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ACLU PHOTO ID SUIT IN WI COULD REVERSE SIMILAR LAWS ELSEWHERE
Class action suit filed against WI GOP's Photo ID voting restrictions, if successful, could create a new national precedent...
w/ Brad & Desi
TODAY: Arsenic in groundwater near coal plants; Bizarre meltdown at NRC; BP gets a license to drill; Solar surge in 2011; PLUS: Speaker Boehner's 'human oil spill'...
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Busted for Election Fraud in WI's 'Recall Walker' Effort
A 30-year old WI man -- with a record of mischief -- is charged with defacing petitions in the effort to recall Gov. Scott Walker. The genius faces three years in jail...
E-VOTE SYSTEM IN PA COUNTY 'REMOTELY ACCESSED'
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GOP Being Destroyed by 'Propaganda, Pseudo-Facts, Pretend Information'
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SPYING THE
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GOP VOTER SUPPRESSION BILL PLACED ON HOLD IN OHIO, ON BALLOT IN 2012
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Voter Suppressing GOP State Rep. Admits No Voter Fraud Probs in FL
Goes on to lie about non-partisan League of Women Voters, forced to end 72-year voter reg program...
TORTURED BY LAPD, LASD FOR NON-VIOLENT PROTEST?
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84-Year Old WI Woman May Need to Pay $200 to Vote Under GOP's New Suppression Law
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CLEAR CHANNEL REMOVES PROGRESSIVE TALK RADIO FROM AIR IN SAN FRAN
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SPECIAL COVERAGE: The GOP's ACORN 'Voter Fraud' Hoax

The GOP's ACORN
'Voter Fraud' Hoax
(2008 Version
)

The seeds for this scam had been planted long ago. But by the GOP, not by ACORN. See our Special Coverage page of the GOP's "American Center for Voting Rights" front group, formed in early 2005 (just three days before they were called to testify to Congress on the '04 election) to begin the propaganda front for the 2008 election.

Also, see the Rosetta Stone for the modern day GOP "voter fraud" scam --- meant only to keep legal voters from being able to cast a vote at all --- in "Conservative Founding Father" Paul Weyrich's 1980 speech to 15,000 Baptist preachers in Dallas. The :40 second video is here, featuring Weyrich instructing his fellow rightwingers (including Ronald Reagan and Jerry Falwell, who were also there):

"I don't want everybody to vote. Elections are not won by a majority of people, they never have been from the beginning of our country and they are not now. As a matter of fact, our leverage in the elections quite candidly goes up as the voting populace goes down."

And then, right on schedule, in the days prior to the 2008 election, the GOP again hauled out their bogus ACORN "voter fraud" scam, as the latest battle in the ongoing "Republican War on Democracy".

Here are the most notable stories from that recently reignited scam...

10/7/08: 'Stunt' Raid at NV ACORN Office & the GOP ACORN Lie Revealed
10/8/08: RNC Issues Fox 'News' Transcript on ACORN 'Voter Fraud' as Press Release
10/9/08: GOP Election Official Claims ACORN 'Voter Fraud' in MO
10/9/08: GOP Sheriff Claims 'Voter Fraud' in Dem County in OH
10/12/08: FL's 'Voting-Rigging' Congressman Cries 'Voter Fraud' on Fox
10/12/08: 1.3 Million Reasons for the GOP 'Dixie-Chicking' of ACORN...


...And the FACTS to Counter It...
10/13/08: Brad at UK's Guardian - "The Republican Voter Fraud Hoax"
10/13/08: McCain Was ACORN's Keynote Speaker in 2006!
10/14/08: So Where's the ACORN 'Voter Fraud'? (Hint: It doesn't exist)
10/16/08: John McCain: 'One of the Greatest Frauds in Voter History'
He Should Know, As Even Some Republicans Begin to Back off the Lie
10/19/08: CA GOP Vote Registration Contractor Arrested for Registration Fraud, Perjury
10/21/08: GOP Charges of ACORN 'Voter Fraud' in NM Fall Apart
10/22/08: VIDEO: Colbert Declares GOP ACORN 'Voter Fraud' Hoax a National Joke
10/25/08: VIDEO: The Truth About ACORN
PLUS: Unprecedented Politicization from White House and DoJ...
10/31/08: VIDEO: 'Daily Show' Slams GOP's ACORN 'Voter Fraud' Scam
11/1/08: McCain Rep Admits 'Not a Single Instance of Voter Fraud'
1/29/09: GOP Investigation Finds Single Case of Voter Fraud in OH
America-Hating Republican Cowards Fail to Apologize

3/18/09: Officials Say Feds Inappropriately Involved in Nevada's Pre-Election ACORN 'Voter Fraud' Raid
6/17/09: Head of CA GOP Voter Registration Firm Pleads Guilty to Voter Registration Fraud
FLASHBACK VIDEO: Brad covers arrest with 'Fox News Alert' on FNC last October amidst phony ACORN brouhaha...

Getting the picture? Please click the links above to learn what you aren't being told about this story by the clueless corporate media.

Additionally strongly recommended reading:

And what you're not hearing about because of the GOP's ACORN "voter fraud" hoax:

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