Comments on: Saul….time to step aside

By: Paul, the ex left winger

Paul, the ex left winger — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:22:59 +0000

So touching. I can hardly take it. My parents were Communist, like with a big C.I am a recovering left winger, I used to be one but I have seen the the light. The light is defined by what is best for the most Americans .. regardless of income, ethnicity, color, etc.

Left wing solutions don’t work, they just produce more dependency. We need solutions that help people help themselves, not receive perpetual welfare money.

By: Gary Bono

Gary Bono — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 04:54:54 +0000

This article was a fine tribute - but in a funny way the greatest tribute to Rathke and ACORN are the shrill attacks from the right - from the lunatic fringe that you see here among these comments - but more importantly from the main stream right - the WSJ, other right wing media outlets and certain political elements. They attack because there is no other way for them to deal with the great victories that ACORN and Rathke have achieved. In these victories the right sees the end of the whole anti people agenda the attacks represent their frustration over the realization that their agenda is played out and that the years of extreme right domination are over.

By: Chloe

Chloe — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 13:14:07 +0000

They never sleep. The misfits and morally bankrupt ersatz Communists are still weaving their web. Now, with that jugged-eared Socialist creep in the White house, they’ve be given the veneer of patriotism and dignity. God help America. There may be a revolution coming, but it’s not going to be quite the one they had expected.

By: Menlo Bob

Menlo Bob — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:03:10 +0000

Yeah, who could’ve predicted that Mr. Rathke would be covering for the theft of $1,000,000 by his brother. Thanks for not mentioning it here.

By: Mexican Red Head

Mexican Red Head — Fri, 29 May 2009 10:26:35 +0000

When logic fails, call your enemy a nice name. It always seems to work for the extreme left.

By: Mexican Red Head

Mexican Red Head — Thu, 28 May 2009 23:06:58 +0000

It is truly a sad day for America. ACORN and other organizations like it have won the day. Billions of taxpayers dollars are now being GIVEN to them with no follow up at all. The current administration is loaded with them. The day is not far off when our economy will totally collapse, as planned, so that these creeps can take over our government. And 90% of Americans think “hey, that’s cool with me.” Wake up America before it is too late—–if not already. The idea to pack the poor with more and more of them is working. Dont’ be one of them. Take what liquidity you have and leave the country NOW. Like John Galt.

By: John Wilson

John Wilson — Thu, 28 May 2009 07:16:04 +0000

“At the risk of seeming ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love. It is impossible to think of a genuine revolutionary lacking this quality … We must strive every day so that this love of living humanity will be transformed into actual deeds, into acts that serve as examples, as a moving force.” —- CHE GUEVARA

By: dewey armstrong

dewey armstrong — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:46:33 +0000

Andy Mott at CCC first told me about ACORN in 1973. Wade introduced me to you a year or two later. Maybe this means you can take the credit, or blame, for my 10 years on the ranch. I’m grateful to both of you for your inspiration and insight. When you come to Miami, let me know - we’ll pick you up at the airport and fire up the grill. Seriously, now, you have tossed off a wonderful piece of writing that encouraged me to pull A Passion for Equality off the shelf and start re-thinking how improbable things begin. You got a book in the works? On a recent family visit to Gothenburg, Sweden, we saw paperback copies of Shock Doctrine (Naomi Klein) on the shelves of supermarkets, along with other bestsellers. She’s got a wonderful way of moving between the particular and the general - I believe you do too.
Best regards,
Dewey Armstrong

By: Michael Kieschnick

Michael Kieschnick — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:14:04 +0000

What a great post about a great organizer. Valuable history not told nearly often enough, with more to come I hope. Drummond, you should not wait until someone makes a big change to tell such stories.

By: Beth

Beth — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:21:59 +0000

There’s a long story, yet to be written about our generation’s most innovative funder — YOU — and Wade!

Thanks for this and everything that you do,

Beth