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'ACORN Won't Give Me a Pony'

Mara Gay Nov 19, 2009

ACORN was back in the news today when a public poll found that 26 percent of Americans believe the disgraced organization "stole" the election for Barack Obama. While some bloggers took the figures in earnest , others sarcastically joked that stealing the presidency is just one of ACORN's innumerable sins. Spotlighting a wide range of fictional trespasses, these sardonic Americans took to Twitter Thursday to set the record straight on ACORN. What else have they done?

Postracialist: "ACORN dipped Sammy Sosa into a vat of self-hate and bleach"

Tami Swenson: "ACORN has annual mammograms starting at age 40"

Lindsay Beyerstein: "ACORN is seeking yellow cake uranium in Niger"

Jeffrey Lebowski: " helped OJ get away with murder"

Tealdeer: "ACORN will be running the death panels"

Joseph J. Santorsa: "ACORN was the other shooter on the grassy knoll"

ACORN: "ACORN won't give you a pony"

David Mote: "ACORN made me gay"

Adam Serwer: "ACORN introduced Thomas Jefferson to a "Ms. Hemmings"

Curtis Abbey: "ACORN stole the Lindberg Baby, and registered him as a Democrat"

Teeldeer: "ACORN stole all of Sarah Palin's newspapers"

Moti Rieber: "ACORN is Sarah Palin's factchecker"

Kristinisgett: "ACORN was 'hiking' on the Appalachian Trail"

Erin McGrath: "ACORN is balloon boy's read dad"

Patrick Crowley: "ACORN caused global warming"

The Eclectic Negro: "ACORN told Belichick to go for it on fourth down"

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