The right is using ACORN as the OWS boogeyman. Why? RACE! Nothing separates

applegrove

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Thu Oct-27-11 10:00 PM
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The right is using ACORN as the OWS boogeyman. Why? RACE! Nothing separates

the gop base from an issue (like Occupy Wall Street) like race does. 30% of Americans do not know what to think of OWS. 43% like it. The rest don't like OWS. The GOP looked around for an issue to take out the OWS movement and could only come up with ACORN (black people). One more time. Doesn't seem to matter to them that ACORN does not exist.

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Jack Rabbit

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Thu Oct-27-11 10:02 PM
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1. Is this new ACORN headed by Emmanuel Goldstein?

Just wondering.

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applegrove

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Thu Oct-27-11 10:34 PM
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6. Who is Emmanuel Goldstein? I don't get it.

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Jack Rabbit

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Thu Oct-27-11 10:45 PM
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7. Who is Emmanuel Goldstein?

Please click here.

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applegrove

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Thu Oct-27-11 10:51 PM
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8. That is perfect! Just perfect.

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ZombieHorde

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Thu Oct-27-11 10:03 PM
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2. Three and a half sentences in the subject line is pretty good.

Do you have a link, or more context, for your OP? What did you read and/or hear?

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applegrove

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Thu Oct-27-11 10:07 PM
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5. Here are the links that got me thinking. Yesterday there was also a link to Fox News

Edited on Thu Oct-27-11 10:38 PM by applegrove

linking Acorn and OWS.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=103&topic_id=634979&mesg_id=634979

Yesterday:

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal/2011_10/when_in_doubt_blame_acorn033101.php

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ZombieHorde

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Thu Oct-27-11 11:31 PM
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9. Holy shit, that is crazy. nt

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MADem

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Thu Oct-27-11 10:04 PM
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3. I thought they were crowing over the corpse of that outfit not too long ago...?

http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/03/23/us-usa-acorn-idUSTRE62M2W920100323

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mysuzuki2

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Thu Oct-27-11 10:05 PM
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4. At the same time I heard O'whatsisname on Fox

critisizing OWS for the lack of Black people at the rallies.

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Hippo_Tron

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Fri Oct-28-11 12:09 AM
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10. Teh Acornz!

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