{"id":2472,"date":"2008-10-14T18:07:21","date_gmt":"2008-10-14T23:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/?p=2472"},"modified":"2013-04-17T19:42:05","modified_gmt":"2013-04-17T23:42:05","slug":"heavy-on-the-irony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/political-ironing\/10\/14\/heavy-on-the-irony\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavy on the Irony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><div style=\"width: 506px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"John McCain Was The Keynote Speaker For A 2006 ACORN Conference On Immigration Reform\" src=\"http:\/\/images.politico.com\/global\/mccainacorn.jpg\" title=\"McCain At ACORN\" width=\"496\" height=\"331\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">John McCain Was The Keynote Speaker For A 2006 ACORN Conference On Immigration Reform<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n<p>It turns out that John McCain was the keynote speaker at a March 2006 conference sponsored by ACORN on Immigration Reform. Consider yourself zinged:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Bertha Lewis, Acorn&#8217;s chief organizer, said in a statement that came with the photo, \u201cIt has deeply saddened us to see Senator McCain abandon his historic support for ACORN and our efforts to support the goals of low-income Americans.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201dWe are sure that the extremists he is trying to get into a froth will be even more excited to learn that John McCain stood shoulder to shoulder with ACORN, at an ACORN co-sponsored event, to promote immigration reform,&#8221; she said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Video Below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oJ9wy2MI1NI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Enjoy what you read? Subscribe to Prose Before Hos <a href=\"http:\/\/www.feedburner.com\/fb\/a\/emailverifySubmit?feedId=213418\">via email<\/a> or via <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/ProseBeforeHos\">RSS feed<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>See Also:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/politics\/war_room\/2008\/10\/13\/mccain_acorn\/index.html\">John McCain&#8217;s own ACORN connection<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/blogs\/bensmith\/1008\/Acorn_pushes_back_hugs_McCain.html?showall\">Acorn pushes back, hugs McCain<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com\/the_daily_dish\/2008\/10\/acorn-and-mccai.html\">ACORN And McCain<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/rossdouthat.theatlantic.com\/archives\/2008\/10\/if_you_dont_have_something_use.php\">If You Don&#8217;t Have Something Useful To Say&#8230;<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ta-nehisicoates.theatlantic.com\/archives\/2008\/10\/mccain_telegraphing_his_punches.php\">McCain telegraphing his punches<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/belowthebeltway.com\/2008\/10\/14\/what-if-barack-obama-really-were-a-muslim\/\">So What If Barack Obama Really Were A Muslim?<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.folo.us\/2008\/10\/14\/hey-acornphobes-looky-here\/\">Hey, ACORNphobes, looky here!<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/sayanythingblog.com\/entry\/obama_says_he_doesnt_need_acorns_help\/\">Obama Says He Doesn\u2019t Need Acorn\u2019s Help<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/wwwhttp:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-admin\/post-new.php.desertconservative.com\/2008\/10\/14\/dems-and-acorn\/\">Dems and ACORN<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/thisainthell.us\/blog\/?p=4009\">Obama and Durbin Try Slick ACORN Amnesty Rider<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/conservablogs.com\/2008\/10\/14\/acorns-15-state-strategy-for-voter-fraud\/\">ACORN\u2019s 15 State Strategy for Voter Fraud<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/wizbangblog.com\/content\/2008\/10\/14\/outright-fraud-v-fantom-supression.php\">Outright Fraud v. Phantom Suppression<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anorak.co.uk\/twitterings\/192456.html\">The Big Barack Obama Fraud Scandal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[tags]John McCain, ACORN, immigration reform, 2006 speech, shoulder to shoulder, picture, proof, John McCain spoke at ACORN, photos, miami, immigrants, miami florida, ACORN conference[\/tags]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It turns out that John McCain was the keynote speaker at a March 2006 conference sponsored by ACORN on Immigration Reform. Consider yourself zinged: Bertha Lewis, Acorn&#8217;s chief organizer, said in a statement that came with the photo, \u201cIt has deeply saddened us to see Senator McCain abandon his historic support for ACORN and our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":530,"featured_media":10966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[260],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>John McCain Was The Keynote Speaker For A 2006 ACORN Conference on Immigration Reform<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"For all the talk that John McCain has had about Obama&#039;s associations with ACORN, McCain himself spoke at an ACORN Conference in 2006 on immigration reform and praised the group\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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