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Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan
Obama was "involved" in some mysterious way prior to even being sworn in? We're in tinfoil hat territory here.
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No we're not. Obama was President-elect at the time, and was working closely with Bush regarding many things. I remember if clearly because it was impressive how smoothly it seemed to be going, and how people were saying Bush and his wife were making it as easy as possible for Obama's family to move into the Whitehouse.
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I don't pretend to know why ACORN should receive bailout money--nor do I know for a fact that they did other than your say-so. I do know that ACORN isn't what you think it is--it certainly is not what the right-wing hot-air-o-sphere claimed during the election--nor are Obama's ties to that organization anything like as damning as they claim.
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Where did I claim anything like that? It is accused of voter fraud apparently, but that really has nothing to do with it. Fact is they shouldn't be getting taxpayer money if they can't run their own company properly. Especially not $5.2 billion dollars worth.
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More importantly, if they receive bailout money, it's only because state and local governments choose to send it to them. Note the following language from the relevant bill:
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And if states refuse bailout money, the Obama administration vilifies them. Like they did with Mark Sanford, who was actually trying to restructure a plan to reduce his state's debt with the bailout money.
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Also--note the date: September 27, 2008. It's bad enough that you want to blame him for things that happened prior to his being sworn in--but for this ACORN issue... Obama wasn't even elected yet! Can we seriously claim that he was "involved" before he even won the election?!
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Obama, like everyone else in the executive and legislative branches was involved. He shares the blame too.
Just like McCain and Bush share the blame. Except neither of them are President.
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The then presidential candidates from both major parties, Senators Barack Obama (D) and John McCain (R) voted in favor of the Senate version of the bill on October 1, 2008. Senator Barack Obama pledged to telephone wavering House of Representatives members to urge them to support the legislation.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergen...on_Act_of_2008