The Right Wing Way: Defend BP, destroy ACORN

[marmar]

from AlterNet:



Posted by Devona Walker at 2:41 pm
June 25, 2010

The Right Wing Way: Defend BP, destroy ACORN


Despite their “angry populism” grandstanding and the constant “small government” sales pitch, all you need to know about Republican priorities is that they stand up for corporations and they condemn any group as radical and corrupt that is actively looking out for poor and working class people.

There is nothing more telling about the Republican party than comparing how they have behaved following the BP oil spill with how they behaved during the whole Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now scandal.

You might remember last September a videotape surfaced. It was aired night and day on Fox News. It showed ACORN workers seemingly showing a couple, dressed as a “pimp and ho,” how to avoid paying federal taxes.

The Republicans went off. They led a charge to de-fund the group, even before ACORN had been found guilty for any wrongdoing. The Senate blocked HUD from giving ACORN grants. The Census Bureau severed its ties with ACORN, saying it does not want the group’s help in outreach efforts on the decennial count.

The group, which advocates for poor people, conducted a massive voter registration effort last year and became a target of conservatives when some employees were accused of submitting false registration forms with names such as “Mickey Mouse.” Prosecutors in Miami-Dade County, Fla. arrested 11 people for falsifying hundreds of voter applications during a registration drive last year. ..........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2010/06/25/the-right-wing-way-defend-bp-destroy-acorn/

[Swamp Rat]

1. because homeless black people are MUCH more dangerous than middle-aged white CEOs

[saigon68]

2. Barack the Magic Negro

[Swamp Rat]

3. Hey saigon68!!!

Longtime no see! :hi: :toast:

[saigon68]

4. Hey hi !!!

Back to rail against the War some more

[Swamp Rat]

5. Excellent!

I'm pretty much pissed off at everybody these days, but I have a 'sweet spot' for war mongering chicken hawk authoritarians and BP CEOs committing ecocide. :D

[saigon68]

7. Hey nice work

I always admire your skill and ability to tell it like it is.

You are visually the kid who shouts at the parade "Hey LOOK--- The King has no clothes"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emperor%27s_New_Clothes

A modern day Hans Christian Anderson

[Swamp Rat]

8. Thanks

I read that when I was around 4 years old - one of the first stories I read with my mom. I learned to shout by goin' to da Mardi Gras... "HEY! Throw me sumthin' mistah!"

Now, I shout at right wing assholes, here on DU and out in the street. :evilgrin:

[Hannah Bell]

6. yeah, the defunding of acorn got done pretty damn quick, didn't it?

funny how fast those guys work when they need to.