Obama favors investigation into ACORN's activities

[The Straight Story]

Obama favors investigation into ACORN's activities

(AP) – 4 hours ago

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says there should be an investigation into the hidden-camera video involving employees at the activist group ACORN and a couple posing as a prostitute and her pimp. The two ACORN workers are seen apparently advising the couple to lie about her profession and launder her earnings to get housing aid.

The video is only the latest problem for the group, which had nearly $1 million embezzled by its founder's brother and has been accused of voter registration fraud. The House and Senate voted last week to deny federal funds to ACORN.

Obama told ABC's "This Week" in an interview broadcast Sunday that what he saw on the video "was certainly inappropriate and deserves to be investigated." But the president did not say who should investigate. And he said it is not a major national issue he pays much attention to.

"Frankly, it's not really something I've followed closely," Obama said. "I didn't even know that ACORN was getting a whole lot of federal money."

Asked about the president calling for an investigation, ACORN chief executive Bertha Lewis said Sunday, "Well, that's his opinion."

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Interesting how it is twisted "deserves to be investigated" can be anything from local branch office of ACORN investigating it to feds.

Who DOESN'T favor an investigation? And obviously there has been one and people fired.

Now if we could just investigate the bush admin we would be in good shape.

[emulatorloo]

1. Indeed. And Acorn also favors an investigation into Acorn's activities n/t

[Kingofalldems]

2. Repubs want a special prosecutor to hound Obama

for his entire term.