Around the Horn

The news is coming almost too quickly to keep up with these days. I'm just throwing a bunch of articles in together since there were quite a few these past few days.

First, ACORN, the group the Senator Obama worked with back in the mid-90's in Chicago (and recently as well). They are in the news again for potential voter fraud in Las Vegas. Here are a couple of quotes from the article:

Secretary of State Ross Miller said the fraudulent registrations included forms for the starting lineup of the Dallas Cowboys football team.

"Tony Romo is not registered to vote in the state of Nevada, and anybody trying to pose as Terrell Owens won't be able to cast a ballot on Nov. 4," Miller said.

and

In 2006, ACORN also committed what Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed called the "worse case of election fraud" in the state's history.

In the case, ACORN submitted just over 1,800 new voter registration forms, and all but six of the 1,800 names were fake.

More recently, 27,000 registrations handled by the group from January to July 2008 "went into limbo because they were incomplete, inaccurate, or fraudulent," said James Terry, chief public advocate at the Consumers Rights League.

Obama and Media Bias:
Second, I've noticed a bit of increased attention to the Obama-Ayres ties in the past few days. Ayres is an admitted terrorist who tried blowing up the Pentagon and the Capital Building among other things. Obama has repeatedly stated that his association with Ayres was minimal and was years after he tried blowing stuff up. Many media outlets have also helped bury any connection (#1,#2, #3). (It should also be noted that I have scoured the mainstream media for stories on Obama and Ayres. CBS and CNN had 1 story, ABC, NBC, and the Washington Post had bupkis. The only articles in the NYTimes were OpEds). This article by former Clinton man Dick Morris sheds more light on their connection. I really don't understand why this hasn't been a bigger deal. There are a lot of articles linking the two, but no one seems to care (#1, #2, #3, #4). Who know if and when the major media outlets will actually look into this.

Third, it would appear that if you are a Democrat, you can say anything you want and get away with it.

Financial:
Fourth, maybe you heard about the SNL skit ripping the Democrats over the financial crisis. Well, the skit was quickly pulled off the SNL website. It was edited before being put back. It was okay for SNL to portray Gov. Palin's husband as an incestuous father, but we can't poke fun at liberal politicians. Apparently some humor is not allowed in the country anymore. Full transcript is here.

Fifth, more evidence for the current financial crisis being a direct result of a few liberal Democrats.


UPDATE 10/10/08:
One more article showing that Barney Frank was right in the forefront of resisting oversight for Fannie and Freddie. Apparently his life partner was an assistance director at Fannie Mae.