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Figures. ACORN Was Behind Franken's Stolen Senate Seat
Gateway Pundit ^ | 9-28-09

Posted on 09/28/2009 6:49:17 PM PDT by Justaham

Here's a shocker. ACORN may have helped Al Franken steal the US senate seat from Minnesota. The Minnesot Star-Tribune reported:

But ACORN does have a special place in its heart for at least one prominent Minnesota politician. Last year, it showered praise on Al Franken, endorsing his run for the U.S. Senate. Franken returned the esteem: "I'm thrilled and honored to receive this endorsement," he gushed in a press release. He added that he was "more motivated than ever to work with ACORN."

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1 posted on 09/28/2009 6:49:18 PM PDT by Justaham
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To: Justaham

gosh, i’m really surprised.

i know the pubie party is protecting us.

/s


2 posted on 09/28/2009 6:53:08 PM PDT by ken21 (i am not voting for a rino-progressive.)
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To: Justaham

And this seat WAS stolen. Franken should be in jail.


3 posted on 09/28/2009 6:58:02 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (I don't remember Americans being called "racists" when we fought against Hillarycare.)
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To: Justaham
It was for the children.


“ACORN's Recent History With Prostitution (who'd have thought..)
Perhaps we shouldn't have been completely surprised by the videos we've seen of ACORN workers offering assistance to prostitution rings.

I mean, there was Cincinnati . . .
Shari Bell, 41, of Walnut Hills was arrested Wednesday night by Cincinnati police, reported WCPO, NewsChannel5's Cincinnati sister station.
Bell allegedly approached an undercover officer's car in Evanston and offered him sex for money. Police also said they found a crack pipe in Bell's coat pocket.
Bell told police she works for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now at the time of her arrest.

And then there was Cleveland:
An Ohio man who cast an illegal early ballot after being caught registering to vote several times with ACORN is a longtime scammer who was arrested last year — as a woman.
The bizarre tale of Darnell Nash — a k a Serina "Sexy Slay" Gibbs — came to light after Cuyahoga County election officials charged him with voter fraud and this week turned him in to prosecutors.
It turns out that Nash, 24, who has a criminal record as a man, is now a transsexual escort who claims to make $150 an hour turning tricks as the self-proclaimed "Queen of Cleveland Gender Benders."
Maybe this really is just another day at the office for the folks at ACORN . . .

UPDATE: Then there's Milwaukee:
At least seven felons convicted of crimes including cocaine possession and robbery were recruited by a liberal group to register voters in Milwaukee,
raising fears they may have committed voter fraud . . .
Along with the seven felons, court records show one special registration deputy has a pending felony charge for heroin possession and another is facing a misdemeanor prostitution charge. A third was convicted of misdemeanor prostitution. “



"ACORN Funded Prostitution Zone")."


ACORN Prostitution Scam Moves to Brooklyn

Now, I guess, we know what a community organizer does, because today we learned, an ACORN Brothel Grows in Brooklyn.
When we last saw our fake pimp and hooker, they were in our nation's capitol trying to
find out how ACORN would deal with people looking for a home mortgage so they can open open up a brothel using under-aged girls. "


"US ACORN SCANDAL: International Press Roundup (RUSSIA); Balt. Libs Recommend to Establish Brothel.

Liberal Benefactors in Baltimore gave recommendations to establish a brothel
В США опубликован видеоролик с участием сотрудников либеральной некоммерческой
организации, которые с энтузиазмом дают советы по организации противозаконного бизнеса -
детской проституции. In the United States published a video with the participation of staff of the liberal non-profit organization,
who enthusiastically give advice on the organization of an illegal business - child prostitution.
Как передает CNN, запись сделана двумя консервативными активистами,
один из которых изображал сутенера, а другая - проститутку.
According to CNN, entry was made by two conservative activist, one of which
depicted the pimp and the other - a prostitute.
Объектом успешной провокации стала влиятельная Ассоциация местных
организаций за немедленные реформы (ACORN)."



