haven't done much research on this but this is how I understand it

the people who worked for ACORN in registering new voters in poor communities padded their registration numbers so they would get paid more money at the end of the day, which is somewhat understandable since many of them came from the same communities and probably need the extra cash. while this is definitely fudging their new registrants numbers it isn't considered voter fraud until someone actually tries to vote using these fake names, and if they did it to get more money I very highly doubt anyone will try to even use them making their potential impact on the election almost nothing

as for Ayers, Rezko, Wright and maybe others whose names I've forgotten

so the fuck what?

I hear this come up everywhere nowadays and I have to know this, how exactly does an association with these people, however major or minor that association was, influence the decisions or policies of a potentially Obama administration?

because honestly I'm dying to know, what specifically does anybody think will happen that will honestly have any impact on the lives of Americans through an association with these people? do you think he will include them in his cabinet to help make all his decisions? will he try to appoint one of them to the Supreme Court or other government offices? will he grant them favors and abuse his power? will he pardon them should any of them get caught with their hand in the cookie jar?

how exactly have these people influenced him to the point that he is forever stained by their radical beliefs and would make decisions that would fall in with these beliefs that will effect the rest of America?

and don't give me some bullshit that it affects his integrity or image, because image and perception can be bought through the media, as for a problem with his integrity, well... integrity and politician shouldn't even be in the same sentence in the first place

this is nothing but guilt by association, but I guess at this point it's all the McCain supporters have