Top GOPer (Issa) releases video of Obama praising ACORN

[Emit]

Edited to add, more proof of the politics of scapegoating, fear and conspiracism.

Top GOPer releases video of Obama praising ACORN

The ranking member of the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee released video today showing then-candidate Obama praising the work of ACORN.

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) unveiled the video during an appearance at the Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC) today. Issa's staff uncovered the footage during their ongoing probe into ACORN, who conservatives long made a boogeyman.


In the video, Obama, at the time a candidate for the Democratic nomination in 2008, tells ACORN they "have a friend in me."

~snip~

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/82375-top-goper-releases-video-of-obama-praising-acorn

[Newsjock]

1. So?

"Top Democrat releases video of Cheney praising CPAC"

[Emit]

2. The significance is that mainstream conservatives have adopted and are

perpetuating conspiracies of the extreme right wing.

A better analogy might be: "Top Democrat releases video of Cheney planning 9/11" or, on further edit, "Top Democrat releases video of Bush/Cheney stealing the election(s) of '00 and '04"

Same goes for their "Obama is a Socialist" meme and the 'birther' crap, both of which have been legitimized at CPAC and/or the Tea Party Convention which was also backed and supported by mainstream Republicans and conservatives.

[Emit]

6. Check out Issa's republicansoversighthouse.gov/ Web page

Issa Exposes President Obama's ACORN Connections at CPAC

WASHINGTON, D.C. - During remarks to the Conservative Political Action Conference today, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) released a video showing the close connection between President Barack Obama and the disgraced community organizing group ACORN.

Yesterday, Ranking Member Darrell Issa released a new report, "Follow the Money: ACORN, SEIU and their Political Allies" as a follow-up to a report on ACORN released July 23, 2009. The report includes new information gathered by committee investigators including over 50,000 pages of documents from ACORN offices in California and Oklahoma, from ACORN insiders in Missouri, Colorado, New York and Louisiana, and from Secretary of State offices and other election officials in nearly every state in the continental United States.

http://republicans.oversight.house.gov/

Imagine if top Democrats had done the same following the elections in '00 or '04

[vanlassie]

3. There is video of Republicans praising Acorn too. Issa=Asshat.

[EarlG]

7. Exhibit A

http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/10/a_lifetime_ago_sen_john.php

[Emit]

9. McCain!

Lol. Thanks for that, Earl, hadn't seen it. Oh, the hypocrisy, it hurts.

But, it will be more fuel for the crazies now, as they also have McCain in their crosshairs.

[malaise]

4. Bravo Acorn

:yourock:

[livetohike]

5. Issa is an idiot. I wish the Dems would come up with a candidate

to finally kick him out in the next election.

[Emit]

8. Issa claims: "Criminal Conspiracy Between ACORN and SEIU," discusses rigging elections

then ties it to Obama. Also includes claims ACORN contributed to financial collapse of housing market (e.g., Fannie, Freddie).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfYj3vmj6gE

(My apologies in advance, it's actually Issa's appearance on Faux Noos)

[mmonk]

10. Yes, it only works with the uneducated ignorant people

that saute their inferior brains with easily disprovable propaganda.

[Emit]

11. It works well on right wing authoritarian followers who are prone to "losing accuracy motivation":

I posted this previously in a response on a similar topic, but it bears repeating here, imho.

These researchers define this as "losing accuracy motivation":

According to Hetherington and Weiler, authoritarians tend to rely more on emotion and instinct in decision-making, view politics in black and white, resent confusion or ambiguity in the social order, and are suspicious of specific groups who they believe could alter that order (typically gays and immigrants). The difference between authoritarians and nonauthoritarians, according to the authors, becomes far more pronounced during tumultuous economic or social periods when there are more perceived "threats." During such times, authoritarians in particular lose accuracy motivation and, "become much less interested than nonauthoritarians in seeking information that (is) balanced in its approach, and much more interested in pursuing one-sided information that reinforc(es) existing beliefs." Or in other words, they are highly susceptible to misinformation campaigns, the likes of which pervaded the health care reform debate last summer.

Most every characteristic of an authoritarian worldview lends itself well to the impassioned rhetoric of the Tea Party movement and the shrewd players operating behind the scenes and atop the soap box. The movement's overly simplified, often-confused solutions to complex problems align with authoritarians' Manichean worldview. That Tom Tancredo's anti-immigrant laced speech at last weekend's convention was well received comes as no surprise. And that this is the group who so often embraces proven falsehoods and spin-narratives to defend its anti-administration agenda should speak for itself with regards to accuracy motivation.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stuart-whatley/the-tea-party-movement-is_b_455883.html

Previously posted here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=7753861&mesg_id=7755825

and originally here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=7702713

[EmeraldCityGrl]

12. Acorn, Acorn, Acorn...how sad they are at such a loss for something,

anything to find fault with. Oh, how they pray for a scandal, an impeachable offense while
Obama remains as clean as a whistle. They are seething with contempt and rage at something
that doesn't exist.

[Blue-Jay]

13. Oh boy....