ACORN Round-Up: Baghdad Bertha And All The Latest

The latest on the ACORN front at Fox News, this morning:

Before Chris Berg of Big Government met Wade Rathke at a book signing he thought of him as a former leader of the group who was willing to go down with the ship…After meeting him, he was convinced:

He’s more like the Iraqi Information Minister “Baghdad Bob” – in denial, steadfastly claiming victory even as American tanks rolled past.

After watching Bertha Lewis in that clip, it’s clear that she is comfortable in her role of Baghdad Bertha. More on her speech to the National Press club, here.

Big Government, of course has been heavily covering ACORN’s public implosion:

Breaking: Louisiana’s Attorney General: Rathke Embezzled 5 Million From ACORN

Michelle Malkin says:

The $5 million ACORN embezzlement figure is not new — and the NYT knows it

Laughably, the New York Times runs its own brief story tonight (without crediting the Times-Picayune) and regurgitates ACORN chief organizer Bertha Lewis’s spin:

Amount Embezzled From Acorn Is Disputed

An internal review at Acorn, the embattled community organizing group, revealed that its founder’s brother had embezzled $5 million from the group, five times more than the amount disclosed, according to a subpoena served Monday by the Louisiana attorney general. But the organization’s chief executive denied that any internal review had revealed that figure.

Now, the rest of the story that the New York Times won’t tell you.Former ACORN/Project Vote worker Anita MonCrief — the independent whistleblower who worked closely with NYTimes reporter Stephanie Strom on exposing ACORN financial shenanigans last year before Times editors “cut bait” just weeks before Election Day — informed Strom that the true figure was $5 million.

MonCrief also reported the $5 million figure to Warner Todd Huston in April 2009.

Once again, the Times covers for ACORN rather than covers them…

Meanwhile, over at Atlas Shrugs, Pamala Geller has an explosive ACORN exclusive:

ATLAS EXCLUSIVE: ACORN Threw Out Republican Voter Registrations

A Jacksonville, FLA black Republican tells her story about the day she worked for ACORN.