There are only two words I can think of. Unmitigated gall.
“[John McCain] is working the phones trying to find a way forward that would protect the taxpayer. And this deal [by Chris Dodd] that’s on the table now is not a very good deal. 20 percent of the money that should go to retire debt that will be created to solve this problem winds up in the housing organization called ACORN, that is an absolute ill-run enterprise. And I can’t believe we would take money away from debt retirement to put it in a housing program that doesn’t work.”—Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), “On the Record with Greta”, September 25th, 2008.
James Terry, Chief Public Advocate for the Consumers Rights League, today testified at a joint House Administration and House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on "Federal, State and Local Efforts to Prepare for the General 2008 Election," where he highlighted "corruption at every level of ACORN including embezzlement, cover-ups, misuse of taxpayer funds and voter fraud." An excerpt of his testimony follows: James Terry, Chief Public Advocate, Consumers Rights League:"ACORN routinely says it will clean up its act. Yet, given its decade-long history of voter fraud, embezzlement, and misuses of taxpayer funds, ACORN's pattern of fraud can no longer be dismissed as a series of 'unfortunate events.'
"The problem of voter registration fraud raises serious questions for this committee, and the Consumers Rights League appreciates that the right questions are being asked.
"Here are the most important questions right now: We know about the thousands of potentially fraudulent voter registration cards turned in by ACORN and caught by officials. But given the size of ACORN's efforts and the fact that the abuses appear to be systemic, we believe it is fair to question how many more fraudulent registrations have not been discovered, Furthermore, as this mega organization with a decades long history of violating the law is turned to get out the vote efforts, we believe it is fair to question how many fraudulent registrations may lead to fraudulent votes or what other activities they are willing to undertake to influence the election.
I'm livid.
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