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  • #61
    It's interesting that it seems the only news network that is really pimping this non-story is Fox News.
    It's interesting that the only people who think it's a big deal are the stereotypical Fox News viewers, the ones who hold up the "moran" type signs.

    What really bothers me is the intent behind the videos. It's painfully obvious why so many Republicans hate ACORN, it really doesn't need to be said. They're trying to kill it because it does increase the low-income vote, which hurts them. Real proponents of democracy at work there.
    "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
    Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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    • #62
      Yes, it's very interesting.

      How many billions of dollars are we giving ACORN?
      No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.

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      • #63
        Originally posted by The Mad Monk View Post
        Yes, it's very interesting.

        How many billions of dollars are we giving ACORN?
        Yes, how many?

        Their budget is $100M last I checked, which would indicate you are giving them precisely zero billions.

        In the "wasteful government spending" picture, this is a joke. How much did that Iraq war cost?

        You're being played, Mad Monk. The GOP wants to destroy ACORN and they've **** out a massive amount of FUD about them, and they're upping the ante and you're buying it hook, line, and sinker.
        "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
        Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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        • #64
          Don't you find the advice being given slightly disturbing?
          Regardless of the politics.
          It's almost as if all his overconfident, absolutist assertions were spoonfed to him by a trusted website or subreddit. Sheeple
          RIP Tony Bogey & Baron O

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          • #65
            Yes, but if I went for advice at a place like ACORN that's exactly the kind of advice I'd expect.

            You expect them to be geniuses?
            "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
            Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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            • #66
              Originally posted by Asher View Post
              Real proponents of democracy at work there.
              Indeed
              I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
              For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. –Senator Rubio

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              • #67
                It's a huge organization. You've found two people who cheated at what they did, good for you. Sorry, that's not enough.
                "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                • #68
                  Sounds like no matter how many you would still defend them.
                  It's almost as if all his overconfident, absolutist assertions were spoonfed to him by a trusted website or subreddit. Sheeple
                  RIP Tony Bogey & Baron O

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                  • #69
                    Originally posted by rah View Post
                    Sounds like no matter how many you would still defend them.
                    No, if you could identify systematic voter fraud I'd be all for closing them down.

                    The fact is ACORN is an organization that, by its nature, needs to hire a lot of low-income people to work for them. A lot of these people will do things independently that will not reflect well on the organization, but it's not a flaw in the organization and its purpose.

                    I think the purposes and the overall benefit of ACORN outweigh the bad. It's very important all swaths of society vote, and the low-income urban population needs to vote more. Obviously Republicans don't agree, and thus the hit-job attempts.

                    If you want to go after the organization, you need to do that. Going after a couple idiots out of the many, many people who work for them is not even close to being sufficient. There's always bad apples.

                    It's absolutely pathetic how hard some people here (cough, Mad Monk, cough) are trying to take them down. Pretending like they are funded with "billions" of tax-payer dollars, for instance.
                    "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                    Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                    • #70
                      I don't want them to be closed down, I want them to pay more attention to the bad apples.
                      What we've seen could be just the tip of the iceberg. It's damaging to their reputation and I think it is a flaw in the organization. Just saying since they're low-income you expect them to be breaking the law is not acceptable.
                      It's almost as if all his overconfident, absolutist assertions were spoonfed to him by a trusted website or subreddit. Sheeple
                      RIP Tony Bogey & Baron O

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                      • #71
                        Originally posted by rah View Post
                        I don't want them to be closed down, I want them to pay more attention to the bad apples.
                        What we've seen could be just the tip of the iceberg. It's damaging to their reputation and I think it is a flaw in the organization. Just saying since they're low-income you expect them to be breaking the law is not acceptable.
                        It's not acceptable, no, but it's not really their problem. These people got caught, they're fired, lesson learned, move on.

                        Why is it that Republicans are quick to peg the flaws of these people on ACORN, but when Republicans are outed as gay-hating closeted homosexuals or pedophiles it doesn't reflect on the party as a whole?

                        "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                        Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                        • #72
                          Hmm I'm a republican and I do think when they're outed it does reflect poorly on the party as a whole, so I don't see a double standard here.
                          It's almost as if all his overconfident, absolutist assertions were spoonfed to him by a trusted website or subreddit. Sheeple
                          RIP Tony Bogey & Baron O

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                          • #73
                            You don't fool me, you're not a real republican.

                            By the way, prove you're not a republican by joining the auction NHL fantasy league.
                            "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                            Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                            • #74
                              Based on my voting record over a lifetime, sadly yes I'm a republican.
                              Besides I get funnier junk mail because of it. All those thinly disguised donation requests that look like surveys are hilarious. Obama's socialistic programs will turn the US into another Nazi Germany. (unless you fill out this survey and send us 1,000 dollars)
                              The ones that have been posted here are lightweights compared to the some that I've received in the last few weeks.

                              And I just joined my first fantasy type football league (salary cap) so I don't think I'm quite ready for a hockey fantasy team yet.
                              It's almost as if all his overconfident, absolutist assertions were spoonfed to him by a trusted website or subreddit. Sheeple
                              RIP Tony Bogey & Baron O

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                              • #75
                                Originally posted by Asher View Post
                                The more posts this threadjack has the more right I was about how distracting your comments about lawyers were.

                                Damn, this didn't last? Well, so long as two people got it and one didn't, I guess I'm shooting par.
                                Unbelievable!

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