25 Nov 10
Originally posted by CliffLandinwhats this about?
Don't let the facts get in the way of a good post.
Nov 9, 2010
ACORN manager enters guilty plea to voter fraud
A manager with ACORN enters a guilty plea to voter fraud arising out of fraudulent voter registrations in 2008. More at the LA Times.
" A former supervisor for the defunct political advocacy group ACORN has agreed to a plea deal in a case alleging that canvassers were illegally paid to register Nevada voters during the 2008 presidential campaign."
http://electionlawcenter.com/2010/11/09/acorn-manager-enters-guilty-plea-to-voter-fraud.aspx
25 Nov 10
Originally posted by utherpendragonand this...
[b] whats this about?
Nov 9, 2010
ACORN manager enters guilty plea to voter fraud
A manager with ACORN enters a guilty plea to voter fraud arising out of fraudulent voter registrations in 2008. More at the LA Times.
" A former supervisor for the defunct political advocacy group ACORN has agreed to a plea deal in a case alleging th ...[text shortened]...
http://electionlawcenter.com/2010/11/09/acorn-manager-enters-guilty-plea-to-voter-fraud.aspx[/b]
Pa. ACORN worker pleads guilty to election fraud charges
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By: Mark Hemingway 03/17/10 2:00 AM
Not a lot of good news for ACORN lately:
Eric L. Jones, 20, pleaded guilty to four of 93 charges filed in May by Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. As part of the deal, Common Pleas Judge Edward J. Borkowski sentenced Jones to two years of probation.
Defense attorney Scott Coffey told the judge Jones accepted responsibility for his actions, "but he was basically a foot soldier, and it was his supervisors who were really responsible. He has cooperated and will cooperate in the future."
Jones was one of seven people charged in the local investigation of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN. He is the first to be convicted, albeit on reduced charges of forgery, falsification and interference.
Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/pa-acorn-worker-pleads-guilty-election-fraud-charges#ixzz16Fk7xufT
25 Nov 10
Originally posted by utherpendragonand this...
[b] and this...
Pa. ACORN worker pleads guilty to election fraud charges
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By: Mark Hemingway 03/17/10 2:00 AM
Not a lot of good news for ACORN lately:
Eric L. Jones, 20, pleaded guilty to four of 93 charges filed in May by Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. As part of the deal, Common Pleas ...[text shortened]... /blogs/beltway-confidential/pa-acorn-worker-pleads-guilty-election-fraud-charges#ixzz16Fk7xufT[/b]
August 26, 2010
A former employee of an embattled community organizing group pleaded guilty Tuesday to voter fraud in connection with the 2008 presidential election.
Maria Miles, 37, of Milwaukee, admitted to submitting multiple voter registration applications for some people and to scheming with other Association of Community Organization for Reform workers to sign people up several times in an effort to meet the organization’s voter registration quotas.
Miles faces up to 3 ½ years in prison at her sentencing before Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Richard Sankovitz on Oct. 15.
http://conservativehideout.com/wordpress/2010/08/26/voter-fraud-alert-acorn-members-plead-guilty-funny-business-in-texas/
25 Nov 10
Originally posted by utherpendragonSo was ACORN guilty or were a couple of canvassers? It looks like there were 3 convictions in the thousands of accusations. By your reasoning the Republican party is guilty of lewd conduct in the men's room of the airport.
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August 26, 2010
A former employee of an embattled community organizing group pleaded guilty Tuesday to voter fraud in connection with the 2008 presidential election.
Maria Miles, 37, of Milwaukee, admitted to submitting multiple voter registration applications for some people and to scheming with other Association of Commun ...[text shortened]... t.com/wordpress/2010/08/26/voter-fraud-alert-acorn-members-plead-guilty-funny-business-in-texas/[/b]
3 convictions of the thousands of people that work for ACORN is hardly an indictment of the whole organization.
25 Nov 10
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Originally posted by CliffLandinSo Congress decides to defund ACORN after Beck exposed them and this means nothing?
So was ACORN guilty or were a couple of canvassers? It looks like there were 3 convictions in the thousands of accusations. By your reasoning the Republican party is guilty of lewd conduct in the men's room of the airport.
3 convictions of the thousands of people that work for ACORN is hardly an indictment of the whole organization.
Let me guess, you are like the general. Beck either is 100% right all the time or 100% none of the time.
25 Nov 10
Originally posted by CliffLandinSo Beck is telling Congress what to do now and forcing them to jump the gun?
It means that congress jumped the gun and made a decision without all the facts. Surprise, surprise.
If memory serves, the Democrats were the ones who defunded ACORN. What is wrong with this picture do you think?
25 Nov 10
Originally posted by whodeyIt was a Democratic congress, but it was an amendment that were added by Republicans and was added as one of dozens of amendments to a much larger bill. Once it was passed many Congressmen expressed surprise that it was even in there, which points to a much larger problem.
So Beck is telling Congress what to do now and forcing them to jump the gun?
If memory serves, the Democrats were the ones who defunded ACORN. What is wrong with this picture do you think?
25 Nov 10
Look, you can try to vilify ACORN, but you are really showing your ignorance by doing so. ACORN has done way more good than bad. The attacks on ACORN by Beck and others were just political theater. They were a victim of their own success. They got out the voters in their neighborhoods and those voters voted Democratic. The Democrats won big, so ACORN became the Republican's bogey man.
Simple.
25 Nov 10
Originally posted by whodeyThe thing that's wrong with this picture is that fact that at least some Democrats are afraid of what Beck might say about them. (as was made embarassingly clear during the whole Shirley Sherrod travesty).
So Beck is telling Congress what to do now and forcing them to jump the gun?
If memory serves, the Democrats were the ones who defunded ACORN. What is wrong with this picture do you think?
25 Nov 10
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Originally posted by CliffLandinThere really should be some rule requiring that everyone in Congress (or a member of their staff) has to actually READ every single thing that they vote on. There is absolutely NO excuse for "being surprised" that something was in the bill you just voted on. Anyone showing they're unwilling or unable to thoroughly read legislation should be subject to impeachment on the grounds of incompetence.
It was a Democratic congress, but it was an amendment that were added by Republicans and was added as one of dozens of amendments to a much larger bill. Once it was passed many Congressmen expressed surprise that it was even in there, which points to a much larger problem.
25 Nov 10
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Originally posted by MelanerpesBeck had nothing to do with "the whole Shirley Sherrod travesty"
The thing that's wrong with this picture is that fact that at least some Democrats are afraid of what Beck might say about them. (as was made embarassingly clear during the whole Shirley Sherrod travesty).
edit: that whole fiasco was started by the "lame stream media"