Posted on 09/14/2008 8:25:49 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
In recent weeks, there has been much discussion about the definition (and responsibilities) of the "community organizer."
As the Democrats have touted, Obama started his "career" as a community organizer.
And, Obama has close ties to one of the largest "community organizer" organizations in the country - ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now).
As Stanley Kurtz writes in National Review:
Obama has had an intimate and long-term association with the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (Acorn), the largest radical group in America.
In her convention at the Republican National Convention a few weeks ago, Sarah Palin sarcastically hinted that community organizers don't have any "actual responsibilities."
But a story in today's Detroit Free Press shows one of the responsibilities of an ACORN community organizer: voter fraud.
Several municipal clerks across the state are reporting fraudulent and duplicate voter registration applications, most of them from a nationwide community activist group working to help low- and moderate-income families.
The majority of the problem applications are coming from the group ACORN, Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, which has a large voter registration program among its many social service programs. ACORN's Michigan branch, based in Detroit, has enrolled 200,000 voters statewide in recent months, mostly with the use of paid, part-time employees.
"There appears to be a sizeable number of duplicate and fraudulent applications," said Kelly Chesney, spokeswoman for the Michigan Secretary of State's Office. "And it appears to be widespread."
... In recent years, ACORN's voter registration programs have come under investigation in Ohio, Colorado, Missouri and Washington, with some employees convicted of voter fraud.
You can learn even more about ACORN's questionable activities at www.RottenAcorn.com.
Once again, we see an Obama tie to a radical and/or corrupt group, person or organization. Rev. Wright...Bill Ayers...ACORN...the list goes on and on.
And, as the Obama-Biden camp continues to attack Sarah Palin, the contrast between her record of reform and Obama's corrupt ties couldn't be more clear.
I agree. I saw many NC tags on minivans full of questionable looking voters in Nashville during the last election.
I looked through ACORN’s site to find 1,000,000 new voters. Obviously Obama voters. This is not a small number.
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