State ACORN chapter disbands in video scandal's wake

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ACORN - 2010-03-19 15:13:33

Despite their steadfast denial of wrongdoing, ACORN is closing up shop around the country and putting an end to a saga which has gone on for several election cycles. Predictably however, this hydra just sprouted more heads with many former chapters simply reopening under new names, and apparently they have allies in the Justice Department. The watchdog group Judicial Watch this week released a laundry list of FBI investigative material that shows that ACORN indeed falsified a number of voter registration forms but managed to shift the blame to overzealous canvassers who wanted to make an impression on their superiors.
The pattern of questionable registration suggested in the documents, coupled with the lax enforcement of election laws by secretaries of state in a number of key battleground states, places the legitimacy of our electoral process into question. ACORN and its affiliate, Project Vote, claim their goal is to encourage democracy (as do many thug dictators), but they focused only on selected populations that they deemed would either favor Democrats or be willing to sell their vote. In the blind pursuit of power, these community organizers think they are above the law. So far, despite having been caught red-handed numerous times on camera, they're right.
All this sounds like the tactics of a certain onetime community organizer who's not letting niceties like following the Constitution get in the way of his agenda, so it's no wonder the Justice Department turned a blind eye to these allegations. Remember, ACORN was stopped only through the efforts of individuals such as James O'Keefe and Andrew Breitbart, and groups such as Judicial Watch. Who will prevent their outrageous crimes in the 2012 election?

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Good Bye and - 2010-03-17 17:23:34

don't let the screen door hit ya on the way out. This group should be in jail; tax evasion, voter fraud, lying on mortgage applications (isn't that what started the mess we're in?), you name it, this group of criminals did it. Why the States Attorney does not go after them is beyond me... oh yeah... I forgot. President Potatoe Head got his start with this group. Funny.....

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