Posted on 09/29/2008 10:36:05 PM PDT by BAW
The financial markets were teetering on the edge of an abyss last week. The secretary of the Treasury was literally on his knees begging the speaker of the House not to sabotage the bailout bill. The crash of falling banks made the earth tremble. The Republican presidential candidate suspended his campaign to deal with the crisis. And amid all this, the Democrats in Congress managed to find time to slip language into the bailout legislation that would provide a dandy little slush fund for ACORN.
ACORN stands for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, a busy hive of left-wing agitation and "direct action" that claims chapters in 50 cities and 100,000 dues-paying members. ACORN is where Sixties leftovers who couldn't get tenure at universities wound up. That the bill-writing Democrats remembered their pet clients during such an emergency speaks volumes. This attempted gift to ACORN (stripped out of the bill after outraged howls from Republicans) demonstrates how little Democrats understand about what caused the mess we're in.
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She has always been one of my favorite.
obumpa
meanwhile, more importantly Tina Fey has yet another Palin microorgasm
What did Obama know, and when did he know it?
Investigate the Fraud. Taxpayers should not be held accountable for DEMOCRATS extortion schemes
All you ever need to know about that scum organization.
Obama has two chances of winning on 11/4...slim & none.
And “Slim” just left the building. LOL
Heck, even the Clintons & the Clintonistas aren't gonna vote for this clown.
It ruins Clinton's plan to run in 2012 if Obama is elected POTUS.
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