The ACORN Fiasco

This is insane.

This is clearly another attempt to discredit the President. Remember, President Obama has ties to this organization, and their "get out the vote" work (which many allege that Obama may have helped fund himself) quite possibly have made a substantial difference in his election.

Now, this college kid makes this stupid video, and now ACORN is fighting back (read here) in order to keep its federal funding.

Several things bother me about all of this. First off, this kid targeted the ignorant, the under-educated or uneducated, the weak, and the simple-minded in order to accomplish his goals. Anyone who has a job anywhere knows that these kinds of people exist in every working environment. He even stated himself that he has visited many offices, and most of them kicked him and his friend out. (Read his interview here.) So, like most journalists (if it bleeds, it leads, and he is a journalism major), he took advantage of the ignorant in order to get his point across. This happens every day across the country, but this time, this tactic is being used to undermine an entire organization, and has hit pay dirt.

Secondly, the government moved swiftly to disassociate themselves from the organization. Prior to this idiotic video, is there any proof available which proves that ACORN has granted assistance to others who wanted to use government-funded grants to purchase homes to be used in order to conduct illegal business practices in the past? If there is, I'd like to see it!

Finally, I cannot believe that these people, our government officials, those who are responsible for running this country, and who enact laws and policies that affect every American, can take such nonsense so seriously, without any pause; they wasted no time in laying down the law, if you will, against a grass-roots organization. They didn't even take the time to examine the legitimacy of the accusations being made against the organization. They also didn't question the kid's credibility, his background, or his motive for doing this. Clearly, they didn't recognize the "fakeness" (This kid a pimp? Are you kidding me?!?)

Now every Republican or 'conservative' has jumped on the ACORN-bashing bandwagon, with spit flying, eyes blazing and teeth gnashing, spewing vitriol towards this organization, and of course, Obama, with a renewed vigor.

Makes you wonder: Who funded this kid's project?

(More insightful takes on the video, and the foolishness of it all here and here.)