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Obama: I’ve been fighting alongside ACORN my entire career

Barack Obama reiterated his blatant lie about his relationship with ACORN in last night’s debate. It is disturbing how casually he lied about something that is contradicted by his own statements posted on his own campaign Website:

When Obama met with ACORN leaders in November, he reminded them of his history with ACORN and his beginnings in Illinois as a Project Vote organizer, a nonprofit focused on voter rights and education. Senator Obama said, “I come out of a grassroots organizing background. That’s what I did for three and half years before I went to law school. That’s the reason I moved to Chicago was to organize. So this is something that I know personally, the work you do, the importance of it. I’ve been fighting alongside ACORN on issues you care about my entire career. Even before I was an elected official, when I ran Project Vote voter registration drive in Illinois, ACORN was smack dab in the middle of it, and we appreciate your work.”

If the man is lying about the work he’s done, doesn’t it stand to reason that he’s also lying about the work he plans to do as President? Going off his record, an Obama Presidency would not lead us into the future, but into the same failed policies of the 60’s and 70’s. A lot of voters appear to be investing in hope. But if Obama is elected, the smart play would be to sell hope short.