For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: ACORN employee caught on tape saying the organization actively worked to elect Obama.
So the main thing what happened is when Obama ran, we did a, we didn't never say who we were going to run for but it sort of undercover that we were going to put Obama in...
We never declared because we have to be non-partisan--our national organization. But it was sort of like under the grapevine we knew we were going to put in Obama.
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I heard our local talk guy
November 13, 2009 - 11:00 ET by ricklailI heard our local talk guy say that ACORN was suing the US on constitutional grounds because it stopped funding them. OK book, chapter and verse where not funding this bunch is unconstitutional.
How stupid of me. It is right there with the right to health care and an abortion.
Semper suprene nitens
OBAMACARE: If it ain't good enough for my Congressman then it ain't good enough for me.
Right; I would say that
November 13, 2009 - 11:07 ET by motherbeltRight; I would say that funding them (or funding any NGO for that matter) is unconstitutional.
rick, don't be surprised if ACORN wins its lawsuit
November 13, 2009 - 11:14 ET by R D HelmAfter all, the Constitution apparently no-longer matters in this country.
-Dave
Our elected representatives have failed us.
What?
November 13, 2009 - 11:08 ET by Jerry MackI am shocked, mortified, taken aback and overwhelmed by this allegation by a NUT worker. Is Charles Gibson aware of this? Tingles should get on this story and tell us that he is being paid by George Bush.
The next thing we might here is that everyone that they registered was not eligible. Blow me down. This person will catch hell from Olberwhacky and Madcow.
great representation
November 13, 2009 - 11:15 ET by rowdygirlThey need funding for some English lessons. That's pitiful.
Bingo. I had to read it
November 13, 2009 - 11:26 ET by RescuedByRushBingo. I had to read it three times to figure out what he was saying.
Somehow, I doubt if
November 13, 2009 - 11:17 ET by BO STINKSanything will come of this. It seems to be a sad fact that we can constantly expose these scum and justice is never served. Is there any honor or integrity left in Washington?
"How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the Plain Meaning of Words!" ~Sam Adams
" Is there any honor or
November 13, 2009 - 11:34 ET by MikeB" Is there any honor or integrity left in Washington?" Just in case that question was not rhetorical: NO!!!!! There is neither honor nor integrity left in Washington. If there were, many of the currently serving Senators and Representatives, instead of serving in Congress would be serving time instead. Pelosi and Reid, and others in both parties would have been investigated by the respective ethics committees and removed from office. Legislators would honestly debate each bill and determine first of all if a prospective law was in violation of Article 1, Section 8, or of the 9th and 10th amendments, and if it were, they would cease discussing it. No, there is neither honor or integrity in Washington.
"A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx." Ronald Reagan
Yes, dear MikeB,
November 13, 2009 - 11:50 ET by BO STINKSit was a rhetorical question. Just sad, I guess, that so many of those who chose to 'serve' the people really only wish to use them and drain their life blood.
"How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the Plain Meaning of Words!" ~Sam Adams
Don't hold your breath waiting for Holder's "Justice" Department
November 13, 2009 - 11:23 ET by R D Helm...to go after ACORN, 'cause it ain't gonna happen, and I won't be surprised when Holder starts interfering in the state prosecutions of some of the members of this criminal organization, either.
Besides, they have too many CIA people to prosecute for daring to protect this country from those who want to kill us all.
-Dave
Our elected representatives have failed us.
Re Holder
November 13, 2009 - 11:48 ET by slickwillie2001'The Forehead' Holder won't have to interfere in California's investigation of ACORN, because it appears that Jerry Brown is illegally conspiring with the very people he is supposed to be investigating:
The Hypocrisy of Jerry Brown: http://biggovernment.com
Unfortunately an investigation of this will have to wait until we take back the House in 2010, when Republicans in the House can launch their own hearings. I also have no doubt that the Bamster will issue blanket pardons for his entire administration as he leaves the White House in January of 2013.
I am absolutely shocked
November 13, 2009 - 11:38 ET by MaratI am absolutely shocked (!!!!) with this revelation! He is obviously a "plant" spreading malicious lies about the nutters (acorn).
So is anyone going after ACORN's tax-exempt status
November 13, 2009 - 11:53 ET by lsudolemitefor its political advocacy the way Dems want to strip the Catholic Church of theirs for daring to express its position on abortion?
I won't hold my breath.
"...we didn't never say who
November 13, 2009 - 12:14 ET by celator"...we didn't never say who we were going to run..."
