As the pressure mounts for a government investigation of this group, including an examination of its books and its ties to Barack Obama, the leadership continues to deny any wrongdoing. This follows a pattern that goes back many months now and culminated recently with claims by CEO Bertha Lewis that the videotaped sting operations were “an unfair representation of ACORN practices.” She and others continue to insist that every organization has some bad apples.
That may well be true. But “bad apples” are usually people who fudge their hours or, in extreme cases, dip into the company till. What would have been the motivation for ACORN employees to aid individuals in setting up an alleged prostitution ring, especially one involving minors? These workers, moreover, seemed eager to help and to impart their wisdom on ways of circumventing the law. This does not fit standard “bad apple” behavior. Rather it sounds like people doing the job they were hired to do.

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