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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 07:10 PM
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ACORN Smear Collaborator Claims Persecution to Raise Money for Her Legal Troubles
AlterNet / By Liliana Segura

In a bizarre fundraising appeal, James O'Keefe's co-conspirator Hannah Giles claims ACORN is trying to 'destroy' her -- and invites you to donate $35 to $5,000 to her legal fund ... The letter contains a number of inaccuracies, large and small. She claims to be a humble college student who cannot afford to defend herself. She is not ... She claims that "Congress is on the verge of pulling ACORN's funding for in (sic) federal funding -- delivering a mortal blow to this corrupt and evil taxpayer funded organization." In fact, Congress's cynical Defund Acorn Act, which was passed last fall, was declared unconstitutional by a federal judge in December ... Giles wildly over-exaggerates Obama's ties with ACORN -- she refers to it as "Obama's ACORN" -- not to mention her role in "exposing" it ...

http://www.alternet.org/rights/145588/acorn_smear_collaborator_claims_persecution_to_raise_money_for_her_legal_troubles

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lxlxlxl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 07:29 PM
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1. acornacornacorn
poor girl has it soooo bad. i never even heard of acorn until the GOP decided to make a sideshow of it. fuck em...
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katandmoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-11-10 07:51 PM
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2. Eat squirrel poop, Hannah
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Xenotime Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-12-10 12:24 PM
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3. Sorry Hannah. You thought you sweet little ass wasn't going to get burned...
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JoeyTrib Donating Member (215 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-10 11:17 PM
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4. Maybe Hannity will pay for her legal expenses.
He should. He got lots of ratings out of her.
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