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O'Reilly doesn't "have any evidence" Franken "got elected ... because of ACORN," but that doesn't stop him from advancing the smear

October 06, 2009 9:47 pm ET

From the October 6 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor:

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    • Author by ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© (October 06, 2009 10:06 pm ET)
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      Evidence?

      Wingnuts don't need no steenking evidence!
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    • Author by IRONY 101 (October 06, 2009 10:36 pm ET)
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      LOL... I don't have evidence that Bill O'Reilly wears women's underwear, but...
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      • Author by fairliberal (October 07, 2009 12:01 am ET)
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        But O'Reilly does have acorn's history of corruption to justify the question.
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        • Author by Jen7 (October 07, 2009 1:19 am ET)
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          'history of corruption'? Um, documents please?

          And no, it doesn't justify the question. Especially when there are NO FACTS to back it up. Dear God, I can't believe you just said that.
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          • Author by fairliberal (October 07, 2009 1:46 am ET)
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            I guess you don't keep up with the news, at least as it applies to acorn's corruption, you know all of the guilty pleas, charges of corruption by former acorn officials and video tapes that clearly show a pattern of corruption. Apparently even the dems who so strongly supported acorn in the past have seen it , too bad you didn't. Or perhaps you don't want to see it.
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            • Author by Jen7 (October 07, 2009 2:39 am ET)
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              FORMER ACORN employees. Not ACORN, itself. This was registration fraud and it was ACORN who turned these people in.

              Are there documents that prove these former employees on video actually defrauded the IRS or failed to report an underage sex ring?

              If you have evidence that ACORN officials instructed their employees to intentionally break the law, I'd love to see it. If not, there is no 'history of corruption' by ACORN.

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              • Author by fairliberal (October 07, 2009 11:35 am ET)
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                They were active acorn employees when they engaged in their unlawful activities. And I do not believe that acorn ever fired the people who covered up the theft by Rathie's brother. And the similarities of the advice given by various offices of acorn shows what their business plan is and clearly demonstrated their intentions. Acorn's simple solutuiom to most problems is to fire some employees when they get caught. In the words of Mark Knopfler "punish the monkey and let the organ grinder go.

                The charges are still being investigated, the evidence is mounting. More to come. Bye Bye acorn.
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                • Author by Jen7 (October 08, 2009 12:08 am ET)
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                  "I do not believe".

                  Well, when you have the facts, I'll be happy to read them. Until then, you were wrong.
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                  • Author by fairliberal (October 09, 2009 12:11 am ET)
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                    The facts are that acorn employees engaged in registration fraud, not former acorn employees. The additional facts are that former acorn board members who wanted to investigate the theft by Rathke were fired and the officials who helped him hide it are still at acorn. The facts are that from coast to coast acorn has demonstrated a willingness to assist in the importation of sex slaves. Those are the facts.

                    Sorry to wake you.
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            • Author by mescal (October 07, 2009 2:48 am ET)
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              Fauxliberal

              Does the Faux News Channel provide you with health care?
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    • Author by Sharpe (October 06, 2009 10:43 pm ET)
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      Franken is one of maybe three or four senators in congress who can actually call themselves a liberal progressive right now. If there was corruption involved in Franken's election there is no way on this Earth, it would not have come to light until now especially since it was decided by 300 votes. Im sure Coleman would have jumped on even the remotest of possibilities that the election was rigged. How about first, lets see a single conviction that ACORN actually committed voter fraud and then, we can talk about elections being corrupted by them. They are skipping over the part about ACORN actually being guilty of this and going right to targeting whatever close election they would like turned over. How about Bush and Gore? That one seemed to be pretty close and controversial. That certainly had far more controversy than franken's election
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    • Author by kydem09 (October 07, 2009 10:11 am ET)
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      O'Reilly's show is an opinion show. He was clearly giving his opinion and flatly stated it wasn't backed by evidence. I don't see the problem with the way he presented this.
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      • Author by fairliberal (October 09, 2009 12:14 am ET)
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        You are right and acorn's pattern of corruption warrants a further investigation. Any prudent thinker would agree. A blind partisan will not.
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