From politics (moderates who lean to the right) to Pogo (drools during poker stare) to rants (Whatcha expect from savvy, sassy sexagenarians?) to raves (Have you had your kudo today?) -- we never take ourselves too seriously.
We do, however, reserve the right to slaughter an occasional sacred cow. And in case we fail to mention it -- we will never forget....
Jonah Goldberg: "Whatever happens in the future, the politician I've come to detest in all of this the most is Harry Reid. Either he's amazingly out of his depth, or he is a shamelessly dishonest politician. Exhorting John McCain to come to Washington and then denouncing McCain for following his advice is really irresponsible behavior given the stakes here."
ACORN = morphing into Christmas Tree(s) for the Democrat Party --- at taxpayer expense.
Did democats actually propose giving ACORN a portion of the $700 million in the original bailout draft? Yes.
This is -- by far -- (even more underhanded than Reid attempting to attach no-drilling legislation to the bailout package) an unethical and dastardly attempt by democrats to fund an anti-government organization -- an organization which is currently embroiled in voter fraud cases throughout the nation.
From SadimTouch: (note: links to ACORN site may have been disabled or changed since this news broke last evening. We are looking for screen shots of referenced pages.)
If this is accurate, and not a misspoken error, the Democrats have dropped a bomb on themselves. This is a big mistake for them, because up until this point in the campaign they have managed to avoid the ACORN connection with, "voter fraud, embezzlement, and misuses of taxpayer funds, ACORN's pattern of fraud can no longer be dismissed as a series of 'unfortunate events.'" They didn't get the memo that there is an investigation going on, that looks ugly and smells ugly. For them to carve out this level of funding in this hastily cobbled together proposal is remarkable for showing that the Democrats exhibit enormous arrogance in thinking the public will not care, and secondly that they are totally unaware that there is a moral issue in inflating this bill unnecessarily at a time like this (or EVER!), never mind that it is going to an organization that has possible rampant corruption.
We have previously reported Obama's association with ACORN in previous posts.
Barack Obama was once the Attorney for ACORN. While Obama was Chairman of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge, the CAC provided funds for ACORN's Voter Registration Activities. Obama provided training to ACORN workers who are frequently misrepresented as "Volunteers" - ACORN pays for its Voter Registration Activities. ACORN, which receives partial taxpayer funding, uses those funds to conduct solicitations for contributions to Political Campaigns. In Philadelphia alone ACORN has raised over $800,000 Dollars for Barack Obama's Campaign.
SadimTouch September 26, 2008 10:58 AM PDT fixed the link to acorn
Sandy September 27, 2008 12:30 AM PDT Gull, I'm disgusted by this whole mess. I hate to see the dem leaders get away with all the money they have made.
CaptAhab September 27, 2008 01:43 AM PDT ACORN will determine the resutls of this election.
TonyB September 27, 2008 02:01 AM PDT Watched the debate tonight. We are sunk if Obama wins. keep up the good work.
OoohBlah September 27, 2008 03:06 AM PDT what stands out about the debate for me is an image I won't forget:
