Posted on 09/20/2009 4:28:35 PM PDT by FTJM
It was one of the most popular topics among the questions you submitted to me for my interview with President Obama – the controversy involving ACORN.
While the President said that ACORN "deserves to be investigated" in light of the "inappropriate" video that's gone viral, he did not endorse recent votes in Congress to cut off federal funding for the community group.
Here’s our FULL exchange:
STEPHANOPOULOS: How about the funding for ACORN?
OBAMA: You know, if -- frankly, it's not really something I've followed closely. I didn't even know that ACORN was getting a whole lot of federal money.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Both the Senate and the House have voted to cut it off.
OBAMA: You know, what I know is, is that what I saw on that video was certainly inappropriate and deserves to be investigated.
STEPHANOPOULOS: So you're not committing to -- to cut off the federal funding?
OBAMA: George, this is not the biggest issue facing the country. It's not something I'm paying a lot of attention to.
(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.abcnews.com ...
Amen.
Communists and criminals lie this way....big, bold, blatant.
One day let’s see him answer this way under oath.
Obama is a Muslim.
Muslims are taught to lie in order to defeat their enemy.
We The People...are the enemy to Obama.
0bama is white. And he is a LIAR!
But these aren't white lies.
I finally figured it out. After Obama grants amnesty to the 20 million illegals, illegals won’t be covered under Obamacare.
well, good, he wont mind if it gets cut to 0.
ahahahahahahaaaaa roflmao biggest laugh of the day..... you lie !!! you are paying attention and you do know what’s going on with ACORN
Obama, YOU LIE!!!!!
Frankly, he lies.
This could possibly qualify as the most blatant, obvious, lie in the history of American politics.
And that takes some doin’.
It was least ranks up there with Bill Clinton’s worst.
Bubba Obama: “Ah did NOT have political relations with that nut, ACORN.”
you know, I never thought I would see the day when Clinton could be out lied.....every day more and more lies and he really thinks anyone believes him anymore?
Republicans Object to Stimulus Dollars for ACORN
Republicans say voter registration and community groups like ACORN could be eligible for funding under the Democrats’ economic stimulus bill.
FOXNews.com
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Republican lawmakers are raising concerns that ACORN, the low-income advocacy group under investigation for voter registration fraud, could be eligible for billions in aid from the economic stimulus proposal working its way through the House.
House Republican Leader John Boehner issued a statement over the weekend noting that the stimulus bill wending its way through Congress provides $4.19 billion for “neighborhood stabilization activities.”
He said the money was previously limited to state and local governments, but that Democrats now want part of it to be available to non-profit entities. That means groups like ACORN would be eligible for a portion of the funds.
(snip)
Obama plans to meet with Republican leaders on Capitol Hill Tuesday to hear some their input on the package. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Obama is open to suggestions.
Somehow, I bet the funding of ACORN in the stimulus bill came up in this meeting.
It’s not smart to lie when it’s so easy to get caught.
Can't believe how much he's on TV. Does he ever work??
ACORN’s Senator
By INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY | Posted Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Barack Obama wasn’t just the second-largest recipient of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac political contributions. He was also the senator from ACORN, the activist leader for risky “affirmative action” loans
As the New York Times reports, “Aides to Mr. Obama said he had not directly reached out to try to sway any House Democrats who opposed the measure.” Is the reason the fact that the slush fund for ACORN in the original bill, siphoning off 20% of any future profits for such activist groups, was trimmed from the tree?
Obama, who once represented ACORN in a lawsuit against the state of Illinois, was hired by the group to train its community organizers and staff in the methods and tactics of the late Saul Alinsky. ACORN would stage in-your-face protests in bank lobbies, drive-through lanes and even at bank managers’ homes to get them to issue risky loans in the inner city or face charges of racism.
SNIP
Obama also helped ACORN get funding. When he served on the board of the Woods Fund for Chicago with Weather Underground terrorist William Ayers, the Woods Fund frequently gave ACORN grants to fund its activist agenda.
SNIP
Obama was the attorney representing ACORN in this effort. Last November, he told the group, “I’ve been fighting alongside ACORN on issues you care about my entire career.” Indeed he has. Obama was and is fully aware of what ACORN was doing with the money and expertise he provided.
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http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=307667123149723
In 2005, Obama became a U.S. senator.
2007: From Obama’s own mouth ...
