Added: Nov 22, 2008
From: AntiConformist911
Duration: 10:32
John McCain's new "Who is Barack Obama" ad pushes the boundaries of American gutter politics to new lows, even beyond the infamous "swiftboating" of John Kerry four years ago. The ad focuses on Obama's connections with ACORN in Chicago. The worried narrator tells us: What did ACORN Chicago engage in? Bullying banks. Intimidation tactics. Disruption of business. ACORN forced banks to issue risky home loans. The same types of loans that caused the financial crisis we are in today.This is so absurd it almost defies belief, but this is the garbage that McCain is shoveling, so let's see if we can take out some trash. ACORN is a national community organizing group that works with the very poor, and has been doing so since 1970. Organizing really poor people is difficult work, notoriously hard to sustain. ACORN is almost alone in staying at it. ACORN certainly has its critics, as does any organization that has been politically active for 38 years. But its track record is also impressive in many ways. ACORN is one of the very very few political resources the truly poor in America have. The idea that ACORN has victimized banks into making risky home loans and is therefore somehow responsible for the current financial crisis is something we might justifiably refer to as a big lie - a statement that is so extreme as to be beyond the bounds of rational discussion, and thus difficult to reply to in conventional political terms. Who is at fault? THE POOR. Of course! They forced those nice bankers to write all those mortgages at usurious rates! Probably forced them into those golden parachutes as well. Bolsheviks all!McCain, Obama, Palin, Biden, and virtually every other American politician have been speaking in the last weeks of how to protect Main Street from Wall Street. Now McCain would have us believe we need to protect "Wall Street from Skid Row!Then the ad turns to allegations that ACORN engages in "massive voter fraud." And concludes by alleging that Obama is using "ACORN front groups" (note the Communist association).Republican accusations of ACORN "voter fraud" have become standard fare in recent elections. The story behind this lie is this: ACORN hires people do to voter registration among the poor. This is in keeping with ACORN's general approach: they hire poor people to work with poor people. Those hired are paid for each registered voter. There is a temptation for the people doing the work to paid their lists with phony names to get a little extra meal money. There is a legitimate basis for criticizing this practice, and some progressives have done so. But do keep in mind that there is overwhelming data that shows that the poor in the US vote in very low numbers. The barriers they face are many and diverse. (If you are interested in pursuing this, a good place to start is Piven and Cloward's book, "Why Americans Don't Vote").ACORN is well aware of the potential downside of their approach, and tries to filter out phony registration forms. Often times, it has been ACORN itself who has identified the phony names and had them pulled from the voter rolls. But what happens when they miss some? The phony forms will most likely get tossed out. If they don't, there will be a phony name on the voting list that no one can vote under. No one will be able to show up at the poll and produce an ID showing that they are the phony person, living at the phony address, and vote. The only one cheated is ACORN, which ends up paying their activists for work they didn't do. THERE IS NO "VOTER FRAUD" HERE. Certainly not "massive." Josh Marshall explains all this in detail on Talking Points Memo. Where this leaves the realm of farce and enters the realm of actually dangerous is how this whole ACORN lie dovetails with the William Ayers lie - the idea being peddled relentlessly by Sarah Palin that Obama somehow has a secret, long and profound connection to Ayers and 1960s "terrorists." While we're at it, why not demonize those who work with the poor? Remember the Republican convention? "He's a community organizer!" (Sarah Palin)Electorally, I don't think any of this is going to work. Maybe in a more typical political environment, but the global financial collapse we are in the midst of is hardly that. No, I think Palin and McCain are just digging themselves deeper into a hole. The problem will come after November 4, when a significant sector of Americans wakes up and believe,s actually believes, that their country is being taken over by terrorists! Socialists! UnAmericans! Poor people! This, I think, is quite dangerous.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-ostertag/mccain-palin-demonizing-t_b_133812.html
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CBERASTUS Says:
Nov 22, 2008 - I'm sorry folks, but all of the negative rhetoric must stop! You are forgetting that Affirmative Action is the 'law of the land' now...and has been for nearly forty years. It is our civic responsibility to 'turn a blind eye' from any and all corruption if it benefits African Americans
luvcontree Says:
Nov 22, 2008 - Actually, ABC news. He was registering for absentee ballots..I gather you weren't watching the "real" news on a real channel. It made it to Liberal channels, CBS, NBC and ABC.
tallpaul2002 Says:
Nov 22, 2008 - how does "We officially endorse Obama" make you a "non-partisan" group?btw...nice job of cutting out all those talking about the other side in the clips.
