READER COMMENTS ON
"Almost Half of GOP Voters: ACORN Stole It Again!"
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COMMENT #1 [Permalink]
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Keith Brekhus
said on 12/4/2012 @ 6:34 pm PT...
Its incredible how far disconnected some in the Republican Party have become from reality. First they believed the polls were "skewed" and when it turns out that the polls were right, they turned to fraud as an explanation. Fraud by a group that doesn't even exist no less. Good luck with that GOP voters.
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Ernest A. Canning
said on 12/4/2012 @ 8:08 pm PT...
What an apropos photo, Brad. It provides context for the word "wingnut." Though you might have also thrown in a few loose screws.
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Soul Rebel
said on 12/4/2012 @ 11:06 pm PT...
But seriously, let's go ahead and give them...Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska. Carve it right on out, and help them move. They can't have Utah and Wyoming, too pretty. And they can't have Louisiana on east because they've shown they don't know how to handle coastline. But I'd offer them those 5 states, right now. Take the deal.
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Soul Rebel
said on 12/5/2012 @ 5:49 am PT...
OT: Progressive Radio AM 1090 is getting pulled here in the Seattle area. In favor of yet another sports channel. Goodbye Randi, Mike, Thom, Ed, Stephanie, Norm... unless people can afford to drop money on podcasts. Totally crazy.
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Randy D
said on 12/5/2012 @ 8:55 am PT...
This calls for the creation of a cartoon character: "Acorn, the voter fraud fairy". Acorn might look like Tinkerbell, but with a hat resembling an acorn (nut) crown. She'll have a magic marker in one hand, and a disguise kit in the other. Like Santa Claus she will have the power to be everywhere at once, since that would be necessary to forge 5-10 million votes one at a time.
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Ralph Crown
said on 12/5/2012 @ 9:21 am PT...
The other 51% variously blame Fat Albert, the Tooth Fairy, Darth Vader, and Iran.
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R. Charan Pagan
said on 12/5/2012 @ 9:56 am PT...
An important point about ACORN that often goes unsaid is that they were required by law to turn in ALL voter registrations, including any that were known to be fraudulent. The fact that Republicans made political hay out of this is testament to how ridiculous the party has become and how ignorant the electorate has become.
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Brett
said on 12/5/2012 @ 10:26 am PT...
It's misleading to state "Half of the Republicans polled (49%) thought ACORN stole the election" even though that statement comes straight from the Public Policy Polling press release.
This is a ridiculous result from a ridiculous poll question: "Do you think that Barack Obama legitimately won the Presidential election this year, or do you think that ACORN stole it for him?"
So, the response "I think the results were not legitimate" is automatically recorded as "ACORN stole it."
The results would be much different if the question was, say, "Do you think ACORN stole the election?" or "How did Obama win?"
COMMENT #9 [Permalink]
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Ska-T
said on 12/5/2012 @ 3:21 pm PT...
This election WAS stolen, just like all our major elections in the past 40 years or so. First the potential candidates are vetted by the controlling power structure (corporations, the super wealth, corrupt politicians, etc). Any questionable candidates that squeak by to the primary are marginalized by the corporate media and are soundly defeated. In the general election we are given a chance to select from their first and second choice. That's democracy?
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Keith Brekhus
said on 12/5/2012 @ 3:39 pm PT...
This election WAS stolen, just like all our major elections in the past 40 years or so
In the sense that corporate power and media consolidation puts forth certain candidates and marginalizes others, I see the point. However, that is a very different argument than the argument that the election was stolen by voter fraud.
In addition, the idea that "ACORN stole the election" is an argument used by those who want to further strengthen the power of elites and those who already hold power by denigrating the very types of community grassroots organizations (like the now defunct ACORN) that work to empower the least empowered members of our inequitable political and economic system.
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Big Dan
said on 12/6/2012 @ 6:36 am PT...
...and people on food stamps are buying lobsters! ...and Canadians come here for health care (how do they pay for it?)
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Big Dan
said on 12/6/2012 @ 6:42 am PT...
Brett @ #8: one of the choices was "not sure", so that blows your theory out of the water. Instead of answering "ACORN stole it", they could've put "not sure".
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Dredd
said on 12/6/2012 @ 8:12 am PT...
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Nunyabiz
said on 12/6/2012 @ 9:13 am PT...
This election was "almost" stolen by Karl Rove, if not for Anonymous it would have been stolen in the exact same way they DID steal the 2004 election.
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Coyne Tibbets
said on 12/6/2012 @ 6:52 pm PT...
Wow: Acorn is a new conspiring organization, just like the Freemasons, the Trilateral Commission, and the Illumnati.
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Just Wondrin
said on 12/7/2012 @ 8:11 am PT...
What an appropriate picture. Not a single acorn in all those nuts1
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Magdalen Morris
said on 12/17/2012 @ 3:44 pm PT...
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Brandon Savannah
said on 12/17/2012 @ 3:44 pm PT...
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