ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) is much in the news today. They have a long history of voter registration fraud and perpetuate this fraud using federal tax dollars. While the news today emphasized the more egregious cases (one guy registered to vote 73 times) the real story is the substantial percentage of (single) registrations that are fraudulent — dead people and minor children being registered. ACORN is under investigation in 13 or more states.
Barack Obama did some of his “community organizing” working for ACORN. He even ran a voter registration drive for them in 1992. Voter registration drives are one means used by “community organizers” to pressure government for more giveaway programs.
ACORN should also be “credited” with threatening and pressuring lenders (via government) to loan money to people who could not repay it so they could buy homes. ACORN felt that people have a right to live beyond their means. So, we have ACORN to thank, in part, for the housing market meltdown that led to the current financial crisis.
Obama and ACORN agree that we need “Reform Now” — or “Change” as Obama calls it. Change of the FDR socialism kind. It will be interesting to see if Obama distances himself from ACORN as he finally did the loony Reverend Wright.
I find it hard to believe that Obama was not influenced by Wright, ACORN and assorted leftist radicals with whom he associated. This is not “guilt by association,” it’s common sense. If McCain had attended Klan meetings, we’d never let him get away with simply saying, “I didn’t agree with everything they said.”
The fact is, ACORN and its socialist goals are what Obama is all about. This is the kind of “change” he promises. I’ll pass.