Extend the ACORN Standard!

Sam Smith writes:

The Senate has defunded ACORN due to the misbehavior of a few of its staff. If the Senate had applied the same principle to Wall Street, there never would have been a bailout.

Comments

[Forbes]

A policy that could get majority support. (Remebering that it took two votes to get TARP passed.)

[Naga Sadow]

Boosh! And/or Kakow!

[Hugh Akston]

Hey, this could be a fun game:

If the Senate had applied the same principle to _____________, there never would have been ___________.

[Johnny Longtorso]

Thus showing the racism of the GOP controlled Congress. What, the Dems are in charge!?!?!?

[sage]

If the Senate had applied the same principle to Wall Street, there never would have been a bailout.

And if your uncle had tits he'd be your aunt.

[Pro Libertate]

I have a feeling the defunding is about more than a few bad apples at ACORN.

[Xeones]

If the Senate had applied the same principle to _____________, there never would have been ___________.

drunken vehicular manslaughter; Ted Kennedy's career

[Naga Sadow]

Pro Lib,

Racism?

[Joe Steen]

Its pretty clear that good ole ACORNS days are numbered!

JER
http://www.web-privacy.de.tc

[Xeones]

And if your uncle had tits he'd be your aunt.

No, he'd still be my uncle, just with moobs.

[SugarFree]

joe | October 17, 2008, 2:47pm | #

God bless ACORN, out there registering 13 million new voters. They're doing God's work in some of the toughest neighborhoods in America.

[Naga Sadow]

Even in his absence, joe is threadwinner.

[Pink Cosmotarian]

"Raaaaacist!"

[Wendell Stamps]

I actually had some thoughts on that... ACORN needs to engage in Operation Meth Nazi.

Oi!

[J sub D]

>And if your uncle had tits he'd be your aunt.

The phrase is "If your aunt had balls, she'd be your uncle". Many portly uncles possess tits. I've seen C cups in the locker room for chrissakes.

[Episiarch]

Classic joe is like old MTV; you forget all the great hits they used to play.

[Mike M.]

I have a feeling the defunding is about more than a few bad apples at ACORN.

The videos were definitely the straw that broke the camel's back, but yeah, there's a hell of a lot more going on with ACORN than a few rogue employees.

ACORN is just one of a number of organizations that the Rathke brothers and movers and shakers in the democratic party are using to funnel taxpayer money back and forth to each other. It's part of a giant shell game.

[Naga Sadow]

*makes retching noise*

Thanks for the image J sub D.

[T-Bag]

ACORN is a scam organization. Voter fraud convistions, illegally lobbying government with taxpayer money and now consulting for pimps of underage illegals.

Shut the fucker down.

[Your Favorite Queer]

"And if your uncle had tits he'd be your aunt."

Not necessarily.

- YFQ

[Johnny Longtorso]

Classic joe is like old MTV; you forget all the great hits they used to play.

You mean Joe just lip synched recordings and used camera tricks and special effects to try to make it look original?

[John]

If Joe were still around, I think I would take that comment put up by suger free and post it in response to every Joe comment with the tag "Shut the Fuck Up Joe". Just lonewackoize the bastard.

[Abdul]

I kind of agree with Joe. When Jesus took five loaves and two fish and fed 5,000 people, people called it God's work.

ACORN took a half dozen actual voters and turned them into 13 million voter registrations, and do people call it a miracle? No, they call it fraud.

[John]

It is not so much that he defended ACORN. Lots of liberals do. It is the way he defended them. He couldn't just say they are an organization with flaws that still does a lot of good work. Nope, not Joe. He had to put in the "doing God's work part". Joe could never admit flaws with his own side.

[Jesse Walker]

ACORN took a half dozen actual voters and turned them into 13 million voter registrations, and do people call it a miracle? No, they call it fraud.

I feel another Wall Street comparison coming on...

[Attorney]

I heard the head of ACORN say on NPR this morning that government support accounts for only 2% of its budget. So, what's the big deal then*?

*From the ACORN supporters' POV, I mean.

[Frank]

The phrase is "If your aunt had balls, she'd be your uncle". Many portly uncles possess tits. I've seen C cups in the locker room for chrissakes.

It's a mansiere!

[T-Bag]

ACORN is overtly racist. For years I have watched them register voters in our central business district. They would only approach black people. White or Asian, they just walk by those people. And the things I would hear them saying!

ACORN employee: Are you registered to vote?
Person on street: Yes.
ACORN employee: It's a good idea to register again just to be safe.

Fact: If anything is even slightly amiss on the new registration form, the voter gets booted from the voting rolls and only learns of it when they show up to vote.

[Mom]

Do I get a refund?

[Enjoy Every Sandwich]

Or maybe the lesson is that the feds shouldn't be funding organizations in the first place.

[Xeones]

Shut the fuck up forever, joe from Lowell.

[Rich]

If the Senate had applied the same principle to _____________, there never would have been ___________.

the Senate; the Senate

Say "Uncle/Aunt"!

[P Brooks]

But who will stand up for the rights of the oppressed investment bankers, then?

[mitch]

I am a little surprised at how quickly the Democrats have caved on Van Jones and now on ACORN. Why don't they fight for their friends? They fought for Clinton when his perjury was beyond doubt. Their weakness will only lose them the loyalty of their supporters and make their foes more confident in their attacks.

