seven members of ACORN turned in suspicious registration forms . that sparky is a few !
On Oct 14, 8:05 am, Kamakazee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It aint "a few people", they're being investigate across the country. > > Grab a paper, have someone read it to you, let me know what you find. > > Are we square? > > On Oct 14, 4:45 am, "[ the last patriotic Republican ]" > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > bull shit a few of the people who worked for ACORN decided to take the > > easy way out and faked some forms so they wouldn't have to work . to > > condemn ACORN for a few bad employees is ludicrous ! the Republican > > party is trying to use this minor incident to disenfranchise thousands > > of voters whose only crime was they didn't register as republicans ! > > > On Oct 13, 2:34 pm, frankg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hollywood, > > > > Did you read this article? > > > >http://www.eppc.org/publications/pubID.3566/pub_detail.asp > > > > This article was cited in at least two threads a few days back. I'm no > > > economic genius, so have been researching the past few weeks in an > > > attempt to understand what really has happened. I read this article > > > and found it to be high level enough to make sense of, but I also > > > wondered how accurate it was. I assumed that Democrats and Obama > > > supporters on this board would respond, countering the charges, but I > > > never really saw that happen. So my question is; what's not correct, > > > or what is being left off in this article? > > > > As for the article Mike posted above; > > > > Do you consider bogus sarcasm an untruth? The article tries to portray > > > "poor black people" as the force behind the collapse, then questions > > > how this powerless bloc of people, one step removed from slavery, can > > > turn global economics on its ear. However, it wasn't poor black > > > people, but organizations like ACORN and high powered lobbyists who > > > helped push legislation that made it possible for poor people (black, > > > white and everything in between) to get loans they should never have > > > qualified for. And quite honestly, this is an extremely racist article > > > that is trying to promote a black vs white issue when that has > > > absolutely nothing to do with it. Unqualified, sub-prime loans did not > > > just go out to blacks. > > > > The article is also rather sarcastic about ACORN and voter fraud, > > > except now we have Congressional testimony that sure does seem to > > > prove that ACORN is involved in fraudulent voter registration. > > > Attempts at dismissing this as something Republicans have done for > > > years is disingenuous. If it's illegal, immoral and jeopardizes the > > > legitimacy of the election process it needs to be rejected by all of > > > us. This should not be turned into party politics, regardless of who > > > is at fault. > > > > The final two paragraphs alone disqualify the article as nothing more > > > than a racial hack. Obama has historical ties to ACORN. That's a fact. > > > Whether that should be an issue for this election is for the public to > > > decide. But to use racism and sarcasm to try to dismiss the issue > > > entirely, and then go so far as to call it a McCain dirty trick is > > > ludicrous. > > > > On Oct 13, 9:19 am, Hollywood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > mark, > > > > > Feel free to point out the untruths or inaccuracies in mike's post. Do > > > > ahead, no one stopping you. > > > > > On Oct 13, 5:44 am, mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > this article is so full of shit, no womder ,murky buys into it. even > > > > > the liberal msm has finally accepted the fact that nobama has been > > > > > lying about his ties to acorn. > > > > > > On Oct 13, 4:16 am, "[ the last patriotic Republican ]" > > > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > McCain-Palin Lies > > > > > > By Lloyd Hart > > > > > > > You may have noticed over the last week the word acorn or to be more > > > > > > exact A.C.O.R.N. which stands for the Association of Community > > > > > >ticle is so full of shit Organizations for Reform Now. I personally > > > > > >have known about this group > > > > > > for many years and nearly fell off my couch when I began to hear the > > > > > > accusations coming out of the McCain campaign that poor black people > > > > > > (A.C.O.R.N.) held a gun to Congress's head (cause black people, you > > > > > > know, they can get guns. (wink) ) and forced it to pass a law that > > > > > > forced rich white guys to stop redlining minority neighborhoods and > > > > > > to > > > > > > stop predatory lending practices in minority neighborhoods - a > > > > > > deliberate practice of banks not providing equal access to credit > > > > > > products like loans and mortgages at the same fare market value in > > > > > > terms of interest rates that the white folks recieved who were > > > > > > forced > > > > > > into the terrible exodus of white flight when they had to relocate > > > > > > to > > > > > > the suburbs when they were afraid their children might have sex with > > > > > > black folks if they lived next door to them and you know (wink) > > > > > > listened to their jazz music and smoked their marijuana. > > > > > > > Help! Poor black people are are causing the