Posted by
Andy Zarowny on Monday, October 13, 2008 11:01:45 PM
There has been increased
scrutiny of ACORN, the
Association of Community
Organizations for Reform
Now, and the Obama cam-
paign. Revelations of his
past ties to the group as a
trainer of get-out-the-vote
drives, as well as represent-
ing them in court on "Motor
Voter" lawsuits. ACORN is
now facing criminal investi-
gations in four states, as well
as other investigations in 14
states for voter registration
fraud. In addition, the group
is closely tied to the current
mortgage fiasco.
That there are close ties be-
tween Obama and ACORN
should come as no surprise.
On of ACORN's founders was
none other than Chicago's
Saul Alinsky, the father of
"community organizing". He's
about as Socialist as they get
which is why former Weather-
man terrorist, Bill Ayers, had
Obama allocate ACORN a
great deal of the $15 Million
dollars a year the Chicago
Annenberg Challenge foun-
dation was doling out to
radicalize school children.
In addition to his other con-
nections of the past, Obama's
campaign has paid out some
$830,000 to one of ACORN's
subsidiaries to 'get-out-the-
vote' in key battleground states.
It is in such states that state
and Federal investigators are
looking into voter registration
fraud. In Las Vegas, ACORN's
office was raided and computer
and other documents showed
the entire roster of the Dallas
Cowboys had registered there
to vote. In Ohio, a cat was
registered! In many places,
the same person was regist-
ered multiple times, in one
case, 72 times! He was paid
for registering with cash and
cigarettes!
But rumors are also circulat-
ing that ACORN and the
Obama campaign may now
being looked at by Federal
prosecutor, Patrick Fitzgerald.
He has been operating in
Chicago, conducting the
investigation I have written
before about, "Operation
Boad Games". Since 2003,
"Board Games" has netted
and convicted a number of
associates of Obama who
were part of the Illinois Com-
bine, a group of corrupt
politicians and businessmen.
Antoin 'Tony' Rezko is just
the latest fish caught by
"Board Games" and Fitzgerald.
The rumor is that large sums
of cash have been flowing into
Obama's campaign in small
donations washed through
ACORN personnel. Obama
has received some $282
Million dollars in small contri-
butions, under $200, which do
not require the same level of
documentation as larger ones
do. Investigators are finding
scores of donations from
sources with fictitious names.
Some are just strings of letters.
There is also money flowing in
from overseas without verifica-
tion that the donation is from
an American who is abroad.
Foreign contributions are illegal
under Federal election laws.
Who this money is from and
how it is being transferred to
the Obama campaign is the
issue. But there are early
whiffs that are putting inves-
tigators on ACORN's scent.
The mortgage meltdown is
largely due to pressure that
ACORN and similar groups
put on the Clinton administra-
tion back in 1993. By late
December of '93, new rules
and guidelines were given to
private banks to force them
into giving more loans to
poor and minority applicants
with little or no documenta-
tion. An average of 20%
of these loans default, where-
as the pre-1993 average was
closer to 4%.
Such loans increased annual-
ly nearly 25% from 1994 till
2001. ACORN not only used
it's political pressure on Wash-
ington, but would also organize
groups to invade banks and
business meetings to intimi-
date lenders. Often, a dozen
or so would just push their
way into a board meeting of
bank executives and just
stand and stare at them with-
out saying a word.
Such tactics are classic from
Saul Alinsky. His book,
"Rules For Radicals", is the
bible for community organizers
like Obama was before running
for elected office. Alisnky even
dedicated his book to the first
radical, Lucifer! This shows the
mind-set of Obama, ACORN
and others who practice such
tactics.
Obama, Ayers, ACORN,
Rezko and the Reverend
Jerimiah Wright, all share the
same common threads of mix-
ing Socialism and corruption.
They all run in the same
circles and dabble in the same
rhetoric. All seek to get what
they can from taxpayers and
assault traditional, middle-
class values. Despite what
they preach, they all also
seek their slice of the pie
and are just as greedy as
those they rail against.