So why are organizations like Acorn and MoveOn.org so worried?

Who’s Conspiring Against Whom?

By Bob Beers
Thursday, August 13, 2009

This communiqué recently came out of Acorn’s offices:

“Now, they’re using the same cowardly strategy and scare tactics to stop health care reform.

Worst of all, it’s starting to work—and it’s turning ugly fast. Congressional townhall meetings have erupted into shouting matches thanks to right-wing disrupters. Some have even turned violent. At least one opponent of health care reform posted a message on the popular website Twitter urging the public to use firearms if they encounter ACORN members at a community health care discussion. He wrote, “If ACORN/SEIU attends these meetings for disruptive purposes, and you have a license to carry....carry.â€