https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2008/10/11/video-the-obligatory-obama-says-acorn-will-help-set-his-agenda-sort-of-clip/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usThu, 23 Apr 2026 20:06:29 -0400<![CDATA[Okay, okay, stop sending me e-mails about it. Here&#8217;s the vid, shot in Iowa last December at the Heartland Presidential Forum, a gathering of community organizers. Obama was one of four candidates there, with Hillary phoning it in (literally). According to the Center for Community Change, which co-sponsored the event, more than 3,000 people participated; I&#8217;m assuming ACORN was represented but I can&#8217;t find a definitive list of all the groups in attendance. In any case, the event&#8217;s agenda was necessarily broader than theirs. It is true that Deepak Bhargava, the current executive director of CCC, used to work as ACORN&#8217;s legislative director, but unless I missed something, I don&#8217;t even see the group listed as an official CCC partner.]]>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:24:49 -0400<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2008/10/11/video-the-obligatory-obama-says-acorn-will-help-set-his-agenda-sort-of-clip-n157903