# 60, on acorns falling not far from Barack...

60. Today I saw Barack Obama using at a rally in Indianapolis the metaphor "An acorn doesn't fall far from the tree"... He staggered notoriously when pronouncing the second word... My lecture is that he is unconsciously feeling that the other ACORN (the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now), an entity he is deeply involved with and which is now being investigated for alleged voter fraud in several states, may cripple his quest for the White House...
ACORN was involved since long in registering uninformed voters, extorting financial institutions to give home loans to unqualified people, and lobbying for lower banking standards in Washington DC...
After reading a jocular article by Gail Collins I did send the following comment to nytimes.com, which was received at 11:50am DST but has not been published...
"Only if I were a lobotomized follower of Barack Obama, I would not expect that The New York Times -as one of the worldwide reliable sources of journalism- investigates if e.g. ACORN helped him using fraudulent means not only to successfully run for office in Chicago, but likewise to become a senator, and to secure victories against Hillary Clinton during the primaries"...