ACORN Fraud Rumors Squashed
Originally published at Exponential. You can comment here or there.
(Ok, I couldn’t help it. I like acorn squash.)
Let’s deal with the ACORN rumors, shall we? I think anyone who has worked with a non-profit will feel pain at reading this, because it is so often that when you are trying to do the most good for a non-partisan cause that bad nuts get ( Read more... )
For every lib article there's a corresponding conservative article. Have we got that? I think we do now.
I have made my ACORN comments and will stick to them until the investigations are done.
I would take the position that any group that is unable to effectively control and monitor their employees activity and output (which I believe a federal investigation would suggest) should get taxpayers dollars.
If ACORN didn't target primarily democratic voting people and let their people wear one sides candidates shirts or the other, maybe I wouldn't complain as much. But the following makes me think abit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tMtLivgiBc -- pay attention to the last 25-30 seconds of reporting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HnuDmezbOc -- notice the meeting part at ~2:30. ACORN for Obama.
They are obviously for Obama. I believe a group promoting voter registration shouldn't put forth a candidate preference.
Democrats pushing to fund ACORN from taxpayer dollars over the recent years.
October 26, 2005: The U.S. House of Representatives votes on an amendment to sunset the Democrat-proposed ACORN slush fund after five years (Roll Call 541).
208 Republican vote YES
191 Democrats vote NO (only 2 Democrats vote yes)
May 22, 2007: The U.S. House of Representatives votes on an amendment to strip the ACORN slush fund from a housing reform bill (Roll Call 392).
155 Republicans vote YES
224 Democrats vote NO
May 8, 2008: The U.S. House of Representatives votes on a motion to prohibit the ACORN slush fund from benefiting convicted drug dealers, sex offenders, or mortgage fraud perpetrators (Roll Call 298).
196 Republicans vote YES
215 Democrats vote NO
July 23, 2008: The U.S. House of Representatives votes to officially create the ACORN slush fund, permanently writing it into law (Roll Call 519).
149 Republicans vote NO
227 Democrats vote YES (only 3 Democrats vote no)
September, 2008: Congressional Democrats insert a provision into the emergency financial rescue package to kick-back 20% of taxpayer revenue to the newly created ACORN slush fund.
It took all weekend for Republican negotiators to successfully remove this provision from the the bailout bill.
Here's the article link: http://www.wvgazette.com/News/200810170676
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