Posted on 06/29/2009 12:43:14 PM PDT by TheFreedomPoster
As questions mount about the scandal-tarnished Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) – a group that has received millions from the federal government, in spite of accusations of voter fraud and other illicit activities – House Democrats have abandoned plans for a bipartisan investigation into the left-wing “community organizing” outfit. Last week the Washington Times reported that Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) confirmed such an investigation would not happen, explaining that the “powers that be decided against it.”
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Anyone surprised?! Really, is anyone frakking surprised?!
Conyers wife got a deal and the President or his people told Conyers, the investigation will end here and we won’t come after you, but drop the ACORN thing or you’re toast. Presto... the powers that be killed it. It was Conyers last “shot” at them before cowering into submission.
ACORN are the brownshirts of the Obama Reich. How funding for them seems to sneak into various bills is a question that needs to be answered in every local election. What do you know about ACORN and when did you know it and what did you do about it?
Obviously “the powers that be” do not include the Committee Chairman with oversight responsibility...
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More and more it seems we have a government of the thugs, by the thugs, and for the thugs.
Unbelievable.
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