Comments on: ‘The President from ACORN’ http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2009/09/17/the-president-of-acorn/ HotAir.com's Greenroom Thu, 31 May 2012 05:27:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Nichevo http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2009/09/17/the-president-of-acorn/comment-page-1/#comment-31399 Nichevo Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:51:31 +0000 http://hotair.com/greenroom/?p=9054#comment-31399 <blockquote>As best as I can tell (and this needs to be checked out more fully), Acorn maintains both political and “non-partisan” arms.</blockquote> Kurtz got hacked to shreds for his research on Obama's "Fight the Smears" website, proving that Kurtz was close to the target. FWIW, the Republican contingent of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform issued a report in July on the issue of ACORN's mingling of political and non-partisan funds: <a href="http://republicans.oversight.house.gov/media/pdfs/20090723ACORNReport.pdf" rel="nofollow">Is ACORN Intentionally Structured As a Criminal Enterprise?</a> Short answer: Yes. But the corruption is a tangled mess of rotted spaghetti strands which the IRS doesn't have the resources to unravel. It's got to be RICO.

As best as I can tell (and this needs to be checked out more fully), Acorn maintains both political and “non-partisan” arms.

Kurtz got hacked to shreds for his research on Obama’s “Fight the Smears” website, proving that Kurtz was close to the target.

FWIW, the Republican contingent of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform issued a report in July on the issue of ACORN’s mingling of political and non-partisan funds:

Is ACORN Intentionally Structured As a Criminal Enterprise?

Short answer: Yes. But the corruption is a tangled mess of rotted spaghetti strands which the IRS doesn’t have the resources to unravel.

It’s got to be RICO.

]]> By: texabama http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2009/09/17/the-president-of-acorn/comment-page-1/#comment-31378 texabama Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:20:21 +0000 http://hotair.com/greenroom/?p=9054#comment-31378 Too bad we can't focus on the "racism" of bringing in underage El Salvadorean hookers. Maybe that's how it needs to be sold to the MSM. Too bad we can’t focus on the “racism” of bringing in underage El Salvadorean hookers. Maybe that’s how it needs to be sold to the MSM.

]]> By: Track-A-'Crat http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2009/09/17/the-president-of-acorn/comment-page-1/#comment-31373 Track-A-'Crat Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:51:02 +0000 http://hotair.com/greenroom/?p=9054#comment-31373 "Unacceptable" is quickly becoming as useless a word as "progressive." I especially love how the Carter-racism news has obliterated whatever slim chance previously existed that the MSM would report on this scandal. I guess we just don't need to know... “Unacceptable” is quickly becoming as useless a word as “progressive.”

I especially love how the Carter-racism news has obliterated whatever slim chance previously existed that the MSM would report on this scandal.

I guess we just don’t need to know…

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