I totally agree and I think Monday will see a huge swing at the FBI. They have always read the political tea leaves, although not always well. The weekend push-back from diverse sources as well, as the rapidly changing election picture in favor of Obama, will probaly have a spokesperson of the Bureau out by 1 PM tomorrow to say that there is no investigation of, or involving, ACORN other than perhaps into whether there was an interstate criminal conspiracy to defraud ACORN. That is a Federal criminal offense over which the FBI has jurisdiction and would not be subject to any limitations relating to the election since it is a straight-forward, planin wrapper fraud investigation.

As long as that loyal Bushie, Michael Mukasey, is attorney general, there will be politically based investigations and prosecutions in the Justice Department. Mukasey is just an older, meaner, uglier (in the spiritual sense) Alberto Gonzales. And he doesn't give a damn what anybody thinks. He's got three months to lay as much waste as possible to the Constitution and he is going to do as much harm as he possibly can.

So how is it that back during the Republican Convention "community organizers" were considered to be so incompetent they couldn't tie their own shoes and now they are on the verge of tearing about the fabric of our democracy?

This whole trumped up charge against Acorn is outrageous. It's one thing to go negative and try to slime your opponent, but it's beyond cynical to use the government's stretched crime fighting resources to try to support your rotten story line.

I would bet that very few FBI personnel are being diverted to investigate ACORN. In fact, I wouldn't be terribly surprised if the only two were the ones that leaked the existence of an investigation. After Obama becomes Pres., Republicans will scream bloody murder, wondering when if ever we will get the results, or whether Obama just shut it down for political purposes.

"...criminal wrongdoing tied to the country's economic crisis..."?

"...white-collar crime..."?

"...financial crimes..."?

There are no such things. Indeed, these are existential impossibilities. What on earth is the NYT article talking about? What's good for Goldman Sachs is good for America, bitch!

Now, go back to discussing what a fine, awesomely upstanding man is Colin Powell.

I think Danp is probably right. But what first came to mind was how individual investigators at the FBI must feel about being used as political pawns. Books will be written ...

Meanwhile, after November 4th, let's look for a way to contribute to or otherwise support ACORN.

Do read the whole article; the situation is truly ugly. There are little gems like this one:

"But Justice Department data, which include cases from other agencies, like the Secret Service and Postal Service, illustrate the impact. Prosecutions of frauds against financial institutions dropped 48 percent from 2000 to 2007, insurance fraud cases plummeted 75 percent, and securities fraud cases dropped 17 percent."

The financial cuts began almost as soon as Bush took office. The pressure to pursue *anything other than* white collar crime started 7 yrs ago and intensified during the last couple of years -- at the same time as FBI was warning that the possibility of crime in the finance arena was mushrooming.

I don't know what the intent of the article had been -- perhaps nothing more ominous than simple reporting. But, to me, the whole story sounded like a concerted and concentrated effort, on the part of the White House cabal, to make *criminals* safe, under the pretext of keeping us safe from terrorism.

Moyers did a good job Friday on his: "Journal Show" re: this scandal. What a ridiculous smokescreen for the real problem of voter disenfranchisement, caging and so forth.

Yeah, there may be some folks who registered as Mickey Mouse, but how many of these will get to vote?

I only take solace that there will be some push back--this 'Video the Vote' movement sounds very worthwhile, for example..

I hope you'll blog more about this, Steve.

Nobody in our 'MSM' is talking about THIS scandal:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/oct/17/executivesalaries-banking

Those same banks that we just bailed out with taxpayers $$$ are giving themselves HUGE bonuses - to the likes of $70 BILLION!!!

Since 9/11, Al Qaeda has a pattern of attacking around elections or government transitions (see Great Britain, Spain, Pakistan). We changed our laws so that the FBI could work hand in glove with our intelligence agencies to prevent terrorist attacks. I guess all that stuff must be completely under control if they have time to chase ACORN kids and protect us from the terror of door-to-door political organizers. I will sleep better tonight.

So how is it that back during the Republican Convention "community organizers" were considered to be so incompetent they couldn't tie their own shoes and now they are on the verge of tearing about the fabric of our democracy?
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So True Tomeck. Also, there are virtually no cases of illegal voting of any kind by anyone in the USA based on fraudulent registration. But if Johnny-boy Simplemind McBush would like to test out that assertion, I'd happily buy him a Mickey Mouse or Hugh Jass costume so he can try. If the suit fits, wear it.