EXCLUSIVE: ACORN Playing Behind Scenes Role in 'Occupy' Movement

[American]

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By Jana Winter

Published October 26, 2011| FoxNews
The former New York office for ACORN, the disbanded community activist group, is playing a key role in the self-proclaimed “leaderless” Occupy Wall Street movement, organizing “guerrilla” protest events and hiring door-to-door canvassers to collect money under the banner of various causes while spending it on protest-related activities, sources tell FoxNews.com.

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.

NYCC’s connection to ACORN isn’t a tenuous one: It works from the former ACORN offices in Brooklyn, uses old ACORN office stationery, employs much of the old ACORN staff and, according to several sources, engages in some of the old organization’s controversial techniques to raise money, interest and awareness for the protests.

I'd like to see some more sources on this, but this is right up their alley isn't it?

 

[What if...?]

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I'd like to see some more sources on this, but this is right up their alley isn't it?

Josie posted a screenshot of their ad on craigslist.

Exactly the same as many other "activist jobs" you can find on craigslist.

Id be interested to know how someone "knows" where a non-profit group spends its money in realtime. Normally, their activities are itemized at year end incompliance with their charter.

Could be true, but at this point it looks like spin.

The "hold Wall St accountable" line has been spun up to "Acorn is secretly funding OWS". Don't see how anybody COULD know if this is true at this point in time.

 

[coolwalker]

Somehow I knew when this mess started ACORN would be involved. Just because there are no leaders (right), it screams community organizing and is probably the reason Obama likes what is happening.

 

[Deuce]

I'm not sure I see what the problem is. People work to raise funds for a cause they support.

The videos that lead to their funding cut, incidentally, were cleverly edited to fit an agenda and show something that didn't actually happen. It shocks me that people still aren't aware of that.

 

[American]

I'm not sure I see what the problem is. People work to raise funds for a cause they support.

The videos that lead to their funding cut, incidentally, were cleverly edited to fit an agenda and show something that didn't actually happen. It shocks me that people still aren't aware of that.

So nothing on the current event.

 

[Deuce]

So nothing on the current event.

My opinion on the current event is that the right-wingers are trying to stir up the ACORN bogeyman again because they're doing anything they can to discredit OWS.

 

[Slartibartfast]

Soros -- check
Acorn -- check
unions -- check

Lets see what other boogiemen we can trot out.

Personally, I am waiting for the link to muslim jihadists.

 

[Deuce]

Soros -- check
Acorn -- check
unions -- check

Lets see what other boogiemen we can trot out.

Personally, I am waiting for the link to muslim jihadists.

The Gay Agenda.

 

[Jryan]

Does anyone else notice the site that article is on, the debunked Fox News.

 

[Slartibartfast]

The Gay Agenda.

Perhaps crackwhore welfare moms.

 

[American]

Does anyone else notice the site that article is on, the debunked Fox News.

It never was a secret, bud.

 

[Jryan]

It never was a secret, bud.

It is important to note though...

 

[Thorgasm]

So ACORN is still raping puppies? This is huge!

 

[Slartibartfast]

So ACORN is still raping puppies? This is huge!

It depends on the size of the puppy.

 

[Zona]

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I'd like to see some more sources on this, but this is right up their alley isn't it?

I knew this was coming. I expect Rev Wright sightings next.

Dammit, this will run for a month on Hannity. Wait for it...wait for it...

 

[Zona]

My opinion on the current event is that the right-wingers are trying to stir up the ACORN bogeyman again because they're doing anything they can to discredit OWS.

Next up on Fox News...Van Jones and OWS!!!!

 

[American]

So ACORN is still raping puppies? This is huge!

That too ?

 

[Zyphlin]

Soros -- check
Acorn -- check
unions -- check

Lets see what other boogiemen we can trot out.

Personally, I am waiting for the link to muslim jihadists.

Funny I don't remember you being so quick to do check lists when it was

Beck - - Check
Fox News -- Check
Kock Brothers - - Check

Are the right wing boogymen the only ones worthy of calling out?

Shocker here...groups who have resources support a movement that is in line with that groups desires.
The only thing that's more shocking about this is that suddenly the people who made a giant deal and lambasted people or groups supporting the tea party suddenly shrugging at this...and the people who shrugged at groups supporting the tea party getting all upset about this.

Wait, that's not shocking, that's typical.

 

[pbrauer]

Funny I don't remember you being so quick to do check lists when it was

Beck - - Check
Fox News -- Check
Kock Brothers - - Check

:lamo:lamoYou've hit the nail squarely on the head Zyphlin, that's a great name.

 

[Josie]

Josie posted a screenshot of their ad on craigslist.

Exactly the same as many other "activist jobs" you can find.

No, that was Working Families. Now we have two major organizations paying people to protest.

 

[Josie]

Soros -- check
Acorn -- check
unions -- check

Lets see what other boogiemen we can trot out.

Personally, I am waiting for the link to muslim jihadists.

Actually they had a rally in Iran supporting the Occupy movement, so there ya go.

You can laugh things off all you want, but to deny reality is just ignorant.

 

[pbrauer]

Actually they had a rally in Iran supporting the Occupy movement, so there ya go.

You can laugh things off all you want, but to deny reality is just ignorant.

I suppose you can imply anything you want, Mellie, but what's the reality?

 

[TheDemSocialist]

So a disband group ACORN is playing behind the scenes of OWS?

So some people who once were in the disband group ACORN are helping out OWS.... This is bad? :roll:

 

[Deuce]

Actually they had a rally in Iran supporting the Occupy movement, so there ya go.

You can laugh things off all you want, but to deny reality is just ignorant.

A white supremacist group supported Ron Paul for a long time. So there ya go.

 

[Josie]

I suppose you can imply anything you want, Mellie, but what's the reality?

Did you ever finish that research you were doing?