Amanda Carpenter at Townhall brings our attention to something amazing: NBC and MSNBC are working with ACORN and other left-wing interest groups in a "nonpartisan" effort at "Election Protection." Is that a bad joke, working with ACORN on ballot integrity? An NBC press release on Tuesday announced:
With less than 14 days before Election Day, NBC News and Election Protection will be joining forces to help voters ensure that their vote will count. The news leader and the nation’s largest nonpartisan voter protection coalition will work together to promote the 1-866-OUR-VOTE Hotline and www.866ourvote.org website so that voters can receive live assistance if they encounter problems, and access the information before they head to the polls now through Election Day.
Election Protection is the nation’s largest nonpartisan voter protection coalition, led by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.
That would be the same "nonpartisan" lobby group that's staunchly opposed conservative Supreme Court nominees from Bork to Alito.
Election Protection's Partners list displays the logos of NBC and MSNBC next to an alphabet soup of liberal organizations, including the ACLU, the Brennan Center for Justice, Common Cause, the Human Rights Campaign, LULAC, People for the American Way, the Service Employees International Union, the Sierra Club and U.S. PIRG. None of the partners are recognizably conservative.
The black networks BET and TV One (which covered Obama's convention live, but not that other, much whiter one) are also partners, which tends to further put the "nonpartisan" appearance into question. It looks more like something called "Barack the Vote." Another "nonpartisan" partner is Change to Win, a coalition of leftist unions, whose website touts Obama as "The American Dream Candidate" and snubs McCain as "bad for workers."
ACORN is featured in a longer list of ideological partners elsewhere on the website. Carpenter found the Peacock spinners were dodging ACORN questions:
When asked for comment about ACORN's role in the project MSNBC spokesman Jeremy Gaines wrote Townhall in an email "this a question for them, not us."
Carpenter added that the "Protection" message surfaced on MSNBC on Wednesday:
Daytime anchor David Shuster promoted the effort Wednesday by telling viewers, "NBC is making your vote count. If you have a question about voting or problems at the polls, our partners at Election Protection can help. They have trained volunteers available to answer your questions. Call 1-866-OUR-VOTE if you have a question or if you run into or see any problems."
Anchor Contessa Brewer has similarly hyped the project. The Election Project features a snippet of her telling viewers about the project on their website. She described MSNBC's relationship with Election Protection as an "exclusive partnership."
That might mean it excludes conservatives.
—Tim Graham is Director of Media Analysis at the Media Research Center.
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NBC and Acorn
October 23, 2008 - 07:24 ET by allanfNBC and Acorn lay an egg
can they be serious?
October 23, 2008 - 07:25 ET by sawing battahey Shuster, I have a voting concern....
Dogs, cartoon characters and dead people are registered to vote via Acorn...how is this helping the process?
I registered to vote all by myself, without Acorn's help....it IS possible, you know.
It is possible.
October 23, 2008 - 07:38 ET by c5thenBut it's much harder to register in 12 different precincts using 12 different names and 12 different addresses all at the same time. To do that, requires the expert assistance of ACORN.
After all if 'one person, one vote' is a good idea then how much better is 'one person, twelve votes'?
vote early, vote often
October 23, 2008 - 07:47 ET by sawing battagood point.
...and some are more equal than others.
You want change? Give me a dollar.
October 23, 2008 - 23:01 ET by Scout FinchToo funny. Should be Obama's bumper sticker. What do I get back, Obama? Five cents? Maybe nothing?
Fix elections much....?
October 23, 2008 - 07:33 ET by superconWith less than 14 days before Election Day, NBC News and Election
Protection will be joining forces to help voters ensure that their vote
will count. ( For Obama)The news leader and the nation’s largest nonpartisan voter
protection coalition will work together to promote..(Obama)
This outrageous.I feel like I'm in Russia.This is nothing but a national propaganda campain aimed at the American people to throw an election.This is just a glimpse of what will happen if Czar Obama gets into the White House.
This is the national media arm of the Obama campaign pretty much confessing they intend to do everything they can to elect Barack Obama.We are on the brink of a major cultural and idealogical shift.The left are licking their chops at the prospect of finally having total control over America.
Victory in Iraq.
Liberals suck.
McCain for Preznint.
This is like the farmer
October 23, 2008 - 07:33 ET by Scuba DudeThis is like the farmer saying to the fox, "Fox, meet the henhouse"
This could be the single
October 23, 2008 - 07:56 ET by USA4freedomThese people have the biggest BALLS in history.
