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| ACORN busted in Nevada Posted: 10/10/2008 9:00:03 PM | Ayers stomped the flag--not Obama. McCain voted with Bush 90% of the time. Reverend Wright ranted--not Obama. McCain voted with Bush 90% of the time. The church honored Farrakhan--not Obama. McCain voted with Bush 90% of the time.
I can compile a very long list of Obama associates including a Palistinian terrorist that has donated to Obama. But I won't.
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| ACORN busted in Nevada Posted: 10/10/2008 10:09:49 PM | I think this issue is republicans being convinced this should be a solid issue they can nail to the wall but it's Jello. Jello...yes it is, because Obama supporters are independent thinkers who don't blindly accept any propaganda that right wingers attempt to shove down our throats. We research, we find the facts.
• Fact: Obama was never an ACORN community organizer. • Fact: ACORN never hired Obama as a trainer, organizer, or any type of employee. • Fact: ACORN was not part of Project Vote, the successful voter registration drive Obama ran in 1992.
If ACORN is guilty of voter fraud, I think those responsible should be prosecuted and punished accordingly just as GOP members guilty of same should be. Voter fraud is despicable regardless of who's doing it. However, Obama has nothing to do with any voter fraud committed by ACORN.
He has denounced voter fraud by ACORN or anyone else and again, he has nothing to do with ACORN's fraudulent behavior, if there has been any. | |
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| ACORN busted in Nevada Posted: 10/11/2008 4:09:11 AM |
Actually that is where you may be wrong.In the state of Ohio, they have same day voting and Voter fraud is probable. WTF does this have to do with ACORN? The state of Ohio decided to do this, and both Republicans and Democrats can do it. | |
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| ACORN busted in Nevada Posted: 10/11/2008 6:13:14 AM |
McCain voted with Bush 90% of the time McCain voted with HIS party 90% of the time. Bush never voted. some of those votes were not Bush policies either. Obama voted with his party(when he voted) 97% of the time. What have we proven here? McCain is a Republican. Obama is a Democrat. McCain voted against his party 10% of the time. Obama voted against his party 3% of the time.
crap Records and news sources prove it is NOT crap. Denial is not a river in Egypt | |
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| ACORN busted in Nevada Posted: 10/11/2008 8:23:13 AM |
Records and news sources prove it is NOT crap. Denial is not a river in Egypt
Then post what you've got, and let those who give any size shit determine for themselves the validity of said 'records and sources'. Otherwise, it's just so much methane... | |
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| ACORN busted in Nevada Posted: 10/11/2008 9:41:37 AM | Crooked democrats, don't care about the law, as long as their man wins.
• Fact: ACORN never hired Obama as a trainer, organizer, or any type of employee. But the truth is that obama hired acorn for $800,000. But who cares about the truth, as long as the dem's win?
He has denounced voter fraud by ACORN or anyone else Well, at least obama is smart enough not to confess. After two years of the dem's in control of congress, they have wrecked the economy. Now they want to put a socialist in as president. All I can think of now, is come quickly Lord, come quickly........ | |
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| ACORN busted in Nevada Posted: 10/11/2008 9:45:52 AM |
Well, at least obama is smart enough not to confess. After two years of the dem's in control of congress, they have wrecked the economy. Now they want to put a socialist in as president. All I can think of now, is come quickly Lord, come quickly........
Yeah; it's all about those Democrats being in power for two years and wrecking the economy. Yep; two years is all it took, folks, for those Democrats to ruin our economy. Those Democrats who've been in power for two years--they're to blame for the economic downfall--totally. 100% Democrats' fault. 100%.
You heard it here.
I'm not pullin' this outa my ass. | |
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| ACORN busted in Nevada Posted: 10/11/2008 10:45:40 AM |
This gives partial account as to why we are where we are today geeleebee. And no, it's not all the Democrats fault. But Nancy Pelosi is an out and out deceitful liar.
'Partial' being the operative word.
The economic situation is bigger than a blog or a link--it required many moving parts, none of which knew what the others were doing, and some who pulled the strings.
