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I saw some of the third presidential debate, and McCain did very well. It's probably a lot better than even the earlier two.

On the other hand, Obama was dishonest, and denied his involvement with Bill Ayers and ACORN. Hot Air has some parts of the transcript:

MCCAIN: Well, again, while you were on the board of the Woods Foundation, you and Mr. Ayers, together, you sent $230,000 to ACORN. So — and you launched your political campaign in Mr. Ayers’ living room.

OBAMA: That’s absolutely not true.

MCCAIN: And the facts are facts and records are records.

OBAMA: And that’s not the facts.

But as Ed Morissey says:

Unfortunately for Obama, those are the facts, both about Ayers and ACORN. Obama paid ACORN over $800,000 this summer for GOTV efforts, which Obama now denies, although he did finally admit that he represented ACORN as an attorney in a lending-practices case. Obama did launch his career at a party hosted by Ayers, which is such a matter of public record that I’m frankly surprised he bothered to deny it.

And on that note, here's another article about Obama and ACORN's ties from the Wall Street Journal (via Wake Up America):

Which brings us to Mr. Obama, who got his start as a Chicago "community organizer" at Acorn's side. In 1992 he led voter registration efforts as the director of Project Vote, which included Acorn. This past November, he lauded Acorn's leaders for being "smack dab in the middle" of that effort. Mr. Obama also served as a lawyer for Acorn in 1995, in a case against Illinois to increase access to the polls.

During his tenure on the board of Chicago's Woods Fund, that body funneled more than $200,000 to Acorn. More recently, the Obama campaign paid $832,000 to an Acorn affiliate. The campaign initially told the Federal Election Commission this money was for "staging, sound, lighting." It later admitted the cash was to get out the vote.

The Obama campaign is now distancing itself from Acorn, claiming Mr. Obama never organized with it and has nothing to do with illegal voter registration. Yet it's disingenuous to channel cash into an operation with a history of fraud and then claim you're shocked to discover reports of fraud. As with Rev. Jeremiah Wright and William Ayers, Mr. Obama was happy to associate with Acorn when it suited his purposes. But now that he's on the brink of the Presidency, he wants to disavow his ties.

There goes Obama again, trying to part ways with these shady bunches, yet only when it becomes apparent that they're no longer useful.

Here's a Pajamas Media guide to ACORN fraud.

I noticed during the debate that Obama smirked and/or sneered at least a few times. I may have even heard him give a whispered giggle. Pretty awkward of him to do that, if you ask me.

Update: Power Line discovers that at the left-leaning AOL, readers think McCain did better in this debate than Obama by a 48 to 47 percent margin. Now that's certainly amazing.

Update 2: FOX News also has a report challenging Obama's denials of his ACORN ties.

Labels: political corruption, United States