Bertha Lewis, the CEO of ACORN.
The exploitive film of a fired ACORN worker is not admissible evidence in court. It was planned that way.
Steven Crowder and his associate Hannah Giles took it on themselves to mastermind a 'scenario' to provide something that looked like a system wide corruption of ACORN. One incident does not a systemic problem make.
The victimization was organized in Maryland to further embarass 'government' as an entity to trust. Maryland requires two party consent for taping. The entire mess is to create a Right Wing Circus for media exploitation that hopefully will tarnish the Democratic Party.
Any and all pursuits to this 'hideous' scenario should be dropped. If ACORN has suffered losses due to this 'Made for Republican Politics' movie it should pursue relief through the courts, including the media that facilitated it.
This is outrageous already. This is the Republican Right Wing media at its best. It was a completely fictious pursuit and someone at ACORN fell into the trap. The scenario should be investigated as should any potential corruption of ACORN, but, to allow this kind of 'game playing' to provide political volleys when nothing substanitive ever existed before is simply outrageous.
If the FBI has the time to investigate under age prostitution and finds instances where any organization has assisted same then they should do so. I mean are there kidnappings in the country by pips? But, in all honesty I would rather the FBI pursue justice to 'real life' realities such as angry men intent on killing others and destroying infrastructure to satisfy some strange ideological philosophy.
This is another one of those 'census' issues. Does ACORN report its successes to the federal government? If any entity is receiving federal or state monies, the results of their programs should be reported to the agencies receiving the services. I am assuming ACORN has reported on all its programs to someone. Are the ACORN projects successful?
Census should cut SEIU ties because of ACORN, Kirk says (click title to entry - thank you)
September 25, 2009
BY ABDON M. PALLASCH
Political Reporter/apallasch@suntimes.com
Since the U.S. Senate voted 83-7 earlier this month to cut off funding for ACORN, the activist/voter registration group has become so controversial that some are calling for sanctions against groups associated with it.
The debate is invading the race for U.S. Senate in Illinois.
Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk announced Friday he will hold a news conference calling on the U.S. Census Bureau to sever its ties to Illinois’ largest union, the Service Employees International Union, because, Kirk says, the group is too close to ACORN.
The union endorsed Kirk’s front-running Democratic rival for the Senate seat, Democrat Alexi Giannoulias, the previous day.
Up until ACORN became controversial for alleged vote fraud during last year’s presidential election, even Republican administrations funded the group.
Kirk himself voted in 2005 to approve a $140,000 earmark for ACORN’s New York office to fight teen delinquency, SEIU's political director Jerry Morrison said....
Since the U.S. Senate voted 83-7 earlier this month to cut off funding for ACORN, the activist/voter registration group has become so controversial that some are calling for sanctions against groups associated with it.
The debate is invading the race for U.S. Senate in Illinois.
Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk announced Friday he will hold a news conference calling on the U.S. Census Bureau to sever its ties to Illinois’ largest union, the Service Employees International Union, because, Kirk says, the group is too close to ACORN.
The union endorsed Kirk’s front-running Democratic rival for the Senate seat, Democrat Alexi Giannoulias, the previous day.
Up until ACORN became controversial for alleged vote fraud during last year’s presidential election, even Republican administrations funded the group.
Kirk himself voted in 2005 to approve a $140,000 earmark for ACORN’s New York office to fight teen delinquency, SEIU's political director Jerry Morrison said....
The 'idea' behind the Republican Right Wing media is to 'revolutionize' government and prove its inability to function and therefore legitimize private enterprise over government run anything. Of course, like Medicare Advantage all the private enterprises receive tax dollars as their primary income.
The Right Wing assault against ACORN is no different than their other media events. They are contemplated and staged to appear legitimate. They aren't and this 'episode' with the Right Wing Media is simply another example of them creating 'an issue' where none existed before. I want to know how many prostitution houses ACORN has financed.