This is not about pointing fingers at the Democratic Party or the Republican Party. Calling it 'greedy' and 'predatory' is the truth--I don't much care who is saying it.
And, as far as I'm concerned, they are all liars, and that includes my Presidential pick, Barack Obama. | |
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| ACORN busted in Nevada Posted: 10/11/2008 11:43:56 AM |
I've often wondered, of all the people we could have had running for President, how could we end up with these two? How much worse could it get?
Well, I believe that Obama is a very scary individual and his brand of change is socialism.
Of course socialism isn't so bad for people who don't have much. Probably it may make their lives better. But it also takes away their ability to have more in life than they do currently. And those who have aspired to have more, will have less and lose the ability to aspire through hard work and achievement. We will all be cast into a dungeon of stale, tasteless sameness with no aspirations that once was offered by the home of the brave and land of the free.
So even though they all lie, you know McCain is no Bush and you know what to expect out of McCain and that's why I'm voting for him.
I no longer wonder. The candidates you get to chose from are picked. They get the campaign donations and media exposure. It can always get worse. Bush may not have caused the Finacial Crisis but he's certainly been the architect of the most massive assault on America's civil liberties.
No..I don't know what I'm getting McCain and I know that his running mate is so out of her league she can't even conduct an interview without freezing up.
Vote for who you want but I'm not fooling myself into thinking that either candidate will deliver huge change. They're both for the Empire. | |
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| ACORN busted in Nevada Posted: 10/11/2008 11:52:31 AM | I believe that Obama is a very scary individual and his brand of change is socialism.
He is naive and wet behind the ears with a streak of narcissism about him a mile long...that right there is dangerous and will keep us in trouble. He has surrounded himself with questional people.
There is no doubt what McCain stands for, (and you know he is no Bush) and there will be no surprises with him.
With Obama, every day for the next four years would be a surprise. ..and not in a good way.
I feel Sen. Barack Obama “is lying” when he insists that he has never prayed in a mosque and was never a Muslim. His father was a Muslim — granted, not a practicing Muslim, but in the Muslim world, if your father is a Muslim, you’re a Muslim. His father named him Hussein, which is a name only given to Muslim babies. He went with his stepfather to a mosque. They celebrated certain Muslim holidays at the mosque together. He had knowledge of the Koran. He had knowledge of Muslim prayers. You put all this together, he was a Muslim. Too many questions and the pieces of his puzzle are not fitting. Im sure someone will tell me if Im incorrect. And Id appreciate the fact that you show respect and show me where Im incorrect without rolling your eyes or calling me names and trying to belittle me. Im here to learn, not be flogged or bashed.
There are too many pieces of Obamas past that he keeps secret, why is that? He also wont tell us where he got all those mystery donations.....and all thoses thousands from other countries...........on and on and on. Im just not comfortable with him being in charge of me.
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| ACORN busted in Nevada Posted: 10/11/2008 12:18:02 PM |
You don't find Republicans dishing out an eighth of the propaganda that the Democrats and it's constituents are right now. They are stooping lowest of low and are stopping at nothing to gain control of the Presidency so that they have a monopoly on the government. That is very scary to me, especially with their socialist and anti free market/capitolist agenda. There will be no more freedom of the brave and no more checks and balances. It will be intrusive pervasion of government into every individual's life. Much worse than it is currently.
But I agree that they all lie, like who's at fault for the Patriot Act. Dem's and Rep's alike voted it into law through both the House and Senate. Bush penned it into law. If it was so bad, why did the Democrats not vote it down, both in 2001 and again in 2006? Could it be that they knew that it was helping to squelch actual terroristic activity within the borders of our country? I wonder...
This economic disaster is far from being solely Bush's fault. Nearly as much money has been spent on the welfare of illegal aliens as has been spent on the war in Iraq. And that doesn't count a myriad of other bureacratic programs, many of which are espoused by liberal congressional members.
Just trying to set the record straight and show that Obama may just be the more dangerous Presidential hopeful at this time of our lives.
