Acorn — the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now — has diminished any credibility it had remaining. In the last 48 hours, there have been some truly horrible revelations about this group that is supposedly an advocate for the poor.
Before I get to what has been revealed in the last couple of days, let me give you a recap of their past. President Barack Obama worked for Acorn as a community organizer, represented them in court, and trained their employees. Additionally, his campaign donated $800,000 to them to aid in voter registration efforts. Of course, Acorn supported Obama’s campaign as well.
Reports surfaced that The New York Times squashed a story that would have been detrimental to Obama’s campaign. They were also accused of voter fraud when their employees registered fictitious people such as Mickey Mouse to vote.
Despite all of that, our trusty government included Acorn in the whole bailout debacle. Seriously.
So, let’s get to the current stuff.
Now if you think what you’ve read so far is shocking, prepare to be horrified (assuming that you haven’t heard these details yet). This is not only embarrassing, but it decidedly corrupt. No doubt about it.
Two young investigative reporters, James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles, went into an Acorn office in Baltimore, Maryland. Hannah posed as a prostitute, James as a potential politician. They asked how they could start a highly illegal prostitution ring with underage illegals from El Salvador, all the while avoiding arrest and taxes. Acorn helped them out. Watch these two videos.
Pretty horrific, right? This should make HUGE news, right? Wrong! While Fox News and blogs spread the word about this tragedy, the other major networks completely ignored it. When they eventually broadcast it, they prefaced it by accusing the reporters of behaving unethically and irresponsibly. Basically, they offered excuses for an organization that was helping to coverup tax evasion, prostitution, and child trafficking.
Acorn responded by firing the two employees and accusing the reporters of simply attacking via a political “smear” campaign. Well, if that’s the case, then this must be an isolated incident, correct? No other offices would dare do similar (or exactly the same) things. That’s just good common sense, eh?
Well, our two favorite reporters, James and Hannah, hit up a Washington D.C. Acorn office. And look what happened.
I’m sensing a trend. You remember that joke Sarah Palin made at the Republican National Convention about the light workload of a community organizer? Man, did she have that wrong! These videos prove that they do ALL kinds of things!
Whew, that’s a lot of stuff in 48 hours from one organization. That has to be all of it! Of course it is — except for this one last bit. 11 Acorn workers were just arrested for voter fraud in Florida.
Read More About These Events & Acorn:
- Acorn Cries Racism
- Connection to Obama
- Census Bureau fires Acorn
- La Representative Calls for Investigation
