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And once again, they did not commit voter registration fraud. Someone or some people working for them did, meaning, those folks were prosecuted to the full extent of the law, most of the time with ACORN's help. And to dispel another rumor, ACORN does not receive federal funding of any sort.
In the Townhall thing, it even says that ACORN affiliates, as in, NOT ACORN, received 31 million. Again, ACORN does not receive federal funding.
And the Glenn Beck thing, there's nothing there.
Try again.
Does ACORN Recieve Federal Funding?
The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now does not apply for nor does it receive any federal grants.
ACORN has had contracts with other nonprofit organizations to perform work on projects which received federal grant support. For example, ACORN has received contracts to:
Identify families eligible to receive food stamps and assist them to apply.
Identify homeowners facing foreclosure and deliver them for housing counseling and loss mitigation services.
Provide lead paint remediation services to households with children living in older neighborhoods.
The contracts that ACORN receives on these projects are for delivering specific activities, all of which are tax-exempt qualified in accordance with federal grant guidelines. No payments are received until work product has been delivered.
None of ACORN's contracts to perform work on projects receiving federal grant money has provided funding for voter registration.
So ACORN works with OTHER non profits that get grants and to specific jobs. As cited by the above poster they get money from AFFILIATES who have federal grants which THEY DO NOT APPLY FOR. So the argument is semantic. Most organizations and a large percentage of businesses get federal funds if you define it as any federal money as a subcontracter. What is REALLY at issue though is are THEY going to try to get federal STIMULUS MONEY and they have said they are NOT putting in for any. Not that there is any reason they shouldnt your earlier characterization of them as criminal and like the MOB is just silly
Is that logic reversable? Are people that are clever about the way they deceive crooks? Because that would make Beck, Hannity and Limbaugh crooks.
Very sad, indeed.
To be precise, those bogus voter registration cards were not registered. They were reported before they could be. In other words, ACORN prevented voter registration fraud.
What did ACORN do wrong? They reported potential bogus voter registration cards to prevent voter fraud. Do reich-wingers hate checks-and-balances now?
Little, or no, evidence.
Nonexistent proof.
Right-wing idiocy.
Please stop whining, and start corroborating.
Yeah, like this person:
Meek, I mean. The other guy doesn't matter much, either . . .
By pre-framing a patsy 'scape-group' now BuckButthead clears the way in the office at work for his airtime rivals to off him and pin the blame where he pointed himself.
Someone needs to educate Beck on hyperbole and the Civil Rights Movement.