Mickey Mouse

The campaign to deligitimize an Obama victory continues apace.

“Obama has a responsibility to rein in ACORN,” Palin said during an interview with conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh.

Palin said the group is responsible for the “unconscionable situation we are facing now with voter fraud” and attacked the Obama campaign for not addressing the problem after the McCain campaign sent a letter to the Democratic camp urging action against voter fraud in September.

Shortly before Palin went on the air, the Obama campaign e-mailed around its response, dated Sept. 23, characterizing the McCain campaign’s concern as “a starkly political maneuver to deflect attention from the reality of the suppression strategies pursued by national, state and Republican Party committees.”

First of all, voter registration fraud is not the same thing as voter fraud. Secondly, a temp worker adding a few names to registration lists is shoddy, but ACORN has flagged suspicious names before handing the lists over to registrars. Thirdly, because the name "Mickey Mouse" shows up on the list, does not mean that a cartoon character will show up at the polls.

Finally, it is the Republicans who should be investigated for suppressing the votes of minorities, the poor, and ex-cons. That's the crime.

But the Republicans know this race is almost over and it is vital that they do all they can to cast suspicions on the popular vote totals. If they aren't successful in intimidating voters at the polls and getting votes overturned, then they'll at least have the cold comfort of knowing the rubes who follow them will not believe Barack Obama is the President of the United States.

In the meantime, why hasn't Barack Hussein Obama denounced Pacman Jones?

UPDATE: Edited for coherence.