What was McCain thinking?

[Payson Dave]

Colin Powell perhaps could have given Obama a run for his money....

Originally Posted by Payson Dave

Colin Powell perhaps could have given Obama a run for his money....

Colin Powell had no desire to run for president.
He made that clear a while back.
But I agree if he had.
Although he would have had more problems exciting
a Republican base than McCain.

[AeWingnut]

Originally Posted by Payson Dave

Colin Powell perhaps could have given Obama a run for his money....

in the democrat primary? the man is not a Republican

[Payson Dave]

wasn't he at one time???

[Mike]

Yes Dave, Powell is a Republican. The problem is he's too honest for the Bush-Cheney crew and the Republican "base" that tried to perpetuate the fantasy that Sarah Palin was a qualified choice as VP. So now, angry Republicans are trying to smear the man they once fawned over

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

What difference does it make that it was last July. You said that it wasnt a crime. It obviously is.

Yes, you're right, I didn't think the act of registering nonexistent voters alone was a crime, and it is (and in the case you cite, charges were dropped and replaced with a fine and increased oversite requirements by the organization as the registration fraud was done by individuals hired by the org. to make money, not stuff ballot boxes with fake votes).

What I was thinking of was that while there have been lots of accusations of ACORN voting fraud over the past two months (such as the joke you made to Scav about ACORN registering and voting in his name) those accusations have been false regarding the voting fraud, as there has never been a case of ACORN being accused of or involved in voting fraud (a vote actually being cast via a false registration).

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Riot

Yes, you're right, I didn't think the act of registering nonexistent voters alone was a crime, and it is (and in the case you cite, charges were dropped and replaced with a fine and increased oversite requirements by the organization as the registration fraud was done by individuals hired by the org. to make money, not stuff ballot boxes with fake votes).

What I was thinking of was that while there have been lots of accusations of ACORN voting fraud over the past two months (such as the joke you made to Scav about ACORN registering and voting in his name) those accusations have been false regarding the voting fraud, as there has never been a case of ACORN being accused of or involved in voting fraud (a vote actually being cast via a false registration).

All those things dont make it ok or dont make Acorn an orgainzation that shouldnt be monitored. We have enough problems with voter registration in this country (see Philski) to have to deal with damn fools like this who are signing up anybody with a pulse regardless of eligibility or not. To deny that ACORN has not done a lot of things that are questionable and ultimately harmful to the process regardless of intent is naive.