Posted on 09/16/2009 11:53:30 AM PDT by La Lydia
The Acorn scandal continues to mushroom. Yesterday BigGovernment.com published videos from a fourth Acorn office visit by freelance investigators...The woman manning the Acorn office in San Bernardino, Calif...responds to the pair's requests for help setting up a child-prostitution ring by claiming to be an ex-prostitute herself. "Heidi Fleiss is my hero!" she exclaims....
Think about it: When you feel threatened, isn't "Heidi Fleiss is my hero" the first thing you blurt out?
Government officials continue responding to the Acorn revelations. The New York Post reports that Andrew Cuomo, New York's state attorney general, "yesterday launched an investigation into pork-barrel grants given to ACORN by state lawmakers, as City Council Speaker Christine Quinn froze all city funding earmarked for the scandal-scared [sic] community-activism organization"...
The Wall Street Journal urges the U.S. Justice Department to undertake a criminal investigation of Acorn. This column echoes that call, although we wonder if the Obama administration is compromised here. The president, who as a candidate touted his background as a "community organizer," has extensive ties to Acorn. In February 2008, the Acorn Political Action Committee endorsed Obama over Hillary Clinton, and Obama's campaign Web site, Organizing for America, boasted of the candidate's support for the group...
...in August 2008, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported that the Obama campaign paid more than $800,000 to an Acorn "offshoot" for "get out the vote" projects.
Obama worked for Acorn and Acorn worked for Obama. That doesn't mean the president is implicated...but it suggests at least that the worse things get for Acorn, the more embarrassing it is for him. If the Justice Department fails to prosecute, it invariably would raise suspicions of political favoritism. This column does not care for special prosecutors, but the case for appointing one would seem to be stronger than usual....
(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...
Yes. And there HAS been for about 30 years.
The mere fact that ACORN is a non-profit and supposed to be non-political isn't the above fact some sort of violation of the law?
RICO,Rico,Rico! Please lord.
Dammit people!!! how is he going to ‘heal our souls’ like his wife promised if we attack him all the time?!
Let alone that they endorsed a candidate. How does a non-profit, unaligned outfit get away with that?
Acorn will shut down - cease to exist.
A new organization, something like “Communities Registering Anyone Possible” will spring up with the same employees.
Their partners in crime (our elected officials) will just shunt the ACORN money to the new organization.
bump for later...
Well... when you look at it THAT way...
...he can’t be imeached soon enough.
;^)
It starts with spineless Republicans such as those who told Cheney, Palin, and Wilson to shut up.
You're probably right.
Nice acronym you came up with for the spin-off organization...
I emailed and phoned my Representative to support an investigation into ACORN and immediately stop federal funding. I suggest everyone contact their politicians for the same reasons.
LOVE the hat!
Obama gave ACORN alomost $900,000.00, nothing there to look at.
that big whooosh we hear shortly
be a long time a’comin’. since 1970.
U.S. House of Representatives
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Darrell Issa (CA-49), Ranking Member
Is ACORN Intentionally Structured As a
Criminal Enterprise?
Staff Report
U.S. House of Representatives
111th Congress
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
July 23, 2009
http://republicans.oversight.house.gov/media/pdfs/20090723ACORNReport.pdf
Don’t know about yours, but my soul is starting to feel a little better - maybe the depression is really over!
What did Obama know and when did he know it?
Obama - the biggest nut in the tree.
How utterly pathetic is our media if it only took 2 inquisitive college students, 2 cheesy costumes, $1,300 and a video camera to bring down ACORN?
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