ACORN: The Official Thread

[samsnee]

I agree that the people on this video are clearly idiots and shouldn't be employed. But as others have said, I'm sure you can find voter fraud on BOTH sides if you really look. Two wrongs don't make a right, but I hate when I hear one side acting like they do no wrong.

 

[VampElvis]

If you're going to attack the ones who filmed the ACORN employees, why stop there? Time to go after this guy too......

Spoiler

 

[SuBe]

This is truly a landmark low point for the political forums.

Go on....

 

[TheComicbookKid]

Damn, that was some pretty disgusting behavior. I'm not going to condemn the entire organization based on three incidents, but they do need to tighten up their practices and oversight.

 

[VampElvis]

That's three incidents this week. There are others.

 

[Paradyme]

Damn, that was some pretty disgusting behavior. I'm not going to condemn the entire organization based on three incidents, but they do need to tighten up their practices and oversight.

That's three incidents this week. There are others.

It's up to four and you will see another tonight.

 

[TheComicbookKid]

Obama just needs to order any public money be stopped and Acorn loses tax exempt status unless a severe restructing takes place. Similar to what United Way had to do to repair its image.

 

[chaseter]

These incidents aren't the first bad things to happen inside ACORN.

 

[Backdrifter]

Go on....

Watching some people scrape the bottom of the barrel in an effort to defend this organization simply because of it's affiliation with Obama. It is low. Very low.

 

[Kurosawa]

My definition of Leech is someone or something taking something that isn't their's by force. What do you call using Government to take Money from those that earn it to give to those that don't or spend on programs that benefit disproportionately on those that didn't earn the money in the first place? Leech.


You can't say that a group of people that fight for the rights of the individual to provide for their own is a Racist.

I find Social Darwinism disgusting myself, but whatever.

 

[SuBe]

I find Social Darwinism disgusting myself, but whatever.

I find people that are willing to use Government as a weapon on their neighbor to steal their hard earn money and willing to sacrifice the liberty of their Brother for a free hand out disgusting.

 

[Tally Man]

I find people that are willing to use Government as a weapon on their neighbor to steal their hard earn money and willing to sacrifice the liberty of their Brother for a free hand out disgusting.

I find strawmen to be disgusting.

 

[Backdrifter]

I find Social Darwinism disgusting myself, but whatever.

If I was a social darwinist, I'd be a communist. Well, that is to say, I would be a communist politician.

 

[SuBe]

The IRS says it will no longer include ACORN in its volunteer tax assistance program.

As for ACORN? They're filing suit against the filmmakers who uncovered their slimy underbelly.

 

[StorminNorman]

It's amazing that two people and a video camera can destroy an organizational so well connected so quickly. Truly, truly amazing.

 

[SuBe]

It's what America is all about :heart:

 

[chaseter]

I am surprised that the film makers weren't called racists.

 

[Handsome Rob]

The IRS says it will no longer include ACORN in its volunteer tax assistance program.

I did an internship at a credit union for the VITA program when I was in college. That's a shame, because providing free tax return prep to lower income individuals and families is a good service, and the corruption at ACORN (which is supposed to help lower income individuals) is now going to prevent them from . . . helping lower income individuals and families.

 

[chaseter]

Helping them is good, but trading that service for a vote for certain candidates is not. ACORN may have started off good, but it isn't anymore imo. Many organizations have become corrupt over time and they need to be knocked down a few pegs to get back to where they should be.

 

[SuBe]

I am surprised that the film makers weren't called racists.

I'm sure they were.

 

[Kelly]

What cracks me up about this WHOLE THING IS.....

When the guy (pimp director) was asked what his political leaning was....are you ready......his answer was....






PROGRESSIVE........lmao. A Progressive takes down ACORN....NOW THAT is America.

 

[VampElvis]

I am surprised that the film makers weren't called racists.

I'm sure they were.

I read an article about the two yesterday (I can't remember where it was at or I'd post a link) and apparently the male does a LOT of this kind of stuff. Supposedly he has audio of a phone call in which Planned Parenthood in California agreeing to take a financial contribution from him under the condition that it only be used to abort black babies.

Now I'm sure his intent was either to show hipocracy or to demonstrate allegations of racism against Planned Parenthood (I've heard claims by percentage they really put a dent in the black population against others, but I've never looked into it myself) but either way, I'm sure these two projects will queue up some nasty mud being slung in his direction.

 

[BlackLantern]

Ive come across rumbling about Planned Parenthood and their "practices"

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

Anyone catch the ACORN coverage on Maddow last night?

I thought it was rather interesting.

The voter fraud myth was interesting, at least.

There's a link to the study that made it onto her show. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28314808/ns/msnbc_tv-rachel_maddow_show

http://www.uni.edu/martinc/acornstudy.html

I'm coming at this with a fresh view. I doubt many others are, though. The study is basically supposed to be how the mainstream media fails. Alot, I guess.

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

Just looking over the Highlights section, some interesting stuff I guess to see:

...More than 60% of all stories about ACORN during 2007 and 2008 appeared in the single month of October 2008, creating an "October Surprise".

In October 2008, at the peak of the campaign, negative attacks dominated the news about ACORN:

76% focused on allegations of voter fraud
8.7% involved accusations that public funds were being funneled to ACORN
7.9% of the stories involved charges that ACORN is a front for registering democrats
3.1% involved blaming ACORN for the mortgage scandal

80.3% of the stories failed to mention that ACORN was reporting the voter irregularities to autorities, as required by law.