I've often wondered, of all the people we could have had running for President, how could we end up with these two? How much worse could it get?
Well, I believe that Obama is a very scary individual and his brand of change is socialism.
'an eighth of the propaganda...' Where are your statistics from--care to share your source? Otherwise, it's something you pulled out of an orifice.
'lowest of the low' should also include implying that a candidate is bff with a 'domestic terrorist', is being supported by terrorists, and is bff with Tony Rezko. Yeah, those are fairly 'low' smears.
Uh...those 'checks and balances' are still in working order. Put away the tinfoil hat.
'intrusive pervasion...' happened right after W got the Patriot Act signed, sealed and delivered. It wasn't voted down in 2001 because, as you might remember, we had just been attacked, there were rumors about WMD, and people were terrified. So much easier to push something through when it's attached to fear. It was voted to continue the P.A. after changes were made, in 2006.
You haven't set any 'record straight'. You've expressed your opinion. Which is still your First Amendment right--those checks and balances, see? | |
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| ACORN busted in Nevada Posted: 10/11/2008 12:23:07 PM | "When Freddie and Fannie were created, both the House and Senate were well controlled by the Democrats who pushed it through."
Have any of you ever tried to get a freddi or fannie loan? I tried back in 2004. The inspector came out and the repairs they would have required to loan on the property were more than the seller was willing to do or than I could afford. I had to go to traditional mortgage which has never been sold to freddie or fannie. This is for a Bloomington, IN home. Still stated income aka subprime and still good loan.
My CA home is also stated income subprime, never sold to freddie/fannie. Still a good loan.
All of this blame on freddie/fannie doesn't match my buying experiences of the last 4 years. Now, those ARM loans to people dependent upon needing the price to go up so that they could afford the home at the new equity level ... those were the high risk loans. The buying frenzy ended, the houses didn't go up and the sellers couldn't afford the higher interest rates plus full mortgage instead of interest only. That is the problem... not Fannie/Freddie.
Don't be fooled by those who want to dredge up the way things were done over a decade ago as the blame instead of the Republican controlled policies of the last 8 years. | |
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| ACORN busted in Nevada Posted: 10/11/2008 12:32:59 PM | This is such a non-story. They hired low income individuals for voter registration drives, and some of these people faked doing their work. This is not "voter fraud". Nobody has "voted"; the election hasn't happened yet and these faked people were never going to vote. Well how could they? They're fake. Nonexistent. Dead. Gone. Pretend. Imaginary.
WMD ~ Weapons of Mass Distraction.
Keep tryin' there...while Obama's lead widens by the day. | |
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| ACORN busted in Nevada Posted: 10/11/2008 12:55:27 PM |
What assault are you talking about Obsidian? The only civil liberty that I can see being construed as assaulted is the right of privacy by the Patriot Act. But I've yet to hear of one person who has expressed that that right has been unjustly infringed upon.
In addition to privacy issues that violate the 4th Amendment there are provision the expand the ability for agents to claim property of those accused as well as hold them indefinitely if they are not citizens.
H.R 1955 pretty much states that if you have anything to do with a social or political uprising via force or violence, you're a Domestic Terrorist and can be charged.
Unlawful Enemy Combatant is another law that can be used to lock people away without hope for a speedy trial.
You didn't hear about the Oregon lawyer that was detained without charge for two weeks for "supposed" terrorist links? Search for Brandon Mayfield.
Zach Padilla, I think anyone convicted of a crime in America should have due process.
I think you're under the false assumption that you have so many powers that you can afford to give up a few. Privacy sounds so innocuous until you're being accused of being a terrorist by some Government watchdog.
What seperates us from a third world dictatorships is a semblance of Democracy, a very small subset of rights and more economic opportunity.
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| ACORN busted in Nevada Posted: 10/11/2008 1:56:14 PM | Do not confuse me with a Democrat.
Ideologically I'm a Libertarian more in sync with Ron Paul and a strict contructionist. My mother is not a Democrat and actually was Republican but I think the Bush era has turned her off to the party.
