Posted on 06/19/2009 3:27:51 PM PDT by xcamel
Abraham Lincoln once remarked that “nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.” This week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her liberal colleagues demonstrated once again that in matters where power may conflict with principle, these liberals will put power first every time.
On Monday, I introduced two amendments to H.R. 2847, the Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations Bill. One amendment would have kept the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) out of the 2010 Census, effectively barring taxpayer dollars in the bill provided to the Census Bureau from being disbursed to ACORN. The other amendment would have barred any taxpayer dollars in the bill from being provided to ACORN.
I believe these amendments are of extreme importance to the integrity of the American electoral system. Until last fall, most Americans had never heard of ACORN, but this relatively obscure community organizing group emerged on the national scene in 2008 after registering scores of new voters for Barack Obama and producing more than 400,000 fraudulent voter registration forms nationwide.
ACORN is currently under investigation in 14 states for voter fraud and has frequently paid employees on a commission basis to register voters, a practice illegal in many states. According to an October 2008 article in The Economist, during the last election cycle, “in Orlando, home to the Magic Kingdom of Disney, Mickey Mouse tried to register. In Indiana there was an application from a sandwich shop called Jimmy Johns. Authorities in Nevada were surprised to receive voter registration forms from the starting line-up of the Dallas Cowboys.”
All of these fraudulent registrations were later traced back to ACORN. Any reasonable person would conclude that false registration forms almost inevitably lead to fraudulent voting, a felony charge. Because voter fraud is a crime nearly impossible to investigate and prosecute, there is no telling how many fraudulent votes have been cast across America because of ACORN’s illegal activities.
ACORN and its estimated 270 corporate affiliates comprise a complex organizational and financial spiderweb with all the appearance of a criminal enterprise. ACORN is facing charges of voter fraud and tax violations, yet it has received over $53 million in taxpayer funds.
Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank and his liberal friends have opened the taxpayers’ wallet to as much as an additional $8.5 billion that could be accessed by ACORN. The interlocking financial connections between ACORN and its affiliate organizations are ripe with waste, fraud and abuse, yet ACORN has never been investigated because it is protected by its cronies in Congress.
President Obama, a former ACORN employee, has hired ACORN to “partner” with the Census Bureau to complete the 2010 census. Justice demands that Congress cut off ACORN’s access to taxpayer dollars and put an immediate end to ACORN’s involvement in the 2010 census, but Democrats refuse to allow a vote, let alone cut off ACORN’s access to the taxpayer funds.
Late Monday night, Speaker Pelosi used a procedural tactic to pass a gag rule, blocking the amendments I introduced. Pelosi shut off the ability of Republicans to offer amendments. Pelosi would rather silence the minority than have actual debate on issues like ACORN’s involvement in the upcoming census or corrupt spending.
The hypocrisy of Pelosi’s actions is glaring. In June 2006, then-minority leader Pelosi unveiled a plan entitled “A New Direction for America.” Language in the plan explicitly stated that “Every person in America has a right to have his or her voice heard. No Member of Congress should be silenced on the Floor.” Another direct quote from her plan: “Bills should generally come to the Floor under a procedure that allows open, full, and fair debate consisting of a full amendment process that grants the Minority the right to offer its alternatives.”
This Pelosi Congress is violating its 2006 commitments to the American people so it can protect ACORN and suppress the voice of the minority party. Shielding ACORN from oversight ensures that this liberal get-out-the-vote machine will continue its shady practices.
It is time for every member of this Congress to go on record in support of or opposition to ACORN. ACORN is corroding the integrity of our electoral process by attacking the sanctity of the ballot box and using taxpayer dollars to do so, and Nancy Pelosi and Democrats on Capitol Hill are complicit in ACORN’s cover-up. America cannot allow the same group that produced more than 400,000 fraudulent voter registration forms to run the 2010 census.
Can we get King to run for President?
Democrats =ACORN ....Democrats are stealing tax dollars and using it to re-elect themselves.
yep
I told my local ACORN chapter that there are 567 of me at my home address, Now, given that I am a white male over 50 do you think they’ll count my clones? hmmmmmm
....Democrats are stealing tax dollars and using it to re-elect themselves.
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Why do you think the TARP money is being sandbagged by Obama until 2010 through 2012? Yes, exactly. I hope the libs are real proud of themselves for what they have done to this country.....
This does not look good !
This needs to be on every single GOP candidate's website.
If ACORN is doing it, yes. If it is back to what, the Commerce Dept. then I'll give a few minimal answers - number of voting adults and number of minors residing, period.
ACORN needs to be immediately cut off from public funds. It needs to be kept out of the census, and quite possibly destroyed or disbanded before it can taint any more elections.
Go to your local ACORN internet site and just try to join.
Evidently they screen applicants..even just to see their news site. I wonder how they decide who gets to join?
They have no remorse for anything they do or say. The stock answer is "we won." Meanwhile those who voted for this party (not including the voters who voted solely based upon racial/physical/vocal attributes) are increasing disenchanted and beginning to vocalize about it.
6/18/05 Memorandum - Proposed Process for Developing a 5-Year ACORN Political Business Plan
I like Rep King, but he is only scratching the surface of this communist inspired organization. It’s time for our elected ‘leaders’ to start connecting the dots and shouting about ALL OF IT from the rooftops!
Ronald Reagan did not shy away from calling the marxists/communist what they were....why are our leaders so timid in the face of evil? It’s time to educate the America people on who these people are!!
So it’s clearly a case of ‘us or them’ ‘friend or enemy’ according to the current admin’s marching orders. “WE WON” has become the mantra for blatent intimidation - from Governors to Inspectors General to Beauty Queens to Joe the Plumber to Senators to auto dealerships and banks. Mentally stuck in junior-high-with-absent-parents days, this administration has, in less than six months and before our very eyes, succeeded in the Kenyaization of America’s congress into two separate congresses. Crickets from the MSM.
Are our republican congressmen finally starting to realize they’re now effectively reduced to the status of office furniture? When will they get loud? after they’ve been offered a chance to ‘resign’, with one hour to clean out their desks? And if they manage to hang on until 2012 turns the table, will the Dems then be subjected to the same childish retaliatory intimidation as is being dished out now? What example is this showing our own children on how to handle conflicts? America waits for it’s answer with baited breath. IMO JMO MOO
I don't WANT to live in an AMERICA where MY TAX DOLLARS are STOLEN by the GOVERNMENT AND PAID OUT TO DEMOCRAT THUGS to use for RE-ELECTION!
And I believe this link deserves its own thread, don't you?
Wouldn't that only make sense if you live in a blue state and/or district? If you live in rural Alabama shouldn't you claim that 34 people live in your house?
ACORN are the DemoCultists Basiji.
It has started already, first with Rush,Santelli, and now with the tea parties. PUSHBACK has begun.
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