Posted on 09/25/2008 7:21:27 PM PDT by KCengineer
Graham was peeved and referred to them as an ill formed organization. He knew they were bad news.
See my 113. The Acorn Housing Corp is national and has a board of directors, the activist one is a cell structure with each cell, I mean state branch, having its own board, no national board for A.C.O.R.N.
Acorn Housing may be evil, but they don’t seem to be the same as the community organizations one.
Now I see what you meant.
I was so shocked when he said it that I had to go back and listen to it twice. I had not heard anything about ACORN being involved.
I’m calling my congressman and senator tomorrow.
We need to light up the phones on this one.
Different "ACORN"?
“Half rations in light of the economic problem”
HEY! But on the bright side, the CHOCOLATE RATION has been increased from 25 grams to 20 grams!!! YIPPEE!!!!
“So he said they WERE GOING TO get funding in the ORIGINAL DEAL.”
No. I’ll repeat, because this is how rumors get started. I was watching Greta’s show. Senator Graham was referring to the “deal” that Senator Dodd was bragging about this afternoon. NOT THE ORIGINAL PLAN envisioned by the Bush administration.
SENATOR DODD’s “deal” (which really wasn’t a deal) is the one that was allocating the 20 percent of funds to ACORN, according to Graham. NOT THE PAULSON PLAN. It was the DODD PLAN that gave money to ACORN.
© 1999 - 2005 - ACORN and ACORN logo are Registered Trademarks of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Inc.
GREAT FIND JOHNNYZ!
LOL, I think I’ve run outta gaskets to blow...don’t know what’s gonna go next!! grrr!
I think you are right. Dang!
I heard that as well and immediately called my senator and congressman. What are those idiots doing? Are we routing taxpayer money to crooked democrat interest groups? No deal is far better than giving taxpayer money to democrat special intgerests!
That definitely clears that up. Thanks.
Vultures picking the corpse of the once free republic clean.
Why hasn’t someone, anyone, put the darn proposal, in it’s entirety, online so the average Joe can see what’s in it?
(I vote for Lou Dobbs to replace Paulson.)
Barack Obama cut his ideological teeth working with ACORN as a community organizer and legal representative. Naturally, ACORNs political action committee has warmly endorsed his presidential candidacy. According to ACORN, Obama trained its Chicago members in leadership seminars; in turn, ACORN volunteers worked on his campaigns. Obama also sat on the boards of the Woods Fund and Joyce Foundation, both of which poured money into ACORNs coffers. ACORN head Maude Hurd gushes that Obama is the candidate who best understands and can affect change on the issues ACORN cares about like ensuring their massive pipeline to your hard-earned money.
Under the guise of consumer advocacy, ACORN has lined its pockets. The Department of Housing and Urban Development funds hundreds, if not thousands, of left-wing anti-poverty groups across the country led by ACORN. Last October, HUD announced more than $44 million in new housing counseling grants to over 400 state and local efforts. The White House has increased funding for housing counseling by 150 percent since taking office in 2001, despite the role most of these recipients play as activist satellites of the Democratic Party. The AARP scored nearly $400,000 for training; the National Council of La Raza (The Race) scooped up more than $1.3 million; the National Urban League raked in nearly $1 million; and the ACORN Housing Corporation received more than $1.6 million.
As the Consumer Rights League points out in its new expose, the ACORN Housing Corporation has worked to obtain mortgages for illegal aliens in partnership with Citibank. It relies on undocumented income, under the table money, which may not be reported to the Internal Revenue Service. Moreover, the groups financial justice operations attack lenders for exotic loans, while recommending 10-year interest-only loans (which deny equity to the buyer) and risky reverse mortgages. Whistleblower documents reveal internal discussions among the group that blur the lines between its tax-exempt housing work and its aggressive electioneering activities. The group appears to shake down corporate interests with relentless PR attacks, and then enters no lobby agreements with targeted corporations after receiving payment.
They’ve registered over 150,000 new Democrat voters in Florida....look out!
I heard it too. That’s what he said.
If you click on it it takes you to ACORN’s site. If you want to know what ACORN is about, in their search box type “people's platform”. Acorn isn't just about voter fraud. The platform tells what they really want and demand from the government, companies, tax payers, etc.
I disagree. I can’t believe that ACORN would let this organization use its name if they were not affiliated in some way.
“destroy or neutralize the faction of the party that forced Obama into the nomination”
Difficult to do, considering Obama’s rise was fueled almost ENTIRELY by the Leftwing Liberal Media and the Idiots at DAILY KOS...
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