Thread: Even SEIU Says ACORN is Toxic

Naturally, ACORN tried to help the SEIU out last April by quietly scrubbing from its website

Even SEIU Says ACORN is Toxic

By Warner Todd Huston
Sunday, October 18, 2009

In an amusing case of the pot calling the kettle, Anna Burger, the Secretary-Treasurer of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), told Representative Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) that the SEIU had dumped ACORN during a Sept. 30 hearing conducted by the House Financial Services Committee. Apparently Mrs. Burger felt that ACORN was too toxic for the SEIU to associate with.

Certainly it is quite amazing that the SEIU has taken the step to dump ACORN as a vendor. Groups such as SEIU rarely reassess associations preferring to stubbornly stick to their guns in most cases.

During the hearing, Rep. McHenry mentioned to Mrs. Burger that the U.S. Census Bureau, the IRS, and even Bank of America had cut ties with ACORN because of the community organizer’s declining credibility and apparent criminal activities. Burger replied, “SEIU has also cut all ties to ACORN.â€

Were I an American citizen SEIU member, I would be having a raging fit over $1.4 million being given to a questionable sub-contractor like ACORN, but of course politics and schmoozing has absolutely nothing to do with this--nor does politics.