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AN L.A. TIMES EDITORIAL ON THE ACORN SCANDALS: Unfortunately for ACORN, this isn?t the first time?

By Glenn Reynolds

AN L.A. TIMES EDITORIAL ON THE ACORN SCANDALS:

Unfortunately for ACORN, this isn’t the first time the liberal advocacy group has been in the news. It became a liability for then-Sen. Barack Obama during the presidential campaign after almost a third of the 1.3 million new voters it registered were rejected, in some cases because they were fraudulent. During one of the debates, Sen. John McCain questioned Obama’s past relationship with the group, which Obama had represented as a lawyer in a 1995 lawsuit.

Given all the scrutiny, one would have expected ACORN to be doing everything in its power to make sure its activities were squeaky clean. Yet since the initial video was released last week showing ACORN workers in Baltimore who appeared to be aiding and abetting criminal activity, activist filmmaker James O’Keefe has released two more showing similar behavior at ACORN offices in Washington and Brooklyn. The response from ACORN? Fire the workers involved and blame Fox News.

Hey, it’s worked before . . . .

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on September 16, 2009 (boomark / email).