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I saw a big sign on a very hot day recently, in a busy public place:
"Republicans Register to Vote Here." A black guy with dreadlocks stood
behind the table.

There was a cooler of sports drinks, and energy bars. I sat on the wall
and talked to the guy. If someone registered as a Republican they got a
cold drink and an energy bar.

He told me he's homeless and was picked up at a homeless shelter, as
were many others, to help register Republicans. He told me he got paid
for each Republican he registered.

I asked him about registering Democratic. No, you don't get a drink or
energy bar. You can register, but he wasn't getting paid for that.

I asked him if there was ever a few phonies thrown in to increase his
pay. "Ya, we all do it." They catch most phonies eventually, but since
they are paid daily, they don't have enough time to check.

The Internet is full of similar stories. Yes Acorn probably did hire
some questionable people to register people and they probably threw in a
few phonies to increase their pay.

Outrage against Acorn is easy to find, where's the outrage against
rewarding people to register Republican?

http://www.thenewmajority.com/oc/imp...xwze3sf4fstvun

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/r...6-county-votes

Baugh worked with the New Majority – a group of millionaire Republican
businesspeople – to fund a massive registration drive in which hired
hands were paid for each Republican they signed up. That drive was
especially effective because many of those "bounty hunters" were already
setting up in front of stores to collect signatures for the numerous
Republican-supported initiative petitions circulating last year.