Its like they are stealing your wallet, telling you they are stealing your wallet, they take a video of them stealing your wallet, posting it on the world wide web with a laughing sound track, turning it into a Broad Way show.. and then tell you they did you a favor by stealing your wallet, because you are too stupid to spend your own money...
Then accuse you of theft.
Ronald Reagan, 1962: I did not leave the Democratic party, the party left me.
Insert: your name, 2008, and the Republican party.
You missed one final
October 23, 2008 - 09:53 ET by Hunter12You missed one final item, "... then denying they stole your wallet."
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last." - Sir Winston Churchill
One more,
October 23, 2008 - 10:11 ET by NorthCoasterThen they will tell you not to worry, we're just "spreading the wealth".
Steve Doosey!!!!
October 23, 2008 - 07:51 ET by TheSterI love ya man...BUT....
MRC IS Media Research CENTER...not Media Research COUNCIL!!!
Ster.
Hey Dumbassocrats...
October 23, 2008 - 07:51 ET by The DistributistIt's not that hard, this voting stufff. You register legally, show up on Election Day, and check the corresponding box, or pull the corresponding lever, or hang the corresponding chad... there's your pathetic hotline!
How about conservatives clog the lines on a national level by putting it on speed dial, calling it relentlessly throughout the next two weeks and asking for directions to the polls, asking for a ride, asking for a pencil sharpener, asking if the shady-looking character in line behind me is a citizen, asking what the weather will be like, asking to speak to Chris Matthews etc. etc...
What was that number again? 1-866-OUR-VOTE... Pass it on! I'm calling it now, asking what day is Election Day.
"The unconscious democracy of America is a very fine thing. It is
a true and deep and instinctive assumption of the equality of citizens,
which even voting and elections have not destroyed." -GKC
good idea,
October 23, 2008 - 07:57 ET by USA4freedomgood idea, done..
Ronald Reagan, 1962: I did not leave the Democratic party, the party left me.
Insert: your name, 2008, and the Republican party.
I thought about the same
October 23, 2008 - 11:49 ET by winston smithI thought about the same thing. Tying up their lines hourly with **THE TRUTH** about ACORN and their felonies. The whole 1-866 scam is nothing more than waiting for some ACORN rep or some leftist trouble maker to call about a dubious or non-existing violation or incident at the polls and then it immediately gets top coverage on an MSNBC political program on election night -- whether or not it can be verified as to its truthfulness. Just another tactic created by the media to assist the Obama campaign. They're fooling no one with the phony "making your vote count" claptrap.
I've been filling out
October 23, 2008 - 08:01 ET by SickofLibsI've been filling out complaint forms at www.866ourvote.org under those now famous pseudonyms Mickey Mouse, etc.
"Stop Acorn."
M-I-C...
October 23, 2008 - 08:49 ET by Copperhead Ridge...K-E-Y
I'm calling that phone number and imitate Mickey Mouse while I'm talking to them.
"Hello, this is Mickey Mouse. I'm registered in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Nevada. I need to know which precincts I should vote in in those states. I think I'm registered in Kentucky, Missouri, and Nebraska, too. ACORN registered me and registered and registered and registered and registered me, so I thought you could help."
Their Idea of...
October 23, 2008 - 08:12 ET by TuariTheir idea of voter fraud is anyone that doesn't vote for Obama...
What a surprise!!! An
October 23, 2008 - 08:42 ET by TEWhat a surprise!!! An uber leftist kook and conspiracy theorist like David "Karl Rove, will in fact, be indicted" Shuster is now serving as the spokesperson for the militantly leftist political advocacy group calling itself "Election Protection".
Practice Safe Voting
October 23, 2008 - 08:51 ET by Copperhead Ridge"Election Protection".
I guess conservatives should wear a body condom when voting in this horrible election.
Kick ACORN in the nuts...
October 23, 2008 - 08:56 ET by HockeyKidKick ACORN in the nuts...
you tube is on the list
October 23, 2008 - 09:42 ET by larry on LIisn't that stealthy on the part of google, or snarky?
http://www.youtube.com/watch
October 23, 2008 - 09:49 ET by shadysiderhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_y2KwbhBJo&NR=1
Keep the lies going McCain and Co. The vast majority of people no longer believe anything their campaign says.
Hey, give Palin $150,000.00 of clothes and pay for her kid's travel. Sure she's the reformer candidate. It's not like her running mate passed a bill with his name attached to it trying to stop that same sort of thing.
The Republican Party has been co-opted by the neo-conservative movement. The brand is finished until they change their format.
