More Politics: ACORN

As many of you are aware, there has been a concerted effort over the past couple of weeks by the McCain campaign to impugn the reputation of ACORN, an organization that has done considerable good work in low income and minority communities around the country for many years. The main focus of this attack has been on the group's efforts to register voters, which is being characterized by McCain supporters as some kind of massive fraud perpetrated against the nation's democratic ideals. This is typical campaign nonsense, clearly intended to drive down voter turnout among groups that are thought to lean heavily towards supporting Obama rather than McCain. Anyway, at least one reporter has tried to cut through the malarkey and actually look at the facts. You can find that report here:

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2008_10/015293.php

The key point here is not just that ACORN has been falsely accused, but in fact it was the organization itself that called attention to the problem. What a shock that that isn't the way the McCain camp is spinning the story, huh?