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  • Kathleen Parker: ACORN, service union are hand and glove

    09/27/2009 6:52:31 AM PDT · by george76 · 40 replies · 1,542+ views
    Washington Post ^ | September 25, 2009 | Kathleen Parker
    While everyone in Washington is suddenly pretending they’ve hardly ever heard of ACORN, they might want to pretend they’ve never heard of the SEIU, one of the nation’s largest unions. The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now and the Service Employees International Union are tight as Heidi Klum and a new pair of jeans. You also don’t talk about either organization without mention of Wade Rathke, co-founder of ACORN and founder of SEIU Local 100 in New Orleans. Rathke, who resigned from ACORN last year as “chief organizer” after it became known that his brother embezzled almost $1 million...
  • Ex-aides to Romney pop up in races across the country [Romneybots working to take over the GOP]

    09/16/2009 3:32:59 PM PDT · by rabscuttle385 · 19 replies · 1,146+ views
    The Hill, Washington, DC ^ | 2009-09-15 | Reid Wilson
    Mitt Romney has not announced whether or not he’ll make a second run for the White House, but his former aides are staying in campaign shape by managing key races across the nation that could benefit their old boss in future elections. In at least six crucial races around the country, veterans of the former Massachusetts governor’s presidential campaign are working to guide new candidates to victory. It may appear a simple case of political professionals moving to new clients, but Romney’s team has kept in close contact should a second presidential campaign come to fruition. That could pay off,...