Acorn-grate

by digby

BRIAN KILMEADE (co-host): In terms of what kind of ramifications could be coming its way — could it go all the way to the White House because of the fact the president —

FUND: Well, just remember, President Obama was not only a top trainer for ACORN, he was their lawyer back in the 1990s. His campaign transferred $835,000 and apparently tried — to ACORN during the 2008 campaign and apparently tried to conceal it. So there are lots of ties. Now, the White House, of course, doesn’t want anything to do with ACORN right now. But what I think we’re going to find is that ACORN was a giant attempt to evade tax laws and basically use nonprofit status and tax-exempt status while at the same time having other front groups do blatantly political work.

Media Matters corrects the record:

In fact, Obama represented ACORN in one lawsuit — alongside the Justice Department and several other organizations — and reportedly said he participated in two one-hour trainings with ACORN as a volunteer.

But no matter. ACORN is the new euphamism for the “N” word and all they have to do is drop the word with a wink and a nod and the racist underbelly knows what they’re talking about. In fact, John Fund’s “special beat” is voter fraud, which is yet another Atwaterite euphemism for the “wrong people” (if you know what I mean…)

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