Posted on 09/20/2009 11:03:35 AM PDT by yoe
ACORN's top officer said Sunday that she was "outraged" by the content of hidden-camera videotapes showing her organization's employees offering advice to undercover filmmakers posing as a pimp and prostitute, as she pledged to "reform" the inner workings of the activist group.
Chief organizer Bertha Lewis tried to calm a growing firestorm over the behavior of her group's employees. Allegations of voter registration fraud and other ethical lapses have plagued ACORN for years, but the videotapes were the last straw for the group's critics -- as well as its long-time defenders.
The videotapes, filmed by two conservative activists, led to both the House and Senate voting to de-fund ACORN last week. Many Democrats joined Republicans in voting for the measures.
[snip] "Internally, let's have some reform," Lewis said. "It's indefensible what I saw (in the tapes)."
[snip] President Obama, in an interview broadcast Sunday, also said he favors an investigation into ACORN. At the same time, he played down the controversy, saying it is not the "biggest issue facing the country."
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
YES! It was quite rude. And she did skate on answering at least one of those questions.
I guess "not getting distracted" is community-organizer-speak for ignoring the question in favor of the "greater good."
She never took responsibility for slamming Fox for work that they didn't do.
Yeah...sure...youbetcha!
ACORN...vote fraud...not the biggest issue facing the country?
OBAMA!!!! YOU LIE!!!
Yes - Acorn International is now Community Organizations International (COI)
From http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/s_630596.html
ACORN’s new name
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
When the term “liberal” became too big an albatross around the necks of the leftists among us, they decided to use the “progressive” moniker. But no matter what they call themselves, most people understand them to be garden-variety socialists.
Now comes word that ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, is changing its name. But no matter if it’s ACORN or COI — Community Organizations International — it can run but it cannot hide.
ACORN is under investigation in at least 14 states, Pennsylvania included, for allegations of voter registration fraud. The FBI is involved. ACORN is responsible for 400,000 fraudulent voter registrations nationwide, says Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa. And the Obama administration and Democrats want ACORN to have a role in next year’s census?
ACORN also played no small part in the subprime mortgage mess, championing loans to those who could not afford them.
And ACORN is involved in a nasty internal mess. An embezzlement scandal of a decade ago, long kept silent, spawned whistle-blowers to act. They’re now being threatened with a lawsuit, The Washington Examiner reports. An ACORN affiliate has filed a lawsuit against the voter registration whistle-blower, it says.
So, ACORN is changing its name — Community Organizations International, or COI. Remember that new name. Remember that new acronym. And beware.
I thought they changed it - thanks.
ACORN stands for A CORRUPT ORGANIZATION of RACISTS and NUTJOBS.
International now?
I wonder if they had anything to do with the rigged elections in Iran and (perhaps) Afghanistan?
Cutting funding doesn’t put people in jail for fraud.
COI — Communist Obama Infestation.
Oh. My. What a horrific photograph.
BET THEY’LL TAKE THAT LAYING DOWN!
Liar. If it's that widespread throughout the organization, you know all about it, and condone it.
She’s SHOCKED SHOCKED I tell you! Just like Claude Rains’ Capt. Louis Renault in Casablanca.
George Soros, bribes from intimidated businesses and banks, the Tides Foundation, etc...
Chief [ACORN] organizer Bertha Lewis tried to calm a growing firestorm over the behavior of her group's employees. Allegations of voter registration fraud and other ethical lapses have plagued ACORN for years,...
from another source:
As ACORN has its national headquarters in New Orleans (1024 Elysian Fields Avenue), it doesn’t take a huge leap of imagination to realize NYACA is an ACORN front. But NYACA isn’t entirely devoid of a New York connection: One of its employees is Bertha Lewis, head of ACORN’s New York City affiliate. And the Kests until a decade ago ran the New York City operation. That’s when Ms. Lewis assumed the reins. ... via 33 posted on Monday, September 21, 2009 12:23:45 AM by kcvl
Thanks for the update and ping, piasa.
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OPINION: Watching ACORN during the last presidential election (via Fox News, blogs, youtubes and some old media coverage; I for one can say nothing surprises me anymore regarding ACORN or Democrats.
I was involved with a local "NPU" or "Neighborhood Planning Unit" which was a semi-representative neighborhood group for the City of Atlanta. We were dealing with some local issues (moving a garbage dump, water, commercial zoning) and a couple of ACORN goons showed up and tried to get involved. They were noisy, ideological, and not too bright. I was warned from 3-4 different sources (including our city council member) that they were 'dirty', and told them 'thanks but no thanks'. They got a little huffy but went away.
Nobody ever investigated them, I think because they played the race card at every opportunity and the local pols figured it wasn't worth the pain to deal with it. Our council member was white, and I think she was afraid.
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