So you all are upset about voter registration that will have no effect on actual voting?
And then most of you are talking about trying to pull the same stunt that James Tobin and Allan Raymond pulled in New Hampshire?
Disgusting.
Nice delusional post and link
October 23, 2008 - 10:08 ET by MightyMouthI'll bet you can back up your last two statements? Or was that just mudslinging from a political toddler?
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
^^Shady is so cute!!
October 23, 2008 - 10:25 ET by TheSterDefine "vast majority". Do you mean like the AP Poll with a 2 point difference to Obama?
What "bill" are you talking about? Do you mean the McCain-Feingold Bill on campaign finance reform?? The same Bill Obama LIED about following.
Define "neo-conservative". That is a LIBERAL code word for JEWS. Do you hate Jews Shady?
Shady...ummm...filling out multiple voter registration cards is a crime. Are you ok with breaking the LAW as long as it fit's your needs???
I assume you are a cut and run Hack TROLL.
You got the GUTS to reply to me??
I'll be here ALL day.
Hugs and Kisses.
Ster.
Ster...Yet another...
October 23, 2008 - 10:30 ET by PrairieSkytroll heard from. Boy! Have you noticed the closer we get to election day, the more of 'em keep coming out of the woodwork? And when the light is shined on them, they run? Kind of like roaches...
"...peace is the highest aspiration of the American People. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever." President Ronald Reagan, January 20, 1981
Hey Ster.....just a little blurb to......
October 23, 2008 - 11:19 ET by BEGRUNTexpand the arguement........The Speaker of the Iranian Parlament endorsed Obama this morning.....saying he's more "reasonable". Keep racking up those endorsements Barky!!
"If a man does his best, what else is there"?
General George S. Patton Jr.
Oh, goody! A new troll!
October 23, 2008 - 11:15 ET by R D HelmAnd a fresh one, too.
-Dave
In order for wealth to be spread, it first must be seized.
Hey RD
October 23, 2008 - 11:21 ET by MightyMouthI must admit the fresh ones are more tender when roasted. Unlike the freezer burned, grisly trolls like j frank (for example).
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
ICK!!! Please, guys...
October 23, 2008 - 11:38 ET by PrairieSkyIt's lunch time!!!!
LOL!!
"...peace is the highest aspiration of the American People. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever." President Ronald Reagan, January 20, 1981
Greetings shady
October 23, 2008 - 11:23 ET by cocodrieGood name for a lib. The DNC spent more on Michelle but Hussein still looks more feminine than she does.
Hey let's see Nobama's
October 23, 2008 - 21:14 ET by DarkwolfeHey let's see Nobama's clothing budget, hmm?? How about let's see where $300million in <$200 donations came from in the last month.
Let's here about Nobama's '93 to '03 work with Acorn.
If your child gets an A in school, and someone else's gets a C are you happy with your child giving up an A so they both have B's?
Got news for you Shady (how appropriate the name) fraud registrations DO get votes, they use absentee ballots and many of them. I'm sure you and your Loony Lefty friends will be happy to know that.
Best to be quiet and thought a fool than to open thy mouth and remove all doubt. Way to go annoucing yourself so well Shady. Now go back to the KOS and wallow in the mud with the MSM. Buh-bye!
My holster is a fashion statement. Deal with it.
Oh, I feel so much better now!
October 23, 2008 - 10:26 ET by PrairieSkyWhat a comfort it is to know that NBC, MSNBC and ACORN are all looking out for me and my vote. Now, I can sleep at night! ROFLMAO!
"Election Protection is the nation's largest nonpartisan voter protection coalition led by the Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law."
Yeah, right...Nonpartisan my a**.
What a farce.
"...peace is the highest aspiration of the American People. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever." President Ronald Reagan, January 20, 1981
Radical idea to prevent voter fraud
October 23, 2008 - 10:56 ET by Anchor89Here is a radical idea to prevent voter fraud:
Require photo ID's for registration and voting.
Any other problems that need solving?
Anchor89...Brilliant!!
October 23, 2008 - 11:09 ET by PrairieSkyRequiring proof of ID before you register and vote!! Eureka!
What a concept!! I wonder why somebody hasn't thought of this before??
It is unbelieveable that anyone with a brain stem would have a problem with such a basic idea. But then, we're dealing with libs...
"...peace is the highest aspiration of the American People. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever." President Ronald Reagan, January 20, 1981
I heard...
