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ACORN can teach the GOP a thing or 2
Chicago Tribune ^ | September 23, 2009 | John Kass

Posted on 09/23/2009 2:46:52 AM PDT by rellimpank

Once again, those Republicans have got it all wrong, this time on the ACORN thing.

They're beating up those gentle, community-organizing ACORNistas, moving to cut millions in ACORN federal funding just because of a dozen or so underage, fictitious Central American hookers.

So I called a leading hunter of the ACORNistas, Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., who has been criticizing ACORN on TV.

My God, man! Do you realize what you've done?

"What?" asked Issa. "Pardon me?"

Rather than waste a valuable national resource, you should hire ACORN immediately! Let them teach all Americans the secrets of government loopholes so middle-class taxpayers can level the playing field and be treated as fairly as a bunch of hypothetical Ecuadorean -- or was that Salvadoran? -- prostitutes.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: acorn; democarts; kass

1 posted on 09/23/2009 2:46:53 AM PDT by rellimpank
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To: rellimpank
if ACORN was in it for the money, this might have been workable.

I asked Issa if Republicans were going the way of the Neanderthal. There was a long, awkward pause.

"I guess we're not thinking far enough ahead to suit you," he said, as if speaking to a madman.

LOL
2 posted on 09/23/2009 2:56:31 AM PDT by wafflehouse (RE-ELECT NO ONE !)
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To: rellimpank

Since last year and forever more, ACORN will be a synonym for “corruption”.


3 posted on 09/23/2009 3:08:52 AM PDT by FrankR (We are only enslaved to the extent of charity we receive....INCUMBENTS OUT!!!)
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To: wafflehouse

We must demand equal funding for right-wing community groups. lol.


4 posted on 09/23/2009 3:12:32 AM PDT by GeronL (Are you one of those "individual responsibility" people?)
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To: wafflehouse

Republicans aren’t organizers....each time we have won elections the elections have been won through grassroot movements... The Republicans did not push President Reagan... two men pushed Ronald Wilson Reagan to be our president. The media certainly did not help with getting Bush elected. They’re the ones that hated Bush. One more example is the 2000 presidential election. What a nightmare. The Dems were there and they had every intention of stealing Florida. The people in the state of Florida organized and stopped the Democrats in Southern Florida - NOT the Republicans.

Hard-working Americans who are fed up (Tea Party People) have to be our grassroots movement. In addition, understand the White House is looking for ‘A’ or ‘The Leader’ of the Tea Party Movement. Why? So they can dig as much dirt on them as possible to discredit the movement. Therefore, let’s organize locally, volunteer to work for the local Republican Party (take over the local GOP. As Mark Levin stated last night, Tea Party people, educate those around you and take 20 with you to vote. Sorry for being long winded but we can’t depend on the Republican party.


5 posted on 09/23/2009 3:15:28 AM PDT by Paige ("All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing," Edmund Burke)
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To: Paige; GeronL
Geron has the right idea.. free money for the right-wing 'community groups'
the government wastes at least half our money anyway, we may as well do something constructive with the graft
6 posted on 09/23/2009 11:24:22 PM PDT by wafflehouse (RE-ELECT NO ONE !)
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To: rellimpank; FlingWingFlyer; altair; stephenjohnbanker; youturn; little jeremiah; ~Kim4VRWC's~; ...
ACORN Ping!

FReep mail me if you want on/off the list.


7 posted on 09/23/2009 11:28:07 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (A mob of one.)
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To: wafflehouse

Where is our cut?

lol


8 posted on 09/23/2009 11:33:41 PM PDT by GeronL (Are you one of those "individual responsibility" people?)
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