Comments on: Gregg Withdrawal Ignites Census Rhubarb

By: Genecis

Genecis — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:25:25 +0000

“The House Democrats’ trillion dollar spending bill, approved on January 21 by the Appropriations Committee and headed to the House floor next week for a vote, could open billions of taxpayer dollars to left-wing groups like the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN). ACORN has been accused of perpetrating voter registration fraud numerous times in the last several elections; is reportedly under federal investigation; and played a key role in the irresponsible schemes that caused a financial meltdown that has cost American taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars since last fall.

Perhaps the Democrats just want to ensure ACORN a role in helping out with the 2010 census.

By: myth buster

myth buster — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 06:56:44 +0000

I don’t care if Obama does declare himself President-for-life, because as long as the military does not recognize his claim, come Jan. 20, 2013, his successor can simply order the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs to, “Get that man out of my office.”

By: kdman

kdman — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 05:01:21 +0000

Angelo

“The reactions, largely by Republicans” just shocking that no Dems would have objected! We’re not as stupid as you think. And clearly YOU have no agenda here. Go away.

By: JoeS

JoeS — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 03:37:58 +0000

Why don’t the democrat senators from the states that will be negatively impacted speak out? Their states will lose representation because of their representatives who will not speak out against Obama.

The large ghetto-ized states will get millions of new statistical “population” and ACORN, with its $1 billion grant from the stimulus will register all these statistical “citizens” to vote.

“To secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity…” I sort of hope my children and grandchildren will live in a free country. Vote fraud, like Chicago politics, on a national scale.

Rahm Immanuel, David Axelrod… all Chicago politics. Blago is not the worst.

By: Elaine

Elaine — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 03:30:58 +0000

@21

With both houses of Congress firmly controlled by the Democrats, isn’t it likely that they’d just rubber-stamp Obama’s desire to have Rahm Emanuel oversee the census? It seems to me that’s all they have to do…

I fear this is a losing battle for the Republicans; though making a big deal of it will at least bring this matter (and other Obama grabs for power leading us inevitably into facism) to the attention of the voters. Unfortunately for us, it won’t matter if congressional districts are redrawn and more added through this fiddled with census.

By: Hyphenated American

Hyphenated American — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 01:20:14 +0000

Now that Gregg is out – does it mean that Obama will seize all the attempts to have his personal friends control the sensus? Don’t think so….

By: 888

888 — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 22:55:19 +0000

Clinton & Carter created the economic & financial disaster we’re in, all to get votes. Now, this arrogant, elitist, authoritarian charlatan will usurp the Census, again, just to get votes.

Does anyone see that what these extreme and dishonest Democrats are doing, and have done, is irresponsible, unfair, illegal, immoral and downright wrong for America and the world? Are Americans so stupid and gullible, that they would give this new generation fascist and pathological liar, a pass for this new ‘obamanation’? PLEASE, wake up, America.

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 21:26:22 +0000

By law, the Census falls under Commerce, and the Director of the Census reports to the Secretary of Commerce, and takes his orders from same, and no one else.

The only Presidential action authorized by law is for nomination of the Director of the Census to the Senate for confirmation.

What the White House is doing is blatantly illegal.

By: BD57

BD57 — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 19:12:12 +0000

#2:

If the census is so bulletproof, why in the world would the White House want to pull the census under its control?

Stop shoveling the bovine excrement.

The White House is a political operation; the only plausible explanation for the White House wanting to supervise the census is to influence the results.

By: dagwud

dagwud — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 18:49:20 +0000

@23: The Constitution makes no claim about who will do the legwork for the Census, just that it will happen within 3 years of Congress first meeting and then every 10 years after that. It then continues to state that it will be done “in such Manner as they shall by Law direct”. The “they” here is “Congress” not “Commerce.”

The Census Act of 1840 established a central office for the census. Prior to that, it was conducted under the Judicial branch by US marshals. It wasn’t called “Bureau of the Census” until 1903. And it wasn’t until 1903 that the Department of Commerce and the Interior existed.