Well, you semi-literate, disfunctional goofball, we didn't never not think that you were not going to register phony names for your guy Obama.
No citizen's right to life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, or property is safe as long as Obama is President of the United States.
UNBELIEVABLE
November 13, 2009 - 12:18 ET by KC MulvilleObama has decided to try KSM and the other terrorists in federal court.
He's treating 9/11, the War on Terror, and all of the acts of al-Qaeda as mere crimes, instead of acts of war.
He's clueless.
I decided that months ago
November 13, 2009 - 15:19 ET by TheHistorianThe only question is: have enough of the equally clueless young people who voted for him decided this as well? Until they do, we are in for more doubling down on stupid.
"...stuck on stupid"
LTG Russel L. Honore
Meanwhile, more tragic
November 13, 2009 - 12:27 ET by Roger the ShrubberMeanwhile, more tragic news...
Seriously, though: HUGE football weekend in the Steel City. ND plays Pitt Saturday night, and then the Bungles visit Heinz Field Sunday afternoon. Temps will be in the low 60's and sunny. It doesn't get any better than this!!!!
Unless it snowed during the games, of course!
It is a spooky Friday the 13th, but is also the 67th anniversary of a tragic event that inspired the incredible Saving Private Ryan.
You forgot your sarc tag.
November 13, 2009 - 15:04 ET by Another Dead KennedyYou forgot your sarc tag. That's a fake news site.
On another note, if the Steelers lose this weekend, could it trigger the end of their latest dynasty?
Flint Michigan home invader winds up DRT
November 13, 2009 - 12:54 ET by R D HelmStories like this always make my day.
It's just too bad that all home invasions don't end this way.
-Dave
Our elected representatives have failed us.
Biden, the real killer
November 13, 2009 - 13:13 ET by ThisnThatRemember when Cheney shot his friend. An accident. Remember how the MSM and late-night comedy played it up, day after day?
Not very much regarding Biden's motorcade that actually killed a pedestrian, is there? Minimal MSM mention. No late-night jokes. An early demise from the headlines. No talking heads rehash. Why? Oh, that's right -- because it was an accident, and the MSM respects accidents, right?
Or is it because the current VP is a dim? Hmmmmmmm.....
__________
"mmm, mmm, mm. Barrack-Hussain-Øbama↓." - The liberals coolaid drinking song
Letter to the Editor
November 13, 2009 - 13:17 ET by ricklailI posted this earlier today. It was a letter to the editor of our local paper in one sentence,
The economy stinks because the nation is suffering from B.O.
Semper suprene nitens
OBAMACARE: If it ain't good enough for my Congressman then it ain't good enough for me.
I like it!~
November 13, 2009 - 14:05 ET by BO STINKSRick, that is cute. Question is: will the editor get it?
"How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the Plain Meaning of Words!" ~Sam Adams
OMO, Rush just read my e-mail over the air!!!
November 13, 2009 - 14:56 ET by BlondeThe one about plastic surgery in Costa Rica. Cracked him up, too!
I hope he fails, too.
B... I missed that..the
November 13, 2009 - 15:01 ET by bigtimerB...
I missed that..the email, I heard a gal talking about Costa Rica, heart valves etc, thought of you...was that you?
I was in another room, so didn't catch it all, plus a phone call in-between.
'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart
Nope, not me on the phone
November 13, 2009 - 15:03 ET by BlondeBut as he was talking, I sent him an e-mail, which he read (the one that mentions, dare I say it, "boobs")....right after he got off the phone with that woman.
I hope he fails, too.
I'll have to catch a repeat
November 13, 2009 - 15:08 ET by bigtimerI'll have to catch a repeat of the last hour on down the line, maybe tomorrow depending on what's going on around my diggin's.
Anyway, I got through once years ago, it was about SC Judges or such, wished I'd have had the computer then, heck it was so long ago now, don't know if the internet was even what it is now.
It was great fun, plus I love getting thru on various stations/networks over the years to express my opinions...
I do have RL signature at some golf tournament he was at my Uncle got for me in Palm Springs, he's a great golfer as well...I treasure it.
Tickled for you...I know how it feels.
'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart
I couldn't believe it!
November 13, 2009 - 15:16 ET by BlondeLast ten minutes. I'm going to have to download it tomorrow.
I hope he fails, too.
I heard it! That is hysterical!
