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Submitted by James, Sep 5, 2008 11:34

So, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), issues a statement saying it was "extremely disappointed" and that they are "appalled" at Governor Palin's, Governor Pataki's and Mayor Giuliani's "belittling" and "condescending attacks" on so-called "community organizers?" This is the same ACORN that: In July 2007, settled the largest case of voter fraud in the history of Washington State. Seven ACORN workers had submitted nearly 2,000 bogus voter registration forms. According to case records, they flipped through phone books for names to use on the forms, including "Leon Spinks," "Frekkie Magoal" and "Fruto Boy Crispila." Three ACORN election hoaxers pleaded guilty in October. Has been implicated in similar voter fraud schemes in Missouri, Ohio and at least 12 other states. The Wall Street Journal reported: "In Ohio in 2004, a worker for one affiliate was given crack cocaine in exchange for fraudulent registrations that included underage voters, dead voters and applications with names such as "Mary Poppins," "Dick Tracy" and "Jive Turkey." In March 2007, Philadelphia elections officials accused the nonprofit advocacy group of filing fraudulent voter registrations prior to the April 22nd Pennsylvania primary. The charges have been forwarded to the city district attorney's office. In July 2008, Pennsylvania investigators asked the public for help in locating a fugitive named Luis R. Torres-Serrano, who is accused "of submitting more than 100 fraudulent voter registration forms he collected on behalf of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now to county election officials." Also in July, a massive, nearly-$1 million embezzlement scheme by top ACORN officials was exposed. Last month, a New Mexico TV station reported on child rapists, drug offenders, and forgery convicts on ACORN's payroll. Just last week, Milwaukee's top election official announced plans to seek criminal investigations of 37 ACORN employees accused of offering gifts to sign up voters (including pre-paid gas cards and restaurant cards) for falsifying driver's license numbers, Social Security numbers or other information on voter registration cards. This is "community organizing?" It sounds like a criminal enterprise to me – all subsidized by our tax dollars. ACORN receives 40 percent of its revenues from American taxpayers. Now THAT is truly "appalling" and we all should be "extremely disappointed."

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I am a committed Democrat, what Obama said last night shows that he has schooling but no education. Nobody can... [MORE]	Kumar	Sep 10, 2008 11:06
Community organizer is self serving cause. He or she wants to look good and brag about it. There is no... [MORE]	Nari	Sep 7, 2008 07:02
I am a community organizer in New York City, and have been one for 2 years now. After reading the... [MORE]	Desiree	Sep 6, 2008 12:51
What a truly sorry state of affairs. What next, will she criticize civic volunteers unless they have church affiliation?! [MORE]	glinda	Sep 6, 2008 10:06
Some people describe community organizers as "teaching people to get more free stuff from the government." That's too charitable. Research... [MORE]	Sam Jackson	Sep 5, 2008 23:16
"There are thousands of professional community organizers in New York City...". Hum, no wonder taxes are so high. Maybe if... [MORE]	fredlave	Sep 5, 2008 22:39
In my experience, when people have trouble explaining what they do, it's either because they're not doing much of anything... [MORE]	SukieTawdry	Sep 5, 2008 15:28
If it wasn't for community organizing and community development, poor people in this country would have no opportunities to move... [MORE]	R. Thibault	Sep 5, 2008 14:14
Don't confuse "community service" with "community organizer." [MORE]	Dan Schwartz	Sep 5, 2008 13:19
13,500 "community and social service specialists" works out to at least half a billion dollars a year that is being... [MORE]	Lifeofthemind	Sep 5, 2008 11:50
So, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), issues a statement saying it was "extremely disappointed" and that...	James	Sep 5, 2008 11:34
Are you kidding? These people are constantly being caught trying to perpetrate voter fraud. And for all of Obama's organizing... [MORE]	ruby	Sep 5, 2008 11:00
Community Organizers must be folks who search for or create problems to work on. Maybe paid by government grants. Also,... [MORE]	glenn	Sep 5, 2008 10:36
The folks should be appalled at how inept Mr. Obama was as an Organizer. I mean, just how organized is... [MORE]	patrick Gigliotti	Sep 5, 2008 10:32
The Obama Campaign attacked Sarah Palin as a "small town mayor," and implied that she was unqualified to be Vice... [MORE]	Mike Sorensen	Sep 5, 2008 10:30
There are 13,500 community and social service specialists in New York, according to a report by the U.S. Department of... [MORE]	Sharmaine	Sep 5, 2008 10:23
Being a community organizer is no criteria for becoming President of the United States of America! It might be a... [MORE]	TexGEOas	Sep 5, 2008 10:13
How come nobody ever mentions the tax-payer funding this added layer of quasi government receives? Let's be clear: These groups... [MORE]	OCULUS	Sep 5, 2008 10:05
Governor Palin nailed it! "Community organizer"? As if. What they are are a bunch of bitter, self-absorbed agitators; and like... [MORE]	Thomas	Sep 5, 2008 09:50
Would one of the thousands of of New Yorkers who purport to be Community Organizers please send me a blank... [MORE]	Marty	Sep 5, 2008 09:23
Oh let us not forget Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Sonny Carson et al, I forgot these guys are down home... [MORE]	mike don	Sep 5, 2008 08:48
In other words, they are agitators who convince people that they should pressure institutions to provide them benefits which they... [MORE]	Arthur E. Lemay	Sep 5, 2008 05:34
Great article. I too was appalled by the comments of our previous Mayor Giuliani and Palin. While you open the... [MORE]	nigel ryan	Sep 5, 2008 00:36

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