Comments on: Another Bogus ACORN Lawsuit – by Michelle Malkin

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:43:58 +0000

Michelle Malkin's article is part of an extremely misleading smear campaign by the extreme right. Her flippant dismissal of a major legal issue is very offensive. An act of Congress declaring hundreds of thousands of hard-working and honest Acorn members no longer eligible for funding for important community work is an outrage. What ever happened to innocent until proven guilty? Corporations that get government contracts for much more than Acorn has ever received regularly get investigated for crimes or regulatory violations. That doesn't seem to bother Congress... Of course Acorn should be held to account for any problems it has, but tarring-and-feathering hundreds of thousands of honest people as "constitutionally corrupt" because of the offenses of a couple people is ridiculous.
The smear campaign against Acorn was begun in earnest a few years ago by corporate lobbyist Rick Berman. Before believing what you have heard about Acorn I strongly advise you to look up MSNBC reporter Rachel Maddow's recent series of videos exposing the smear campaign (links to the videos are actually posted on www.acorn.org). If you have even a shred of belief in democracy and truth those videos will make your blood boil. Just for the record, I am not nor have I ever been affiliated with Acorn (or MSNBC). I'm just very offended by the smear campaign and by how few reporters have really looked into the story properly. You might also want to learn a bit more about Michelle Malkin and Rick Berman at www.sourcewatch.org (http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mich... and http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Rich...).
Acorn is a very large organization with an extensive positive track record of helping low- to moderate-income people across the United States help themselves with issues such as discrimination, affordable housing, education, or better public services. Like any large organization it has had occasional issues to deal with. But the positives outweigh the negatives by a ridiculously large margin. It has helped millions of low to moderate income Americans apply to register to vote, and they have worked for many years to try to educate home buyers about the deceitful practices of some mortgage lenders. Maybe if we had had more Acorn and less corporate lobbying, we might have avoided the financial crisis!

By: pyeatte

pyeatte — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:48:05 +0000

It is clear ACORN was using public money for left wing (Dem) partisan politics and election fraud. If you are going to use public money to register voters, you better register approximately equal numbers of Dems and Reps otherwise you are breaking the law. FYI if you are a tax exempt organization, you are using public money.

By: slrassoc

slrassoc — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:28:23 +0000

All people that have anything to do with ACORN should be water boarded…twice…it should be filmed and put on youtube!

By: 1smartmother

1smartmother — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 03:40:27 +0000

I just wonder if ACORN has a leg to stand on. Was this defunding done in a such a way that it IS a bill of attainder?

By: coyote3

coyote3 — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:15:19 +0000

Unfortunately, the specifics of the lawsuit were not included. It would be interesting to see the reasoning regarding how the funding is “protected.” Even if it is unconstitutional, what's the big deal about that. The government has been doing unconstitutional = illegal things and violating the rights of Americans for decades. That aside, maybe this should be looked at. Maybe the really unconstitutional part is the taxpayer expenditures for “benevolence” in the first place.

By: Carterthewriter

Carterthewriter — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:04:52 +0000

This just goes to show all of us how bad the laws in this country have become. The criminals are given food, lodging and guaranteed employment with a radical leftist group (ACORN) while investigators are harassed and continue to lose support of the very government who employes them.

By: Ednelsen

Ednelsen — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:57:41 +0000

IT IS TRUE THAT THIS IS A RIDICULUS ACTION ON ITS MERITS, BUT DON'T FORGET THAT IT WILL BE DEFENDED BY ERIC HOLDER & CO.,SO IT IS LIKELY TO BE SUCCESSFUL

By: jaimeruiz1

jaimeruiz1 — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:51:42 +0000

UNCONSTITUTIONAL? Hey why not. This country elected a totally unqualified president with NO background in leading anything. The stupidest arguments get play now in this country as the media have willingly given up their role as watchdog.

By: davarino

davarino — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:10:55 +0000

Finally, its all starting to unravel. I just hope the momentum will continue. I guess they will have to go to sugar daddy Soros for their funding.

Oh, and I think the poor will do just fine without these scum bags.