The company Obama keeps: “you can tell a a man who boozes by the company he chooses ” and you can tell volumes about a politician comfortable with the likes of ACORN, Tony Rezko, Jeremiah Wright, and William Ayers”
Ed has a must read referencing the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review editorial this morning.
This is the same ACORN tainted by indictments alleging voter fraud in various parts of the United States. Given Obama’s long, deep ties with the radical reverends, unapologetic bomb-throwers and unscrupulous ward-heelers in his home base of Chicago, he might not have seen anything wrong with being in bed with ACORN.
The public would be wise to heed the words of Jim Terry, spokesman for the libertarian-leaning Consumers Rights League in Washington, D.C. It looks as if ACORN is continuing to use its “convoluted Enron-style accounting” for Obama’s political gain, Mr. Terry says.
The ACORN discrepancy is another reminder that Obama seems to be most comfortable with left-wing nuts.
As Ed point out:
Originally, the Obama campaign’s federal filings showed ACORN’s subsidiary, Citizens Services, only did polling and advance work on campaign events. Later, the campaign had to amend its reports to show that ACORN did GOTV work for them as well, adding $800,000 in payments to the group that has garnered a reputation for fraud. In 12 states, including Missouri, Washington, and Ohio, ACORN’s workers have allegedly forged voter registration applications and signatures on petitions for ballot initiatives.
Please take the time to read this New York Times article from earlier.
The brother, Dale Rathke, embezzled nearly $1 million from Acorn and affiliated charitable organizations in 1999 and 2000, Acorn officials said, but a small group of executives decided to keep the information from almost all of the group’s board members and not to alert law enforcement.
Dale Rathke remained on Acorn’s payroll until a month ago, when disclosure of his theft by foundations and other donors forced the organization to dismiss him.
“We thought it best at the time to protect the organization, as well as to get the funds back into the organization, to deal with it in-house,” said Maude Hurd, president of Acorn. “It was a judgment call at the time, and looking back, people can agree or disagree with it, but we did what we thought was right.”
The amount Dale Rathke embezzled, $948,607.50, was carried as a loan on the books of Citizens Consulting Inc., which provides bookkeeping, accounting and other financial management services to Acorn and many of its affiliated entities.
Ed makes an Enron comparison:
What kind of organization has someone on the payroll who embezzled a million dollars? The kind of organization that keeps secrets on criminal activities from its board. And here’s the really interesting part of this story ” the same subsidiary that buried Rathke’s theft provides bookkeeping services to political campaigns, as well as keeps ACORN’s books.
Can we say, “Enron”? I knew we could!
Now, in all fairness, we do need to keep in mind that Obama is from Chicago, and this is “The Chicago Way” of doing business!
Obama the reformer is backed by Mayor Richard M. Daley and the Daley boys. He is spoken for by Daley’s own spokesman, David Axelrod. He was launched into his U.S. Senate by machine power broker and state Senate President Emil Jones (D-ComEd).
Where’s the beef?
Why is Obama allowed to campaign as a reformer, virtually unchallenged by the media, though he’s a product of Chicago politics and has never condemned the wholesale political corruption in his home town the way he condemns those darn Washington lobbyists.
To coin a phrase, Chicago is hardly a change machine
These children of Chicago political insiders will talk about change we can believe in, as long as that change happens in Washington, not Chicago.
Change?
So I felt compelled to tell him the story of Chicago political legend John “Quarters” Boyle.
As some of you know, Boyle stole millions of dollars worth of quarters from the Illinois Tollway. After serving a prison sentence, Boyle got a job with the City of Chicago through the Coalition for Better Government, one of Mayor Richard Daley’s patronage armies. And Daley defended him.
August 26, 2008 - 07:52 AM on August 26th, 2008
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August 26, 2008 - 01:46 PM on August 26th, 2008
ACORN was the radical group that invaded congressional HQ a few year ago waving food trays they even got a law passed then sued to keep from having to abide by those same laws ACORN REAL LIBERAL NUTS SQUAWK SQUAWK
August 26, 2008 - 08:54 PM on August 26th, 2008
What is a better indicator of the content of a person’s character? The slick, scripted, choreographed and flawlessly-delivered teleprompter speech, or the record of their actions? I say door #2. Anything else is foolish.
August 26, 2008 - 09:28 PM on August 26th, 2008
Now that RV uses Gravatar, that reminds me: Osama Obama has NO Gravitas…
August 27, 2008 - 10:34 AM on August 27th, 2008
Funny Robert: Obama’s Gravitas will be in the jail soon as the Ayers – Obama foundation that failed for education (no one knows where the 49 million went?) when the IN PROGRESS investigation finds out, it will hit the fan. Obama sure can’t be trusted with funds. taxes, social security, makes you wonder what he really has his eye on next. Wanting to be World Leader can sound possible to someone who has access to gazillions of our Country’s money and every other ‘Uncle Tom,’ Dick and Harry’s money. Sorry I couldn’t resist that one. Chalk it up to being hateful, and racist, I could care less. I was up late last night reading blogs, gossip, etc. and things are funnier when you are tired. Obama makes us all tired!
Obama is in deep. . do do! Ayers his Buddie will help sink him even deeper.
OBAMA COVETS OR HE WOULD NOT HAVE EVEN MENTIONED CINDY AND JOHN MCCAIN’S HOUSES.
OBAMA WANTS ALL OF THE MCCAIN’S HOUSES AND YOUR’S AS WELL!
OBAMA THE WORLD DICTATOR – IS ANOTHER HITLER. . .’ROBBER’ HOOD! YOU CAN COUNT ON IT.