Obama Says He Doesn’t Need Acorn’s Help

Sure you don’t, Barry. That’s why your campaign paid the group $800,000 so far this election cycle.
Because you don’t need them.

OREGON, Ohio — Barack Obama for the first time on Tuesday addressed the ACORN controversy that Republicans are seeking to attach to his campaign, minimizing the impact of alleged voter registration fraud linked to the activist group and stressing ACORN is not advising his campaign.
“We’ve got the best voter registration and turnout and volunteer operation in politics right now, and we don’t need ACORN’s help,” he told reporters at the secluded leafy resort outside Toledo where he is preparing for Wednesday’s debate.
The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN, which registers low-income and minority voters who tend to favor Democrats, is under siege for allegedly falsifying voter registrations, and Republicans have sought to taint Obama with the allegations.
Obama in the 1990s represented the group in a lawsuit, and on Tuesday, he said that “as an elected official, I’ve had interactions with” the Chicago branch of the group, which he said has “been active,” according to a pool report.

Let’s keep in mind that Obama’s association with ACORN isn’t limited to his having represented the group in a lawsuit. He was at one time employed by the group as well, and then there’s the issue of that $800,000 I’ve already mentioned.
Second, Obama says that his own campaign has been successful in voter registration drives independent of ACORN. But it’s worth noting that those voter registration numbers are a “closely held secret” by the campaign. Given all the fraud going on at ACORN, you’d think Obama would want to be a little more transparent about that kind of thing.