Posted on 04/01/2009 2:32:49 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Conyers weighing probe of ACORN S.A. Miller (Contact)
Opponents of the liberal activist group ACORN have found an unlikely champion in House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers Jr., who is clashing with his own party to pursue hearings on accusations that the group has committed crimes ranging from voter fraud to a mob-style "protection" racket.
"I still want to do it and I probably will," Mr. Conyers, Michigan Democrat, told The Washington Times on Tuesday.
He dismissed the argument made by fellow Democrats that accusations of voter fraud and other crimes should be explored by prosecutors and decided in court, not by lawmakers in Congress.
"That's our jurisdiction, the Department of Justice," Mr. Conyers said. "That's what we handle - voter fraud. Unless that's been taken out of my jurisdiction and I didn't know it."
Mr. Conyers' continued commitment to hearings bristles Capitol Hill Democrats because it threatens to rekindle criticism of the financial ties and close cooperation between President Obama's campaign and ACORN and its sister organizations Citizens Services Inc. and Project Vote.
The groups came under fire during the campaign after probes into suspected voter fraud in a series of presidential battleground states, including Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, New Mexico and Nevada.
Rep. Jerrold Nadler, New York Democrat and chairman of the Judiciary subcommittee with the jurisdiction to conduct the hearing, said he does not think Congress is the place to hear criminal charges.
"It's not our business to say ACORN is terrible or ACORN is wonderful. That's not a congressional job," Mr. Nadler said. "The evidence - I've listened to it - I think most of it is nonsense. If it's true, it's a law enforcement matter."
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I’ll believe it when people go to jail.
“Whitewash” is the first thing that pops into my mind. The Dems will find a way to defuse this issue, because it will hurt them mightily if it ever is exposed root and branch.
WONDERS NEVER CEASE . . . .
Ditto.
April Fools???
ACORN received $218,452 from the National Education Association — the teachers’ union. ACORN owns radio stations KABF and KNON.
http://www.akdart.com/acorn.html
Doesn’t mean the hearings and investigations will be real or just a whitewash to give the group cover.
Forget it people. ACORN is just being shaken down. Conyers is just getting paid.
He just wants to be able to limit the damage.
Conyers is one of them. All commies, through and through. States need to step in and arrest ACORN thugs. Voter ID thwarts these ACORN marxists. Throw the League of Women Voters out of polling places. They’re all leftists. We have solutions to ACORN fraud if conservatives use them.
Start with your local elections for village council and dogcatcher. Take back your local neighborhoods and government from the leftists. It is critical that we take over local governments and establish a political base. That’s how the founders did it. Conservatives are running around like headless chickens loking for leadership, shaking their fists at the moon. Well, start with yourselves and fellow conservatives in your local government.
"It's not our business to say ACORN is terrible or ACORN is wonderful. That's not a congressional job," Mr. Nadler said. "The evidence - I've listened to it - I think most of it is nonsense. If it's true, it's a law enforcement matter."
Conyers just wants to tie it up in an Congressional Hearing so it will not get out of hand. He as all Dem's know that this organization is designed for voter fraud, but does not want it to get into a court where they cannot "fix" it.
This is an evil attempt to exonerate Acorn and to free Acorn to perpetuate its nefarious activities.
Obama's ties to ACORN, and other Democrats associated with that organization, like Pelosi & Waxman. ACORN is now fair game. Since more TARP "Bail Out" & Stimulus money has been offered & distributed to ACORN, with less, or no strings attached, then what GM and Chrysler has been given, so far.
sergeantdave wrote:
Start with your local elections for village council and dogcatcher. Take back your local neighborhoods and government from the leftists. It is critical that we take over local governments and establish a political base. That’s how the founders did it. Conservatives are running around like headless chickens loking for leadership, shaking their fists at the moon. Well, start with yourselves and fellow conservatives in your local government.
..... Absolutely right on the mark.
This is just Conyers trying to get his hand in the pot known as acorn.
This will amount to nothing. The dems are all in lock step with the radical leftist Obama.I hope he gets slammed in Europe today.
Call me a cynic, but I can’t see Democrats, any Democrats, pursuing this. I think it’s just for show. Nothing will come of it.
He wants to preempt any real investigation with a Congressional whitewash whose verdict is pre-ordained.
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