total collapse of the > > > > > > Global Economy! > > > > > > > So, according to Senator John McCain and other Republicans, > > > > > > A.C.O.R.N. > > > > > > ruthlessly lobbied Congress to stop banks from redlining minority > > > > > > communities which somehow caused Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to buy > > > > > > bad > > > > > > loans from mortgage companies and banks who saw the future and were > > > > > > desperate to get rid of properties that would no longer be > > > > > > profitable > > > > > > once foreclosed on and because Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac bought all > > > > > > those bad loans (and have an automatic government rescue program to > > > > > > their charters), that that somehow linked poor black people > > > > > > (A.C.O.R.N.) to the bringing down of Wall Street investment giants > > > > > > like > > > > > > Bear Stearns, A.I.G. and Lehman Brothers which then led to the total > > > > > > collapse of the global banking system and the single largest one > > > > > > week > > > > > > drop in the Dow Jones Industrial average in history? Wow, poor black > > > > > > people sure have come a long way since the time of slavery, to be > > > > > > able > > > > > > to do that. Now that's something. > > > > > > > So Senator John McCain starts slamming A.C.O.R.N. for causing all > > > > > > the > > > > > > financial trouble at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, then news reports > > > > > > began to role in that Vegas police had raided an A.C.O.R.N. office > > > > > > this > > > > > > week looking for evidence of fraudulent voter registration > > > > > > practices. > > > > > > Then there was another report on Friday from Indiana of a bunch of > > > > > > voter registration cards were filled out in the same hand writing. > > > > > > It > > > > > > was then that my intestines began to twist up in a knock which made > > > > > > it > > > > > > impossible for me to sleep. > > > > > > > You see, what was happening to me was that I was beginning to > > > > > > transcend > > > > > > what the Jim Crow politicians inside the Republican Party were > > > > > > attempting to do. They were attempting to accuse poor black people > > > > > > of > > > > > > doing exactly what the Republican Party has been doing for years > > > > > > since > > > > > > it was taken over by the crazy crackers from the Jim Crow South who > > > > > > found themselves completely at home with the rich white guys from > > > > > > the > > > > > > north who had sold out reconstruction to segregation and Jim Crow > > > > > > ten > > > > > > years or so after the Civil War when Congress passed the Posse > > > > > > Comitatus Act which removed federal troops from the streets within > > > > > > the > > > > > > defeated Southern states allowing the Klu Klux Klan to undo > > > > > > reconstruction and institute the corrupt and murderous practices of > > > > > > segregation and Jim Crow which deliberately and systematically took > > > > > > away the right to vote and the right to economic justice of black > > > > > > folks > > > > > > living in the affected communities. > > > > > > > So it was nearly brain aneurysm material when I read what Florida > > > > > > Republican Congressman Tom Feeney had said the following on Friday: > > > > > > > "This is destructive to democracy," he told Fox News Friday. "I > > > > > > believe > > > > > > Acorn has violated more Americans' civil rights to have their vote > > > > > > counted than any group since the KKK. It's an outrage." > > > > > > > Along with other Republicans McCain, Feeney, and the party's talking > > > > > > heads all of a sudden started talking about A.C.O.R.N. at exactly > > > > > > the > > > > > > same time A.C.O.R.N. is raided in Vegas and the Indiana voter > > > > > > registration cards are suspect. It's as if they all recieved the > > > > > > same > > > > > > briefing memo from a single source. > > > > > > > Now, A.C.O.R.N. has had it's own issues like the brother of it's > > > > > > founder has been accused of embezzling a million dollars from the > > > > > > organization which is what this grouphttp://rottenacorn.com/is > > > > > > attempting to paint the entire organization with. But the accusation > > > > > > is, that someone did something bad to A.C.O.R.N. not A.C.O.R.N. > > > > > > doing > > > > > > something bad to voters and besides that, the beneficial work that > > > > > > A.C.O.R.N. does at the community level far out weighs anything bad a > > > > > > couple of bad apples may have done or could do. Go to a black or > > > > > > minority community and ask folks about A.C.O.R.N.. You'll find what > > > > > > I > > > > > > found , a well like community organizationhttp://www.acorn.org/. As > > > > > > for the accusations of voter fraud absolutely nothing has been > > > > > > proven > > > > > > and the evidence that has surfaced in Indiana looks as though it was > > > > > > somebody taking advantage of a policy within A.C.O.R.N. itself of > > > > > > paying voter registration activists for every registration card > > > > > > handed > > > > > > in. A common practice and ocurrance in all parties running for > > > > > > office > > > > > > in the U.S.. > > > > > > > In reality, it looks to me as though someone is attempting to get > > ... > > read more »- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