"ACORN SCANDAL: International Press Roundup (MEXICO) Girls
from Mexico/E.S. to U.S. for Prostitution
"Trabajo encubierto exhibe ilícitos de empleados de la ACORN;
Llevan a EU niñas de México y El Salvador para prostituirlas"
They have girls from Mexico to the United States and El Salvador for Prostitution
Antonio Heras Antonio Heras Corresponsal Correspondent Mexicali, BC, 17 de
septiembre. Mexicali, BC, Sept. 17. An undercover work done by Hannah Giles and
James O'Keefe, activists, human rights advocates, revealed illegal actions of
employees of the Association of Community Organizations for the New Reform
(ACORN, for its acronym in English), who advise the import United States of girls
from Mexico and El Salvador for prostitution in the neighboring country and profit
from it.

The ACORN, nongovernmental organization dedicated to the support of migrants and
highly marginalized people to acquire home ownership in the U.S., announced it will
initiate an independent investigation to determine responsibilities of its employees."


"ACORN SCANDAL: International Press Roundup (NORWAY): "Obama-Support Group Helps Fake Whore/Pimp" "Obama-Støttegruppe Felt Av Falsk Hore Og Hhallik"
a video camera has revealed how people in the U.S. umbrella organization Acorn has
been willing to provide support to illegal projects.
Obama-aid Lobby group, which supports low-and middle-income groups in the housing
wage and tax issues, was under the election campaign last year, accused of election
fraud after a sub-organization had a mission to register voters worth 800 000 dollars
for Obama. "


"Unearthed! Obama's twisted ACORN roots
"Obama's task was to help far South Side residents press for improvement," the Times article explained. "


"The E. F. Hutton of Prostitution: When ACORN Talks, Pimps and Hookers Listen.
The radical activist group ACORN is the E. F. Hutton of prostitution. It stands ready to provide discreet advice
on setting up a brothel and engaging in other, associated acts of criminality. When ACORN talks, pimps and hookers listen.
In Baltimore, ACORN staff assured O’Keefe and Giles that the group doesn’t “discriminate” — i.e., has no standards whatsoever.
Giles is told if she makes $96,000 a year selling sex, she should tell the government she only makes $9,600.
O’Keefe notes that they want a house for 13 underage girls who will be imported from El Salvador to work as prostitutes.
Only three — not all 13 — of the girls can be listed as dependents, ACORN prudently advises. "


"ACORN Prostitution Scandal:San Bernardino VIDEO This Time W/Politicians and Murder
When we last saw our fake pimp and hooker, they were in Brooklyn, with the usual scenario,
trying to find out how ACORN would deal with people looking for a home mortgage
so they can open open up a brothel using under-aged girls.

Today's stop is San Bernardino, California. In this Acorn office we find out the woman who runs the office is also a poll dancer
who may turn tricks on the side. ACORN's is supposedly non political but acording to Teresa,
the woman on the tape helping the pair, she speaks with Congressman and Senators every day because
she is lobbying for the Obamacare bill. She names Barbara "Call Me Senator "Boxer and Senator McCleod,
and 62nd district Assemblywoman Wilmer Amina Carter as people with whom she deals.
Theresa says that “Eden’s” prostitution money would be an asset to James in his quest to become a Senator or Representative.
Also the person who was helping the alter egos of James O' Keefe and Hannah Giles with the prostitution scam
also talks about how she first planned the cover-up then shot and killed her husband."


James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles visited one of ACORN’s New York offices in August,
where they picked up handy tips on how to lie on housing forms to cover up a prostitution business
(”Honesty is not going to get you the house,” one ACORN official advises) and how to hide cash
from their illicit business (”When you buy the house with the backyard, you get a tin…
and you bury it down in there…cover it…and put the grass over it…”).

In 1994 the ACORN Housing Corporation (AHC) was awarded a $1.1 million grant
by AmeriCorps, a program of the Corporation for National Service (CNS). The money was intended
to fund the training of 42 AmeriCorps members in 13 cities. The workers were expected to identify
low-income families hoping to purchase a first home, to assist them in finding suitable housing, and to
advise them in securing the necessary financing.