I'm not a socialist but I'm in huge favor of regulation and breaking up monopolies. I'm tired of the media cartels..I'm tired of the Healthcare cartels and I'm tired of seeing large corporations destroy the sustainability of communities.
I think ACORN means well and I've seen the issues over the years within the org and think that they need to be addressed but by and large the org's intentions are benevolent. They are much like Planned Parenthood..they provide good services and their intentions are overall good but their is a more seedy underbelly (Sanger's ideology on Eugenics)
In truth there are orgs doing good overall and doing bad overall and all of them are skirting the law where they think they can get away with it.
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| ACORN busted in Nevada Posted: 10/11/2008 1:58:41 PM | McCain's associates, hmmmmmmmm
[http://www.crooksandliars.com/
There's an interesting and little talked about article this weekend from the National Journal which sets out the lucrative relationships some of John McCain's campaign advisers, in their alter-egos as super-lobbyists, have with some very questionable oligarchs in Russia and elsewhere - leading to some serious questions about McCain's judgement and the company he keeps. There's Christian Ferry, McCain's deputy campaign manager, who also works for the lobbying firm of McCain's campaign manager and longtime GOP apparatchik Rick Davis. In Montenegro, Davis Manafort helped push a referendum on independence from Serbia that narrowly passed by popular vote in May 2006. In Ukraine, Ferry was part of a Davis Manafort team that advised Victor Yanukovich, the country's then-prime minister, whose pro-Russian party made gains in the 2006 parliamentary elections. (In 2004, Yanukovich lost to the U.S.-backed candidate, Victor Yushchenko, in a hotly contested presidential race.) Sources say that Davis Manafort received multimillion-dollar fees from each country. "Ferry was on the ground in both countries and talked about it a great deal," said one source with knowledge of the McCain campaign and of the firm's electoral work in Ukraine. The source added that Ferry acted as "Rick's implementer." These overseas efforts underscore not only how closely Ferry's career has been linked to Davis but also the extent to which the upper ranks of the McCain campaign include lobbyists and consultants who worked for foreign clients. And then there's Randy Scheunemann, who has lobbied for Georgia (as we know), Latvia, Macedonia and Taiwan. And Charles Black, who has worked for the "corruption-plagued nation of Equatorial Guinea and a Moscow think tank run by Leonid Reiman". The latter used to be Vladimir "K.G.B. Eyes" Putin's telecoms minister and has been linked to allegations of money laundering by German authorities. Black, of course, was also one of the folks who arranged Rev. Sun Myung Moon's coronation as "King of America". And Davis himself, who involved McCain with Raffaello Follieri, "who in September pleaded guilty in federal court in Manhattan to money laundering and defrauding investors of more than $2 million" in what was a part of what has become known as the Vati-Con Scandal. Davis also got McCain sit-down meetings with Oleg Deripaska, whose fortune has been pegged at $28 billion and who was a close ally of that same Vladimir Putin's. For someone who claims to be a maverick, McCain has an awful lot of people around him who have done the bidding of foreign governments or other foreign interests," says Bill Buzenberg, executive director of the nonpartisan Center for Public Integrity. But that doesn't really get to the heart of the problem.]
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| ACORN busted in Nevada Posted: 10/11/2008 2:18:26 PM |
Ideologically I'm a Libertarian more in sync with Ron Paul and a strict contructionist.
That explains why I enjoy reading your posts Obsidian! lol
What occurs to me is that while ACORN is obviously misguided in their methods, that almost all of Obama's shady and suspect affiliations are with organizations founded upon and individuals dedicated to the betterment of the less fortunate.
I don't condone ACORN, Ayers' past in the WU, nor Rev. Wright's choice of words but Obama got involved with each of these people over causes to help people that need help. I guess the lesson is to avoid associations with people that could hurt your reputation by not taking any action to better the situation for those less fortunate than themselves. | |
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| ACORN busted in Nevada Posted: 10/11/2008 4:51:33 PM |
.Fact: Barack was never an ACORN community organizer. • Fact: Barack was never an ACORN trainer and never worked for ACORN in any other capacity. • Fact: ACORN was not part of Project Vote, the successful voter registration drive Barack ran in 1992
This video says B.O. WAS associated with ACORN. He does (or did) have ties to all this.
