Major “Earmark” in Democrat Bailout Agreement (URGENT must read -ACORN and more)

Blogs 4 McCain ^ | 25 September 2008 | Bill Smith

[SE Mom]

I received a copy of “Agreement in Principle” relative to the $700 billion “bailout” being proposed and supported by Senate Democrats. The one page agreement from the U.S. Senate Banking Committee details guidelines to be put in place relative to taxpayer protection, oversight and transparency, home ownership preservation and Funding Authority.

... In the “agreement in principle,” there is the effect of a major “earmark” which commits money from future “profits” to be given to nonprofits organizations like ACORN, National Council of La Raza and potentially the National Urban League. This agreement clearly evidences that the Government expects to benefit in the future from the bailout when the values of property rises and mortgages or properties are then sold by the Federal government. The agreement –

... In the proposed bailout agreement, Sen. Christopher Dodd, the Senate Banking Committee and other Democrats desire to pre-direct that future funds (profits) not be returned to the taxpayers via the treasury but that they be used to underwrite potential questionable (maybe even illegal activities) of certain nonprofits which have had a hand in promoting and expanding access to “no money down” loans for minorities, illegal voter registrations and extensive lobbying activities.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Thanks for the link.

[LucyT]

Thanks, Calpernia.

Ping.

[MarDav]

The HOUSE GOP is in revolt...how many GOP senators had signed on to the agreement in principle?

This just goes to show how these folks just do not care about us once they get into their insulated little cocoon up there in Washington. Time to bring some folks home!

ACORN...pretty nice piece of imagery for this mess we’ve gotten into. Start with just a little nut...then watch it grow...Grow...GROW...

[Danae]

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[Jet Jaguar]

BTTT

[thesearethetimes...]

Proudly reports that I sent that one out FIRST thing this morning. Should be filed under UnFreakinBelievable...

Tatt
Praying hard, and contacting everyone.

[God luvs America]

this could be major...but we really need to get more back-up on this and get a better source....

[sweetiepiezer]

Just got off the phone with Reids office, “OH, we are getting a lot of calls”
I bet they are.

[SE Mom]

Good!

[Verginius Rufus]

It's bad enough that taxpayer money is given to left-wing outfits like NPR and PBS, but that's small potatoes--they're mostly preaching to the choir anyway. ACORN, on the other hand, does real damage in the form of voter registration fraud, which can mean stolen elections.

A Democrat Congressman from Pennsylvania, Kanjorski, was on TV this morning. He said the calls to his office were split on the plan--half "No!" and the other half "Hell No!"

I don't know anything about him but at least he wasn't foaming-at-the-mouth nasty like Pelosi, Reid, or Obama.

[litehaus]

What is that definition of idiocy again? -—————Who said STUPID is doing the same thing over and over and EXPECT diffrent results.......Einstein?

[cgk]

NOT ONE PENNY FOR ACORN

WRITE/PHONE/FAX NOW

ACORN VOTE FRAUD MAP:

ACORN Suspected of Voter Fraud State Year Details
AR 1998 A contractor with ACORN-affiliated Project Vote was arrested for falsifying about 400 voter registration cards.

CO 2004 An ACORN employee admitted to forging signatures and registering three of her friends to vote 40 times.
2005 Two ex-ACORN employees were convicted in Denver of perjury for submitting false voter registrations.


FL 2004 A Florida Department of Law Enforcement spokesman said ACORN was “singled out” among suspected voter registration groups for a 2004 wage initiative because it was “the common thread” in the agency’s fraud investigations.

MI 2004 The Detroit Free Press reported that “overzealous or unscrupulous campaign workers in several Michigan counties are under investigation for voter-registration fraud, suspected of attempting to register nonexistent people or forging applications for already-registered voters.” ACORN-affiliate Project Vote was one of two groups suspected of turning in the documents.

MO 2007 Four ACORN employees were indicted in Kansas City for charges including identity theft and filing false registrations during the 2006 election.
2006 Eight ACORN employees in St. Louis were indicted on federal election fraud charges. Each of the eight faces up to five years in prison for forging signatures and submitting false information.
2003 Of 5,379 voter registration cards ACORN submitted in St. Louis, only 2,013 of those appeared to be valid. At least 1,000 are believed to be attempts to register voters illegally.

NC 2004 North Carolina officials investigated ACORN for submitting fake voter registration cards.


NM 2005 Four ACORN employees submitted as many as 3,000 potentially fraudulent signatures on the group’s Albuquerque ballot initiative. A local sheriff added: “It’s safe to say the forgery was widespread.”
2004 An ACORN employee registered a 13-year-old boy to vote. Citing this and other examples, New Mexico State Representative Joe Thompson stated that ACORN was “manufacturing voters” throughout New Mexico.
OH 2007 A man in Reynoldsburg was indicted on two felony counts of illegal voting and false registration, after being registered by ACORN to vote in two separate counties.
2004 A grand jury indicted a Columbus ACORN worker for submitting a false signature and false voter registration form. In Franklin County, two ACORN workers submitted what the director of the board of election supervisors called “blatantly false” forms. In Cuyahoga County, ACORN and its affiliate Project Vote submitted registration cards that had the highest rate of errors for any voter registration group.

MN 2004 During a traffic stop, police found more than 300 voter registration cards in the trunk of a former ACORN employee, who had violated a legal requirements that registration cards be submitted to the Secretary of State within 10 days of being filled out and signed.


