Thuggery sums it up.
Good thing everyone knows what a corrupt bunch of lowlifes ACORN is & that any ties to that organization is political suicide.
ACORN thuggery in NY
- June 15, 2009 23:08:42
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June 15, 2009
ACORN Thuggery
Protesters who were part of an angry mob that included many ACORN activists nearly knocked New York state Sen. James Alesi, a Republican, down to the floor and also spat in the face of his chief of staff, according to reports.
The protesters were reportedly upset that two Democratic senators had decided to caucus with Republicans — a move that, when finalized by the state Senate, would hand Republicans control of that body. Majority Democrats have shut down the chamber to prevent the transfer of power.
ACORN’s aggressive, sometimes violent, tactics have been documented extensively here and here. Anything goes, from rude protests to crude intimidation and violence.
In 1995, for instance, ACORN attracted attention when about 500 of its activists stormed the Washington, D.C. Hilton, forcing then-House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Georgia) to cancel a speech he was to give to county commissioners. Demonstrators chanting “Nuke Newt!” grabbed the microphone in the hall and took over the head table. When the speech was cancelled, ACORN activists cheered.
Later that year, ACORN mobilized when a congressional panel began considering reforms to the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), which many blame for the subprime mortgage bubble and its subsequent collapse. Led by ACORN’s national president, the ever-confrontational Maude Hurd, the activists commandeered the microphone and chanted, “CRA has got to stay!” and “Banks for greed, not for need!” Arrests followed, and efforts to free the activists were led by ACORN allies Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Massachusetts) and Rep. Joe Kennedy (D-Massachusetts). The U.S. Capitol Police let the activists go only when Rep. Maxine Waters (D-California), exhibiting her characteristic defiance and political arrogance, showed up at the detention facility and threatened to stay put until the demonstrators were released.
Across the United States, ACORN activists have seized abandoned houses and encouraged homeless people to squat there, claiming these actions would convince authorities to convert the structures into low-income housing.
Meanwhile, Pennsylvania state Rep. Stephen Barrar, a Republican, is circulating a petition calling on his state’s attorney general to investigate ACORN.
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June 15, 2009
ACORN Thuggery
Protesters who were part of an angry mob that included many ACORN activists nearly knocked New York state Sen. James Alesi, a Republican, down to the floor and also spat in the face of his chief of staff, according to reports.
The protesters were reportedly upset that two Democratic senators had decided to caucus with Republicans — a move that, when finalized by the state Senate, would hand Republicans control of that body. Majority Democrats have shut down the chamber to prevent the transfer of power.
ACORN’s aggressive, sometimes violent, tactics have been documented extensively here and here. Anything goes, from rude protests to crude intimidation and violence.
In 1995, for instance, ACORN attracted attention when about 500 of its activists stormed the Washington, D.C. Hilton, forcing then-House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Georgia) to cancel a speech he was to give to county commissioners. Demonstrators chanting “Nuke Newt!” grabbed the microphone in the hall and took over the head table. When the speech was cancelled, ACORN activists cheered.
Later that year, ACORN mobilized when a congressional panel began considering reforms to the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), which many blame for the subprime mortgage bubble and its subsequent collapse. Led by ACORN’s national president, the ever-confrontational Maude Hurd, the activists commandeered the microphone and chanted, “CRA has got to stay!” and “Banks for greed, not for need!” Arrests followed, and efforts to free the activists were led by ACORN allies Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Massachusetts) and Rep. Joe Kennedy (D-Massachusetts). The U.S. Capitol Police let the activists go only when Rep. Maxine Waters (D-California), exhibiting her characteristic defiance and political arrogance, showed up at the detention facility and threatened to stay put until the demonstrators were released.
Across the United States, ACORN activists have seized abandoned houses and encouraged homeless people to squat there, claiming these actions would convince authorities to convert the structures into low-income housing.
Meanwhile, Pennsylvania state Rep. Stephen Barrar, a Republican, is circulating a petition calling on his state’s attorney general to investigate ACORN.
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Its American Environmental Justice Project received 100% of its revenue from government grants in the same years. EPI estimates the Acorn Housing Corporation alone received some $16 million in federal dollars from 1997-2007. Only recently, Democrats tried and failed to stuff an "affordable housing" provision into the $700 billion bank rescue package that would have let politicians give even more to Acorn.
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And, we're pledging more.
As I understand the story, the Democrats announced that there would be no more votes that evening, and Republicans started heading home. When enough Republicans were gone the Democrats headed back to the House floor and called for a vote to end debate on all amendments to the spending bill. Republicans scrambled to get back into the House, but it was too late. Democrats saved Pelosi and ACORN with their little chicanery. For now.
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I just don't get it.
Good thing everyone knows what a corrupt bunch of lowlifes ACORN is & that any ties to that organization is political suicide.
I'm afraid they don't know. Or don't care.
It's the SS of the leftwing.