Reply #14: What the Dems in Congress did was a disgusting display of political expediency

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They threw ACORN under the bus because it was too messy to sort out, too big to tackle, too difficult to refute in the midst of other, seemingly more important goals. Unfortunately, what they failed to realize is that the ACORN issue runs much deeper than any impropriety that appeared in a few slyly edited video clips ~ in reality, it should be at the heart of their mission. Their failure to realize this will be marked in history as a massive success on the right to defund the left, with ramifications for years to come.

Fortunately, I have read that several ACORN offices have branched out, changing their names and distancing themselves from ACORN as a whole ~ a necessary, and I hope successful, attempt to rebrand themselves. The right wing nut websites are tracking their very move, however, determined to continue to take them down.

I, too, hope that progressives can rebuild grass roots organizations that are focused on empowering the poor and disenfranchised, lending power to the progressive left. God knows, with the direction things are heading, and the build up on the right, with their astroturfing tea 'baggers and zealous religious right fanatics, the left will need to find ways to counter their efforts! The sooner the better, too.