AHC’s initial subterfuge pales in comparison to the illegal fundraising scheme it subsequently operated,
using its AmeriCorps grant to increase ACORN’s membership.
According to Jordan, one ACORN member in the Dallas regional office stated that “the only reason
for having the AmeriCorps program was to gain new ACORN members, and that if AmeriCorps loan
counseling clients did not start becoming ACORN members, she could and would halt the AmeriCorps project.”
Jordan found that this understanding was not limited to the Dallas office.
Using government funds to solicit membership in an organization that— like ACORN—participates in
direct political advocacy is a violation of federal guidelines."


"ACORN: Big Apple, Big Pimping (another shoe drops)
It was just a fluke, ACORN insisted the first time that James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles
published their undercover video showing their office in Baltimore helping a pimp evade taxes
and get a mortgage by deceit for a brothel. They fired a couple of “bad apples” in that office,
and a couple of more bad apples in Washington DC when that office got caught on hidden camera
doing the same thing. In fact. ACORN went so far as to brag that the pair had tried the same thing
and failed in “San Diego, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia to name a few places.”"

4 posted on 09/28/2009 7:02:44 PM PDT by Diogenesis ("Those who go below the surface do so at their peril" - Oscar Wilde)
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To: Justaham

Would love to see him referred from now forward as “Sen. Al Franken, D-Acorn”


5 posted on 09/28/2009 7:02:47 PM PDT by paddles
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To: Justaham

No kidding, but nothing will be done about it.

Pawlenty verified the election rather than taking a stand against election fraud.

The GOP is worse than wimps who stand for nothing.

The GOP stood for election fraud, because it raised not a finger to resist.

I know some will disagree with me, but this is how I see it.


6 posted on 09/28/2009 7:05:28 PM PDT by chris37
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To: Justaham
Secretary of State Mark Ritchie assures us that Minnesota's system of voter verification protects electoral integrity.

But here's an uncomfortable fact: Ritchie himself was endorsed by the now-notorious ACORN and elected with its help.

Just like Jennifer Brunner the Secertary of State here in Ohio whose top advisor was ACORN's Project Vote development director Karyn Gillette. Brunner turned a blind eye to ACORN registration problems; even defying a court order to do so. Her excuse: there was no evidence.

7 posted on 09/28/2009 7:06:04 PM PDT by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is the 4th of July, democrats believe every day is April 15)
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To: Justaham

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Really?

/s


8 posted on 09/28/2009 7:07:21 PM PDT by HighlyOpinionated (2012 -- Sarah Palin for President, Michele Bachmann for VP, Liz Cheney for Sec of State!)
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To: Justaham

No!! Say it ain’t SO?!? Whoddathunkit?!


9 posted on 09/28/2009 7:25:04 PM PDT by patriot preacher (To be a good American Citizen and a Christian IS NOT a contradiction. (www.mygration.blogspot.com))
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To: Justaham

I wonder who else is an ACORN politician?


10 posted on 09/28/2009 7:35:14 PM PDT by TNdandelion (I'd rather have FedEx run my healthcare than USPS.)
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To: Justaham

Paging ‘Captain Obvious’!


11 posted on 09/28/2009 7:38:19 PM PDT by airborne (Don't let history record that, when faced with evil, you did nothing!)
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To: Justaham

We all knew that fact a long time ago. It is just that nobody would listen.


12 posted on 09/28/2009 7:42:33 PM PDT by jongaltsr (Hope to See ya in Galt's Gulch.)
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To: Justaham
frankensteal

seriousenator

13 posted on 09/28/2009 8:04:01 PM PDT by Nateman (If liberals aren't screaming you're doing it wrong.)
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To: All
startribune.com: ACORN has a special place in its heart for at least one prominent Minnesota politician. Last year, it showered praise on Al Franken, endorsing his run for the U.S. Senate. Franken returned the esteem: "I'm thrilled and honored to receive this endorsement," he gushed in a press release.

