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Palin: Obama Has A Responsibility To Rein In ACORN

SCRANTON, PA - Sarah Palin said today that Barack Obama is partially responsible for voter registration fraud by the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, also called ACORN.

"Obama has a responsibility to rein in ACORN," Palin told conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh Tuesday.

Calling the charges "unconscionable," Palin said John McCain's campaign has reached out to its Democratic counterpart to cooperate on clamping down on voter fraud but has received no response.

Palin called into Limbaugh's show before attending a rally at the Riverfront Sports Complex, where sh lumped voter fraud into a long list of concerns on Americans' minds.

"Anger about the unconscionable voter fraud going on in this state and elsewhere," she said to a chorus of boos. "Pennsylvania, with serious reforms to change Washington and Wall Street, John McCain is going to turn that anger into action."

In the interview, Palin acknowledged she has been attacking Obama more on the campaign trail in recent days.

"I've got nothing to lose in this and I think America has everything to gain by understanding the differences, the contrasts here between Obama and McCain," she said. Acknowledging that she is a "simple talker," Palin said she is focused on highlighting the differences.

At the rally, Palin was joined by country music legend Lee Greenwood, who sang the national anthem and "God Bless the U.S.A." It was the second day in a row that Palin was joined by a country music legend. Hank Williams Jr. yesterday debuted a revised version of "Family Tradition," complete with lyrics citing the "left wing liberal media" and that "Democrats bankrupted Fannie Mae n Freddie Mac."

(NBC/NJ's MATTHEW BERGER)

3 Comments

Dear Mr. Berger -- What voter fraud? There is no evidence that one vote has been cast improperly, yet you state that there is voter fraud.

Have registrations been filled out fraudulently? Yes. That's a problem, and illegal, but it is not VOTER fraud or election cheating.

An attempted fraudulent ACORN early voter was caught in Ohio today.Not sure who the ACORN voter intended to vote for, but I bet it wasn't McCain.

As clarified in the first post above the is NO voter fraud so far. There is voter registration fraud, which is NOT the same thing.
And besides...what good is voter registration fraud if the republican sponsored voting machines aren't going ot count the votes properly anymay?
Now THERE is where we will se blatant voter fraud and once again this country risks going on without legal elections.