For the record, I am glad that Obama and the Congressional Democrats act weak, but I don't really understand why they do.

[joe]

As libertarians shouldn't you be supportive of an organization that helps prostitutes and pimps evade taxes?

[$]

Classic joe is like old MTV; you forget all the great hits they used to play.

You also forget that it was all REO Speedwagon all the time for years, and you were right to repress that memory.

[John]

"I am a little surprised at how quickly the Democrats have caved on Van Jones and now on ACORN. Why don't they fight for their friends? They fought for Clinton when his perjury was beyond doubt. Their weakness will only lose them the loyalty of their supporters and make their foes more confident in their attacks."

But Clinton was white. Van Jones is black. And ACORN is a predominantly black organization. Could it be that Democrats are more likly to throw their black allies under the bus? Could it be, I don't know, RACISM????

[Rich]

Could it be that Democrats are more likly to throw their black allies under the bus? Could it be, I don't know, RACISM????

Only if it's under the back of the bus.

[derp]

Oh god, Rich, I laughed out loud.

[Joette]

When I saw the first video, I was willing to accept the "few bad apples" argument. Then I saw the second one, and all the ones that have followed. What I see now is a systemic problem, and the diagnosis isn't good -- for them.

I sincerely hope there are more videos. This is the best entertainment I've had in years. I particularly liked the former madam and self-confessed murderess from San Bernardino, who now says "Aw, I was just funnin'!" If she was, she's missed her calling; why settle for a minimum wage job as an ACORN front-desker when you could be a STAHR!

[Kool]

If the Senate had applied the same principle to _____________, there never would have been ___________.

Harry J. Anslinger/The Drug War?
Randolph Hearst/The Drug War?
Prosecuting Attys/The Drug War?

[Kool]

Oh, and fucking classic Joe revisit, NutraSweet. Well played.

[Paul]

I heard the head of ACORN say on NPR this morning that government support accounts for only 2% of its budget. So, what's the big deal then*?

The other 98% of their budget comes from working girls.

[creech]

All the players at ACORN have probably already incorporated a new organization or two and will soon be getting tax money. Nothing kills this brand of rent-seeking vampire in a corrupt, two party system.

[SugarFree]

Thanks, Kool. Mining the archives is always rewarding.

[John]

No one on here says more nasty things about Jon Stewart than me. But I have to admit, this is pretty damned funny.

"Where were the real reporters on this story? Where the hell were you?! You know who broke this story? These two!!!! You're telling me two kids from the cast of "High School Musical 3" can break this story with a video camera and their grandmothers chinchilla coat and you got NUTHIN'?!!!

I'm a fake journalist and I'm embarrassed these guys scooped me!"

[JB]

"the misbehavior of a few of its staff"

Sam Smith is a liar.

He can't possibly know this. From what we have seen, the misbehavior at ACORN is widespread and systemic.

[TrickyVic]

If the standard is using lies to get taxpayer dollars, Congress is way ahead of ACORN.

[vault_dog4]

Yeah, aren't libertarians against the wretched tax codes and generally supportive of legalizing prostitution?

I mean, boo on the voter fraud of course, but using the government's own language to protect a capitalist pig entrepreneur seems like a win-win to me in libertarian world.

JMO

[Joette]

"I mean, boo on the voter fraud of course, but using the government's own language to protect a capitalist pig entrepreneur seems like a win-win to me in libertarian world."

Leaving aside the hypothetical underaged hookers, if prostitution were legal...then there would be no story here. But it's not and ACORN workers are giving instructions on breaking the law, defrauding the government (which means the taxpayer), and in general displaying an apalling lack of ethics.

[John]

"I mean, boo on the voter fraud of course, but using the government's own language to protect a capitalist pig entrepreneur seems like a win-win to me in libertarian world.

JMO"

You might have a point if they weren't trying to start a brothel for underage Central American girls. It is the child sex part that gets them.

[Abdul]

It is the child sex part that gets them.

Ehh, even in libertopia, tax fraud would be illegal. Sure, we'd have lower taxes, but we'd still need some source of revenue to pay our one policeman.

[R C Dean]

And today, released the San Diego tapes were released.

When I saw they had been to San Fran, I figured there had to be more shoes to drop. I mean, if you're on the West Coast, why not visit a few more offices?

And their strategy of releasing a new tape every few days - genius. It gives the story a new cycle, and makes all the previous foomfarawing from ACORN execs look idiotic at best.

[John]

It is brilliant RC. God only knows how many they have. Those two college kids are national hereos.

[aelhues]

It's been reasonably clear for at least a few years that acorn was a corrupt, and severely partisan organization, to anyone who spent a bit of time looking. It's amazing that these two have been able to bring attention to it.

What baffles and disgusts me is that someone at some point decided that Acorn needed to be funded by taxpayers. And don't give me any crap about how it's the governments duty to get people to vote. Their housing initiatives may have some validity, but only if their help is accurate, within the law.

[TrickyVic]

If only we could cut funding to every agency that lies for taxpayer dollars.

Why stop at ACORN?

[The Libertarian Guy]

This MIGHT stop a FEW dollars from being tossed into the Acorn Salad, but it'll take a lot more to shut the spigot off for good.

And that ain't likely to happen, unfortunately.

[Naima]

Those ACORN tapes look like throwaway Dave Chapelle skits. Why is every one taking that mess so seriously. Pimps and hoes don't even dress like that in real life.