Washington College The Elm Student Newspaper:
"The Republicans have unfortunately obtained a small but effective victory. They and a majority of Democrats were able to cut off federal funding to the community activist group, Association of Community Organizations of Reform Now (ACORN). Republicans have done this in response to some videos, initially circulated on Fox News, and I have to stress that the word news must be used very loosely when talking about that organization, that showed two conservative activists attempting to get ACORN workers to commit illegal crimes. One of them in particular showed the activists pretending to be a pimp and the other one pretending to be an underage prostitute who was trying to arrange a deal with their Baltimore office. There were others just as controversial but that still did not justify cutting their federal funding. This is essentially a good organization that did not deserve the treatment that it has received."
"The Republicans have unfortunately obtained a small but effective victory. They and a majority of Democrats were able to cut off federal funding to the community activist group, Association of Community Organizations of Reform Now (ACORN). Republicans have done this in response to some videos, initially circulated on Fox News, and I have to stress that the word news must be used very loosely when talking about that organization, that showed two conservative activists attempting to get ACORN workers to commit illegal crimes. One of them in particular showed the activists pretending to be a pimp and the other one pretending to be an underage prostitute who was trying to arrange a deal with their Baltimore office. There were others just as controversial but that still did not justify cutting their federal funding. This is essentially a good organization that did not deserve the treatment that it has received."