Maybe you should check this out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhQAHKxuR1Q | |
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| ACORN busted in Nevada Posted: 10/11/2008 6:34:03 PM | ^^ That video isn't the only thing that says Barack Obama was associated with ACORN. Lou Dobbs says so as well. ACORN supports Obama and apparently Obama encouraged, paid, and requested that ACORN register new people to vote; furthermore, Obama is tied to ACORN and ACORN is responsible for thousands of illegal voter registrations. Five thousand registrations were submitted. Half of them (2100) were found to be fraudulent. The others, (2900 have been placed to the side), and again, they should probably be tossed into the trashcan.
But does this surprise anyone, really? Embezzlement of funds and voter registration fraud are not minimal charges, but all in the name of getting Senator Obama elected, they can probably be rationalized. Lou Dobbs said "how can there be any doubt about what is taking place here?" Well, there can't be any doubt, Lou. And we know who is associated with ACORN, who is right smack in the middle of ACORN, as per radical group USUAL.
"Where is the justice dept and why is this being permitted to go on?" asks Lou. "New evidence that the Obama campaign is directly connected to ACORN continues to arise.." All federal funding to any part of ACORN is being halted. It will end now. Obama represented ACORN in a lawsuit and 800,000 was paid to them by Obama to represent them. He was actually paying them to do these registrations for him.
Wonderful job, ACORN, just wonderful. And good going, Obama! You've hurt your cause to help poor people through your voter fraud and embezzlement of federal funds via your ties to this group. And you've damaged your own candidacy through the same.
Why is Obama seemingly constantly connected to these radical people/groups who have done something wrong? Here's yet another Youtube that has Lou Dobbs on the warpath about what Obama and ACORN are doing. Of course, this won't matter one little bit to Obama supporters. They'll just continue to mutter on about Sarah Palin's troopergate scandal since they can't find any noteworthy new dirt on McCain.
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=iM708EjH0bs
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| ACORN busted in Nevada Posted: 10/11/2008 8:15:37 PM | So let me get this straight..... Obama is 'guilty' of supporting an organization that helps people register to vote? Yes, there were obviously employees of ACORN who fraudulently submitted fake or mulitple voter registrations.........but...........
Is there any reliable information that Obama was part of any illegal activity? Or that he personally coerced people into fradulantly voting? Or that he was involved in the planning of a plot to do the same? Or that he was simply aware of such a plan? Or that there was even a plan for him to be aware of? Or, if there was no plan......that he was aware of fraudulent activities being committed by ACORN employees prior to his 'support' or during his 'continued support' of the organization? Or that ACORN decision makers were even aware of and didn't act on fraudulent activities.....before they SELF REPORTED? (notice the emphasis on the words 'self reported' which they had been doing BEFORE the 'raid')
AND To a lesser extent...... Was Obama even aware that ex-con's were being employed by ACORN? This wouldn't imply guilt per se, but would make questioning of his 'support' for ACORN somewhat valid.
All I have seen so far is that Obama: -At one time worked for ACORN on a legal case in 1996.....so what?
-He may or may not have spoken / taught at some ACORN 'leadership seminars' (I have seen no record of what he spoke about to indicate any wrongdoing or knowledge of wrongdoing). There is of course the question of whether he denied even teaching these seminars, which if he did actually teach them and denied it.......THAT would be lying (if both of those events actually occured, I can't seem to find verification of either, so feel free to enlighten me.......and please don't post a biased person saying 'yep, it happened because I said so').
-Obama does 'support' ACORN's voter registration drives......this is not an implication that Obama encourages voter fraud, it implies that he encourages voter registration.
-ACORN supports Obama's bid for POTUS......once again, this does not imply that Obama encourages voter fraud. Even if ACORN is guilty of knowingly committing fraud, and there is no indication of Obama being involved or even knowing that it was occuring......it would not be an implication of Obama doing anything illegal or even 'questionable'. If the KKK supported McCain (which they probably do.....I mean, he is white)......it doesn't imply that that McCain is a racist. 'Guilt by association' is often cited, but not always valid......
