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And yet this was a big scandal and acorn lost a lot of money and had to go out of business. why isnt this the same thing for conservatives given what they did? >> the thing thats amazing to me is acorn was a legitimate group. it was not a fake grass roots group. they are the ones that realized they had some people screwing up voter registrations. they raised their hands and said these were wrong and disciplined those people and that was it. the democratic party was not counting on acorn to be it...

Decided to create some themselves. thats one of the sort of terrible down sides of this. if they use this as an excuse to e say, we need these tough voter i.d. laws because you made the essential point. there were two broad points of view on this. one is were so worried about fraud were going to make it really hard for a lot of people to vote or that the whole process is supposed to make it easy for people to cast ballots. and that the worst thing they did was to destroy peoples voter registrati...

And acorn lost a lot of money and had to go out of business. why isnt this the same thing for conservatives given what they did? >> the thing thats amazing to me is acorn was a legitimate group. it was not a fake grass roots group. they are the ones that realized they had some people screwing up voter registrations. they raised their hands and said these were wrong and disciplined those people and that was it. the democratic party was not counting on acorn to be its sole voter registration vende...

Working for romney and do you want to register as a republican? >> so, what weve asked mr mr. sproul to do, we want him to appear in washington on october 12th. we to want see all the documents that the rnc have signed and the contract he has with the rnc with regard to all these states. now, we believe that he has been operating in at least ten states, reverend. and this is some -- these are very, very serious allegations that carry some very serious criminal penalties. we want him to know that...

Thats one of the sort of terrible down sides of this. if they use this as an excuse to say, we need these tough voter i.d. laws because you made the essential point. there were two broad points of view on this. one is were so worried about fraud were going to make it really hard for a lot of people to vote or that the whole process is supposed to make it easy for people to cast ballots. and that the worst thing they did was to destroy peoples voter registration forms. but i dont remember anythin...

Back in 2008, some people working for a.c.o.r.n. were found to have submitted fake voter registration forms and the right wing went crazy. >> this is a corrupt organization that did not deserve one dime of taxpayer funds. >> this group needs to learn that you here in ohio, you wont let them turn the buckeye state into the a.c.o.r.n. state. >> obviously a.c.o.r.n. states were not talking but they should be talking to the fbi. >> congress voted to defund a.c.o.r.n. and that organization folded. so...

30 years. you have this slow turning away from the ideas of the new deal, at least from other people. the notions that these are handouts when it applies to other people, just by default, any democratic that gets elected, it was illegitimate. and then clinton comes along, hes illegit. you had it with kennedy. dead people in chicago really elected him. then clinton came along. he did win. i would think there was this notion that bill clinton was inherently illegitimate and nothing too extreme to ...

Theres a suspect right from the outset. you had one person registered at a shell gas station, another at a land rover dealership, a medical building in boca. they fount similar irregularities in eight other counties. the florida division of law enforcement has launched a statewide investigation into this company. the republican national committee has fired them. they paid them $3 million to do voter -- >> what did they do wrong? why does the party rely on volunteers who believe in the party caus...

All voters? >> im actually trying to register voters for a particular party because were out here in support of romney, actually. >> and who is paying you for this? >> oh, the -- let me see. were working for the county clerks office. >> this is exactly what started the phony a.c.o.r.n. scandal. phony voter registrations. the same thing. so where is the right wing outrage today? they were horrified by those a.c.o.r.n. employees in 2008. so, guys, what do you have to say? did the right wing think ...

You had one person registered at a shet gas station, another at a land rover droealership, a medil building in boca. they fount similar irregularities in eight other counties. the florida division of law enforcement has launched a statewide investigation into this company. the republican national committee has fired them. they paid them $3 million to do voter -- >> what did they do wrong? why does the party rely on volunteers who believe in the party cause? why are they outsourcing -- >> they do...