‘Independent’ ACORN Apologist Applauds ‘Independent’ Investigation Conclusion

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:

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Tags: ACORN, ACORN Investigation, acorn scandal, Alliance for Justice, Andy Stern
Posted Dec 11th 2009 at 12:07 pm in ACORN, Big Labor, Media Criticism, News, Politics | 4474253 Commentshttp://biggovernment.com/kolson/2009/12/11/independent-acorn-apologist-applauds-independent-investigation-conclusion/%27Independent%27+ACORN+Apologist+Applauds+%27Independent%27+Investigation+Conclusion2009-12-11+20%3A07%3A44Kyle+Olson

Why You Should Care About CAIR….

Over the next month, we will be exposing new evidence about the activities of the Council on American Islamic Relations, known as CAIR.  The evidence – and ensuing requests for formal investigations of CAIR – will be submitted to members of Congress, to the Departments of Justice and Treasury, as well as to the public here at Big Government.  To set the scene, here’s a brief “CAIR for Dummies” backgrounder  from author Paul Sperry, whose just-published best-seller Muslim Mafia: Inside the Secret Underworld that’s Conspiring to Islamize America unmasks CAIR and its foreign backers:

The Council on American-Islamic Relations bills itself as a “civil-rights advocacy group,” much like the NAACP, but for Muslims

However, the FBI says that far from being a benign nonprofit, CAIR is a front group for Hamas terrorists and the radical Muslim Brotherhood in America. And the bureau recently cut off formal ties to CAIR’s national office in Washington and all 30 of its branch offices across the country.

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Tags: Council on American Islamic Relations, Dubai, FBI, Hamas, Holy Land Foundation
Posted Oct 28th 2009 at 12:00 pm in Congress, Defense, Justice/Legal | 2107065 Commentshttp://biggovernment.com/fgaffney/2009/10/28/why-you-should-care-about-cair/Why+You+Should+Care+About+CAIR....2009-10-28+19%3A00%3A13Frank+Gaffney