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Paul said:  "The organization is not a bad thing and its goals are worthy of support from both parties, unless I suppose you disagree with helpingdisadvantaged people get a voice and start in life, and think that they should be without representation, as with other interest groups".

Jacquie, how is this an "unwarranted, snide personal attack" ?
That's what ACORN does, it helps the low and very low income people survive in many, many ways.... not just voting registration, because they do so much more than that...
To condemn a group, with mostly altruistic motives, is refusing to acknowledge that they are needed.

Mr Hathaway was accused by ACORN for steering (if I understood correctly, and I can see where he felt he did nothing wrong, and very possibly he didn't),.... he beat the case, but has an obvious bias on this subject of ACORN.

In Houston, we have a huge low-income segment, yet most all of our politicians are wealthy, out-of-touch, and they simply don't understand how many families have to choose between paying the very high electric bills or paying for mandated car insurance or whatever... a fragile existance. I've been in many of their homes, they make do with very little...  Okay, some may abuse the system, but for every one of those, there are 99 trying to just hold it together.

Lindy in Houston

To add to the points Paul has made so accurately �

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Kedda

And if ACORN would stop trying to stuff the ballot box with unqualified ineligible voters there would be no need to review voter lists for fraudulent ineligible voters.

Why do we hear every election cycle of "dead voters"? Amazing isn't it!!!

Jule Russell has interesting and curious question:

"Can someone tell me why it is OK for the group "Acorn" to endorse the the Democratic ticket? This has really been bothering me considering they receive public monies to help register people."

You don't get it Jule, ACORN is an affiliate of the Democratic Party just like the NEA is an affiliate of the Democratic Pary!  You see you don't have to be card carrier in the democratic party you just have to go along with the boneheaded share the wealth ideology.  So allow me to ask this question. How do we define the Middle Class?  We know the Poor are those who can't afford.  And we know the wealthy have no lack, but what is the Middle Class?  Which camp do they lean more toward?  The Poor or the Wealthy?  It's the same thing as asking what is an Independent?  What is Non-Partison?  What is middle of the road?  What is Bi-Partison?  Can we compromise our values (two steps forward one step back)?  Maybe we should ask ourselves what is WEALTH?  Is it based on Debt?  Is it based on more Money?  Is it based on Assets accumulated?  Or is based on Debt accumulated?   Do we measure our Wealth by our IRS tax return or do we measure our wealth by our leverage to accumulate more stuff, weather it be Real Property or Personal Property?  Do we value our career at the expense of others or do we value our career at the expenses of our investments?  If we could all do it the way Warren Buffet does it we just invest our money in return on the investment idiology and nobody has to go to work, at least Warren doesn't.  You see eventually America will have to go back to work and start producing what is necessary to survive.  If we don't we will be purchased lock stock and barrel by foreign interests such as the Greater Global Community (Europeans, Middle and Far Easterners).   So what is ACCORN?  It's a community based organization that gets in your face.  Just look at the usual suspects and their target market!  Whether its "get out the vote" or "affordable housing programs" they rap themselve in the Flag as they do their bidding much like Planned Parent Hood and all these other benevolant organizations that have a bleeding heart for the Unaffordable.  Don't get me wrong the Poor need our help but not at the expense of the Whole!  Because that is what is happening we are all becoming Wards of the State.  That is what the Federal Reserve was designed for, although that's not we are told.  We are told the Federal Reserve was designed so we could avoid all this misery!  Yea Right!