Posted on 09/17/2009 9:23:46 AM PDT by nickcarraway
The ongoing controversy over the community organizing group ACORN -- spurred by several undercover videos shot for a conservative blog known as biggovernment.com -- has emboldened Republicans to use the group's troubles as a political cudgel against Democrats.
"If the Democrats continue to ignore the apparent fraud taking place with taxpayer money, they will pay a price politically," predicted former Florida governor Jeb Bush (R) in an e-mail exchange with the Fix late Wednesday.
Bush's Republican colleagues are already moving to exact that political price.
Minnesota Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who is widely expected to run for president in 2012, announced on Wednesday that he had ordered all state funds going to the group frozen until a review of the organization had been completed.
Pawlenty's decision comes less than 48 hours after the Senate voted on a measure to restrict all federal funding devoted to ACORN -- a piece of legislation that drew wide bipartisan support with only seven senators (all Democrats) voting against it.
And, Republican leaders in the House continue to push the idea of bringing a similar bill up for a vote in the near future. "Simply put, ACORN should not receive another penny of American taxpayers' money," wrote House Minority Leader John Boehner (Ohio) in a letter to his colleagues earlier this week.
The ACORN effect is even hitting the campaign trail. In New York's 23rd district special election, Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman is hitting state Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava (R) for her alleged ties to ACORN.
The efficacy of these attacks remain to be seen -- John McCain attempted unsuccessfully to link President Obama to ACORN during the 2008 campaign--but it's clear from the reaction of the White House that leading Democrats understand that being seen as defenders of the community group is political suicide.
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I bet ACORN is just one of many corrupt dimoKKKRAT organizations be funded by our tax dollers. I say cut off the funding to all these groups such as La Raza until a full investigation is completed.
it seems that label applies to much of government as well, especially from the perspective of a resident of a one-party state (MA).
This Country is broke, busted. Funding for any groups like this, even the rare ones that are honest, has to be cut out. We just can't afford it, and it goes way beyond what the Federal Government should be doing.
We have to stop digging the hole if we're ever going to get out.
Exactly, but AG Holder won’t do it.
Ill take it one step further with our country in such financial why is there still foriegn aid going to countries. I would back any pol that said as of the day of his election all foriegn aid to all countries in the world would stop. Most of the countries that we give foriegn aid to hate us. Why do we continue the global welfare. I say stop it now and bring our money home..
” Exactly, but AG Holder won’t do it. “
Don’t want AG Holder to whitewash this.. (Wait - was that ‘racist’??)
This cries out for a Special Prosecutor, with the mandate to follow it as far up as it goes....
Zilch!! With all their buddies in top level positions it's zilch chance they'll get prison time!
I agree 100%
Is the Department of Housing and Urban Development next? Will they make ACORN look like school children (well, school children before ACORN got the kids into whore houses)... Waiting, waiting, waiting...
Without ACORN, Dems will have to figure out another way to cheat elections.
Huh? I must have missed that. I thought that Disidente Juan McCain was calling out Republicans who attempted to associate Obama with his associates?
Exactly, we should just surrender....(?)
We have to wait until President Palin appoints an American AG.
“— John McCain attempted unsuccessfully to link President Obama to ACORN during the 2008 campaign—”
The MSM was successful in protecting Obama’s corrupt connections before the election, but thanks to talk radio and Fox News the truth has burst forth. As I’ve said before, the MSM has welded its fate to this president, and it may go beyond their ability to mislead the public with lies, omissions and spin.
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