PA 2008 An ACORN employee in West Reading, PA, was sentenced to up to 23 months in prison for identity theft and tampering with records. A second ACORN worker pleaded not guilty to the same charges and is free on $10,000 bail.
2004 Reading’s Director of Elections received calls from numerous individuals complaining that ACORN employees deliberately put inaccurate information on their voter registration forms. The Berks County director of elections said voter fraud was “absolutely out of hand,” and added: “Not only do we have unintentional duplication of voter registration but we have blatant duplicate voter registrations.” The Berks County deputy director of elections added that ACORN was under investigation by the Department of Justice.

TX 2004 ACORN turned in the voter registration form of David Young, who told reporters “The signature is not my signature. It’s not even close.” His social security number and date of birth were also incorrect.


VA 2005 In 2005, the Virginia State Board of Elections admonished Project Vote and ACORN for turning in a significant number of faulty voter registrations. An audit revealed that 83% of sampled registrations that were rejected for carrying false or questionable information were submitted by Project Vote. Many of these registrations carried social security numbers that exist for other people, listed non-existent or commercial addresses, or were for convicted felons in violation of state and federal election law.

In a letter to ACORN, the State Board of Elections reported that 56% of the voter registration applications ACORN turned in were ineligible. Further, a full 35% were not submitted in a timely manner, as required by law. The State Board of Elections also commented on what appeared to be evidence of intentional voter fraud. "Additionally,” they wrote, “information appears to have been altered on some applications where information given by the applicant in one color ink has been scratched through and re-entered in another color ink. Any alteration of a voter registration application is a Class 5 Felony in accordance with § 24.2-1009 of the Code of Virginia."

WA 2007 Three ACORN employees pleaded guilty, and four more were charged, in the worst case of voter registration fraud in Washington state history. More than 2,000 fraudulent voter registration cards were submitted by the group during a voter registration drive.


WI 2004 The district attorney’s office investigated seven voter registration applications Project Vote employees filed in the names of people who said the group never contacted them. Former Project Vote employee Robert Marquise Blakely told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that he had not met with any of the people whose voter registration applications he signed, “an apparent violation of state law,” according to the paper.

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So, for those keeping score. ACORN has been investigated for vote fraud in Ohio, Wisconsin, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Michigan, Washington (largest case of voter fraud ever and the backlash may even install a Republican governor this go-round), Virginia, Louisiana, New Mexico and Colorado (do those look like battleground states? surely a coincidence...). But, yeah, there's no pattern or anything. Just some misguided miscreants.

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Lindsey Graham: "And this deal that’s on the table now is not a very good deal. Twenty percent of the money that should go to retire debt that will be created to solve this problem winds up in a housing organization called ACORN that is an absolute ill-run enterprise, and I can’t believe we would take money away from debt retirement to put it in a housing program that doesn’t work."

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WRITE/PHONE/FAX NOW

U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs (DC): Phone: (202) 224-7391. Fax: (202) 224-5137

House Committee on Financial Services (DC) - Democratic: Phone: 202-225-4247. Fax: 202-225-6952

House Committee on Financial Services (DC) - Republican: Phone: 202-225-7502. Fax: 202-226-0556

Senator Richard Shelby (Senate Banking Committee), DC: Telephone: (202) 224-5744. Fax: (202) 224-3416

Senator John McCain: Phone: (202) 224-2235, Fax: (202) 228-2862

White House/President Bush Comments: Phone: 202-456-1111. Fax: 202-456-2461

Congressman John Boehner: DC: phone (202) 225-6205. fax (202) 225-0704

Senator Mitch McConnell: Phone: (202) 224-2541. Fax: (202) 224-2499

Congressman Mike Pence: DC: Phone: (202) 225-3021. Fax: (202) 225-3382

Congress.Org: Find and contact your federal, state, and local officials.

NOT ONE PENNY FOR ACORN

INVESTIGATED, INDICTED & CONVICTED IN 12+ STATES FOR VOTER REGISTRATION IRREGULARITIES & FRAUD

Also see: Why is ACORN in the Bailout?

[SE Mom]

WOW- excellent post- thanks!

[Fred Nerks]

ACORN - details, details...very important, great comment.

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

No Bail-Out BTTT!!!

[SunkenCiv]

Words To Give You Pause On Today’s Economy
(Can we both fix the economy and punish....)
Flopping Aces | Sept 25, 2008 Sep | Curt
Posted on 09/26/2008 7:53:08 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2091091/posts

[SunkenCiv]

additional, similar, later topic:

The Democratic ACORN bailout; Update: Video added
(Hidden in the Paulson Recovery Plan?)
Hot Air | 7:55 am on September 26, 2008 | Ed Morrissey
Posted on 09/26/2008 6:11:36 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091002/posts

[nw_arizona_granny]

there is the effect of a major “earmark” which commits money from future “profits” to be given to nonprofits organizations like ACORN, National Council of La Raza and potentially the National Urban League. This agreement clearly evidences that the Government expects to benefit in the future from the bailout when the values of property rises and mortgages or properties are then sold by the Federal government. The agreement –<<<<<<

Ping.

Thanks to Lucyt for the ping.

[singfreedom]

Well, he's probably figured out that the grand majority of voters are moderate to conservative. Pelosi, Reid & Co., however, still delusionally believe that not just Dems, but uber-liberal Dems, are the majority. Just another proof of their poor judgment!

[snowrip]

Just getting your ping... What is the latest?

When/If this gets out, they’ll come for the democrats with ropes, torches and pitchforks...