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From: LindyBill9/12/2009 12:02:34 AM
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ACORN is still in line to get millions from the stimulus.

Census Cutting Ties With ACORN Due to Videotaped Prostitution-Enabling
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By Mary Katharine Ham

The decision comes on the heels of Andrew Breitbart's release of two undercover video investigations, which found ACORN employees in Baltimore and Washington, D.C. more than happy to aid and abet underaged prostitution with advice on tax status, getting grants, and avoiding notice by law enforcement.

You have to watch it to believe it. But never-you-mind: the organization to which copious amounts of taxpayer money goes, is just a benevolent community-organizing machine, as Democrats assured us during the campaign.

Employees in both Baltimore and Washington have since been fired over the taped incidents, and ACORN assures us that this is absolutely not how they do business. But you watch the blase reaction of ACORN employees to these actors' outrageous requests, and decide if this kind of thing doesn't come just a tad too naturally to them.

Choice quote: "She's not going to put on (the loan application) that she's doing prostitution ... she doesn't have to," a now-fired ACORN staffer says. "You don't have to sit back and tell people what you do."

The Census letter's pull quote:

"Unfortunately, we no longer have confidence that our national partnership agreement is being effectively managed through your offices."
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