"Obama’s Third-Party History" (National Review) - expect to hear this [View all]

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Googling "Obama Third Party" brings up 3,587 articles from all the BIG LIE choir.
This is legend and lore in rightwing circles already I am sure - Rush lead with it at noon today.

I just wanted to give you all a heads up on this. The assertion by Kurtz about ACORN below is laughable.
THIS is something I have no understanding of - "from the updated records of Illinois ACORN at the Wisconsin Historical Society " Why would Illinois ACORN records be in the Wisconsin Historical Society?



http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/302031/obamas-third-party-history-stanley-kurtz?pg=1
June 7, 2012 4:00 A.M.
By Stanley Kurtz

Recently obtained evidence from the updated records of Illinois ACORN at the Wisconsin Historical Society now definitively establishes that Obama was a member of the New Party. He also signed a “contract” promising to publicly support and associate himself with the New Party while in office.

Why did Obama deny his ties to ACORN? The group was notorious in 2008 for thug tactics, fraudulent voter registrations, and its role in popularizing risky subprime lending. Admitting that he had helped to fund ACORN’s voter-registration efforts and train some of their organizers would doubtless have been an embarrassment but not likely a crippling blow to his campaign. So why not simply confess the tie and make light of it? The problem for Obama was ACORN’s political arm, the New Party.


Minutes of the meeting on January 11, 1996, of the New Party’s Chicago chapter read as follows:

Barack Obama, candidate for State Senate in the 13th Legislative District, gave a statement to the membership and answered questions. He signed the New Party “Candidate Contract” and requested an endorsement from the New Party. He also joined the New Party.