Representative Darrell Issa (R-CA) Discovers Damaging Obama/ACORN Alliance Video.

You're moving up in the world, Red. Other users are spamming your articles now. Rep. Issa has just ensured that he will obtain another term in November.

@Adrian,

I think Rep Darrell Issa has been a solid Rep and as long as he continues to hold this administrations feet to the fire he will have done his job. I think uncovering what ACORN has been about and how they have misspent Federal tax dollars is a positive for all of us.

Good article Red - I don't have any problem with it except for the part where you call McCain a conservative. PLEASE - you know better than that! :)

Next, The media is getting on the band wagon now only because popular vote is swinging away from The One. They don't like him as much anymore so main stream media is as Neil Cavuto put it over a year ago... now forced to cover the "fringe."

If you go to Mike's article yesterday...you'd see that there is only one person to blame for ACORN, Obama, and all the corruption since 1979 .... drum roll pleases....Newt.

Unbelievable. The left still clings to the slime even as it thickens on the wall.

But now, they have been so exposed - there's no turning back and they're trying to find a way to defend the actions of the radical left... by of course, blaming the UN-RADICAL and point worthy RIGHT.

Case in point - the constant need to call the MINORITY in COngress last year the Party on NO and the reason they couldn't get healthcare passed.

It's hard to take that label serious when they closed the Republicans out of the meetings and beside that, had every vote necessary to pass it within their own party but could NOT.

I'd rather be associated with the party of NO than the party of NO TRUTH and the party of fraud...both fit the Democratic party to a tee right now.

@Maryanne,

THere is a still a small part of Jonh McCain that is Conservative but you are right, John is by no means the Blueprint of a true Conservative.

I think this latest video is only the tip of the iceberg. As you say, once the media realizes that people are turning away from Obama, they will have no choice but to cover news.

The Party of No in my opinion has given everyone in America to take deep breath and take a look at the transformation that was really in store for this country. On principle, Conservatives stood their ground on many issues that affect the well being of this country. To me saying no to lower taxes, saying to government intrusion into our Healthcare, saying no deficit spending, saying no to Cap & Trade, saying no to Card Check will reap rewards for them with the voters in 2010 and beyond.

When the President is serious about scrapping the current Helathcare bill and starting from scratch as the American people want, I believe Conservatives will be more than willing to tackle Hc reform.

Does anyone here seriously believe Goldman Sachs or the richest 400 Americans really care who's in the White House?

@george -

No, I cannot imagine that they do. What I think they do care about though is the fraud that is being pushed on this country and making sure that Americans understand what is at stake so the next election cycle changes the dynamics from corruption to production.

I have gotten behind on laundry George. This morning I spent 1 hour folding clothes. Not ONE tag said made in the USA. There was Jordan, Korea, Indonesia, Vietnam, China, Phillipines, India, Brazil - you name it.

There is an ABSOLUTE conspiracy to destroy the infrastructure of this nation. We need real leaders. Bring the troops home, the industry back and build the borders and defend them.

Political correctness has brought us to hell - now we need the Average Joe to get us out of the pit.

@Maryann:

What if the lifestyles of the richest 400 Americans, not to mention Goldman Sachs, don't exist without fraud and force?

It isn't clear to me if vast private fortunes would have come into existence without war and debt.

Today's wars kill the "innocent" at a 9:1 ratio.
During my lifetime the US military has killed literally millions of innocent human beings for MONEY.

Korea. Vietnam. Laos. Cambodia. Afghanistan. Iraq.
Yemen? Somalia? Iran? Mexico??

"The choice facing the world is 'stark and dreadful and inescapable: shall we put an end to the human race; or shall mankind renounce war.'"

Chomsky: "Failed States" page 3.

Just understand Redhanded, that corruption runs deep on both sides. I hope you don't think like Hannity that just electing republicans will solve the whole problem, because it won't. We need to let Washington know that we want the entire government fired and start again with people who represent us, and not their special interests, which both parties have in abundance.

Look, mom, all the conservatives are here...again. No big surprise that they are attracted to exaggerations and misleading content. The fact is, whether you agree or not, ACORN is a well intentioned organization designed to help people register to vote. The corruption hasn't been with the concept of ACORN and certainly not Obama, it comes from individual people, who did and said things that were not a part of the overall philosophy of the company.

Hey Red, do yourself a favor and come up with some new childish labels, because things like "lame street media" is getting old.

I'm sure the president sleeps very well at night. How about you?

@ Dragonfly,

I think well intentioned is way at the bottom of ACORN's mission statement. But, if you don't mind giving away your hard earned dollars to aid and abet their corruption be my guest.

"The fact is, whether you agree or not, ACORN is a well intentioned organization designed to help people register to vote."

I'm sorry, but that is like saying the Adolph Hitler was a well-intentioned law & order candidate, who merely wanted what was best for the Fatherland...

