re: #196 WindUpBird

Is ACORN rotten or are people who work for ACORN rotten? I generally assume any voter registration or signature gathering organization will have people who are padding signatures, they’re poor people, they get paid by the signatures, they want to make money.

Can I dismiss the entire GOP as completely rotten because of the actions of individual members of the GOP? Can I dismiss everything a company has done as rotten because one or several of their low level employees broke the law? I’ve worked for health care organizations where my managers have committed fraud. And were fired for it and brought up on charges. Does that mean the work I do and that my company does is invalid? Does that mean it’s rotten?

Anxiously awaiting your reply. 8-)

I’m sure there are some decent people in ACORN. But as the saying goes, it’s a shame that 99% of them make the 1% decent folks look bad.

That’s probably a bit of hyperbole, but look at the evidence.

The people at the top spent YEARS concealing a million-dollar embezzlement from both the authorities and the people at ACORN who the concealers were legally and morally obligated to report it to.

Their voter registration model is so horrifically flawed that it encourages its employees to commit rampant voter registration fraud, and they have shown absolutely no interest in fixing it (performing their own quality checks, setting up serious punishments for those caught faking forms, etc. etc.)

They started up a program to break into and squat in foreclosed homes in an attempt to intimidate banks into not reclaiming properties.

They organized bus tours of bankers’ homes for their people, so they would know exactly where to find them (and their families) for more intimidation.

And look into the history of the Working Families Party in New York, ACORN’s puppet to let them get involved in elections directly…

Yes, I say ACORN is rotten as hell and should be abolished. I’d like to see many of them sent to prison for their assault on our democratic system.

That the answer you were so eager for, WindUp?