ANOTHER "HUMAN RIGHTS" ORGANIZATION UNMASKED AND PUNISHED – AT 6:46 P.M. ET:  ACORN, an organization that used to count Barack Obama among its supporters, is no more, but the melody lingers on.  From Fox:

The scandal-plagued ACORN may no longer exist, but its tarnished legacy lives on in court, as the activist group and its former employees face criminal punishment.

So far this year, at least 18 former workers have admitted guilt or been convicted on varying charges of election fraud. The punishment has ranged from probation to several months of prison time.

ACORN, once a powerful advocate for low-income and minority voters, shuttered its operations amid plummeting revenues in March, six months after conservative activists posing as a pimp and prostitute caught on video some of the group's employees offering them tax advice.

But the group is still facing charges in Nevada on conspiracy to commit the crime of compensation for registration of voters.The trial, originally scheduled to begin Monday, has been postponed likely until next year.

COMMENT:  If it weren't for Fox News, I don't think we'd know much about these cases.  But we can only wonder how many close elections have been affected by ACORN'S corrupt activities. 

I fear that another group like it will take its place.  They really don't help minority voters, of course.  They only help the politicians who get elected to "serve" minority communities.  Left-wing groups tend to be top-down operations.  While blabbering about "the people," they actually are more committed to leaders.  And, eventually, these groups become businesses, then rackets, as the philosopher-longshoreman Eric Hoffer once pointed out.

November 26, 2010