[MD] growth and sustainability

[Platt Holden]

> 
> Platt said:
> I only know about election fraud from news reports, many about Acorn which
> is apparently encouraging false voter registration in several states. The
> purpose must be to affect the outcome of the election. Otherwise, why make
> the effort? In any case, false registration is a violation of law.
> 
> dmb says:
> The notion that ACORN is perpetrating a fraud isn't asserted in the in
> news reports so much as the McCain campaign and McCain himself. The
> reports I've heard, seen and read usually explain that the fraud is being
> committed AGAINST acorn, not by it. They end up paying good money for
> bogus names. In fact, they're the ones that reported it to the legal
> authorities. 
> 
> Did you see the reports about what happened to acorn after McCain's
> accusations in the last debate? He'd said acorn was about to "destroy the
> fabric of our democracy" and the very next day branch offices across the
> nation were flooded with angry e-mails, many of which included racist
> slurs and threats of violence. In a few cases offices were vandalized and
> death threats were issued. 
> 
> If acorn's job is to help voters register to vote and McCain is
> deliberately trying to discredit them for no legitimate reason, the who
> really threatens the fabric of democracy?
> 
> Oh, and did you hear the report about the Montana Republicans' effort to
> SUPPRESS votes? The judge pointed out that the voter suppression efforts
> there in Montana fit a nation wide pattern of behavior by Republicans and
> that this pattern made it impossible to believe that the busted Republican
> operative had any sincere interest in rooting out any real problems. Like
> her, I think it's completely obvious that these party loyalists have very
> little respect for democracy, if any.
> 
> Don't take my word for it. Surf the net. Any reasonable person can see
> this pattern too. 
> 
> Country first, my ass.

>From the NY Times, Oct. 16:

"Acorn has acknowledged that some of its part-time canvassers have 
submitted false or duplicate registrations, and the authorities in about a 
dozen states have been looking into reports of suspect voter registration 
applications." 

Your crudity contributes a lot to MOQ discuss.

Platt