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White House distances from activist group
Politico44 ^
| 9-16-09
| ALEXANDER BURNS
Posted on 09/17/2009 4:43:18 AM PDT by kingattax
Days after the Census Bureau announced it would cut ties with the organizing group ACORN, and barely 24 hours after the ...
... Senate voted to withdraw funding from the lightning-rod activist group, the White House expressed support for measures to hold the group accountable for "unacceptable" behavior.
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs alluded to video, taken by the conservative site BigGovernment.com, showing ACORN employees giving advice to individuals posing as sex traffickers.
"Obviously, the conduct that you see on those tapes is completely unacceptable. I think everyone would agree to that," Gibbs said. "The administration takes accountability extremely seriously."
Characterizing the Census Bureau's decision as a move based on a lack of confidence in ACORN's ability to perform its expected duties, Gibbs said he was not sure whether the president would ask Democrats to pull back from any campaign-year collaboration with the group.
"I don't know that I've had any discussion with him about that," Gibbs said.
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posted on
09/17/2009 4:43:18 AM PDT
by
kingattax
To: All
Another speedbump for the Commie Express..
2
posted on
09/17/2009 4:44:12 AM PDT
by
newnhdad
(The longest of journeys begins with one step.)
To: kingattax
But I thought they were going to help set the agenda.
3
posted on
09/17/2009 4:44:21 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
To: kingattax
What about the acorn-in-chief?
To: kingattax
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posted on
09/17/2009 4:45:02 AM PDT
by
GOP Poet
To: kingattax
When is 0bama going to apologize to the country for being a corrupt community organizer?
6
posted on
09/17/2009 4:46:13 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
(Big Ears + Big Spending --> BigEarMarx, the man behind TOTUS)
To: kingattax
I guess even Gibbs is going to make the case that the tapes were “doctored”. This needs to be watch. Like a zombie, ACORN will rise from the grave.
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posted on
09/17/2009 4:46:43 AM PDT
by
rbg81
(DRAIN THE SWAMP!!)
To: kingattax
""I don't know that I've had any discussion with him about that," Gibbs said."
What a weasel.
8
posted on
09/17/2009 4:47:35 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
(Big Ears + Big Spending --> BigEarMarx, the man behind TOTUS)
To: kingattax
Gibbs said. "The administration takes accountability extremely seriously." Yeah, so how about the administration give us some accountability of it's head usurper.
9
posted on
09/17/2009 4:47:45 AM PDT
by
bgill
(The framers of the US Constitution established an entire federal government in 18 pages.)
To: cripplecreek
10
posted on
09/17/2009 4:47:46 AM PDT
by
kempster
To: kingattax
No way you are going to fit a relationship as tight as the one with ACORN under any normal bus.
11
posted on
09/17/2009 4:47:51 AM PDT
by
GonzoGOP
(There are millions of paranoid people in the world, and they are all out to get me.)
To: Paladin2
gibbs got his training at the baghdad bob academy
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posted on
09/17/2009 4:48:38 AM PDT
by
kingattax
(99 % of liberals give the rest a bad name)
To: kingattax
Sounds good but when you are dealing with liars thieves cheats and asshats this talk means nothing.
Obama will just use them more off the radar then before.
No way is he going to dump his foot soldiers.
13
posted on
09/17/2009 4:49:16 AM PDT
by
SECURE AMERICA
(Proud to have made Communist Leader Obama's hit list at flag@whitehouse.gov)
To: kingattax
I think it is more telling that the White House has to explain its position w/respect to ACORN than anything else..
They should just be demanding an investigation, except they are too closely tied to them
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posted on
09/17/2009 4:49:23 AM PDT
by
Mr. K
(THIS ADMINISTRATION IS WEARING OUT MY CAPSLOCK KEY DAMMIT DAMMIT DAMMIT!!!!!)
To: kingattax
HOW MUCH DID OBAMA KNOW ABOUT ACORN AND WHEN DID HE KNOW IT???
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posted on
09/17/2009 4:49:54 AM PDT
by
Mr. K
(THIS ADMINISTRATION IS WEARING OUT MY CAPSLOCK KEY DAMMIT DAMMIT DAMMIT!!!!!)
To: Paladin2
” When is 0bama going to apologize to the country for being a corrupt community organizer? “
The strategy, apparently, is to try to keep the focus on the low-level individual outrages (which they can’t deny, anyway) in hopes of forestalling any investigation that could illuminate the full scope and depth of the corruption...
I don’t think it’s going to work, this time.....
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posted on
09/17/2009 4:51:11 AM PDT
by
Uncle Ike
(Rope is cheap, and there are lots of trees...)
To: kingattax
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posted on
09/17/2009 4:52:38 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
To: Paladin2
What a weasel. Respect the office if not the man.
Mr. Press Secretary Weasel.
18
posted on
09/17/2009 4:52:51 AM PDT
by
This_far
(Mandatory health insurance? I thought it was about health care!)
To: kingattax
He can't...he TRAINED these “people”...He will go down with ACORN because he is forever tied to ACORN’s apron...
To: Mr. K
..
"ACORN ? what's ACORN ?"
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posted on
09/17/2009 4:52:57 AM PDT
by
kingattax
(99 % of liberals give the rest a bad name)
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