Obama and ACORN - Why We May Never Know The Truth

Independent prosecutor for ACORN -- chicagotribune.com

This is a great article by Charles Lipson for the Chicago Tribune in an opinion piece about ACORN and the Obama Administration.  Lipson states:

Independent prosecutors should not be appointed lightly. But in this case, there are good reasons why Atty. Gen. Eric Holder and other political appointees in the Justice Department should step aside.

ACORN's close ties to the progressive movement and Democratic Party mean that there will be little public confidence if Holder decides not to pursue an ambitious investigation and ultimately prosecute.

Ironically, ACORN's chief executive officer, Bertha Lewis, strengthens the case for an independent prosecutor with her robust defense of the organization. FOX News, she says, is pursuing her group  solely for political reasons. They oppose ACORN, she says, because it is associated with progressive
politics, labor organizing and the Obama administration's health-care initiative. Unfortunately for ACORN, Lewis' charges also mean that if the Obama administration decides not to prosecute or to indict only low-level employees, the public will wonder if they are seeing a political defense by ACORN's friends, a coverup rather than a fair-minded, independent decision by the Justice Department.

Holder has compounded these concerns with two recent decisions. In New Mexico, federal attorneys apparently recommended high-level prosecutions in the pay-for-play scandal swirling around Gov. Bill Richardson. Holder's office overrode them and dropped the case. Holder also decided to drop the voter intimidation case against the New Black Panther Party in Philadelphia, where thugs were caught on tape brandishing clubs outside a voting precinct. In both cases, Holder has refused to explain his actions.

After these decisions and Holder's silence about them, there is simply no reason to hand him another high-profile case with political ramifications. What we have seen on tape cries out for a serious,
independent investigation to determine if ACORN and its affiliates are a criminal enterprise, whether they have spent federal grants lawfully, whether they helped taxpayers file fraudulent returns, and whether they violated laws prohibiting tax-exempt organizations from engaging in partisan politics.

And it s all true.  Attn Gen. Eric Holder HAS IN FACT not explained any of his actions regarding the Bill Richardson case and the voter intimidation case in Philadelphia.  The decisions on NOT going forward with these cases DESERVES to be explained why they were not as there is video evidence of the New Black Panther Party doing exactly what was charged in the lawsuit. 

We need a completely independent investigation that will root out corruption no matter how high it goes, including the President, just like they did with President Nixon.