Whoever plays the Hitler card first has run out of things to say.

As someone that the Far Right thinks of as "liberal" and the Far Left thinks of as "conservative," I will weigh in.

1. The integrity of the electoral process is indeed a very important issue. I proceed from the assumption that liberals, conservatives, Democrats, Republicans, independents and just about any American who gives two shakes of a dog's tail about freedom will agree with my opening sentence.

2. ACORN is not all bad. It's stated mission to empower low-income citizens. However, when that empowerment begins to involve fraudulent voter registrations and other irregularities or crimes, then it should be called on its deception and misplaced priorities.

I now proceed with the assumption that I have "lost" the really dogmatic Right-wingers who do, on some level at least, believe that ACORN is "all bad." Many of the people who I will have "lost" at this point will not admit to their true feelings about this on a conscious level, however, because it would mean they would have to face a deeper feeling, their prejudice against the poor. They believe that property owners and the wealthy should have more of a voice than what they see as an "underclass." This flies in the face of the one-person, one-vote idea that forms the basis of representative democracy in the United States, so of course they are reluctant to come to terms with their initial reactionary beliefs about the rights of the poor. Instead, they make ACORN the face of the enemy and resort to a sort of lazy indignance that breeds a self-righteous superiority complex.

3. ACORN is by no means the biggest political story regarding electoral integrity of the last decade. No. 1 is still the way Team Bush stole the 2000 election in Florida. And make no no mistake about it, it was stolen. Self-described "conservatives" do a good job of fooling themselves about this through selective recontextualization, confirmation bias and absolute refusal to face facts. I challenge all of the right-wingers reading this to read "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy" by Greg Palast. It clearly details how the Florida election was stolen through disenfranchisement of African American voters and other means.

I assume that many if not most of the right-wingers reading this are finding ways in their minds to discredit the idea that the Republicans stole Florida, but the facts prove otherwise. So instead of facing reality and admitting that George and Jeb Bush, Karl Rove, Kathleen Harris and the whole crew are not blameless, they lash out at ACORN. Again, I agree that where it can be proven ACORN broke laws, they should be called on it and pay the penalties. But to go after the "acorn" when the giant oak of Bush's electoral theft in 2000 is a much greater crime smells a lot like bullying.

On balance, ACORN has done far more good than bad, and until the frothing finger-pointers on the right admit this, they will be seen by the objective American merely as the propagandists they are, even if they are too self-blinded to understand the underpinnings of their ill-conceived crusade.

And now, a specific note to Maryann: Are you just now noticing that "Made in the U.S.A." is not such a common tag anymore? As for "polical correctness" being the culprit, what does that really mean? Isn't "political correctness" just shorthand for the beliefs and practices of those with whom you disagree? Conservatives have their own brand of political correctness, and it shows through every day on Allvoices in biased articles like this one.

Until we realize that being a free nation means freedom for all, rich or poor, black or white, liberal or conservative, then we will be at odds. Sadly, both conservatives and liberals seem to think that their freedom depends on taking away other people's rights and freedoms. It doesn't have to be this way, people. We need to grow up as a nation.

firesisle:

Your Hitler comparison is ridiculous. How many wars has ACORN started? How many ovens have its members tended? How many pogroms have they let carry them away into a furious frenzy of hatred and scapegoating?

You have shown yourself to be a smart man with good, solid contributions to make to the topics being discussed, but this remark about ACORN and Hitler is way below your usual standard, at least in IMHO.

"Again, I agree that where it can be proven ACORN broke laws, they should be called on it and pay the penalties. But to go after the "acorn" when the giant oak of Bush's electoral theft in 2000 is a much greater crime smells a lot like bullying."

I think there's a valid reason to at least audit ACORN and determine if, where and how laws may have been broken, only because it's been shown that some of their representatives operate unethically. Are they all bad? Of course not. As John Heywood so articulately expressed, "It's an ill wind that blows no good". I wouldn't judge an organization by it's mission statement though...

"Until we realize that being a free nation means freedom for all, rich or poor, black or white, liberal or conservative, then we will be at odds. Sadly, both conservatives and liberals seem to think that their freedom depends on taking away other people's rights and freedoms. It doesn't have to be this way, people. We need to grow up as a nation."

I couldn't agree more. The best way to grow up as a nation is to get back to the Constitution, and it's guarantees of freedom from government's heavy-handed interference in our daily lives. We need to take more responsibility for our own welfare, instead of waiting and begging the government for help.

The biggest and most relevant schism I see isn't between liberals and conservatives, but between We, the People, and the government that oppresses us.

A lot of us, on both sides are just getting damn sick ad tired of it. I'm not a fan of Obama; I wasn't crazy about Dubya, except that he was better than the other offerings at the table when the dinner bell rang.

You're absolutely right in saying that the real solutions will have to come from us, because our representatives in government only think about themselves. It's time for us to do the same, no?