Leland: I don't know what to make of you sometimes. Surely, you're not so shallow.
Forget the organization's endorsement of Obama, or his promise to have them set the agenda for his presidency, the FBI raids and investigations, the links to the housing scandal, the proof of voter registration fraud in 15 states, the actual voter fraud in Ohio--just cling to your little Pravda editorial, which merely blurbs a couple lines from ACORN's website about its mission and flatly asserts that McCain is exaggerating what's going on. Actually, if you know anything about their history, their origin, the people behind them financially (including, by the way, George Soros), and Obama's relationship to and roles within it, you'd realize that they are a much more complex undertaking than their modest mission would let on, and Obama's glorious ascendency is inextricably intertwined with their current hyper-activism. http://www.npr.org/blogs/secretmoney/2008/10/acorns_money_tree_has_many_bra. html - - - The foundations that give to ACORN & Co. vary widely. There are some classically liberal ones: The Bauman Family Foundation gave $350,000 to ACORN's American Institute for Social Justice. George Soros' Open Society Institute gave $300,000 to that institute and $250,000 to ACORN proper. The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation gave the institute $1.8 million. ... The 527 organization Fund for America was set up last year by top liberal donors and operatives to help fund pro-Democratic organizations this election season, but it ended up folding. The Fund, itself bankrolled by George Soros and others, gave $200,000 to ACORN. ... There's a lot more to ACORN's financial picture that we can't complete here. ACORN's network is complex, and money often transfers from one affiliate to another, making it hard for outsiders to keep track of it all. But one thing is for sure: ACORN is busy. - - - And that, from National Proletariat Radio... Non partisan my ass! Don't be too surprised when they are indicted undo RICO. - Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Leland F. Jackson, CPA > Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 12:05 PM > To: ProFox Email List > Subject: [OT] The ACORN Storm > > The article below is from the Washington Post regarding false > accusations being circulated by Senator John McCain and his campaign, > which allege Senator Obama is connected to voter fraud though an > association with ACORN. > #------------------------------------------------ > > EDITORIALS > > From John McCain, hyperbole about potential voter fraud > > THE VERY "fabric of democracy," or so Sen. John McCain warned at the > final presidential debate, is at stake. "We need to know the full > extent > of Senator Obama's relationship with ACORN, [which] is now on the verge > of maybe perpetrating one of the greatest frauds in voter history in > this country," Mr. McCain said, referring to the liberal group the > Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. Mr. McCain's > hyperbole about ACORN, which has endorsed Mr. Obama, is unwarranted. > > The group, whose voter registration drive has helped sign up about > 450,000 low-income, minority and young voters this election, has been > accused of submitting phony or duplicate registrations. ACORN itself > has > acknowledged problems, noting that in Nevada "there have been several > times over the past ten months that our Las Vegas Quality Control > program has identified a canvasser who appears to have knowingly > submitted a fake or duplicate application in order to pad his or her > hours." ACORN says it phones those who sign voter registration cards to > verify that the applications are valid and flags the questionable > registrations for election officials. Most of what are presumed to be > fraudulent registrations can be explained as clerical errors; voting > officials routinely check registrations against databases, such as > driver's license records, to identify questionable submissions. > > If ACORN or any other group has engaged in a scheme to submit phony > registrations, by all means that should be thoroughly investigated and > prosecuted. What Mr. McCain's alarmist attack ignores, however, is the > enormous gulf between improper voter registration -- whether fraudulent > or merely erroneous -- and actually committing fraud at the ballot box. > Evidence of fraudulent voting is scant, though there is always a risk. > But there is a far greater risk of citizens entitled to vote being > turned away from the polls -- and the real threat to the "fabric of > democracy" is the McCain campaign's effort to stir up unfounded > suspicions of massive voter fraud, casting unwarranted doubt on the > legitimacy of the election. > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp- > dyn/content/article/2008/10/24/AR2008102402954.html?wpisrc=newsletter > > or > > http://tinyurl.com/6mwfek > > #----------------------------------------- > > Regards, > > LelandJ > > > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html > --- > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. 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