PS: I suppose it's possible that in the reading of the previous 4 pages of this thread that I may have missed the verifiable link between Obama and illegal or unethical activity......but all i've seen is "It's true because *Insert appeal to authority of your choice here* and *Insert biased or extremely stretched guilt by association here* ". So, anyone care to post it again if a reliable link exists?
EDIT: I would like to know why the Obama campaign is giving money to ACORN at all (isn't it supposed to be using campaign money on the campaign?)......but again, that would still not tie Obama, or even his campaign to illegal or unethical activity. It's entirely possible that the Obama campaign simply thought that having more minority / low income voters interested and registered to vote would benefit the campaign. Which by the way, I don't see a problem with........the targetting of low income / minority voters is not hindering any wealthy / white voters from voting or preventing the McCain campaign or anyone else who cares from targetting people they think will vote for them. If you are going to spend money trying to get people to vote......you probably SHOULD try to focus on people that will most likely vote for you (that is what campaigning is about right?). | |
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| ACORN busted in Nevada Posted: 10/11/2008 10:37:50 PM | "Ohio,register today vote today,No ID required just a registration card.So if you register under multiple names you can vote under multiple names."
Ohio's registration process is broken.
I hope there is no one here dumb enough to think that the Republican registrars are not also taking advantage of the same weakness in Ohio's process. | |
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| ACORN busted in Nevada Posted: 10/12/2008 12:05:16 AM | Well, that clinches it........ I don't think I could possibly not believe a campaign advertisement that states the exact same things that have already been listed in this thread without any additional documentation.......
But really, the ad itself quotes Obama as saying that he "never organized for ACORN". It then said that he taught classes.......does teaching classes = organizing? Possibly, but do we have any documentation of the subject matter that Obama was teaching? Or maybe some people who were actually there to say what he was teaching them (there have to be some dissatisfied former ACCORN employees somewhere )? Does the viewer even know what 'organizing' means, or are they just expected to assume that the two words mean the same thing because they are used in the same ad? The ad doesn't say that Obama taught ACORN leaders to do what they were doing, or how to do it, or even that he knew about it.......it doesn't even say WHO Obama was teaching. Was it high level decision makers, or was it the low level grunts?
This is exactly how these adds work, they don't actually say anything......they just imply that there is wrongdoing without any actual evidence. In that ad alone, the viewer must make the logical (or illogical) jumps from Obama worked for ACORN > Obama taught ACORN leaders > The leaders of ACORN that Obama taught did some illegal things > The leaders of ACORN were taught to do illegal things by Obama........... If you are pre-determined to believe a certain view, implication and a thimble of truth is all that is needed. | |
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| ACORN busted in Nevada Posted: 10/12/2008 8:08:21 AM | By Hank De Zutter December 8, 1995
… Another strong supporter of Obama’s work–as an organizer, as a lawyer, and now as a candidate–is Madeline Talbott, lead organizer of the feisty ACORN community organization, a group that’s a thorn in the side of most elected officials. “I can’t repeat what most ACORN members think and say about politicians. But Barack has proven himself among our members. He is committed to organizing, to building a democracy. Above all else, he is a good listener, and we accept and respect him as a kindred spirit, a fellow organizer.”
Obama continues his organizing work largely through classes for future leaders identified by ACORN and the Centers for New Horizons on the south side. Conducting a session in a New Horizons classroom, Obama, tall and thin, looks very much like an Ivy League graduate student. Dressed casually prep, his tie loosened and his top shirt button unfastened, he leads eight black women from the Grand Boulevard community through a discussion of “what folks should know” about who in Chicago has power and why they have it. It’s one of his favorite topics, and the class bubbles with suggestions about how “they” got to be high and mighty…"
I'm glad you brought up the De Zutter article--it's a lovely layout of who Obama is, and how and why he came to serve the public as he does.
