The whole "a guy who lives in my neighborhood," and "not somebody who I exchange ideas with on a regular basis." Is a joke. But this kind of thing is typical coming from the Obama camp.

Here's an interesting article out of Las Vegas regarding ACORN. . .makes you wonder about all those newly registered voters in places like VA:

ReviewJournal.com - News - RISING REGISTRATION: New voter sign-ups up

ACORN's tactics are controversial.

The group has drawn accusations of voter fraud and criminal investigations in several states. Last year, authorities in Washington state brought felony charges against ACORN workers for filing false voter registrations.

Some ACORN workers pleaded guilty and went to jail, while the organization paid $25,000 and agreed to have its registration efforts monitored in a settlement with Washington state authorities.

Lomax said while he supports the goal of getting more people registered to vote, he sees rampant fraud in the 2,000 to 3,000 registrations ACORN turns in every week.

"Whenever people get paid to register voters, those individuals have an incentive to meet their quota, and that results sometimes in people doing things they shouldn't," Lomax said.

His office sends out thousands of letters based on registration applications that don't have valid addresses or Social Security numbers, or have other suspicious irregularities.

The office also receives frequent complaints from people who have been notified of changes in their registration that they say they didn't make.

"There's no question it's a crime. It says right there on the form it's a felony to put down false voter registration information," said Lomax, who is working with authorities to see what can be done. "It's very difficult to prosecute someone on something like this, because you have to prove it's intentional and determine whose fault it is."

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