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Rep. Michele Bachmann continued her campaign against Rep. Barney Frank and the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) on Fox News’ Hannity on Wednesday. Despite Bachmann’s claims on the show, a new bill introduced by Frank will not funnel money to ACORN and ACORN is not “under indictment” in 12 states for “voter fraud.”
Frank recently introduced a bill to “use amounts made available under the Troubled Assets Relief Program of the Secretary of the Treasury for relief for homeowners and neighborhoods.” Described as a neighborhood stabilization program, the funds would go to help depressed communities hit hard by the foreclosure crisis.
But Bachmann sees an evil scheme to give money to ACORN.
“Now Barney Frank thinks that [TARP funds] should go out to his friends in ACORN,” she told Sean Hannity. “He is serious about this, about funneling this little bit of money back out to ACORN.”
That little bit of money? “This would be an additional $1.5 billion for ACORN,” she said. “And don’t forget, in over 12 states so far this year ACORN has been indicted for voter fraud.”
The bill itself never mentions ACORN. In fact, it specifically spells out who gets the money [emphasis added]:
the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer $1,500,000,000 to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and such Secretary shall use such amounts for assistance to States and units of general local government for the redevelopment of abandoned and foreclosed homes
Bachmann’s claim that ACORN is “under indictment” in 12 states in 2009 for “voter fraud” is also grossly inaccurate. Former ACORN employees have been brought under indictment this year in several states including Pennsylvania and Missouri, but so far this year only Nevada has indicted the actual organization.
And ACORN has not been accused of voter fraud. They are accused of voter registration fraud. Nevada Secretary of State Ross Miller told the New York Times, “This is not a case of voter fraud, it’s a case of voter registration fraud. I’m very confident that none of these fraudulent voter forms found their way into the voter registration rolls or to cast votes.”
The full interview:
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11 Comments »
Comment posted July 9, 2009 @ 5:10 pm
Leave it to those Republi-can’ts to always get the facts wrong.
ACORN is one big reason why Barak Obama is now my President. I voted for him thanks to my friends at ACORN. And if money goes to them for payments to keep me in my house…great! Give ACORN more. Mr. Frank is second only to my President in helping us achieve in this country. He should be the next President after Mr. Obama.
Michelle Bachman is a crook just like Bushco. She just wants to take money I deserve and give it back to her rich cronies.
Comment posted July 9, 2009 @ 5:32 pm
Michele Bachmann is a serial liar. There’s no other way around it. She’s been caught too many times. She also makes a big deal about being a “christian.” Where I went to Sunday School, lying was a sin. I guess in her church telling the truth is for sissies – and we know how she feels about sissies. Except, of course, for the big sissy she married.
Comment posted July 9, 2009 @ 6:21 pm
ACORN is simply a criminal extension of the liberal Left nothing more.
The very idea of taxpayers money being given to an outfit indicted for fraud in not one but twelve states is yet another example of the Democratic party being nothing more than a front for organized crime
Comment posted July 9, 2009 @ 9:31 pm
I’m ashamed Bachmann is from the state I live in. why doesn’t she complain about the new law our Republican Gov Pawlenty is pushing here in Minnesota. Students will get 3 chances to pass state exam, if they fail 3 times they will automatically pass to the next grade. Pawlenty is the same guy the Republicans are wanting for 2012 presidential election. the country will be 3X’s dumber if he is elected.
Comment posted July 9, 2009 @ 11:48 pm
RCMartin is proof the facts cannot penetrate the paranoia that grips the far right. They’ll soon claim ACORN was behind 911 and the JFK assassination.
Comment posted July 10, 2009 @ 7:09 am
On October 14, the Wall Street Journal wrote that ACORN, present and former ACORN employees or its third-party voter registration affiliates are under investigation for or facing charges of voter registration fraud in 14 states (Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Virginia and Wisconsin).
Comment posted July 10, 2009 @ 8:25 am
Who exactly is pumping these “facts” into this dimwit? She isn’t doing anything a parrot would not do… just with more conviction. I am curious as to who is controlling this woman because it sure comes across that she never actually researches ANYTHING. Perhaps some one should be hired to just walk around behind her with the real information, you are entitled to your own opinion but not to your own “facts.”
Comment posted July 10, 2009 @ 10:02 am
Every instance of voter registration fraud I’ve heard of that ACORN has been accused of has actually been brought to light by ACORN itself. When collected registration forms are turned in, ACORN can’t pick and choose which ones are passed on to the state. By law, they have to turn in all forms. What they can do and have done, is flag suspected fraudulent forms for state authorities to investigate.
As for the bike paths, etc. in health care bills, I will admit that is something that you have to think about for more than a split second to realize that promoting healthy practices and habits is important to controlling health care costs. Thinking for more than a split second doesn’t seem to be something Bachmann is very good at, though.
Comment posted July 13, 2009 @ 8:18 am
RCMartin can evidently write without reading. Bravo. Well played, sir!
Comment posted July 14, 2009 @ 6:11 am
If people couldn’t afford their mortgage payments 9 months ago, why will they be able to afford them now?
Barney Frank is an incompetent and freaking thief.
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