By David M. Brown,Pittsburgh Tribune
Obama’s Acorn Ties run deep,including paying $800,000 for get out the vote efforts
U.S. Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential campaign paid more than $800,000 to an offshoot of the liberal Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now for services the Democrat’s campaign says it mistakenly misrepresented in federal reports.
An Obama spokesman said Federal Election Commission reports would be amended to show Citizens Services Inc. —a subsidiary of ACORN —worked in "get-out-the-vote"projects,instead of activities such as polling,advance work and staging major events as stated in FEC finance reports filed during the primary.
FEC spokeswoman Mary Brandenberger said it is not unusual for campaigns to amend reports,even regarding large sums of money.
But,said Blair Latoff,spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee:"Barack Obama’s failure to accurately report his campaign’s financial records is an incredibly suspicious situation that appears to be an attempt to hide his campaign’s interaction with a left-wing organization previously convicted of voter fraud. For a candidate who claims to be practicing ‘new’politics,his FEC reports look an awful lot like the ‘old-style’Chicago politics of yesterday."
I'm glad to see there's someone out there trying to expose this man! No-one seems to want to learn what he (and his wife) are really about.
I hate this man more everday. I want his policies and secrets to be outed for everyone to see.
Me too,I want him exposed for the fraud that he is. Obama is going down,We The People must stay strong and force our elected officials to get to the bottom of the corruption in the White House!
If this a tax exempt organization,I do not believe they can be partisan,and should lose their tax exempt status. The IRS should be contacted to investigate. I think I'll give them a call.
Whether ACORN did advance work or get-out-the-vote work,they are still connected to the campaign and to Mr. Obama. Investigate All ACORN connections to our current Congress and administration. Let the chips fall where they may. Investigations should be simultaneously conducted by the US Justice Department,Congress,FBI and the IRS. Root-out corruption now.