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ACORN, Obama, and the Mortgage Mess
Real Clear Politics ^ | September 30, 2008 | Mona Charen

Posted on 09/29/2008 10:36:05 PM PDT by BAW

The financial markets were teetering on the edge of an abyss last week. The secretary of the Treasury was literally on his knees begging the speaker of the House not to sabotage the bailout bill. The crash of falling banks made the earth tremble. The Republican presidential candidate suspended his campaign to deal with the crisis. And amid all this, the Democrats in Congress managed to find time to slip language into the bailout legislation that would provide a dandy little slush fund for ACORN.

ACORN stands for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, a busy hive of left-wing agitation and "direct action" that claims chapters in 50 cities and 100,000 dues-paying members. ACORN is where Sixties leftovers who couldn't get tenure at universities wound up. That the bill-writing Democrats remembered their pet clients during such an emergency speaks volumes. This attempted gift to ACORN (stripped out of the bill after outraged howls from Republicans) demonstrates how little Democrats understand about what caused the mess we're in.

(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: acorn; bailout; obama
Excellent, plain language explanation of all things ACORN.
1 posted on 09/29/2008 10:36:05 PM PDT by BAW
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To: BAW

She has always been one of my favorite.


2 posted on 09/29/2008 10:55:55 PM PDT by boycott
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To: BAW

obumpa


3 posted on 09/29/2008 11:03:47 PM PDT by Dajjal (Visit Ann Coulter's getdrunkandvote4mccain.com)
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To: BAW

meanwhile, more importantly Tina Fey has yet another Palin microorgasm


4 posted on 09/29/2008 11:04:57 PM PDT by wardaddy (everyone has underestimated the media and their bias, it's killing us)
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To: BAW
"If Obama wins, it means hiring an arsonist to fight a fire."

Very appropriate quote.

It is highly unlikely that someone who trained and funded "community organizers" that forced banks to make high-risk bad loans, which is what caused this Economic Crisis, will now stop this "community organizing". Expecting someone with no record of reform to suddenly reform everything.

It is like expecting someone who is friends with a terrorist to stop terrorists.
5 posted on 09/29/2008 11:40:30 PM PDT by igoramus08
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To: BAW

What did Obama know, and when did he know it?

Investigate the Fraud. Taxpayers should not be held accountable for DEMOCRATS extortion schemes


6 posted on 09/30/2008 4:19:50 AM PDT by tomnbeverly (America is dying your choice is to stand and fight or cut and run.)
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To: BAW

All you ever need to know about that scum organization.


7 posted on 09/30/2008 4:50:22 AM PDT by SueRae
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“If Obama wins?”

Obama has two chances of winning on 11/4...slim & none.
And “Slim” just left the building. LOL

Heck, even the Clintons & the Clintonistas aren't gonna vote for this clown.
It ruins Clinton's plan to run in 2012 if Obama is elected POTUS.

8 posted on 09/30/2008 5:03:29 AM PDT by kellynla (Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
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http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=800521

Milwaukee voter fraud


9 posted on 09/30/2008 6:28:22 AM PDT by UB355 ( Slower traffic keep right)
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