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John McCain said at the last presidential debate that ACORN is “now on the verge of maybe perpetrating one of the greatest frauds in voter history in this country.” Slate’s Jack Shafer suggests the senator crack open a history book, which will reveal “hundreds of more blatant examples, including ballot stuffing, the purchase of votes, counterfeit votes, discarded ballots, voter intimidation, and bloody murder.” Shafer’s tour of election shenanigans includes George Washington winning office by buying off his neighbors with booze—a trick even ACORN isn’t accused of yet.