On Obama’s Organizing for America blog, Sam Graham-Felsen, a paid blogger, wrote about Obama’s November 2007 speech to ACORN leaders:
When Obama met with ACORN leaders in November, he reminded them of his history with ACORN and his beginnings in Illinois as a Project Vote organizer, a nonprofit focused on voter rights and education. Senator Obama said, “I come out of a grassroots organizing background. That’s what I did for three and half years before I went to law school. That’s the reason I moved to Chicago was to organize. So this is something that I know personally, the work you do, the importance of it. I’ve been fighting alongside ACORN on issues you care about my entire career. Even before I was an elected official, when I ran Project Vote voter registration drive in Illinois, ACORN was smack dab in the middle of it, and we appreciate your work.”
Video:
Obama Claims He Never Worked For Acorn
THE FACTS prove otherwise:
What Makes Obama Run?
Lawyer, teacher, philanthropist, and author Barack Obama doesn’t need another career. But he’s entering politics to get back to his true passion–community organization.
By Hank De Zutter
December 8, 1995
… Another strong supporter of Obama’s work–as an organizer, as a lawyer, and now as a candidate–is Madeline Talbott, lead organizer of the feisty ACORN community organization, a group that’s a thorn in the side of most elected officials. “I can’t repeat what most ACORN members think and say about politicians. But Barack has proven himself among our members. He is committed to organizing, to building a democracy. Above all else, he is a good listener, and we accept and respect him as a kindred spirit, a fellow organizer.”
Obama continues his organizing work largely through classes for future leaders identified by ACORN and the Centers for New Horizons on the south side. Conducting a session in a New Horizons classroom, Obama, tall and thin, looks very much like an Ivy League graduate student. Dressed casually prep, his tie loosened and his top shirt button unfastened, he leads eight black women from the Grand Boulevard community through a discussion of “what folks should know” about who in Chicago has power and why they have it. It’s one of his favorite topics, and the class bubbles with suggestions about how “they” got to be high and mighty…
And never mind that Project Vote is simply a front for ACORN.
290+ ACORN Organizations Track To The Same Addresses In New Orleans. Looks like an old bad habit that has spiraled out of control. ACORN, SEIU and the New Party joined at the hip — in 2001.
1. ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS FOR REFOR MAILING
1024 ELYSIAN FIELDS AVE
NEW ORLEANS, LA 70117-8402 FOREIGN NON PROFIT Name Type:LEGAL
Status:ACTIVE
Florida Secretary of State
2. ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION FOR REFORM NOW PRINCIPAL CORPORATE ADDRESS
1024 ELYSIAN FIELDS AVE
NEW ORLEANS, LA 70117-8402 Name Type:LEGAL
Filing Date:03/05/1980
Status:ACTIVE
Massachusetts Secretary of State
3. CHICAGO ORGANIZING AND SUPPORT CENTER, INC. BUSINESS
1024 ELYSIAN FIELDS AVE
NEW ORLEANS, LA 70117-8402 LOUISIANA NON-PROFIT CORPORATION Name Type:LEGAL
Status:CURRENTLY ACTIVE IN SECRETARY OF STATE RECORDS
Louisiana Secretary of State
CHICAGO ORGANIZING AND SUPPORT CENTER, INC. MAILING
209 W JACKSON BLVD STE 200
CHICAGO, IL 60606-6907 LOUISIANA NON-PROFIT CORPORATION Name Type:LEGAL
Status:CURRENTLY ACTIVE IN SECRETARY OF STATE RECORDS
4. AMERICAN HOME DAY CARE WORKERS ASSOCIATION, INC. BUSINESS ADDRESS
1024 ELYSIAN FIELDS AVE
NEW ORLEANS, LA 70117-8402 FOREIGN NONPROFIT CORPORATION Name Type:LEGAL
Filing Date:10/28/2002
Status:FORFEITED EXISTENCE
Texas Secretary of State
AMERICAN HOME DAY CARE WORKERS ASSOCIATION, INC. BUSINESS ADDRESS
1024 ELYSIAN FIELDS AVE
NEW ORLEANS, LA 70117-8402 FOREIGN NONPROFIT CORPORATION Name Type:LEGAL
Status:INACTIVE
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There is NO WAY IN HELL ACORN will WILLINGLY OPEN THEIR BOOKS, PERIOD!!!
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