ACORN has no high-powered lobbyists, and its 400,000 member families do not give major campaign contributions. If they did, the Defund Acorn bill would never have passed Congress. The question for Democrats who voted to go after this community organization on dubious allegations is: will you apply that standard to actual corporate felons with real-life rap sheets whose actions have actually harmed ordinary citizens? |
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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.