A new Public Policy Polling survey finds that 52% of all Republicans believe that the group ACORN stole the 2008 election for Obama, with another 21% saying they are not sure. And 35% of all those in the survey over the age of 65, from both parties, agreed with that statement.
This news traveled fast via the Web today, leading to a fun Twitterfest using the hash tag #AcornFacts. It's now one of the top "trending topics" there.
Here are some early samples. Add your own! @GregMitch is yours truly.
@lizzwinstead: Acorn gave Glenn Beck appendicitis
@GregMitch: ACORN was on the Grassy Knoll.
@emptywheel: ACORN outed Valerie Plame.
@ johnmcquaid ACORN destroyed the newspaper business model
@ Spathiphyllum ACORN sapped and impurified all of your precious bodily fluids
@cartergilson ACORN stole Minnesota for Mondale in 1984.
@ seanpaulkelley ACORN forged Obama's birth certificate.
@GregMitch: ACORN booed Dylan at Newport when he went electric
@cliffschecter ACORN convinced Bristol Palin to do it without a condom
@droogieMOREUSA ACORN shot a man in Reno just to watch him die.
@GregMitch ACORN helped Saddam hide his WMDs.
@lisahanockjasie FACT: ACORN came up w/ Twitter's new RT policy ;-)
@emptywheel: ACORN has stolen all the best prostitutes from David Vitter.
@pourmecoffee: ACORN took your mother Dorothy Mantooth out for a nice seafood dinner and never called her again
@GregMitch ACORN made that ball got through Buckner's legs.
@ wfpman ACORN is behind the War on Christmas
@ caradox ACORN invented Disco
@GregMitch ACORN stole the elections in Afghanistan and Iran, too.
@moleyhtfc: ACORN shot the sheriff AND the deputy
@NakedAxiom: ACORN faked the moon landing.
@GregMitch ACORN introduced Mark Sanford to the Appalachian Trial.
@ jfkisgr8 FACT: ACORN responsible for Kevin Costner's "WaterWorld"
@ MikeNellis: ACORN is the reason Kelsey Grammer's shows keep getting canceled.
@jenny0101 These #ACORNfacts have made me realize... ACORN is the one who hides my remote!
Greg Mitchell's latest book is "Why Obama Won." He is editor of Editor & Publisher.
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