Memory lane: Non-profit group ACORN targeted by GOP

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http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2008-10-11/news/0810100384_1_voter-fraud-registration-drive-head-organizer


The non-profit ACORN says it is non-partisan, but its membership skews low-income and non-white, demographics more likely to support Obama. The group, with branches in Chicago and nationwide, has long been involved in efforts to combat redlining and push lenders to make quality mortgage loans in poor communities.
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Leaders of ACORN, which claims it has registered a record 1.3 million new voters this year, accused Republicans of hyping fraud allegations to drive down the vote among minorities. "There is a long, long history of voter suppression in America," said Brian Kettenring, head organizer of ACORN's Florida branch. "The current strategy from the right seems to be to manufacture a so-called crisis in voter fraud.">>>>

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1. Irony- these are voter suppression groups whose core mission is to prevent minorities voting

I sincerely wish Democrats in the media and even on DU would begin to point that out.

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2. GOP doesn't mind targeting nonprofit groups that skew politically in favor of left, do they?

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3. Here

Rove, the GOP voter fraud scam and the U.S. attorney scandal
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7451433

The TPM link is no longer live, but here's the video: