Judge Obama's Alliances vs. Distancing

By: Thomas Sowell

Although Sen. Barack Obama has been allied with a succession of far left individuals over the years, that is only half the story. There are, after all, some honest and decent people on the left. But these have not been the ones Obama has been allied with — “allied,” not merely "associated" with.

The controversial Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) is not just an organization on the left. In addition to the voter frauds that ACORN has been involved in over the years, it is an organization with a history of thuggery, including going to bankers' homes to harass them and their families, to force banks to lend to people with low credit ratings.

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