Today’s New York Post is reporting that Bertha Lewis, CEO of the Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now (ACORN), has sent out a statement that the group is filing for bankruptcy.  Ms. Lewis claims that a “right-wing media blitz” is responsible for ACORN’s troubles.  Wow.  Who knew there was such a thing as a right-wing media blitz?  I’m not even totally convinced that there is a right-wing media,

The article in the Post points out that the Congress that cut off the funding for ACORN was controlled by Democrats–not Republicans.  The Post also points out that the money was later restored to ACORN. 

According to the article:

“”[Over] the next week or so we should see a dozen or more organizations launched on the state level by staff who used to work for ACORN and leaders who developed their skills as ACORN members,” ACORN strategist Nathan Henderson-James wrote in February.”

“”These are not just simple name changes, but re-imaginings of how best to organize low and moderate income constitiuencies [sic] without any of the lelgal problems and funding issues dogging ACORN, not to mention the brand damage.””

May I have the honor of translating what has just happened.  The House of Representatives controls the spending bills.  The Republicans just took over the House of Representatives.  There goes the gravy train for ACORN.  ACORN doesn’t want to pay all the bills it ran up as ACORN, so they will declare bankruptcy and continue with a new name.  They can manage on a lower budget until the Democrats win control of the House of Representatives again (and they can help the Democrats win control by registering Mickey Mouse to vote in Orlando and the Dallas Cowboys starting lineup to vote in Las Vegas).