Posted on 04/07/2009 7:06:09 PM PDT by Shellybenoit
President Obama's cuts in defense spending is just wrong on so many levels. When you are fighting a war on two fronts and facing two rogue regimes intent on building nuclear weapon, his defense cuts are putting all of our lives in danger.
This is an affront to common sense. After using the Stimulus and subsequent Omnibus bills to reward his buddies and those of Nanci Pelosi's crew, the President is going to take from the money being used to protect our families. Instead of cutting defense, why not take the money the Democrats are using to reward ACORN. You remember ACORN? They were the group that broke a multitude of campaign laws to help President Obama get elected. ACORN's fraudulent voter registration drives were news almost every day. They were famous for registering dead people, the same people in multiple counties, and even giving Mickey Mouse the right to vote.
The stimulus bill handed up to $5.2 Billion Dollars for ACORN, Senator Richard Burr says the omnibus had up to $3.9 Billion more. This my friends, is how our President sees the priorities of the country, feed ACORN, defense. Thankfully, many in Congress are trying to fight his defense cuts:
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Could someone give me source where I can find “proof” about Acorn getting the money. Apparently, Acorn wrote a letter to our Senator, John Cornyn, insisting that he was lying and they said they received no such money. As far as I can tell, the letter was published in one of our local papers. I would like to write my own letter to the paper/editor, to repudiate, but I need proof and cold hard facts.
The billions should be stripped from ACORN and redistributed to defense.
cornyn isnt the only senator who says so there have been a multitude of reports including Senator Burr
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