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THE SOUND OF CRIME: ACORN-AFFILIATES, PROFITEERS & SYMPATHIZERS TO INVESTIGATE ACORN
Suzy Rice ^

Posted on 09/19/2009 11:44:14 AM PDT by yoe

( Surprise: ACORN audit to be conducted by panel full of leftists and cronies.)

From this profoundly warped announcement (via ABC who engages in daily, early-morning information huddles with the Obama “White House”) from ACORN itself, it’s announced that ACORN is, uhh, going to “investigate” ACORN, with this group of Lefties-at-hire to go onto the media-stage and do the “Let’s Investigate” routine:

In a press release, ACORN CEO Bertha Lewis says, that as “a result of the indefensible action of a handful of our employees,” the group will immediately stop accepting anyone into ACORN office for service programs, will conduct in-service training of staff, and begin an audit “to review all of the systems and processes called into question by the videos,” to be conducted by the group’s Independent Advisory Council.

The Council includes many prominent Democrats, including the man who helped President Obama Transition Team, John Podesta, President and CEO of the Center for American Progress; former Maryland Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend; Andrew Stern, International President of the Service Employees International Union; and former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Henry Cisneros.

The startling hoist of reactions in the last week from ACORN about it’s own organization: first it was denial (”…nothing wrong”), then another day later employees were fired (only those captured so engaged in ACORN-ish crime and embracing of such crime as to project ideas, they were fired but ACORN avoided saying there was anything wrong), then, immediately afterward, ACORN announced they “were shocked, this is so unusual” to more ACORN crime-and-ghastly behaviors captured on more video, then — all this in only a few days — an investigation, an investigation now but with a stacked panel of “investigators.”

Meanwhile ( Barack Obama’s political, economic and socio-involved advisors continue to be participants in ACORN’s Board of Advisors.)

Hold the laughter briefly and read this:

“ACORN will work with its advisory council, which includes prominent supporters of President Barack Obama, such as John Podesta, president of the nonprofit Center for American Progress, and Andrew Stern, president of the Service Employees International Union, to name an independent auditor and investigator, ACORN chief executive Bertha Lewis said in a written statement.

Barack Obama, after spending years “community organizing” with and for ACORN (legal advisor, conducted “training workshops” and coached ACORN employees), from his newfound position —( now that Obama’s in the Presidency ) — and now that ACORN has been captured on tape and on video engaged in and urging on the crime that they do, now “the Obama ‘White House’” doesn’t know, so Press Secretary Robert Gibbs says. They are, so Gibbs says at present, they are, uhh, they don’t know what’s-what, who…likely we’ll start hearing very soon that it’s all “a distraction,” this “ACORN stuff…”

Gibbs said he was not sure whether the president would ask Democrats to pull back from any campaign-year collaboration with the group.

“I don’t know that I’ve had any discussion with him about that,” Gibbs said.

From (biggovernment.com, the video reports) that decidedly exposed ACORN engaged in and willingly offering to assist crime, including, horribly, child prostitution and illegal immigration; one ACORN employee also captured on-tape admitting to having committed murder.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: acorn; acornnetwork; cap; cisneros; hannahgiles; henrycisneros; johnpodesta; kathleentownsend; podesta; seiu; stern; townsend
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1 posted on 09/19/2009 11:44:15 AM PDT by yoe
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To: yoe

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2 posted on 09/19/2009 11:46:34 AM PDT by GOP Poet
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To: yoe
Surprise: ACORN audit to be conducted by panel full of leftists and cronies.

Remember when Grand Juries were supposed to conduct investigations?

ML/NJ

3 posted on 09/19/2009 11:51:11 AM PDT by ml/nj
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To: yoe

Repeat after me: “The ACORN President. “


4 posted on 09/19/2009 11:54:06 AM PDT by ccmay (Too much Law; not enough Order.)
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To: yoe

Seems ACORN said last fall they were doing an internal investigation and clean up because of all the voting registration irregularities that occurred in almost every state.


5 posted on 09/19/2009 11:55:30 AM PDT by TruthWillWin (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples money.)
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To: yoe

There are rumors of even more tapes?