November 14, 2009 - 12:59 ET by BO STINKSI heard it live and enjoyed the whole thing about CR. Hubby and I are going to check into it for retirement as well as PAnama. That's very cool, J.
"How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the Plain Meaning of Words!" ~Sam Adams
J
November 13, 2009 - 15:22 ET by MrShyCongrats!!
Blonde - Congrats!
November 13, 2009 - 16:15 ET by SouthJersey1953That is an honor most of us will never achieve!!
You can fix a lot of things, but, you can't fix STUPID! - Joe Murray
That is too cool!
November 13, 2009 - 16:46 ET by RukusI want your autograph! ; ) I would never be that lucky!
Gary
Old media species: Moonbat-a-saurus-rex. Getting more endangered by the day.
The Feds should deny all money to ACORN
November 13, 2009 - 15:06 ET by TheHistorianbecause they are so poorly managed that all of the employees which Breitbart interviews cannot get the "company policy" straight. You have to feel sorry for the ACORN management that they can only hire inept people like this. All ACORN needs is a few thousand (million) reliable employees.
I think the court case to allow release of Federal funds MAY prove interesting. We'll see if Breitbart gets a subpoena as a witness, and whether any of his videotape subjects similarly are contacted to testify either willingly or unwillingly.
"What experience and history teach is this - that people and governments never have learned anything from history, or acted on principles deduced from it."
G. W. F. Hegel
Clay Akien Speaks
November 13, 2009 - 15:40 ET by ricklailI don't live in Wake County, NC but we don't need another fairy boy telling us how it should be done. I don't know about y'all but I am sick of giving people like this a stage to spout their crap. To me he is a sore loser. I've got a big shout out for the folks in Wake for turning over their school board
Semper suprene nitens
There is no point dwelling on all the foolish mistakes we have made in our lives. For one thing, it can be very time-consuming. Dr. Thomas Sowell
Aiken is now a stay-at-home ___________
November 13, 2009 - 15:49 ET by SickofLibsAnd his child is gonna have a LOT more serious issues to deal with than what school he goes to.
I don't live there but all
November 13, 2009 - 16:16 ET by ricklailI don't live there but all I have seen and heard over the years the previous boards have tried all the failed liberal education experiments. The kids there are no smarter. No one will ever make me believe that year round schooling makes a kid smarter. It does not make them any smarter here in Craven County. That is the excuse they use to get parents to buy into it.
Semper suprene nitens
There is no point dwelling on all the foolish mistakes we have made in our lives. For one thing, it can be very time-consuming. Dr. Thomas Sowell
Mayor Giuliani on Cavuto
November 13, 2009 - 16:08 ET by Blonderight now. He just called the decision to try Kalid Sheik Muhammed in NYC "frightently incompetent".
About this topic, Rudy is spot-on. Plus he has the credentials to make it stick. Think we'll hear about this in the media?
I hope he fails, too.
Blonde
November 13, 2009 - 16:16 ET by ahusser"Frightfully incompetent" is the theme song for this pres and admin. Unfortunately these types of decisions may cost lives but it is part and parcel of your tag "I hope he fails, too". Without his constant failure and PR gaffes we will never get rid of this guy and the congress and press from hell. I hope he doesn't do anything tremendously stupid but he has to keep doing these stupid things.
"Somehow, I told you so, just doesn't quite say it." Will Smith in 'I, Robot.'
Rudy is shredding him ahusser
November 13, 2009 - 16:24 ET by BlondeNot that Obama needs much help to look stupid.
I think the mid-term elections are going to be huge. We conservatives have always despised and disparaged Obama and his socialist clique, but he's losing the independents in droves. His massive overspending is going to cause a real depression, this "blip" in 3Q GDP is entirely artificial, due to government spending (C4C, etc.). I think by next spring, unemployment will be north of 12%, and people always vote their pocketbooks.
Obama, of course, will continue to do stupid things. He has no clue of the perception of most of us have to his "act"....the incessant striving for coolness makes him look like a spoiled child.
Guarantee the stupidity continues, he can't go a day without having his face in front of the cameras. I just pray daily that he's off prompter. Because that's the best....gaffe machine, indeed.
I hope he fails, too.
Blonde
November 13, 2009 - 16:30 ET by ahusserThe reason I mention this is that many bloggers on NB though outraged about his decisions also want the pres to do the right thing. I don't want real damage to the country, of course, but I don't want him to do anything that even hints of a correct decision. If he suddenly woke up and made just a couple of correct or politic decisions we will have this bozo and this congress for the full 8.
