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Barack Obama’s "Community Organized"
September 05, 2008 11:28 AM EDT (Updated: September 05, 2008 12:01 PM
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The recent dig by Sarah Palin at Obama’s "community organizing" past
brought a quick and pointed response from the Democratic party in his
defense and revealed their thin-skin when confronted with any criticism
of their candidate no matter how valid or documented.

What it didn’t reveal is the shady relationship Obama has maintained
over the years with radical and openly "above-the-law" groups from his
past.

ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now is the
organization Obama both organized for before attending law school and
provided legal counsel to after.   According to the Wall Street Journal
article, ACORN is a radical partisan group using partial funding from
the federal government to pressure Wal-Mart and other non-union
businesses.  Their tax status requires that they be nonpartisan but they
are in-fact anything but.  They have been involved in voter fraud and
other scandals bordering on extortion, intimidation, storming council
meetings and other such "community" activities.

There have been convictions related to voter fraud in at least two
states and investigations underway in several others.  The founder’s
brother and organization CFO (Dale Rathke) embezzled nearly $1 million
from the organization in 1999-2000 timeframe which he and founder
brother (Wade Rathke) covered up along with others in the organization.  
Neither this organization, nor Obama’s ties to it, has received
appropriate media scrutiny.  His ability (like ACORN’s) to wrap his
radical beliefs and methods in a pleasant non-threatening veneer is
misleading and bodes danger for the country if it remains undisclosed.
See also this and that and the other.  By the way, ACORN is a private
corporation and thus doesn’t divulge financials, but they and
subsidiaries do receive federal funds (at least $2 Million in 2003 in
one subsidiary alone).  ACORN endorsed, guess who, Obama for President.

In a related circumstance, Sarah Palin was wrongly criticized from some
on the left  (although not by Obama) for having a Downs Syndrome baby
and how that might interfere with her VP duties.  Her unmarried
seventeen year old daughter’s pregnancy to her future husband and
intention to keep the child contrasted markedly with Obama’s statement
that he wouldn’t "penalize" his daughter "with a baby" if she found her
self similarly pregnant from such a "mistake" (Watch).

This situation is illuminating since Obama spoke at Planned Parenthood
during the campaign, praised them for their work, and received their
endorsement for President. What else does Planned Parenthood do?  They
received about $300 Million in Federal Funding in 2005 and used it to
perform about 1 out of every 5 US Abortions (See here).  Equally
important, they refuse to follow the law and report child statutory rape
events (here) and are perfectly willing to accept racially motivated
donations (watch this) and ( this).

Why doesn’t he hold organizations that he is involved in accountable to
at least the law of the land?
Why does Barack Obama endorse, encourage, and seek the endorsements of
organizations that behave dishonestly?  A similar question could be
asked about his long term associations with admitted terrorist Bill
Ayers and convicted Tony Resko.  Why does the Democratic party allow
these shady allegiances to prosper?

More importantly, why doesn’t the mainstream media ask about these
matters.  Why won’t they tell you about these issues?  What else won’t
they tell you about Barack Obama and his "community"? Is his the kind of
"change" you want?   Do you want him "organizing" in your community or
taking the oath to be your President?  Given his history and relations
to these organizations, would his oath even mean anything?