Repeat of Florida 2000?

[Skeptic Ginger]

I am not sure about this. The claims that Bush wasn't really legitimate don't seem to have had that much impact, so I am not sure why they would think that similar claims about Obama would.

But you are looking at the Democratic spin machine. In 2000, the Dems were not on a mission to discredit Bush.

That has no bearing on whether the Reps are on a mission in 2008 to discredit Obama. In fact, I am seeing more and more evidence of this as the days go by.

 

[Random]

This is insanity. You guys are still convinced this ACORN thing is part of some elaborate conspiarcy rather than even the possiblity it could have any merit whatsoever. Unbelievable. It's obvious we will never be able to address real issues of voter fraud, ever, becuase it'll just be deny, deny deny.. or in the end, claim it's a method of voter surpression.

Sigh. I'm very depressed about this, because I simply can't believe you guys are willing to go so far in order to deny the possible reality that some people in ACORN (and indeed some people beyond ACORN) actively seek to commit voter fraud. Despite it's being talked about and reported on since the 2000 election. I honestly find this very distressing.

I mean, why do you think there are investigations going on in virtually all the battleground states? Are you seriously suggesting that the GOP and the administration are somehow forcing the FBI to do this as all part of an elaborate conspiracy? I find this completely mind boggling from people who would normally discount such government conspiracies at the drop of a hat. But you really think that Bush is actively trying to coerce the FBI to do the dirty work of the GOP, and there are no wistleblowers at all? In a huge federal law enforcement agency? Are they doing these investigations based only on some "claims" that have no merit? You guys know they don't work that way.. the FBI doesn't start investigating things on a whim. There must have been at least some (even if minimal) tangible evidence of a problem to get them involved.

It doesn’t have to be an elaborate conspiracy really. The current head of the FBI is a Bush appointee. It could just be, “Hey Bob, could you hassle those ACORN jerks about three or four weeks prior to the election?” “Sure thing George. Oh yeah, are you going to Crawford for Chistmas this year?”

The Bush administration has spent the last eight years seeding the federal government with right-wing partisan fruitcakes at all levels. Do you remember the attorney general scandal? That was about firing AGs for failing to pursue voter fraud cases, even if there was no voter fraud. And several of those AGs appointed to take their place are mixed up in this latest round of “voter-fraud” cases.

As for ACORN, I am sure the FBI will clear them of wrongdoing, after the election.