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"Poll: Majority Of Republicans Think Obama Didn't Actually Win 2008 Election — ACORN Stole It!" No, that headline - and the accompanying story - is not from the Onion. [TPM] More »
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"[T]he Constitution explicitly prohibit[s] the passage of "bills of attainder": legislation targeted to benefit or penalize an individual or group, most often by excluding it from government service." Lawyers, take your marks![Politico] More »
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The House has voted 345-75 to suspend federal funding to ACORN, piece by piece. The vote occurred after incriminating videos surfaced showing ACORN employees advising two people on the finer points of sex trafficking. But what's actually going on here? More »
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Last night, Daily Show correspondent John Oliver sat down with several community organizers. He also talked to one bonkers anti-community organizing yahoo named Matthew Vadum, who said, "community organizers use crack cocaine in exchange for votes." But enough about that, and onto Liz Shaw, an Ohio organizer who identifies as a conservative Christian and often votes Republican. She deals with hunger issues in her community and helps people conserve and grow their own food. Shaw was so irate at Palin and Giuliani's denigrating community organizers that she decided, "I'm not only going to vote for Obama, I'm going to organize for Obama." Also awesome: the look on ACORN chief organizer Bertha Lewis's face when John Oliver asks her where the crack is. Clip above. More »
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Once upon a time, "sexism" used to mean that women were discriminated against and treated differently because of their gender. Now, it means "criticizing Sarah Palin for any reason." Along with Elisabeth Hasselbeck, the old, white man who heads the Republican Party thinks it's so sexist to question $150,000 in clothing purchases, and whether it's legal for the GOP to buy such things. (80% of Guardian readers think not!) It's probably also sexist to talk about Michelle Obama's cute outfit, except maybe not, because she's not Sarah Palin. The world is so confusing today that I've run back into the arms of my former Wonkette colleague, Jim Newell, who can comfort me with electoral maps, kitties and monocles. More »
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John McCain finally deigned to appear on David Letterman's little show last night, even boarding an elitist helicopter to get there when his private plane wouldn't do the trick. Sure, he expected to just make an apology and crack a bunch of jokes, but Letterman brought his A-game and asked him about how he pals around with G. Gordon Liddy, who has gleefully committed felonies, plotted violent attacks against his political enemies and called for the assassination of federal law enforcement officers. But he's a Republican, so it's apparently okay. Spencer Ackerman and I wonder why exactly that is and why ACORN is the new terrorism while voter suppression is the best new thing to ignore. More »
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This Is George Rhodes, a resident of the Pine Street Inn shelter in Boston, holding up the voter registration form that volunteers at the shelter helped him fill out so that he can vote in this election. Did you feel as proud as George looks when you registered to vote? George is one of the people helped by groups like ACORN exercise their right to vote — and one of the people ACORN won't be able to help if Republicans have their way. You know, because it's all about the integrity of the process! More »
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In a world where registering people to vote constitutes a crime but illegally pressuring your subordinates to fire your brother-in-law doesn't; where the guy who points out that violent threats scare him is stoking racial tensions but the man trying to take advantage of them is just standing up for the common [white] man; and in which the Republican Party will pay for ads slamming Obama while pushing others praising him in the hopes of re-electing a Republican Congressman, there's not a lot of reason for hope. Or, perhaps there is, as it's progress alone that people are noticing all of the bullshit. I'm not really sure, but hope-enthusiast Spencer Ackerman is less unsure than me, which is why I keep asking him back. Our morning conversation, after the jump. More »
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