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I was actually told today that ACORN was financing all the Occupy protest (Original Post) liberal N proud Jan 2012 OP
I would have just started guffawing. hobbit709 Jan 2012 #1
The phantom lives on, LOL southernyankeebelle Jan 2012 #2
and I thought it was George Soros all along, silly me... sasha031 Jan 2012 #3
It's like a contest to see who can say the stupidest remarks! KansDem Jan 2012 #4
It's The Who Can Outstupid The Other One Show. hobbit709 Jan 2012 #5
That lie goes back to this stupid Fox News story from October starroute Jan 2012 #6
Those who are brainwashed by FOX usually display their stupidity easily. liberal N proud Jan 2012 #7
bwahahahaha JustAnotherGen Jan 2012 #8

KansDem

(28,498 posts)
4. It's like a contest to see who can say the stupidest remarks!
Tue Jan 3, 2012, 12:36 PM
Jan 2012

For several years now--several decades, the right-wing has had a contest to see who can say the stupidest remarks. Each year they get more and more ridiculous and bizarre!

It's like some kind of contest!

starroute

(12,977 posts)
6. That lie goes back to this stupid Fox News story from October
Tue Jan 3, 2012, 01:27 PM
Jan 2012

But it's worth reading the story so that you can dissect it intelligently instead of just laughing at it. (For example, how many "big orange banners that say NYCC" have you seen at OWS protests lately?)

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/10/26/exclusive-acorn-playing-behind-scenes-role-in-occupy-movement/

The former director of New York ACORN, Jon Kest, and his top aides are now busy working at protest events for New York Communities for Change (NYCC). That organization was created in late 2009 when some ACORN offices disbanded and reorganized under new names after undercover video exposes prompted Congress to cut off federal funds. . . .

Sources said cash donations collected by NYCC on behalf of some unions and various causes are being pooled and spent on Occupy Wall Street. The money is used to buy supplies, pay staff and cover travel expenses for the ex-ACORN members brought to New York for the protests. . . .

Another source, who said she was hired from a homeless shelter, said she was first sent to the protests before being deployed to Central Islip, Long Island, to canvass for a campaign against home foreclosures.

“I went to the protests every day for two weeks and made $10 an hour. They made me carry NYCC signs and big orange banners that say NYCC in white letters. About 50 others were hired around my time to go to the protests. We went to protests in and around Zuccotti Park, then to the big Times Square protest,” she said.

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