October 23, 2008 - 11:24 ET by TASS71That their CNS is so primitive that if you cut off their heads they will live on for three days... or was that cockroaches? Ah, well, same difference...
TASS71...You're right!
October 23, 2008 - 11:42 ET by PrairieSkySame difference...You know how they say the only things that would survive a nuclear war are cockroaches? They forgot libs, too. Heck, they'll probably outlive the roaches!
"...peace is the highest aspiration of the American People. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever." President Ronald Reagan, January 20, 1981
Thankfully, we do that in my
October 23, 2008 - 21:16 ET by DarkwolfeThankfully, we do that in my state.
My holster is a fashion statement.
ACORN To "protect" the election???????
October 23, 2008 - 11:27 ET by BEGRUNTbwahahahahahahahaha..........ya the fox is going to "protect" the hen house,,,,ya right!!!!
"If a man does his best, what else is there"?
General George S. Patton Jr.
RIGHT TO CASH A CHECK-PHOTO ID
October 23, 2008 - 11:32 ET by JIMMY1660allow me to love America IF ONE NEEDS TO CASH A CHECK,USE A CREDIT CARD, BOARD A PLANE, PHOTO ID REQUIRED-DOES NOT NEED TO BE A DRIVERS LICENSE-HOW DOES ONE CASH A WELFARE CHECK.PHOTO ID-
PLEASE ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!
TRUCK DRIVERS,LONGSHOREMAN, RAIL EMPLOYEES PHOTO,FINGERPRINT ID'S REQUIRED WHY NOT TO VOTE??? PLEASE STOP HORSE PUCKY!!!
Who is Wade Rathke?
October 23, 2008 - 11:59 ET by MinutemenWade Rathke is the founder of ACORN and the Service Employees International Union. Wade Rathke is a neo-communist.
In the 1960's Rathke and Bill Ayers were fellow members of the communist Students for a Democratic Society. Ayers went on to found the terrorist Weather Underground, and Rathke founded the SEIU and ACORN. Rathke has directed ACORN nationally for 37 years.
Google their names with Obama's and their strategy becomes transparent. ACORN is the largest neo-communist organization in the United States. It is not surprising that Castro and Chavez endorse Obama. Which brings us to MSNBC.
The FCC's license renewal standard has been "the public's interest, convenience, and necessity." MSNBC's shameless hyping of Obama and their blatant defamations of Governor Sarah Palin running for office clearly violate her civil rights (and the rights of those who support her), amount to election fraud, and violate the FCC's license renewal standard. ACORN is already getting hammered for election fraud. MSNBC is a fellow traveler. MSNBC's broadcasting license should be revoked.
Rathke's ACORN also has culpability in the subprime disaster. ACORN agents and attorneys (one was Obama) threatened banks, Fannie, and Freddie who balked at issuing, buying or guaranteeing bad mortgages. The lenders, fearing reprisals, gave in. The economic damage from this warfare against capitalism, and us, by ACORN, and others, will be in the $trillions.
There is a huge story in the dark force of Wade Rathke, who has always tried to operate clandestinely and is an expert at deflection, like Ayers and Obama. We are in the middle of an insurgency, so let's fight it.
Mm... Excellent,
October 23, 2008 - 12:08 ET by bigtimerMm...
Excellent, excellent post....I am passing this on to a few others in my family, and a few friends who will love this, you summed up the whole thing in a nutshell...beautifully!
Btw...thanks.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
I agree but
October 23, 2008 - 13:14 ET by Captain KirockI wholeheartedly agree with MM's sentiments, but I believe that the FCC does not license cable channels.
Correct me if I'm wrong here, but the FCC only has jurisdiction over broadcasts over the airwaves. NBC has to get an FCC license to broadcast NBC over the airwaves. MSNBC does not have to get an FCC license to be a cable channel.
Didn't know that...
October 23, 2008 - 13:15 ET by retroconGreat info, but it's singing to the choir.
Why aren't Fox and the "nearly, sometimes, occasionally not leftist" ABC taking a look at any of this.
NBC sells off its last shred of journalistic objectivity
October 23, 2008 - 13:09 ET by Captain KirockHow on Earth anyone with a brain can call ACORN and the ACLU "non-partisan" is beyond me. The truth is, you can't and anyone who does is a liar.
NBC news has sold its last shred of journalistic objectivity. David Brinkley and John Chancellor must be rolling over in their graves.
Could pull an Obamaniac tactic
October 23, 2008 - 13:12 ET by retroconAnd flood 1-866-OUR-VOTE with complaints about Acorn registration and voting fraud.