Franken added that he was "more motivated than ever to work with ACORN." I'm not suggesting that Franken had any association with the folks behind ACORN's recent scandal. Indeed, when the Senate voted to defund ACORN, he got religion and joined the pack. It's worth recalling, however, that ACORN is best-known for its massive voter-registration campaigns, which focus relentlessly on getting Democrats elected in targeted states.

Here its record is appalling -- and goes to the heart of our democratic electoral system. In October 2008, ACORN announced triumphantly that it had registered about 1.3 million new voters in 18 battleground states, among them Minnesota.(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...

ACORN helped get their favorite son Franken elected -- a win that handed Democrats the 60-vote, veto-proof majority that they needed to enact their liberal agenda? Secretary of State Mark Ritchie assured us that Minnesota's system of voter verification protects electoral integrity. But here's an uncomfortable fact: Ritchie himself was endorsed by the now-notorious ACORN and elected with its help.

ANALYSIS Keep in mind that elected officials are held to a higher legal authority---what is acceptable behavior for citizens might be a crime for elected legislators under oath of office.

The FBI should interrogate Franken to determine if ACORN received anything of value to pull off the deception---money, jobs, political cover, to facilitate the deception, and whether they colluded to misuse Congessional influence. ACORN may have colluded with Franken to deceive voters.

FBI TIP PAGE http://tips.fbi.gov/ (you may remain anonymous)

POSSIBLE CHARGES Official acts prohibited, misuse of campaign funds, abuse of public office, violating oath of office, misuse of government position, abuse of government power; conflict of interest; influence buying; conspiracy to deceive; misuse of elective office, collusion, conspiracy to collude.

Franken's official campaign finance records filed with the FEC, and state election commission, should be scrutinized for possible violations. Determine if Franken's contributors are legit and whether Franken illegally used campaign funds. Determine whether ACORN gave Franken campaign contributions to influence funding votes that was illegally transferred from govt funds labeled to help the poor.

FBI TIP PAGE http://tips.fbi.gov/ (you may remain anonymous)

14 posted on 09/28/2009 8:10:16 PM PDT by Liz
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To: Justaham

bought, paid for, and delivered.


15 posted on 09/28/2009 8:13:25 PM PDT by GOP Poet
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To: Diogenesis
Now, I guess, we know what a community organizer does...

Yep - NOT pretty.

16 posted on 09/28/2009 8:17:13 PM PDT by GOPJ (UN mixing democracies & dictators' is like mixing ice cream and shit-all of it stinks.(Steyn))
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To: FlingWingFlyer; altair; stephenjohnbanker; little jeremiah; ~Kim4VRWC's~; voteNRA; mkjessup; ...
ACORN Ping!

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


17 posted on 09/28/2009 9:11:15 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (A mob of one.)
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To: chris37

“The GOP is worse than wimps who stand for nothing.

The GOP stood for election fraud, because it raised not a finger to resist.

I know some will disagree with me, but this is how I see it.”

That is exactly how I see it.


18 posted on 09/29/2009 6:09:25 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (Pray for, and support our troops(heroes) !! And vote out the RINO's!!)
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To: Justaham
ACORN may have helped steal the seat for clown boy? MAY HAVE????? OF COURSE THEY DID!!!!!!
19 posted on 09/29/2009 6:14:26 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: stephenjohnbanker
I will add that McCain is the poster child for the feckless GOP since he cowered before the election fraud of his opponent's party which purposely did not vet their affirmative action fraud for the presidential ballot, allowing the democrap party to post and elect an ineligible candidate. THAT is the ultimate election fraud ... and perhaps the last great scam the Republic will face since the democrat party is sweeping away the old republic and replacing it with a democrat federal oligarchy which will never again relinquish power to the feckless Republican pubbies.
20 posted on 09/29/2009 6:16:46 AM PDT by MHGinTN (Dems, believing they cannot be deceived, it is impossible to convince them when they are deceived.)
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