With No Fanfare, Senate Hits ACORN, Again


	With No Fanfare, Senate Hits ACORN, Again

merrie

9-30-2009 4:21 AM

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sen. mike johanns r-ne, acorn, amendment on every spending bill this year, bars defense spending funds, nytimes ignores scandal

merrie says:

Amazing: NY Times Still Almost Totally Ignores ACORN Scandals
One may have thought it impossible for the nation's largest and most influential newspaper to virtually ignore the scandals involving the left-wing housing activist group The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, more notoriously known as ACORN.

One would be wrong.

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/clay-waters/2009/09/15/amazing-ny-times-still-almost-totally-ignores-acorn-scandals

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