 88 county boards of elections. ”

Now, about the matter of election fraud, in which large numbers of votes disappear from one candidate and reappear in favor of another?

By SemiPundit on 10.15.08 1:43 am

Oh yeah, Semi; there’s some really unbiased research (sarcasm dripping off the keys).

By David on 10.15.08 5:16 am

Semi, I just checked a few sites and ACORN and the Coalition on Homelessness and Housing appear in a number of places together. Why? Similiar “customer” base? Agenda? So when they conduct a survey on voter fraud, we can certainly trust them and county boards of elections.

Wait, aren’t those some of the same types of entities that supposedly “stole” the election when Bush won? The Dems screamed bloody murder over a chad and yet want to sweep this 800 lb gorilla under the rug. Yeah, that is fair and objective.

By BCB on 10.15.08 6:41 am

The Miami Herald won a Pulitzer Prize in 1999 for uncovering how “vote brokers” employed by candidate Xavier Suarez stole a mayoral election by tampering with 4,740 absentee ballots. Many were cast by homeless people who didn’t live in the city and were paid $10 apiece and shuttled to the elections office in vans. All of the absentee ballots were thrown out by a court four months later and Mr. Suarez’s opponent was installed as mayor.

In 2001, the voter rolls in many American cities included more names than the U.S. Census listed as the total number of residents over age eighteen. Philadelphia’s voter rolls, for instance, have jumped 24 percent since 1995 at the same time that the city’s population has declined by 13 percent. CBS’s 60 Minutes created a stir in 1999 when it found people in California using mail-in forms to register fictitious people, or pets, and then obtaining absentee ballots in their names. By this means, for example, the illegal alien who assassinated the Mexican presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio was registered to vote in San Pedro, California — twice.

a U.S. Senate probe into fraud in a Senate race in Louisiana found more than 1,500 cases in which two voters used the same Social Security number. But further investigations collapsed after Democratic senators walked off the probe, calling it unfair, and then Attorney General Janet Reno removed FBI agents from the case because the probe wasn’t “bipartisan.”

Democracy Imperiled by John Fund.

Truth is the election boards have no clue how widespread voter fraud is occurring. ACORN and other like organizations count on that fact.

By Rick Forman on 10.15.08 12:52 pm

I you want to see what the talk is about in Ohio concerning blatant voter fraud,

go to this link:

http://www.palestra.net/news/politics/17193

Tiffany Wilson and Shelby Holiday are doing a great job of covering what the networks won’t.

What they uncovered is a total sham, and the exposure they gave is causing the cretin to scurry for cover.

Including egg on the face of the Ohio SOS.

Just WOW!

By Dave Kittley on 10.16.08 10:17 pm

Here is the original link on Early Voting Fraud in Ohio.

Tiffany Wilson & Shelby Holiday made this earlier this week.

A picture is worth 1000 words, this is powerful.

Link follows:

http://www.palestra.net/news/politics/17094

By Dave Kittley on 10.16.08 10:56 pm

I’m not sure who pays attention to the NYT or anything they have to say on their editorial page, but I found the October 17th editorial to be a waste of effort at best and willful ignorance of the facts in an attempt to bring about socialism at the worst.

Here is the problem as I see it:
ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, claims to be the nation’s largest community organization of low- and moderate-income families, working for social justice. I don’t know what “social justice” is, but I would bet it isn’t based on Capitalism and a free market.
ACORN and its practices are a problem.
ACORN has a lot of support by various liberals in power.
ACORN “registers” mostly Democrats.
ACORN has found itself at the heart of the Fannie and Freddie scandal because they tried to bring about “social justice.”
ACORN has repeatedly said that it accepts NO government funding.

The NYT apparently is incapable or unwilling to do ANY fact checking and is content to live in a drug-induced dream world and buys everything that ACORN says. Their editorial appears to actually be a “cut and paste” from the ACORN sight. They state as fact that the “McCain campaign has accused the group of perpetrating voter fraud by intentionally submitting invalid registration forms, including some with fictional names like Mickey Mouse and others for voters who are already registered.” So far, I can almost let them get away with it.

Then they state as fact: “Based on the information that has come to light so far, the charges appear to be wildly overblown — and intended to hobble Acorn’s efforts.” I am impressed that anyone at “the Old Gray Lady” even is able to read, but what really impresses me is that apparently they can read minds. They actually can tell why something is done when it has not been expressed to the public. But I “digest.” lol

So, in this editorial, they refer to ACORN as: “well-meaning private organizations that use low-paid workers.” Private? Well meaning? Let’s look at these words.

Private. John Boehner put forth information that ACORN has received at least $31 million dollars in the past 10 years DIRECTLY from the Federal government in the form of grants. That does not include the other millions that have been siphoned off of state and local funding sources. I would hardly consider that “private” but I guess from a socialist point of view; who knows? If they want to claim being private, then they should not even apply for and refuse any future government related grant money. What will Chris Dodd do with his checkbook? Or B-HO for that matter?

Well meaning? We are led to believe that this group that is using Robin Hood as an idol is this great group of “saints” trying to make the “low and moderate income” areas little slices of heaven. I’m sure someone believes that. But what about the internal corruption that has grown within the upper echelon of ACORN? Didn’t an ACORN staff member embezzle over $1 million from the organization? Wouldn’t we expect this group of “do-gooders” to immediately ask for swift justice in the name of “low and moderate income” people? After all, these people can’t even register or get a house without ACORN’s assistance. Just think of all the cigarettes they could have distributed with that money to increase the role of registered voter!!! But instead, what did they do? They kept it quiet and kept the offender on the payroll for, I’m sorry, almost 8 years? (Correct me if I’m wrong please) They took away his responsibility but left him on the payroll. Why? Dang good question and I’m glad you asked. It was Wade Rathke, the founder and chief organizer, who covered it up because it was his brother, Dale that was the suspect. Wade decided it would “tarnish” ACORN’s reputation if that info got out. Wow, ethics, charity and community organization all rolled into one. I can’t believe anyone would want to sully their name.

ACORN was founded by a person that is more worried about his reputation than what is right. He is worried more about social justice than criminal justice. He is more worried about providing a voice for the “low and moderate income” than he is preserving a “one person- one vote” philosophy. Why are we questioning them again? And we won’t even go into the housing issue here. I want to be able to rant again someday. lol

By BCB on 10.18.08 12:55 pm

A thought occurred to me (I’ve had 4 this year so I am over my quota now lol). Can the Secretary of State for Ohio, Jennifer Brunner, actually certify election results when she is now very aware of these voter issues? It lists on her website that her office “investigates election fraud and irregularities”. I realize that they supposedly can’t call it fraud until the county office investigates it according to the SCOTUS decision, but at least they can make it fit the definition of irregularities. My point is that the SoS of Ohio is aware through the state offices that there are 200,000 potential voter registration issues. It seems to me that for her to certify an election, with that potential for abuse, would be criminal or at least a gross neglect of duty. I wonder who could answer that question?

By BCB on 10.18.08 1:25 pm