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Politics_Guy25 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 09:46 PM Original message |
Why does the right wing have a fetish for ACORN? |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
1. Maybe they're squirrels or another rodent that likes acorns |
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Tony_FLADEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
2. They register poor and minority people to vote most of whom register as Democrats |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 09:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. plus they got the minimum wage increased and help the poor |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 10:29 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Right and I hope it turns around and brings down the military industrial complex with it |
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Politics_Guy25 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 09:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. That's what I was afraid of! |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 09:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Well, the "funding cutoff" = something like 3% of ACORN's revenue |
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creeksneakers2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-04-09 10:05 AM Response to Reply #10 |
34. I heard on NPR Friday |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-04-09 03:47 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. Never trust NPR |
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HowHasItComeToThis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-04-09 01:47 AM Response to Reply #2 |
19. AND THAT IS WHY I WILL PERSONALLY GO OUT AND DO THE SAME |
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RBInMaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
3. They are fucking crazy. Riding the fucking crazy train all the way to looney land. Nuff said. |
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HowHasItComeToThis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-04-09 01:49 AM Response to Reply #3 |
20. AND THEY ARE DANGEROUS TO OUR DEMOCRACY |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
4. Honestly, it's mainly because much of their work involves helping minorities in their communities, |
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InAbLuEsTaTe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-04-09 08:38 AM Response to Reply #4 |
29. Hit the nail on the head. The rightwing's nature is to keep minorities down so they can thrive. |
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TlalocW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
6. The GOP's plan - which they really worked on the last 8 years |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
8. Mostly it's a boogyman, but there's some reason for their terror. |
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Politics_Guy25 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 09:56 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. But Pelosi and Reid say "who cares" to all of that |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
9. The Soviet Union is dead... |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-04-09 02:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
39. Hasn't stopped them much though. |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 09:14 AM Response to Reply #39 |
53. Part of their retro-charm... |
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HelenWheels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
12. Because it's easy for their freakin idiots to remember |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 11:27 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. yeah, but it's hard to spell with 5 chars and such. Really, most wingers don't even know |
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Beartracks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
13. Because if they in any way seem liberal... |
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CatholicEdHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
15. They need to win something about the 2008 Election |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
16. Because to them, Acorn = Obama. |
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iceman66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
17. Because |
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HowHasItComeToThis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-04-09 01:52 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. WHO IS UN-RECING THIS THREAD ??????????? |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-04-09 06:25 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. should be obvious. |
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JTFrog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 04:40 AM Response to Reply #22 |
50. Capslock.... |
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Helga Scow Stern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-04-09 01:51 AM Response to Original message |
21. Because Acorn makes democracy work.... |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-04-09 02:35 AM Response to Original message |
23. Acorns look like cute little penises |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-04-09 06:01 AM Response to Original message |
24. See if you can find Rachel Maddows shows from last week. |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-04-09 06:24 AM Response to Original message |
25. reps: "I SEE BLACK PEOPLE" |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-04-09 10:07 AM Response to Reply #25 |
35. Too true |
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CBR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-04-09 06:58 AM Response to Original message |
27. A friend of mine is the Director of our local ACORN... |
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elias7 (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-04-09 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
28. Misdirection play by big boys away from true voter fraud |
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hileeopnyn8d (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-04-09 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
30. They are an easy target. |
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creeksneakers2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-04-09 10:11 AM Response to Reply #30 |
36. That's an interesting post |
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hileeopnyn8d (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-04-09 02:46 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. You're welcome, and |
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GirlAfire (391 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-04-09 03:28 PM Response to Reply #30 |
40. Excellent Post |
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90-percent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-04-09 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
31. FAUX NOISE |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-04-09 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
32. Because a community organizer is making them look bad. They blame Obama for every |
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olegramps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-04-09 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
33. The death of Jim Crow has been greatly exaggerated. He is alive and thriving thanks to Republicans. |
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wildflowergardener (863 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-04-09 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
37. Acorn |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-04-09 03:59 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. Really, the more ignorant |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-04-09 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
41. The only possible way |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-04-09 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
44. ACORN helps "the wrong element" vote. |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-04-09 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
45. Racism. Classism, Hatred and Fear of Minority Voters. |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-04-09 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
46. Because they register people to vote ... the kind of |
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Kdillard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
47. If you think about what the people at ACORN do it is not a surprise |
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Politics_Guy25 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
48. We need to go to the bat for ACORN |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 03:28 AM Response to Original message |
49. ACORN=Other people. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 04:52 AM Response to Original message |
51. ACORN is another redmeat codeword for their dittohead fans |
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LaydeeBug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-05-09 06:49 AM Response to Original message |
52. The ground game. ACORN (and Dems) beat them on the GROUND and they can't stand it. nt |
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