Which is exactly what the Reverend has done regarding the Tea Parties, raising the specters of rampant right-wing violence and racism, and by referring to the murder of poor Bill Sparkman as the beginning of some right-wing war without knowing the facts.

Self-awareness isn't your strong suit.

jimmy was pointing out what hapens when knee-jerk….jerks, rush hellbent into a frenzied political witchhunt. Democrats, the spineless fools that they often are, didn't want any guilt-by-association to rub off on them with the ACORN faux-controversy, and Republicans…well….they hate ACORN, always have, because ….well….they're a black outfit and they signed up 1 million new, mostly Democratic voters, for the last general election.

Spineless or haters, doesn't matter, in their rush to act, Congress may have inadvertantly bit off their own representative noses in the process.

If ACORN is singled out, then it's a "bill of attainder", which is unconstitutional. That's why the Congressional action must include other groups receiving federal monies who have had problems with transparency and fraud. That includes a whole bunch of defense contractors as well as other federal partners.

Far from taking pleasure, jimmy was simply saying that what's good for the ACORN goose…is also good for other fraud-sponsoring ganders. By doing something stupid and irresponsible….ending funding for ACORN based on only accusations…..the Congress may have done a responsible thing by accident,…weeded out the much larger crooks who routinely defraud tax payers.

To Chris….we already had the discussion over what kind of reform America needs….we elected Obama, by a wide margin. If conservatives want something different than what Obama proposed while campaigning, and is pushing now, then they'll have to elect one of their people president.

There is no law, just a couple of bills. This is Saturday morning cartoon stuff. This is one of the reasons so many people voted for it. An old slimy politician trick is to vote for something in this stage and then not vote for it later when it matters. Then you can pretend to be on both sides of the issue. Think John Kerry – "I actually voted for it before I voted against it."

Secondly, provide for the common defense is constitutionally mandated. Even if something was passed that adversely affected this, it would not survive supreme court review.

Lastly, what kind of anti-American, mental midget, could take some perverse pleasure in hoping that were true?

Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/22/whoops-anti-acorn-bill-ro_n_294949.html

I have to agree. Let's have both sides of this issue investigated and prosecuted if needed. I think the main problem with the "debate" between right and left is that nobody is listening. If you listen to both sides of the Health Care debate both sides admit that there needs to be health care reform. Why don't we have a debate about what type of reform? Because if any type of reform is passed one side will lose some political power.

There is no need to engage in comparative blame-shifting. The solution is simple.

The undercover investigators may have violated Maryland law. ACORN may also have violated the law. Why not investigate, and if warranted prosecute, them both? Is this not something that both Left and Right can agree on?

You've always been a left-wing nut, but lately you've gone completely around the bend. Must be because you know how wrong you really are. Now you're defending corruption, as long as it's left-wing corruption. Man. I feel sorry for you.