ACORN: The Official Thread

[BlackLantern]

any suspicions that what ACORN was reporting was altered in any way??

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

I dunno, still reading the study...article. Hasn't mentioned suspicions in ACORN juking the numbers, though.

The article seems to, so far, claim that ACORN was being used as a politcal football to try and nail the Obama. The article claims that ACORN could still be rolled out into 2012 to be used against Obama, and Dems.

It does seem more like a condemnation of the media, more than an actual defense of ACORN, I think.

 

[VampElvis]

I'd be more concerned to know if any organization similar to ACORN had the similar numbers of issues. That would be telling.

 

[StorminNorman]

I dunno, still reading the study...article. Hasn't mentioned suspicions in ACORN juking the numbers, though.

The article seems to, so far, claim that ACORN was being used as a politcal football to try and nail the Obama. The article claims that ACORN could still be rolled out into 2012 to be used against Obama, and Dems.

It does seem more like a condemnation of the media, more than an actual defense of ACORN, I think.

After the pimps and hoes bit, it will definitely be used against Obama and Democrats in 2010 and 2012.

 

[Kelly]

If Obama wants to close this issue for him in 2012, he better push for a Federal Investigation....


Because he doesn't need a group running around signing up Mickey Mouse to win....he needs Moderates and Independents....

 

[Paradoxium]

Bank Pulls Back From Acorn Work

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

After the pimps and hoes bit, it will definitely be used against Obama and Democrats in 2010 and 2012.

Yeah.

And like anything else, I think it's something that's been thrown...and has stuck. I've read that Obama never worked for ACORN.

But, it doesn't matter if he has or hasn't.

Because perception is that he did, and we all know how huge perception is in politics.

 

[chaseter]

Even if he didn't work for them, they endorsed his candidacy and gave him campaign contributions. Now, Obama turns around and gives them funds and a larger role in civil works. ACORN is found out to be corrupt and breaking the law as well as endorsing those attitudes. He had better distance himself from them and he had better condemn them or he will be associated with them rightfully so.

 

[StorminNorman]

Yeah.

And like anything else, I think it's something that's been thrown...and has stuck. I've read that Obama never worked for ACORN.

But, it doesn't matter if he has or hasn't.

Because perception is that he did, and we all know how huge perception is in politics.

Obama did legal work for ACORN, but has himself boated about being an ally of theirs.

Speaking to a Community Organizing event including ACORN:

"Before I even get inaugurated, during the transition we're going to being calling all of you in to help us shape the agenda. We're gonna be having meetings all over the country with community organizations so that you all have input into the agenda of the next presidency of the United States of America."

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

Yeah, but the way it's tossed around you'd think Obama wore an ACORN t-shirt and was connected to hookers and pimps.

Kinda the same way how some might think Obama was in a lab cooking up bombs with Bill Ayers exploding buildings.

Politics, man. Politics.

It's a profession for animals, I'm starting to think. Willing to go for the jugular and willing to take one in the crotch.

 

[StorminNorman]

That's exactly what it is.

 

[Franklin Richards]

ACORN VS Blackwater


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[chaseter]

I stopped listening when she said that halting funding to ACORN is wrong

 

[Kurosawa]

Yeah, but the way it's tossed around you'd think Obama wore an ACORN t-shirt and was connected to hookers and pimps.

Kinda the same way how some might think Obama was in a lab cooking up bombs with Bill Ayers exploding buildings.

Politics, man. Politics.

It's a profession for animals, I'm starting to think. Willing to go for the jugular and willing to take one in the crotch.

And that's why most of our government officials are *****es. It's a profession for bad people.

 

[BlackLantern]

I half agree Kuro....it's that people go in with good intentions, and then get a taste of the power, the perrks and all that and it rots them from the inside

 

[Kurosawa]

Some of them. Most who go into politics are just scumbags from the get go.

 

[StorminNorman]

I stopped listening when she said that halting funding to ACORN is wrong

She didn't necessarily say that funding ACORN is wrong, but that we should not simply limit it to one guilty organization. I actually agree with her. I think we should defund the other organizations as well.

Some of them. Most who go into politics are just scumbags from the get go.

Not really. Politics attracts the civic minded simply because it's much easier to make more money in other industries without the attention, up front costs, etc.

 

[Kurosawa]

She didn't necessarily say that funding ACORN is wrong, but that we should not simply limit it to one guilty organization. I actually agree with her. I think we should defund the other organizations as well.



Not really. Politics attracts the civic minded simply because it's much easier to make more money in other industries without the attention, up front costs, etc.

There's a lot of people in politics that could make big cash elsewhere. Some of them may start out with good intentions, but our system is so broken that they almost all become corrupt.

This country is a crippled corrupt dinosaur that is ruled by a wealthy elite and special interests. The middle class is moving closer and closer to total extinction. Both parties hold blindly and stupidly to party lines and are more interested in beating the other than in making good public policy. There's too much money in it to fix it now...there is no hope and no future. Unless you are already wealthy, there is no point in even living.

 

[Kelly]

damn.....

 

[Marx]

I just read an article from the AP that said ACORN offices in Louisiana were raided on friday. It's being said that the raid was launched due to a probe into possible fraud and embezzlement charges.

 

[moraldeficiency]

There's a lot of people in politics that could make big cash elsewhere. Some of them may start out with good intentions, but our system is so broken that they almost all become corrupt.

This country is a crippled corrupt dinosaur that is ruled by a wealthy elite and special interests. The middle class is moving closer and closer to total extinction. Both parties hold blindly and stupidly to party lines and are more interested in beating the other than in making good public policy. There's too much money in it to fix it now...there is no hope and no future. Unless you are already wealthy, there is no point in even living.

So ah, how's the birthday card industry treating you?

 

[moraldeficiency]

I just read an article from the AP that said ACORN offices in Louisiana were raided on friday. It's being said that the raid was launched due to a probe into possible fraud and embezzlement charges.

Awesome, could you post the article?

 

[Timstuff]

This country is a crippled corrupt dinosaur that is ruled by a wealthy elite and special interests. The middle class is moving closer and closer to total extinction. Both parties hold blindly and stupidly to party lines and are more interested in beating the other than in making good public policy. There's too much money in it to fix it now...there is no hope and no future. Unless you are already wealthy, there is no point in even living.

So ah, how's the birthday card industry treating you?

Now I have the hilarious mental image in my head of a whimsical birthday card whose inside reads what Kurosawa just said, followed by "Best wishes, Jimmy!"

Seriously though, if your not rich then there's no point in living? Talk about misplaced life priorities...

 

[Marx]

Awesome, could you post the article?

It's from the AP...I'd rather not. You can find it on HuffingtonPost.com though.

 

[Kurosawa]

Now I have the hilarious mental image in my head of a whimsical birthday card whose inside reads what Kurosawa just said, followed by "Best wishes, Jimmy!"

Seriously though, if your not rich then there's no point in living? Talk about misplaced life priorities...

Well, the better alternative is to try to get rich somehow, best method is by being the biggest greediest *****e you can be. Whoever said money can't buy happiness was a damned idiot.