Hmmmmm... Seems none of the Liberals/Democrats want to discuss Barack Obama's "Prime Time" Role in this Financial mess.
Anyone wonder why? On Sep 30, 10:36 am, "d.b.baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good work, Gaar. > > Let's hope McCain forcefully addresses Obama's connection to ACORN. > > On Sep 30, 1:16 pm, Gaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NDZiMjkwMDczZWI5ODdjOWYxZTIzZGIy... > > > Foundation Money > > > Although it’s been noted in an important story by John Fund, and in a > > long Obama background piece in the New York Times, more attention > > needs to be paid to possible links between Obama and Acorn during the > > period of Obama’s service on the boards of two charitable foundations, > > the Woods Fund and the Joyce Foundation. > > > According to the New York Times, Obama’s memberships on those > > foundation boards, “allowed him to help direct tens of millions of > > dollars in grants” to various liberal organizations, including Chicago > > Acorn, “whose endorsement Obama sought and won in his State Senate > > race.” As best as I can tell (and this needs to be checked out more > > fully), Acorn maintains both political and “non-partisan” arms. Obama > > not only sought and received the endorsement of Acorn’s political arm > > in his local campaigns, he recently accepted Acorn’s endorsement for > > the presidency, in pursuit of which he reminded Acorn officials of his > > long-standing ties to the group. > > > Supposedly, Acorn’s political arm is segregated from its “non- > > partisan” registration and get-out-the-vote efforts, but after reading > > Foulkes’ case study, this non-partisanship is exceedingly difficult to > > discern. As I understand, it would be illegal for Obama to sit on a > > foundation board and direct money to an organization that openly > > served as his key get-out-the-vote volunteers on Election Day. I’m not > > saying Obama crossed a legal line here: Based on Foulkes’ account, > > Acorn’s get-out-the-vote drive most likely observed the technicalities > > of “non-partisanship.” > > > Nevertheless, the possibilities suggested by a combined reading of the > > New York Times piece and the Foulkes article are disturbing. While > > keeping within the technicalities of the law, Obama may have been able > > to direct substantial foundation money to his organized political > > supporters. I offer no settled conclusion, but the matter certainly > > warrants further investigation and discussion. Obama is supposed to be > > the man who transcends partisanship. Has he instead used his post at > > an allegedly non-partisan foundation to direct money to a supposedly > > non-partisan group, in pursuit of what are in fact nakedly partisan > > and personal ends? I have no final answer, but the question needs to > > be pursued further. > > > In fact, the broader set of practices by which activist groups pursue > > intensely partisan ends under the guise of non-partisanship merits > > further scrutiny. Consider the 2006 report by Jonathan Bechtle, “Voter > > Turnout or Voter Fraud?” which includes a discussion of the nexus > > between Project Vote and Acorn, a nexus where Obama himself once > > resided. According to Bechtle, “It’s clear that groups that claimed to > > be nonpartisan wanted a partisan outcome,” and reading Foulkes’s case > > study of Acorn’s role in Obama’s U.S. Senate campaign, one can’t help > > but agree. > > > Radical Obama > > Important as these questions of funding and partisanship are, the > > larger point is that Obama’s ties to Acorn — arguably the most > > politically radical large-scale activist group in the country — are > > wide, deep, and longstanding. If Acorn is adept at creating a non- > > partisan, inside-game veneer for what is in fact an intensely radical, > > leftist, and politically partisan reality, so is Obama himself. This > > is hardly a coincidence: Obama helped train Acorn’s leaders in how to > > play this game. For the most part, Obama seems to have favored the > > political-insider strategy, yet it’s clear that he knew how to play > > the in-your-face “direct action” game as well. And surely during his > > many years of close association with Acorn, Obama had to know what the > > group was all about. > > > The shame of it is that when the L. A. Times returned to Obama’s > > stomping grounds, it found the park he’d helped renovate reclaimed by > > drug dealers and thugs. The community organizer strategy may generate > > feel-good moments and best-selling books, but I suspect a Wal-Mart as > > the seed-bed of a larger shopping complex would have done far more to > > save the neighborhood where Obama worked to organize in the > > “progressive” fashion. Unfortunately, Obama’s Acorn cronies have > > blocked that solution. > > > In any case, if you’re looking for the piece of the puzzle that > > confirms and explains Obama’s network of radical ties, gather your > > Acorns this spring. Or next winter, you may just be left watching the > > “President from Acorn” at his feast. > > > — Stanley Kurtz is a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy > > Center and an NRO contributing editor.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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