‘Independent’ ACORN Apologist Applauds ‘Independent’ Investigation Conclusion
by Kyle Olson
Professor Peter Dreier, an ACORN apologist who portrays himself as an independent analyst, is really anything but.
As Andrew Breitbart articulated on BigGovernment November 25th, regarding a “study” Dreier produced critical of media coverage of ACORN:
At the end of the piece Professor Dreier offers the following biography: Peter Dreier, E.P Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics and director of the Urban & Environmental Policy Program at Occidental College.
Why did Professor Dreier choose to leave out the critical information regarding his advisory relationship to ACORN? Isn’t sitting on an advisory committee of ACORN the definition of a conflict of interest in writing a fair and balanced piece on the organization? In fact, Dreier has been shilling for ACORN at least since 2003.
So when Dreier proclaimed ACORN “Not Guilty” in one of his recent columns on TalkingPointsMemo, I must admit I threw up a bit in my mouth. Some of Dreier’s most pathetic conclusions:
ACORN is getting a bum rap — in the news media, among politicians, and even by some foundations. That’s the conclusion of an independent report released Monday, which acknowledged that ACORN needs to improve its management structure, but that it did not engage in illegal activities. . .Since last year, ACORN has been under attack by conservative media outlets like Fox News, Republican Party operatives, and business groups.
That’s a tenuous conclusion, considering the fact that ACORN’s Las Vegas office was raided by Nevada’s Democratic Secretary of State and was put on trial by the state’s Democratic Attorney General. Additionally, ACORN’s New Orleans office was raided by Louisana’s Democratic Attorney General. But those inconvenient truths probably slipped Dreier’s mind.
ACORN is now well known, but what most Americans know about it is wrong, based on controversies manufactured by the group’s long-time enemies, Drier wrote.
Does he mean the pesky Democratic state officeholders who keep hauling ACORN into court?
According to Dreier, the Harshbarger report is having the intended effect, providing a thin cover for ACORN’s radically liberal allies to welcome it back into the fold.
After Harshbarger released his report, various progressive groups — including SEIU, People for the American Way, the Alliance for Justice, the Campaign for America’s Future, NAACP, U.S. Action, and others — expressed support for ACORN and for the recommendations in the Harshbarger report.
In fact, SEIU president Andy Stern said, “What Mr. Harshbarger did find is something the media should have caught: the freelance ’sting’ operation that did so much damage to ACORN’s reputation last fall is deeply suspicious and deserving of increased scrutiny.”
For those on the left, ACORN is too big and important to fail. And with the stubborn support of Andy Stern and others, ACORN isn’t going away any time soon.
“The media and Congress, which made an ill-informed rush to judgment based on incomplete or suspect evidence, should take their time to assess this report and give ACORN the impartial assessment it deserves,” Stern said.
Impartial assessment? Based on what? The work of Drier and Harshbarger, two unapologetic ACORN cheerleaders?
ACORN critics will only pay attention when a truly independent source, who isn’t being paid by ACORN, does a thorough investigation of the situation.
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Why don't they just talk to a mirror, amounts to the same thing.
Are we innnocent, oh you know we are, does everyone agree, yes we do, well then it's settled, thank god we got past that.
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Now can we please have a billion $ from the stupid taxpayers who actually work?
I think most people are woke up and fed up.I think 2010 is going to make 1994 look like a Girl Scout picnic.
"ACORN critics will only pay attention when a truly independent source, who isn’t being paid by ACORN, does a thorough investigation of the situation."
We can just summarize that to "When we get out government back we are going to kick A.S and take names, well we already have the names…"
The lefts mantra seems to be "What would acorn do?"
Unfortunately, Acorn is going to suffer the same amount of "punishment" that the Philadelphia polling place thugs received… As long as Obama/Holder control the AG, this is a dead issue… Congress, (Dem and Repub), just hopes it goes away and the public outcry seems to have fallen off… I think you have to actually catch ACORN assasinating a poltical rival on live television before they get int to any REAL trouble.. They have the extraordinary protection afforded any professional "victim" industry that operates under the good graces of the powers-that-be.
You would have thunk that the pimp/prostiute tapes would have been enough….
I think it says more for Talking Points Memo than it does Drier. Media (assuming it is legitimate) should check their sources for conflicts of interest.
Excellent observation, talking to a mirror, hilarious and all too true.
"ACORN", what an approprite name for a group of people who are nuts. Just sayin'….
I swear, every time I see a picture of "Bon Bon" Hurd, all I can think is- OH MY GOD, SHE'S GONNA EAT ME!!
“What Mr. Harshbarger did find is something the media should have caught: the freelance ’sting’ operation that did so much damage to ACORN’s reputation last fall is deeply suspicious and deserving of increased scrutiny.”
Classic modern liberal debate strategy – change the subject.
Screw over tax payers?
Peter Dreier, E.P Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics and director of the Urban & Environmental Policy Program at Occidental College. (Courtesy of Kyle Olson) Oh Boy! A Distinguished Professor of Politics….Now that is a voice of reason.
Peter Dreier is the Dr. E.P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics, and director of the Urban & Environmental Policy Program, at Occidental College in Los Angeles. He also coordinates the summer internship program in community development and affordable housing. He joined the Occidental faculty in January 1993 after serving for nine years as Director of Housing at the Boston Redevelopment Authority and senior policy advisor to Boston Mayor Ray Flynn. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago (1977) and his B.A. from Syracuse University (1970). He teaches Intro to American Politics, Urban Politics and Policy, Community Organizing and Leadership, Movements for Social Justice, and Work & Labor in America.
They should just Show us the real meaning of their name. I made a bumper sticker of this and I'm having it printed
A mericas
C orrupt
O rganization
R uining
N eighborhoods
By "nuts" do you mean Derangement Syndrome? As in ACORN Derangement Syndrome? Can that be considered "nuts"? Obsessive? Compulsive? Lunacy? Nuts? ACORN Derangement Syndrome?
Here, have a cookie.
They won! You Lost! Nothing to see here! Nobody ever cared anyways!
Here, have a cookie.
Register it to vote.
ACORN is merely a symptom of the disease, that is Obama's Administration
Or register people's pets, deceased people, mickey mouse, rolls in alphabetical order, etc., etc.
Weelll, since some of us are too stoopid to understand a simple play on words, by "nuts" I mean like an "ACORN" apologist, get it?
Here, have some kool aid
That's correct, Ed. Point the finger in another direction. Classic Facist/Communist agitprop/denial tactic.
Yep, and when combined with the word 'liberal', all oxymorons
Have some more kool aid with your cookies, nut.
good one….
Are you really that shrill? Or do you just like to use exclamation points?
ACORN is a criminal enterprise. RICO prosecutions now. No tax money for the swine.
QUOTE: "After Harshbarger released his report, various progressive groups — including SEIU, People for the American Way, the Alliance for Justice, the Campaign for America’s Future, NAACP, U.S. Action, and others — expressed support for ACORN and for the recommendations in the Harshbarger report."
AFTER??? HA HA HA HA, you mean REAFFIRMED dont you professor? What a wanker, that's like the one Mafia family supporting another Mafia family after a third Mafia family claims there is no such thing as the Mafia.
Wow, another new bumper sticker,"wwad". I'm not so sure I like it though.
ROTFLOL. If that was independent; I would like to know what a non independent investigation is.
They're just daring Breitbart et al to release the rest of the videos or I should say, not to release them OR ELSE. If they went after Breitbart and the freelancers legally, I think there would be a huge public outcry and I think they know it. Right now, I think they're just sounding threatening. Kill the messenger.
Again, you're an idiot. But to a lib such as yourself, the end justifies the means. It doesn't matter how much they lie, steal, cheat or embezzle or even vote rig, does it? I'll bet you vote early and vote often yourself.
So what are you, Syntax? A Commie, Fascist, Marxist, or just a European Socialist? Don't worry; we'll keep your secret.
Only their opposition is required to follow the law and be scrutinized by it!!!!! As most informed Americans are slowly discovering, the criminals are now in power!! The question all must ask themselves is, when the time comes, will they relinquish that power????
"doesn't matter how much they lie, steal, cheat or embezzle or even vote rig, does it?" — Can you prove it? No! Have any evidence? No! Nada! Nuttin'! Bumpkis! Blow hard accusations drummed into your head by opinion generators who haven't been able to give you jack s##t for proof.
Again, have a cookie.
Definition of "Nuts" — repeating the same blow hard accusations over and over and over and over and over without a single piece of evidence provided to you by the opinion generators who indoctrinated you into believing the blow hard accusations to begin with. AKA…ACORN Derangement Syndrome.
Cookie with your kool-aid sir?
D'uh, the court cases are numerous in regards to voter fraud(tip of the iceberg) and are winding their way through the courts now. How about getting your head out of the sand, nut?
Syntax is very special (specious?), probably a mix of all 4 (a real hybrid,eh?), all in all, just a nut. Look at her avatar.
Numerous court cases? First of all, ACORN has never been accused of voter fraud in a court of law…EVER! Now there are voter registration fraud cases and how many are still pending? How many of these numerous cases have NOT exonerated ACORN as being 100% in compliance with state election board laws? I'm sure you took the time to inform yourself with the state election board laws did you not? Of course you did because that's what intelligent people do before making accusations right? So how many of these "numerous" cases have not exonerated ACORN and are still in court? ONE…Nevada. All the rest of the cases have been tossed because somebody took the time to familiarize themselves with state election board laws and proved ACORN did nothing wrong.
Definition of "swift boating" — Defame, ridicule, repeat! And find an audience dumb enough to buy it. Cookie?
Sorry, WRONG. Here in Ohio, for instance, a DEMOCRAT judge attempted to throw out a voter fraud case against the ACORN nuts but was overturned by an appeals court, d'oh!
Yeah…I read that same headline from 14 months ago. Any changes since?
Let's see, 12 months in a year, election was in Nov., 2008, now it's Dec., 2009…..D'oh, crap, stupid math, stupid liberal!!
so you have the bad guys investigating the bad guys.of course they will find nothing.words and no facts.the people who believe the findings are the problem.2010 we have to stop these marxist.
The headline was from October as a pathetic attempt by Republicans to execute an "October Surprise" and October was 14 months ago. So if I'm stupid, that makes you……
I'm not sure what it makes you, at least delusional and ill-informed. The article I referenced was from June, 2009. That's correct, and it was the 1st lawsuit that was attempted to be thrown out of court, also by a DEMOCRAT judge(who, btw, attempted to run for the Ohio Supreme Court and was SOUNDLY defeated) . Look it up for yourself, and , no. it won't be on huffHo or kos, try at least a msm source or perhaps a periodical that dosen't emgage in 'yellow journalism'. Not even a nice try, troll. You can reply if you wish, I'm moving on.
No the headline will be found on a Right-wing media outlet regurgitating an old headline and misrepresenting it to be recent so the dim-witted will believe it even though there is not a single fact to verify this piece of crap headline.:
http://biggovernment.com/2009/10/08/breaking-cros...
By gosh,,,you're absolutely right! You won't find this deceit on Huffpo, dailykos or any "yellow journalism"! They don't deal with stupid!
So if that makes you stupid it makes me a genius of immense proportions
With all of these groups backing each other up, why don't they just owe up to the fact that they are communist and call themselves "The peoples socialist party". Does that sound a little like shall we say, Russia. I think I remember reading that in my history books. As a matter of fact it was the Unions up rising that gave birth to: you guessed it "socialist Russia". Wake up America.
Let me try for the feeble minded amongst us, the article refered to was from May or June of 2009, it isn't over yet .The judge in question recused himself because of his affiliations with the local lib,commie/facist,socialist, progressive apparatchik deemed scenario because of in overwhelming face of evidence to the contrary the appeals court not only through out his decision to drop the case against nutcorn but he was about about to get censured for egregious decisions in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, I live in Cinncinati and have been following this case verrrry closely. I'm sure it's happening elsewhere, msm won't report, kool-aid anyone, especially synutax game?
Are you still ranting about ACORN? Nobody cares. Haven't you figured that out yet? Nobody cares.
You must care, you're still here, nut, more kool-aid? You can no longer refute, only cast about ststements that not 1 fact in them. Good luck to you
True, huffHoe and kos deal in outright lies
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