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Bigger Than Watergate
The American Spectator ^ | December 21, 2009 | Matthew Vadum

Posted on 12/21/2009 6:12:10 AM PST by bogusname

ACORN critic Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) is mystified that both the Democratic-controlled Congress and the Obama administration aren't doing much about the tax-subsidized organized crime syndicate ACORN even as evidence of its wrongdoing continues to pile up.

In an exclusive interview, the House Judiciary Committee member describes the ACORN saga as "the largest corruption crisis in the history of America."

"It's thousands of times bigger than Watergate because Watergate was only a little break-in by a couple of guys," said King. "By the time we pull ACORN out by its roots America's going to understand just how big this is."

Unlike the Nixon-era Watergate scandal, the ACORN scandal reaches not only to the highest levels of government, but also to states and localities across America. The president himself and his political advisor Patrick Gaspard used to work for ACORN and the radical advocacy group has allies throughout congressional leadership who are bending over backwards to protect it. President Obama has also hired as White House counsel Bob Bauer, whom King described as "the number one defender of ACORN in the country." ...

(Excerpt) Read more at spectator.org ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: acorn; corruption; democrats; watergate
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To: pwking

1 Corinthians 1:20
Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?


41 posted on 12/21/2009 8:48:32 AM PST by Red Badger (Obama - The first ever elected lame duck..............)
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