6 posted on 09/19/2009 11:55:52 AM PDT by angkor (The U.S. Congress is at war with America.)
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To: yoe

The single, best thing that has come out of this...is that the entire world has seen how the mainstream media ducks and dodges, and plays hide the story for their friends.

No one can now doubt that ABCBSNBCNNPRPBS are in the tank for the Messiah.


7 posted on 09/19/2009 11:56:51 AM PDT by kjo
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To: angkor

We know there are more tapes. Breitbart said there are more but they want to give the media a chance to catch up. I suspect we’ll see more within a week.

Breitbart also has something different he apparently wants to release on Michael Savage this week.


8 posted on 09/19/2009 12:04:19 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
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To: kjo
No one can now doubt that ABCBSNBCNNPRPBS are in the tank for the Messiah.

Oh yes they can!

Believe me I have relatives that have blinders on so long and so thick, well … you just couldn’t imagine!

Well let’s just say that they believed it was all about sex.

9 posted on 09/19/2009 12:06:24 PM PDT by Pontiac (Your message here.)
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To: cripplecreek

His biggovernment.com site is very high quality.


10 posted on 09/19/2009 12:12:54 PM PDT by angkor (The U.S. Congress is at war with America.)
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To: yoe

Yeah, why not just let bank robbers arrest themselves and run their own investigation. I bet we would never have a conviction for bank robbery or even a trial.


11 posted on 09/19/2009 12:13:01 PM PDT by calex59 (FUBO, we want our constitution back and we intend to get it!)
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To: cripplecreek
We know there are more tapes. Breitbart said there are more but they want to give the media a chance to catch up.

The media may catch up on excuses based on what's shown to date but they won't catch up on original investigating. I'm hoping that the next tape or two catches the media off guard again i.e. the tapes go in a bit of a different direction.

12 posted on 09/19/2009 12:34:39 PM PDT by NewHampshireDuo
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To: yoe; All
I've started a running file on ACORN,
' The Issa Report- ACORN "a criminal enterprise..."'--Click the picture:


13 posted on 09/19/2009 12:56:21 PM PDT by backhoe (All across America, the Lights are going out...)
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To: yoe; FlingWingFlyer; altair; stephenjohnbanker; youturn; little jeremiah; ~Kim4VRWC's~; voteNRA; ...
ACORN Ping!

FReep mail me if you want on/off the list.


14 posted on 09/19/2009 12:59:48 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (A mob of one.)
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To: yoe

Gee, only Andy and another are on the board of ACORN.

Real independent investigating.


15 posted on 09/19/2009 1:07:09 PM PDT by AliVeritas (Ez 38 Pray.)
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To: TruthWillWin

That was before the name change announcement, right?


16 posted on 09/19/2009 1:13:04 PM PDT by AliVeritas (Ez 38 Pray.)
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To: yoe

There has been such a rapid succession of tapes that I fear that they will all simply get conflated into ONE in the mind of the public.

To maximize damage I think they should freeze it for 3 weeks or so, in order to let the talk die down completely, and THEN re-launch some really taudry stuff and bring it up all over again.

In this way people will get the mosquito/fly effect...the blasted annoyance just keeps buzzing back again and again to the same itchy spot on your elbow, denying you any relief.

I have very high confidence that if we 12-guage this zombie all at once in the chest, he’s going to flop around a bit, and then get up again when we’re empty with nothing to reload.


17 posted on 09/19/2009 4:33:42 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: gaijin

El Salvador chiquitas, you say...?

Well (takes a drag)....for the right price, I'd say I think I know a Coyote or two who might help you out...

18 posted on 09/19/2009 4:38:50 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: yoe; everyone
One thing I heard over the week disturbed me:

The Senate and the House can both vote for defunding, but defunding is an attachment to a bill; not a bill itself! Once the bill reaches Conference between the House and Senate defunding can disappear. Once it disappears the bill cannot be amended, and the networks will never report it missing and the no one will never think it gone until it's too late. Once the bill is signed that the defunding was once attached to then ACORN will have officially gotten away with it!

Can this be true?

19 posted on 09/19/2009 7:02:20 PM PDT by celmak
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To: celmak
Can this be true?

I do believe so.

20 posted on 09/19/2009 7:19:14 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Where's this tagline thing everyone keeps talking about?)
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