Here is the end of the quote you posted:
"Slow down now. You're going too fast now," says Obama. "I want to break this down. We talk 'they, they, they' but don't take the time to break it down. We don't analyze. Our thinking is sloppy. And to the degree that it is, we're not going to be able to have the impact we could have. We can't afford to go out there blind, hollering and acting the fool, and get to the table and don't know who it is we're talking to--or what we're going to ask them--whether it's someone with real power or just a third-string flak catcher." Later Obama gets to another favorite topic--the lack of collective action among black churches. "All these churches and all these pastors are going it alone. And what do we have? These magnificent palatial churches in the midst of the ruins of some of the most run-down neighborhoods we'll ever see. All pastors go on thinking about how they are going to 'build my church,' without joining with others to try to influence the factors or forces that are destroying the neighborhoods. They start food pantries and community-service programs, but until they come together to build something bigger than an effective church all the community-service programs, all the food pantries they start will barely take care of even a fraction of the community's problems."
"In America," Obama says, "we have this strong bias toward individual action. You know, we idolize the John Wayne hero who comes in to correct things with both guns blazing. But individual actions, individual dreams, are not sufficient. We must unite in collective action, build collective institutions and organizations."
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| ACORN busted in Nevada Posted: 10/12/2008 8:28:14 AM | "Even before I was an elected official, when I ran Project Vote voter registration drives in Illinois, Acorn was smack dab in the middle of it, and we appreciate your work"-Obama
This seems to be a popular quote 'linking' Obama to ACORN. Now does that sound like he was talking about ACORN as someone who was inside the organization? Or was he praising ACORN for their HELP in efforts that he was running for Project Vote? I spent quite some time today trying to find anything about ACORN owning or operating Project Vote, and what I found was:
1. "In the 2004 election cycle, ACORN and its sister group Project Vote ran a nationwide voter mobilization drive that was marred by allegations of fraudulent voter registration, vote-rigging, voter intimidation, and vote-for-pay scams"
Now that doesn't sound like a glowing recommendation of these TWO organization, especially when coming from http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6968 . So I am inclinded to believe them when they say that ACORN and Project Vote were sister organizations even as late as 2004. And.....
2. Another article on the same website does claim that 'Project vote is the voter registration arm of ACORN'. That would imply that project vote is run by ACORN and that in fact they are the same organization.........so these two views would appear to be in contradiction.
Well, I looked a lot more and I can't seem to find anyone else claiming that ACORN runs Project Vote, unless of course they are quoting the article from this website. I do however find TONS of sources (most of which, must more reliable) claiming that the two work jointly but are separate organizations. So, i'm going to have to go ahead and believe Discoverthenetworks.org's own statement that the two are 'sister' organizations.
On that same topic, Yourcuteguy1, I had read the quote from Madeline Talbot. In which she calles him a 'fellow organizer'.......I guess it can be interpretted more than one way, because to me she does not sound like someone talking about an employee, but rather as a peer that members of her organization respect (which makes sense to me in context, since the article was about Obama running for office). As far as him saying that he didn't organize for ACORN, I guess that could be a stretch......but it would hinge on what Obama himself thought he was doing for ACORN, and on what 'community organizing' means........which by the way is a VERY broad and loosely defined term. Is he stretching to avoid embarrassment? It's very possible. Are his opponents stretching to try and tie him to the ACORN scandal? I'd say very likely, but we won't find out until there is further investigation......which unfortunately still leaves us at implication for the time being.
EDIT: In my opinion, it appears that the speaker chose their words of 'not organizing for ACORN' carefully. That type of statement may be 100% true at face value, but again....just like the McCain ads, it implies more than it actually says. It's entirely possible that the average person would read 'No organizing' as 'No involvement'.....and i'm pretty sure that's how they originally intended to spin this, should the McCain camp try to use it against them. There are smart people on both sides.....they know to leave room for some wiggle.
The part about never working for ACORN in any capacity though.....who exactly is this coming from? Because that's just an outright lie if it was coming from Obama himself. | |
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