An Acorn is an unappetizing variety of wild nut.

So, less than a week before the midterm elections, four workers from Acorn, the liberal activist group that has registered millions of voters, have been indicted by a federal grand jury for submitting false voter registration forms to the Kansas City, Missouri, election board. But hey, who needs voter ID laws?

Read all the nutty details here.

I am at that awkward stage  - an old enough fart to remember, but not old enough to have forgotten. Back in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Acorn's association with the AFL-CIO was only secondary. Its main affiliation was with the various semi-legal organizations of the (then) New Left, and they had a reputation as hard core marxist activists. They served as a nominally non-partisan, and officially legal front group for all sorts of radical groups who could not, at that time apply for government grants directly.

-Rurik

Contributed by George Mellinger on November 5, 2006 at 01:26 PM in Current Affairs, Dem Dumbness, Media Perfidy, Politics | Permalink

Comments

Posted by: 1st Cav

ACORN is heavily involved in Louisiana and are receiving numerous high dollar grants from Katrina, the State of Louisiana, Foundations, etc. And I'm talking in the high Millions of Dollars. Many of those dollars have no way of being accounted for under Louisiana Gov Blanco. BTW she (Gov Blanco) is in China at this time trying to get the Chinese to build a refinery here. http://www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061105/NEWS01/611050339/1002

This weekend Louisiana (Lafayette) had the first United Nations Day with music, dancing and educational exhibits:
http://www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061105/NEWS01/611050322/1002

One of the organizers, John Sutherlin, is a probable member of ACORN. However he is a member of: http://www.net4dem.org/mayglobal/mission.html

AND he has associations of "RETHINKING MARXISM 2006" ... just blantant in your face.

Posted by: 1st Cav | Nov 5, 2006 5:18:12 PM

Posted by: OWB

Nice to hear that a few prosecutions are happening. A lot more need to occur, but won't without some encouragement from some folks who may look a lot like us.

Posted by: OWB | Nov 5, 2006 9:59:26 PM

Posted by: John

OWB,

Speaking of indictments, when is Gonzales going to pucker his timid ass and issue John Doe indictments against the felons who violated the Commmunications Intelligence Act by revealing the NSA and Swift projects to the NYT? The Feebs can't do anything about tracking down these creeps until he hands them a case.

Posted by: John | Nov 5, 2006 10:40:48 PM