g.o.p. mission accomplished: ACORN disbanding amid money woes

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CHICAGO - The once mighty community activist group ACORN announced Monday it is folding amid falling revenues -- six months after video footage emerged showing some of its workers giving tax tips to conservative activists posing as a pimp and prostitute.

"It's really declining revenue in the face of a series of attacks from partisan operatives and right-wing activist that have taken away our ability to raise the resources we need," ACORN spokesman Kevin Whelan said.

Several of its largest affiliates, including ACORN New York and ACORN California, broke away this year and changed their names in a bid to ditch the tarnished image of their parent organization and restore revenue that ran dry in the wake of the video scandal. They will continue to operate under their new names and aren't affected by ACORN's decision to shut down.

ACORN's financial situation and reputation went into free fall within days of the videos' release in September. Congress reacted by yanking ACORN's federal funding, private donors held back cash and scores of ACORN offices closed.

Earlier this month, a U.S. judge reiterated an earlier ruling that the federal law blacklisting ACORN and groups allied with it was unconstitutional because it singled them out. But that didn't mean any money would be automatically be restored.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35991176/ns/politics-more_politics/

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1. umm democrats voted against acorn as well nt

[spanone]

2. that's true, but o'keefe and company were a product of the gopers

[skorpo]

3. This is heartbreaking.

I remember the wonderful support they gave to families in the neighborhood I taught in. They will be missed.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

5. a better, new and improved version will appear.

there is a need, and there will be an answer.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

4. Good.

They had many administrative issues, probably too many, that they themselves admitted.
Close it down, start from scratch. Take the best of the old, and recreate the new. AND, do it in a "In Your Effing Face" way to the GOP. Keep the same excellent goals and get to work, this time with better controls and backchecks, to prevent any idiots with a video and editing program from concocting another lie against you.

[skorpo]

6. Good Suggestions.