White House Calls ACORN Employees' Behavior 'Unacceptable', page 1
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Topic started on 16-9-2009 @ 03:15 PM by DrMattMaddix
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September 16, 2009 2:36 PM

At today's White House briefing, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, asked by ABC News about recent government actions taken against ACORN, had a forceful response.

"Obviously the conduct you see on those tapes is completely unacceptable," Gibbs said, raising the issue of videotapes posted online by BigGovernment.com and aired frequently by Fox News Channel that seem to show ACORN employees advising a faux prostitute and faux pimp on how to skirt housing and tax laws. "The administration takes accountability extremely seriously."

Gibbs said the Census Bureau decided that ACORN could not assist the group in meeting "the bureau's goal of achieving a fair and accurate count in 2010" and that some other agencies are evaluating their relationship with the group. "We constantly evaluate to ensure that any grantee is living up to what has to happen in order to fulfill that grant application."

He pointed out that "previous administrations" had awarded grants to ACORN either through the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

-- jpt


Amazing how the White House dismisses the 9/12 March on Washington ... Only after the popular outrage against ACORN through House members finally reaches them.

House Reps. are finally realizing their jobs are on the line and possibly their lives.

Too bad fear is a motivating force; it should have been 'doing the right thing" as a the primary motivation.


reply posted on 17-9-2009 @ 12:27 AM by DrMattMaddix
Of course, now that ACORN has realized that HR3571 Defund ACORN Act shown here is newly introduced, ACORN is panicking (about loosing money.)

Typical.

I Can't find the link to their statement that 'they will halt operations and begin reforming'; John Boehner stated that 'it's too little, too late'.

They are only sorry that they got caught and that NOW it appears there are going to be consequences.


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