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The Spectacle Blog
WASHINGTON (at CPAC 2010) — On the campaign trail in 2008 then-candidate Barack Obama did his best to distance himself from his past involvement with the radical advocacy group ACORN, a new video of his explaining the relationship has surfaced.
He doesn’t say anything new. The significance is that there is now video footage of him saying the quotation that had previously only appeared in text form. The quotation, which surfaced in 2008, goes:
When I ran Project Vote, the voter registration drive in Illinois, ACORN was smack dab in the middle of it. Once I was elected there wasn’t a campaign that ACORN worked on down in Springfield that I wasn’t right there with you. Since I have been in the United States Senate I’ve been always a partner with ACORN as well. I’ve been fighting with ACORN, along side ACORN, on issues you care about my entire career.
Project Vote (a.k.a. Voting for America Inc.) is the voter registration/get out the vote arm of the ACORN empire of activism. Obama’s campaign paid another ACORN affiliate more than $800,000 to do voter work during the 2008 Democratic primary campaign.
Here is a link to the video, which was released here at the Conservative Political Action Conference by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.).
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Pete| 2.20.10 @ 5:00PM
What is the latest on the effort to permanently defund these criminals? Or if Osama is slipping them dough again, who is going to get the word out in a big way?
Nordstrom| 2.20.10 @ 7:33PM
So what? James O'Keefe will do jail time before any member of ACORN does, and rightfully so.
CalMark| 2.20.10 @ 8:14PM
Let's see: ACORN encourages--actually, offers to assist in--underage prostitution, and they're OK.
But a conservative journalist gets arrested--because he's taping the phone wiring of a corrupt Senator, who has been ignoring constituents for weeks because she claims her phone system hasn't been working -- he's a despicable being.
Funny double-standard you got there, Nordstrom.
Nick| 2.21.10 @ 7:06PM
Mr. O'Keefe didn't "tap" anyone's telephone wiring.
ggoblue| 2.20.10 @ 9:22PM
before ANY member? i'll bet our prisons are already teeming with acorn members...
Jim Treacher | 2.21.10 @ 1:30PM
Nordstrom's assertion is delightfully unencumbered by facts.
Missy| 2.22.10 @ 3:19AM
Obama is ACORN.
Hey, Treacher, how are you? Hope your knee is mending fast.
Stay safe--I mean it!
Margie| 2.20.10 @ 8:48PM
IMHO~~ Obama could admit he's an outright Communist, and they'd still back him.
Justice? There's only justice for the Left. They get to go scott free, run for President and get elected twice.
But Eternity has a way of taking care of things!
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Not only was he FIGHTING ALONG SIDE Acorn, he was writing/producing legal documents/procedures for them when they were putting political pressure upon banks to force their granting of home mortgages to financially incompetant loan applicants [which resulted in the real estate/financial/credit meltdown/recession that is now upon up]!!!!!
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Grzmlyk| 2.22.10 @ 8:21AM
No doubt ACORN apologist SL Toddard will be along soon to promulgate his "innocent until proven Republican" theory of justice.
ACORN is the main ingredient in the toxic brew that is destroying this country. ACORN and its flipside, SEIU, don't care how much destruction they wreak as long as they can feather their nests in perpetuity.
Always nice to see the iron fist behind the velvet glove of liberalism, whichcares SO much about the little guy they're willing to enslave them all in order to retain power.
But hey, as the New Black Panther party proved, when you're a Democrat, you're above pesky things like rules. Rules are for knuckle-dragging Republicans, conservatives and "teabaggers."
Duh. Every Bill Maher fan, Obama acolyte and Chris Matthews fellow traveler knows that.
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Liberals do care about minorities--just look at our inner cities! Bastions of hope, right?
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Thank you for the useful information. I was not aware of these activities. Interesting video!
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