So. You’ve been following the story of the ACORN voter registration fraud. Duplicitious Democrats! This just shows they’re cheating!

And so - how many bogus votes do you think the Democrats will get as a result of ACORN? A few dozen? Few hundred? Few thousand?

How about zero?

Zero because to whatever extent they exist, we’re talking about fraudulent voter registrations. Some guy who’s getting paid money to register voters decides to be lazy and just make up a buncha names - Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Elmer Fudd and Chuck E. Cheese all wind up registering as Democrats.

You wanna tell me which of those characters actually shows up to vote?

Again: How about zero.

Josh Marshall does a thorough breakdown/takedown of the ACORN lie being pushed by the right here - and really, read the whole thing. Because all of this is is the right trying to lay the groundwork for challenging the validity of the presidential election. And that involves them getting you to believe that actual fraudulent votes will be cast; that somehow, somewhere, Mickey Mouse is going to actually show up and cast a ballot.

In the fevered Republican dreamworld, I suppose anything is possible. Back here on Planet Earth, things work a little differently.

So - investigate ACCORN? Sure. Registration fraud is indeed an issue.

Just not an issue that’s going to affect the actual election - as the right so desperately wants you to believe.

Update: And here’s John McCain saying - hey, ACORN voter fraud could cause me to lose Florida! Because Disney World is in Florida - that’s where Mickey Mouse lives! And he could vote!