What could possibly be more revolting than a federally funded organization using a stream of tax dollars to promote voter fraud and encourage prostitution?
Perhaps the seven U.S. Senators voting to keep that organization fully funded with those tax dollars.
In the aftermath of the highly publicized disclosure of multiple videos revealing ACORN workers offering assistance to an undercover "pimp and prostitute", the Senate sprang into action and voted to prohibit the organization from receiving housing grants from the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Although it was the damning prostitution videos—which explicitly showed ACORN workers giving advice on how to evade taxes, set up a brothel, and harbor underage immigrant girls as prostitutes—which prompted the quick vote, ACORN already had a long history of corrupt and vile behavior. In addition to pushing the very loose-lending policies which triggered the collapse of the housing market, ACORN is also under investigation for voter registration fraud all across the country. Among others, states like Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, and Missouri have each file charges.
Given the organization's contemptible record of ill-repute, the vote to defund ACORN should have been a 100 percent unanimous vote. Even the U.S. Census has already revoked its partnership agreement with ACORN for the official 2010 Census count in light of the prostitution scandals.
Seven U.S. Senators, however, voted against the bill and thus in favor of keeping ACORN fully funded. They are Roland Burris (D-IL), Robert Casey (D-PA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI).
In essence, these seven are giving their stamp of approval to the prostitution of underage children—not to mention tax evasion, voter fraud, and reckless lending.
Bill Wilson, President of Americans for Limited Government, labeled the unconscionable group of senators the "Sordid Seven".
As he said in a statement:
"These seven Senators have knowingly voted to keep sending taxpayer money to a
highly corrupt organization of pushers and pimps. The constituents of these
seven unconscionable Senators need to know that despite ACORN's clear track
record of bad lending practices, the 'Sordid Seven' have chosen to look the
other way."
In addition to the "No" votes of these seven Senators, the fact that ACORN will still receive any federal funding is reprehensible. House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) echoed the sentiment of many—including Americans for Limited Government—by calling upon Barack Obama to sever ties with ACORN and end all federal funds to the organization (not solely those from the Department of Housing and Urban Development). As he said in his letter to Obama:
"It is evident that ACORN is incapable of using federal funds in a manner that is consistent with the law. Immediate action is necessary to ensure that no additional tax dollars are directed to ACORN. Simply put, ACORN should not receive another penny of American taxpayers' money."
Unfortunately, severing ties with ACORN will not be a simple task for Barack Obama. After all, the organization practically spawned the man now occupying the oval office and was pivotal in shaping his political philosophy, strategies, and tactics.
As Barack Obama himself once said:
"I come out of a grassroots organizing background. That's what I did for three and half years before I went to law school…this is something that I know personally, the work [ACORN does], the importance of it. I've been fighting alongside ACORN on issues you care about my entire career. Even before I was an elected official, when I ran Project Vote voter registration drive in Illinois, ACORN was smack dab in the middle of it."
And now Barack Obama and seven U.S. Senators are smack dab in the middle of an ACORN prostitution scandal. This cannot go unaddressed. As Rep. Boehner articulates, there is no excuse for a single penny of tax money to go to ACORN. The latest round of incidents proves it anew.
The constituents of these "Sordid Seven" senators must hold them accountable for being complicit in prostitution, tax evasion, voter fraud, and the reckless lending that helped trigger the housing collapse.
And the American people must hold their president accountable for being part and parcel of one of the nation's most corrupt and contemptible organizations.
What Obama, his Tentacles, pilot fish and miriad of hangers, taggers and flockers fail to comprehend is, if you are clean, you have absolutely nothing to worry about. This is not about "bringing Obama down" as the left seems to think. This is about dirty politics, period. The truth always comes out in the end. Guilty or innocent.
Personally, I don't care which side of the political aisle you reside on, if you are dirty, I want you out.
5 comments:
For Durbin, Leahy and Sanders this is not a matter of dirty.
ACORN is a valuable ally in the struggle of the people.
A few dirty crumbs and bad publicity only reflects the need for reactionary forces to be overcome
We don't need the videos. I just sent this to my rep, senators and the Republican leadership. Who knows if it will matter? But the focus is now on ACORN; so let's keep it there.
There are really no words to describe the outrage I feel that: 1) ACORN, COI and related organizations have 501(c)(3) status; 2) these organizations have been employed by the federal government in ANY capacity, let alone as agents of the IRS; and 3) that we fund these mobster thugs with tax dollars.
Dale (or was it Wade?) Rathke stated the other day ON THE PUBLIC AIRWAVES that conservatives just wanted to "smear" ACORN because ACORN and its ilk championed "PROGRESSIVE CAUSES."
That statement, if true, should IMMEDIATELY DISQUALIFY ACORN from its 501(c)(3) status and its receipt of any more federal dollars. Such political advocacy is PROHIBITED for 501(c)(3) organizations.
The ACORN person in San Bernadino stated that ACORN "lobbied" for progressive causes such as "healthcare" and others.
That statement, if true, should IMMEDIATELY DISQUALIFY ACORN from receiving federal funds and should require forfeiture of its 501(c)(3) status.
ACORN, COI, SEIU and their affiliates should have no part in any election, housing "assistance", tax preparation, or any other "service" in any "community" if such activities are provided using federal dollars or with the benefit of having 501(c)(3) status.
A full investigation starting as soon as possible, including making public the results of a forensic audit, into what seems to be a conduit of our tax money money to radical causes should be instituted NOW. Congress must hire an independent prosecutor to do the investigation on its behalf (Congress has its own subpoena power, right?), as Mr. Holder has shown himself to be hostile to regular, middle class people and sympathetic to those who would overthrow our government (see the "cowards" on race comment; refusal to sentence the convicted voter intimidating Black Panthers; FALN pardons).
The public/private partnership that Congress, the Clinton/Bush/Obama administrations and the union/mob/racists thugs have had must end now.
This public money/private corruption-complex has weakened the claim to legitimacy of our so-called "federal government."
Republicans MUST take a principled stand.
When the shrapnel of "RAAAAACISSSST" comes at you (as it assuredly will), just make sure your flak jacket is secure.
IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO, TAKE A STAND, DAMMIT. MAKE SOME NOISE. If the state-run media won't cover it, go to talk radio, have a press conference on the capitol steps, send mass e-mails to constituents, go on C-SPAN - anything to alert the American people to the rotten core of these organizations and their destabilizing influence on our form of government.
AND DEMAND AN INVESTIGATION. And don't shut up until we get a real one.
Thank you.
Thank you anonymous. This is excellent.
hmmmm ok...good they defund them...obvious choice>!
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