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The Obama/ACORN connection

Obama forged path as Chicago community organizer LA Times, 3/2/2008

"He got people to vote with their feet" on the issue, organizer Madeleine Talbot said. At the time, Talbot worked at the social action group ACORN and initially considered Obama a competitor. But she became so impressed with his work that she invited him to help train her staff.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/ny-usobam025598601mar02,1,6933215,full.story

1 posted on 10/07/2008 2:18:51 PM PDT by sbMKE
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To: sbMKE

Weird. Even Boss Daley knows you can’t slay the golden goose (small and medium business) to get at all the eggs.


2 posted on 10/07/2008 2:22:41 PM PDT by Clock King (You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.)
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To: sbMKE

Obama helped train ACORN operatives to intimidate people and promote illegal voting.


3 posted on 10/07/2008 2:31:41 PM PDT by pleikumud
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To: sbMKE

the link at the top takes me to a current paper, not the old link.

is there a link for the 1997 version somewhere?


4 posted on 10/07/2008 2:32:46 PM PDT by WOBBLY BOB (Conservatives are to McCain what Charlie Brown is to Lucy.)
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