ACORN 'shock troops' tied to election crimes

WorldNetDaily ^ | October 30, 2008 | Bob Unruh

[vadum]

ACORN's "shock troops" have been linked to or convicted of perjury, forgery, identity theft and election fraud in recent years, and now are facing investigation for alleged violations of federal election law in 12 states, according to a new report from Matthew Vadum, a senior editor for the Capital Research Center.

Vadum, whose work...includes studies of non-profit organizations, has released a report titled, "ACORN: Who Funds the Weather Underground's Little Brother?" documenting the troubled past and current problems facing the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now.

The organization for which Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama at one point trained activists and to which he directed grants while aboard the management of the Woods Fund has established a reputation for doing pretty much as it pleases, the report said. [...]

The group...essentially has created its own economy, with the tens of millions of dollars that are donated by foundations or paid by the government being directed to whatever cause or course of action ACORN officials deem worthy, the report said.

The "30-year-old radical left-wing activist group" has taken in a minimum of $126.4 million in donations and tax dollars since 1993, the report said. [...]

While the election 2008 controversies over electoral fraud efforts "have been indelibly imprinted in the public consciousness," Vadum said, that work is only a "smidgen of what ACORN actually does." [...]

The report also cited ACORN's refusal to follow basic civil rights laws or pay required taxes. [...]

"Ironically, ACORN and its affiliates, all reliable cheerleaders for higher taxes, are longtime tax deadbeats. A search of public records found more than 200 federal, state, and local tax liens adding up to more than $3.7 million that are associated with groups that share ACORN's address on Elysian Fields Avenue in New Orleans," [...]

[Anti-Bubba182]

ACORN should be prosecuted under RICO. This will NEVER happen under Obama.

[aroostook war]

ACORN has “taken in a minimum of $126.4 million in donations and tax dollars.”

I wonder what the proportion between (extorted) donations and (stolen) tax dollars has been?

[IndianPrincessOK]

This is just so corrupt and so anti-America. I cannot believe this is happening and where are the FEDS? Why hasn’t there been an indictment??? We are watching a horror show!!! We need a miracle..

[cousair]

Acorn has CRIME written all over it. I live in Wa State where they have already walked off with one election illegally, so we, who live here and vote legally, know what Acorn is all about. Acorn is showing ads here all day long, so they are definately out there trying to steal this Presidential election in many states. No vote, put in by Acorn, should be counted.

[manc]

ACORN needs to be closed down

they have blatantly broke the rules by endorsing obama amongst other stuff.
There are many videos for evidence

so why aren’t they being closed down and why haven’t many more republicans gone after them

[manc]

state dept
FEC
state dept
where are they and where is Bush telling them to get to investigate all of this illegal donations, fraud, vote rigging corsi being detained, birth certificate?

I am really fed up of why our Govt is doing nothing , obama is making this country a third world country and Bush is letting him

STOP HIM

[Evil Slayer]

I truly believe that the election should be delayed until ALL illegal registrations as well as cast ballots are totally investigated and thrown out. The USAG should be instructed by Bush to do this. ACORN is being funded by our tax dollars and have violated the Constitution by denying our fundamental freedom to a fair vote. To do nothing is the same as a defeat against an enemy the likes of Nazi Germany in WWII.

[Anti-Bubba182]

The Democrats rarely prosecute their own thugs and the Republicans are pussies.

[Diogenesis]

"Laws for voting fraud, perjury, forgery, identity theft, election fraud,
Code level federal document stealing, and every other felony
simply do not apply to any Democrat or illegal alien under my watch. Get over it."

[soycd]

These ACORN criminals are telling voters to vote for obamer. That destroys their 503c status. Shut them down! Where is Bush and the DOJ on this?

What if all of us expected handouts instead of working?
These racist ACORN scum are trashing what America was founded on.

[Cheerio]

These ACORN criminals are telling voters to vote for obamer. That destroys their 503c status. Shut them down! Where is Bush and the DOJ on this?

GWB is sitting this out - he does not want to be known as the one that started race riots. Darn right these guys should be shut down - Congress can do it by denying them funding.

[Khepri]

They are using the Al Qaeda model of independent cells operating on their own.

Call it RICO avoidance.

Law enforcement needs to get more creative when dealing with social Marxists.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

The enemy within.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

ACORN should be prosecuted under RICO. This will NEVER happen under Obama.

I didn't see much happening under Bush either.

[Major Matt Mason]

I didn't see much happening under Bush either.

Oh yeah, him. Where has he been hiding? Do we even have a president right now?

[Blood of Tyrants]

"He argues that ACORN had to join with unions and other left-wing groups in an all-out push for an Obama victory in the hope that the scandals would all get swept under the rug," the report said.

Yep, and you can guarantee that if Obama is elected, one of the first things he will do is to fire all the federal prosecutors and replace them with his ACORN and ACLU cronies who will immediately close all cases against ANY 'Rat and then start trying to indict Bush, Cheney, Rove, and any other conservative they can find. And you can guarantee that they will go judge shopping to get whatever warrant they want and any verdict they desire.

[TribalPrincess2U]

Actually Bush asked the DOJ to investigate....with a pretty please along with the request I’m sure.

[drzz]

[TribalPrincess2U]

This was an earlier post but it was only Ohio

Bush Orders DOJ to Probe Ohio Voter Registrations
The Public record ^ | 10-25-2008 | Klepto
Posted on October 25, 2008 1:05:38 PM CDT by Klepto

President George W. Bush late Friday asked Attorney General Michael Mukasey to investigate whether hundreds of thousands of newly registered voters in the battleground state of Ohio would have to verify the information on their voter registration forms or be given provisional ballots, an issue the U.S. Supreme Court weighed in on last week.

(Excerpt) Read more at pubrecord.org ...