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The SEIU’s Sweet Vote-Buying Racket

Jimmie | December 22, 2008 | Comments (0)

As it happens, union money can buy a whole lot of political influence. This isn’t exactly a closely-guarded secret. What I don’t think is well-enough known is that one of the biggest influence-peddling unions is the one that covers state and municipal employees as well as home-care workers who aren’t government employees but who are [...]

Why ACORN’s Voter Registration Fraud is an Important Story

Jimmie | October 10, 2008 | Comments (12)

Ben Smith has a post at The Politico tonight dismissing the ACORN’s fraudulent voter registrations as “a marginal story that the GOP is trying to make central” and “a petty crime”. Smith, in fact, entirely misses the point. Here’s how he explains what ACORN has been doing around the country. The latter is putting the [...]