You won’t read why ACORN made a lot of enemies. They’ve been fighting low-paying companies, helping workers unionize, warning of predatory lending, and brought the scandal and thievery of “payday loan” companies to light after many years of preying on the very people who had no choice but to pay exhorbitant rates for a payday loan.
Rachel is joined for a surprising and revealing interview with Occidental College Politics Professor Peter Dreier, author of a study on how and why the myths about ACORN were manufactured, and why the mainstream media has brought us nothing but unfair myths with no fact-checking. If they had done even a minimum of checking, they’d have known that non-partisan ACORN is not guilty of voter fraud, but had turned the few false names in as required by law. Karl Rove became interested
because most who registered in poorer areas were Democrats. They were only encouraged to register, not prodded in one political direction or the other. Enter super lobbyist Richard Berman. On “60 Minutes” he admitted to making good money thanks to Karl Rove and the right wing, giving a glimpse of their methods. More scandal ensues, you’ll be surprised and amazed at who is involved, as well as the
underhanded methods one can employ with enough money, even if the former president did name you Turdblossom.