Obama’s first judge appointment is an ACORN fund raiser:
U.S. District Judge David F. Hamilton of Indiana, nominated to the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago, worked as a fundraiser for the liberal activist group ACORN, now being scrutinized on myriad voter registration fraud allegations. The Judicial Confirmation Network calls Judge Hamilton “an ACLU liberal.”
Blogger Weasel Zipper. How Muscle for Money works:
“Bank of America pays quarterly. Chase when they feel like and are tired of getting bugged by me.”
From an internal ACORN email, 2005, cited by “ACORN’s Hypocritical house of cards,” published by the Consumers Rights League. Nice bank ya got there, be a real shame if anything happened to it:
“The banks know they are being held up, but they are not going to fight over this. They look at it as a cost of doing business.”
City Journal contributing editor Sol Stern. Inside an ACORN deal:
“ACORN agrees that it will not lobby for more restrictive terms and conditions and Citicorp agrees that it will not lobby for restrictive terms and conditions on such legislation.”
Draft agreement, cited by CRL. You pay up, we stop the protests:
“The companies would pay money to get the protesting to stop. In addition to calling this activity ‘Muscle for Money,’the insiders at ACORN called it “protection.”
Anita Moncrief, former D.C. Acorn Chapter official. IRS filed liens against ACORN:
“According to public records, the IRS filed three tax liens totaling almost $1 million against ACORN this spring. Also this spring, [ACORN-affiliate] CCI was paid $832,000 by the Obama campaign for get-out-the-vote efforts in key primary states. In filings with the Federal Election Commission, the Obama campaign listed the payments as ‘staging, sound, lighting,’ only correcting the filings after the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review revealed their true nature.”
John Fund, The Wall Street Journal, October 2008
