Got this reminder in my inbox today, and thought I'd repost it. The points are all well-taken, and the vote-stealing IS HAPPENING. Also, the hysteria over ACORN is pure silliness (all submitted registrations HAD to, by law, be turned in, and ACORN took the time to pre-sort the suspect/obviously false ones). And registration paperwork does not equal a VOTE. No "voter fraud" occurred, because no voter named "Mickey Mouse" ever VOTED. Not only that, but the republican investigator determined that ACORN was the injured party, because its workers were scamming THEM by submitting invented registrants. It just goes on and on, and that anyone bothers to blieve the crazies without so much as reading a newspaper on their own mystifies me. I research everything independently.

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TOP 5 REASONS OBAMA SUPPORTERS SHOULDN'T REST EASY

1. The polls may be wrong. This is an unprecedented election. No one knows how racism may affect what voters tell pollsters—or what they do in the voting booth. And the polls are narrowing anyway. In the last few days, John McCain has gained ground in most national polls, as his campaign has gone even more negative.

2. Dirty tricks. Republicans are already illegally purging voters from the rolls in some states. They're whipping up hysteria over ACORN to justify more challenges to new voters. Misleading flyers about the voting process have started appearing in black neighborhoods. And of course, many counties still use unsecure voting machines.

3. October surprise. In politics, 15 days is a long time. The next McCain smear could dominate the news for a week. There could be a crisis with Iran, or Bin Laden could release another tape, or worse.

4. Those who forget history... In 2000, Al Gore won the popular vote after trailing by seven points in the final days of the race. In 1980, Reagan was eight points down in the polls in late October and came back to win. Races can shift—fast!

5. Landslide. Even with Barack Obama in the White House, passing universal health care and a new clean-energy policy is going to be hard. Insurance, drug and oil companies will fight us every step of the way. We need the kind of landslide that will give Barack a huge mandate.