Comments on: ACORN: Part of Our Economic Downfall

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[...] ACORN officials have been convicted of fraud and new allegations of fraud are surfacing by the day ACORN: Part of Our Economic Downfall | O'Keefe brought attention to the group. Voter fraud and tax evasion might not be as shocking as [...]

By: James

James — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:15:39 +0000

Exactly right Ann. Too many people do not take the seriously thier responsibility to vote and make themselves the willing pawns of an organization like ACORN.

By: James

James — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:05:50 +0000

Wow. Mr. Magoo these comments are as insightful as the coke bottle glasses of your namesake would imply.
In the last 30 years "republican" policies have ruined the economy? Though they held a slim majority for 12 of the last 30 years, it is republican policies that have been at work here. Is Barney Frank now a republican, how about Clinton, Carter, Chris Dodd? They share a large portion of the blame for the economy along with some republicans, the bankers on the Admin's payroll, and yes ACORN. Like so many others you want to make the argument about republicans and the O'keefe videos. Did you read more than the title? Democrats and republicans were not mentioned, and the implications of the O'keefe videos were downplayed.
The truth is that ACORN has worked for years to undermine our economy. You have offered no argument otherwise.
You seem to feel that rounding up votes for a bunch of millionaires is nobler than educating people about the process and what it means to them. Good luck in your adventures.

By: ann

ann — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:03:35 +0000

Why allow any "group" to "help" someone vote. If they aren't capable of filling out a form …they should not be voting anyway!

By: Fred Flintstone

Fred Flintstone — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:53:28 +0000

A funny note from Mr Magoo... http://tinyurl.com/ytjydc

By: Miguel Santiago

Miguel Santiago — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:49:19 +0000

Wow, way to prove the point of ACORN trolls posting on blogs.

With 2 Neurons, you would have…2 Neurons Jay!

By: Mcleo

Mcleo — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:15:12 +0000

Do you work for ACORN? How do you know it’s a fabrication? If the DEMOCRAT controlled congress and White House is pulling funding and ties from ACORN based on this "story" as you put it, there must be some merit to it. I don't believe that the republicans or Independents are picking on ACORN, there is SO much evidence of wrongdoing and clear ties to The White House on this matter.
How do you ignore facts? See: http://www.rottenacorn.com/downloads/filedComplai... For some of the grievances and evidence that is supposedly non-existent.

By: JayMagoo

JayMagoo — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:31:36 +0000

As John F. Kennedy once said, "Where there's smoke, look for a smoke-making machine." The whole "story" of ACORN is a fabrication of the Republican National Committee and those folks in Republican politics who come out with the daily "talking points" for people like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity. ACORN has had the audacity to register poor people to vote, and those poor people are usually Democrats. This infuriates the Republicans and the right wing commentators. So the right wingnuts find any transgression they can and pump it up and repeat it again and again through the Right Wing echo chambers of Fox News and the conservative talkers.
They even had to send a camera crew to one ACORN office after another with the clear purpose of entrapment to get some ACORN people to help finance a small business that might just have some taint of prostitution. Give me a break!
Most American people are not falling for this baloney. Most American people know that any organization as large and as active as ACORN is going to have a few people who break some laws. The bottom line is that ACORN does good work, ACORN registers people to vote, ACORN helps poor people get loans from shady and greedy banks, and ACORN as an organization has not done anything wrong.
We will continue to hear the drumbeat of accusations and innuendo against ACORN from the Republicans because they have no other issue. The Republican policies of the last thirty years ruined the economy, wiped out the meager savings of a lot of poor people, and made a lot of rich Republicans a lot richer. The Republicans have nobody to blame but themselves. So who do they blame? ACORN, that's who.