"Somehow, I told you so, just doesn't quite say it." Will Smith in 'I, Robot.'
He's incapable of a correct decision
November 13, 2009 - 16:32 ET by BlondeHe just talks alot.
A decision and a cold glass of water would kill him. Hence his 3 month dither on troop levels in the Sandbox.
I hope he fails, too.
Blonde
November 13, 2009 - 16:38 ET by ahusserCan't wait for the 'malaise' speech. LOL. Harkening back to yesteryear I (and the country) was so low in 1980 that I cried when the college boys beat the Russians at the winter olympics.
"Somehow, I told you so, just doesn't quite say it." Will Smith in 'I, Robot.'
Yeah...well Rudy just said
November 13, 2009 - 16:19 ET by bigtimerYeah...well Rudy just said he knows Holder, he's a good man...
...then he said it's all Obama...
Well no kidding Rudy...HAND-in-HAND with HOLDER...YOU FOOL!
I usually catch Cavuto if possible, have for years...he's one of the best IMO...which I've stated before.
'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart
Obama's (Holder's) handling of the GWOT
November 13, 2009 - 16:28 ET by Blondeor "man made disasters" or whatever they're calling it this week is going to lay a huge egg. I just hope it doesn't cost us a city.
Love Cavuto. I didn't know he had MS until a few months ago.
As far as Rudy's saying Holder was a good guy, I think that's probably professional courtesy, nothing more. Who knows? Rudy, for me, has huge credibility when it comes to criminal prosecutions, particularly in NY. Nothing good is going to come of trying these people here, and I truly object to them being accorded the rights of United States citizens in the courts.
P.S. I hear Obama is proudly declaring war on the budget deficit, however. Wonder how he's going to blame GWB for his $2T deficit? <edit> Whoa, Neil's guest the mousy economist just said non-defense spending appropriations went up 11.2% this year!!!!
I hope he fails, too.
Yeah, I know about Rudy's
November 13, 2009 - 16:38 ET by bigtimerYeah, I know about Rudy's past as well, but saying Holder is a good man is bull, I don't care why he said it...this is not toward your opinion, it's mine, Eric Holder is NOT a good man, in any way shape or form.
Sometimes I wished politicians would quit with the BS about how respected they are of each other and just stick to the real facts.
I just posted to nkv somewhere about congressional races myself, this topic alone shold give some steam to candidates in the east coast areas as well.
'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart
Hoffman is on Cavuto
November 13, 2009 - 16:45 ET by bigtimerHoffman is on Cavuto now...I still don't understand why he conceded so early, he said he didn't know there was this problem, but heck if he knew there was a 6,000 deficit in vote counting, and no absentee ballots counted yet, it sure seems a bad decision on his campaign's part ...Hoffman hasn't even been certified yet...and Pelosi used Owens vote to get OCare passed..which he said he was against in the race.
It never ends.
If he contests this race after the military vote is counted he is going to need $$$, guess he has a site for anyone interested, should be final tally by this time next week.
'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart
Even modern mountain men
November 13, 2009 - 20:07 ET by RR GOPEven modern mountain men living in hand-hewn single room cabins in the Rockies knows ACORN was campaigning for Obama.
Not exactly a major revelation here.
One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 86% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.
Ok who said Liberals don't have to pay for their crimes
November 13, 2009 - 23:21 ET by shawn228William Jefferson sentenced to 13 years in prison.:-)
shawn, LOL-I bet "Cold Cash" wishes he had buried the stash...
November 13, 2009 - 23:26 ET by R D Helm...way down deep in the backyard instead of tucking it in the freezer.
-Dave
Our elected representatives have failed us.
Hey this news is insignificant Dave.
November 13, 2009 - 23:29 ET by shawn228All I'm conerned about is Blondes letter was read on Limbaugh :-), Anway to listen to RL replays on the net?
Sure shawnee
November 13, 2009 - 23:31 ET by BlondeIt was in the last 10 minutes of his show.
Right after the girl called about insurance in Costa Rica...he read e-mails. Just go to his site....you can hear it all.
I'm still laughing.
I hope he fails, too.
Hey
November 13, 2009 - 23:34 ET by nwahsI caught a bit of Rush today and he was talking to some woman about Costa Rica and insurance or something - was that Blonde?
I only heard a few minutes of it - had to be around 1:30 CST or there abouts.