ACORN voter fraud allegations warrant concern

Watching the spokesperson for ACORN trying to refute allegations of voter registration fraud was like listening to Wall Street fatcats before Congress trying to deny their obvious wrongs.

ACORN is a grassroots, social action organization that has existed back to the 1960s. And the evidence of massive fraud by this grassroots, pro-Obama group is widespread through the actions of its employees signing up people to vote.

The video testimony of people asked to sign up multiple times even though they were registered to vote is most troubling. Nevada Democratic officials have castigated ACORN for its tactics and refusal to accept blame.

The very people and news media that cried fraud of George W. Bush's victory in 2000 in Florida now are damaging the same democratic process with their fraud and avoidance of reporting the scandal.

The Obama campaign -- although not officially tied to ACORN -- also has been encouraging massive voter registration. I received an e-mail from the campaign several weeks ago wanting me to advertise its registration campaign because I was on a short list of prominent Latino bloggers. I'd rather just be a prominent American blogger. But I did not do what the Obama campaign wanted.

The Obama campaign, however, has donated $800,000 to ACORN for voter registration. So more revelations carry the danger of linking the campaign directly to the alleged fraud. And that can turn the election.

The ACORN scandal has unfortunately revitalized immigrant-hater Lou Dobbs. He had been greatly minimized in the presidential campaign with immigration now no longer a hot issue. But Dobbs now has dived into the ACORN scandal because it also involves signing up immigrants to vote.

Immigrant-haters such as Dobbs jump on any chance to reinvigorate their poison. They just tried to blame the home mortgage crisis on immigrants.

ACORN -- which has done great good for people forgotten by Washington and their state legislatures for decades -- is now feeding the growing virulence among supporters of Sen. John McCain.

And more evidence of trying to win this election through cheating will only hurt the candidate these politicos are trying to elect and who needs to be elected for the difficulties this nation will experience soon.