WSJ included an insert in its editorial today (Acorn Live!) listing the names of the U.S. Senators who voted not to cut off funds to Acorn! The editorial discusses many things about the Acorn controversy one of which is that a specific cadre of Senators who always comes to Acorn's defense when they are under fire. Here's the list as included in the insert:
Roland Burris, Ill.
Bob Casey, Pa.
Dick Durbin, Ill.
Kirsten Gillebrand, N.Y.
Pat Leahy, Vt.
Bernie Sanders, Vt.
Sheldon Whitehous, R.I.
In the editorial, they discuss the recent conviction for voter fraud of 11 Acorn members in Florida and the and an 88 page staff report on the organization's activities prepared by GOP Reresentative Darrell Issa of California. which begins with:
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"The Association of Community Organzations for Reform Now(Acorn) has repeatedly and deliberately engaged in systemic fraud." "Both sturcturally and oppertionally, Acorn hides behind a paper wall of nonporfit corporate protections to conceal a criminal conspiracy on the part of its directors, to launder federal money in order to pusue a partisan political agenda and to manipulate the American public.
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Acorn is partisan? Who woud have thought it.
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The editor writes:
Conservatives have long complained that the type of voter fraud countenanced by liberal groups like Acorn taint the integrity of the ballot. Liberals remain unpersuaded, though to date, some 70 Acorn employees in 12 states have been convicted of voter registraion fraud.
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As mentioned in an earlier post, Acorn has received 53 million of federal funds since 1994 and is scheduled to receive
$8.5 Billion of stimulus funds.
Can you imagine the mischief they can create with $8.5 Billion?!!! I guess what is most suprising is that none of the Senators listed above are from California.