Eliseluvs712 Says:
Nov 22, 2008 - I notice they don't allow me to show LINK to PROOF REPUBLICANS are LYING about ACORN, when THEY ARE purging military voters who are black,and all black neighborhoods are targeted for purging LEGITIMATE voters from registration list. If you want the proof email me and i will send the link to you
robinkeyster Says:
Nov 22, 2008 - 4 more years.. 4 more years.. 4 more years.. 4 more years..Kick people out of their homes, then deny their right to vote. Who prospers? Republican=despicable.
rdgrdgff Says:
Nov 22, 2008 - YPUR ARE A FUCKIN IDIOT mcaain is so liberal he should have A D infront of his name
adrianosomega2 Says:
Nov 22, 2008 - EDUCATION OVER IGNORANCE!!!EQUALITY OVER BIGOTRY!!!INTELLECT OVER STUPIDITY!!!RESPECT OVER RUDENESS!!!TRUTH OVER LIES!!!DIPLOMACY OVER WAR!!!UNDERSTANDING OVER FEAR!!!ISSUES OVER DECEPTION!!!PROGRESS OVER STAGNATION!!!COUNTRY OVER POLITICS!!!HOPE OVER HATE!!!EASY CHOICE ISN'T IT!?OBAMA OVER McCAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MuglyTheWorm Says:
Nov 22, 2008 - isn't the republicans being investigate now for a fraudulent investigation of acorn?
casan20007 Says:
Nov 22, 2008 - There are certainly problems and I don't think anyone disagrees on that," said Wang of Common Cause. "But it doesn't get reported that ACORN finds these registrations errors themselves. They flag them as being no good, but they have to turn them in anyway.""They don't get processed," she said. "And Mickey Mouse is not going to vote."
dirtbagdarrell2008 Says:
Nov 22, 2008 - Everything is racism. Fuck that shit. Thats a cop out. I hate everybody so I'm the biggest racist. Whoopdidoo
therealityimliving Says:
Nov 22, 2008 - you think education is expensive try ignorence! obama 08
aolstrawpoll Says:
Nov 22, 2008 - Hey everybody wanna see a REAL POLL. Type in McCain Landslide look for aolstrawpoll. Just like in 2004 Kerry was up by 10 points at the same time. Go McCain!
jademm Says:
Nov 22, 2008 - I'm going to go out on a limb and predict that you'll be eating crow for dinner on November 4th. Bon appetit!
aolstrawpoll Says:
Nov 22, 2008 - Hey want to see a real poll check out my video response. Click on the lovely red map of the USA in the Video response above.
teton99 Says:
Nov 22, 2008 - Obama's Red ShirtsINVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY Posted 10/22/2008 A list of government funding of ACORN released by Boehner reveals that some $31 million in taxpayer dollars have been given to the group since 1998. Using Federal Register records, Boehner found ACORN got the money through 54 individual grants in 11 different states. They would have gotten much more if the original Democratic version of the federal rescue bill had passed.
KaeEllen Says:
Nov 22, 2008 - Most people don't even know what ACORN is and what it does.Do yourselves a favor: type "Help spread the truth about ACORN" in YouTube search, and watch.
SOSnUSA Says:
Nov 22, 2008 - Wake up, Both parties are bought and paid for.Do we have to wait for years for you Obama Zombies to catch up to what is happening?Obama and McCain = puppetsFaith in either = ingnorance
SOSnUSA Says:
Nov 22, 2008 - Aww!!!! lets yell racist every time we don't want to deal with something.Obama censors comments on his youtube videos.If you mention the CFR it won't post but if you leave a racist comment, it gets posted every time.Sure why not blame everyone not supporting Obama as a racist.
seka1986 Says:
Nov 22, 2008 - Why is this racist? Because it's true and you have no defense?
ercpinellas Says:
Nov 22, 2008 - Republicans have wrote the book on rigging elections and suppressing votes for decades.GOOGLE:(Book) How to Rig an Election: Confessions of a REPUBLICAN Operative: Allen Raymond
gamingeagle19 Says:
Nov 22, 2008 - Anticonformist911,have you been living under a rock. It's confirmed that ACORN is committing massive fraud. The FBI has raided facilities in 13 states. They have signed fictional people as voters, like "Mickey Mouse" and have signed people multiple times. They have forced people to vote for Obama even mentally challenged people. They are a terrible organization and Obama used to work with them as a lawyer and recently gave them almost a million dolars.
pcgamingguru Says:
Nov 22, 2008 - Buddy he can't help it..you can't reason with a total dumbass
gamingeagle19 Says:
Nov 22, 2008 - It was worth a shot.
BitterCycle Says:
Nov 22, 2008 - All those people who worked for acorn who said they were pushing obama, all those voters who admitted to voting several times, and even people who worked and organized for acorn admitted the fraud. I suppose mccain forced these people to adsmit all of this. I'm tired of black racist hypocrites getting away with crap because they can always holler racism. Regardless of the outcome, this is not over on november 4th 2008. We will not be pushed around forever.
spring1978ukma Says:
Nov 22, 2008 - Maybe because if you had any BRAINS what so ever you could figure this out by yourself. When a person goes into vote, his NAME and ADDRESS and IDENTIFICATION is checked. Do you honestly think that the REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS aren't going to notice the SAME EXACT NAME on the list 72 times? I have worked at the polls, I know some people get registered MORE THAN ONCE, it is NOT uncommon, but even if they do, IT IS CAUGHT, look at your registration card and THINK!