Monday, December 5, 2011

Richard Cordray's 'Heroes' Occupy Banks and Private Homes

John Berlau has an excellent article in today's American Spectator.

He writes that Richard Cordray, President Obama's nominee for director of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, is a longtime supporter of violent community organizers:
Cordray has long supported ESOP, formerly known as the East Side Organizing Project, an Ohio housing advocacy group that has distinguished itself by storming into banks and launching plastic "shark attacks" on the lawns of private homes. ESOP's leaders brag about what they call their "organized hits" on banks and other targets, which have included the home of the late Congressman and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Jack Kemp.
Moreover, Cordray
As Ohio treasurer and attorney general, Cordray lobbied for state and federal funding for ESOP and publicly praised funders of the group as "the real heroes." And in a highly unusual move for a nominee awaiting confirmation, Cordray returned to Ohio in October to be the keynote speaker at the group's gala dinner.

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