Non-Profit Pickets for Foreclosure Victims

" I starting today the nonprofit group Acorn the association of community organizer patience for reform now. -- staging protests in seven US cities as equal members are squatting in foreclosed homes preventing delinquent borrowers from eviction. One of the cities -- this is taking place is New York I'm joined now by both of -- executive director for the New York branch of a colon about the welcome the program."

" Thank you very restaurant do you think that you got a right to these houses."

" I think they homeowners have a right to stay in those homes until."

" The administration's plan can be implemented if they do that got a right to the house even though they haven't paid the bills well they have been paying their bills I think it's a false thing you think that people haven't been paying another delinquent on -- well they may be delinquent on their mortgages -- still doing that pay the bills are millions and millions of."

" And I don't happen to be foreclosed on every day and so."

" We have a plan in place what what I'm doing this state look."

" Right do you claim to stay in the house which you can't afford and you cannot pay the bills but what right do you have."

" Did get my money to pay for what was this -- I've read the constitution obviously that right."

" Well actually I don't think you're right that I didn't have to get 700 billion dollars to be bailed out on -- and they haven't done this a different thing it's all part of -- that I was not is that what. He really -- all you're close to what other Catholic who aren't running to all you have no right to protect their homes what and to protect -- community -- let's back up just the most fanatical thing you can do -- but really protect your home. And protect your community."

" Right Acorn is well known. Full looking at banks and saying give us alone. There won't reveal what a second that you feel alone so you scream racism. You then invade their offices you demonstrate outside the private homes of bank executives you embarrassed the bank can you force them to give you loans on favorable terms. Now those loans cannot be repaid. You will not leave those homes and you'll claiming a right to stay in them and have a right to mind money to make sure you stay in the again I come back to about the -- that before closing every thirteen seconds that you have absolutely no right."

" To our house thanks don't have the right to get Letterman again I don't know. It's it's definitely how I'll try to use don't. Well apparently it's going we'll what you said to know you don't thank Clinton I'm asking over the right to wheat exports to the point I wish we could force banks to -- well good don't have this problem wasn't much to my -- years you -- money from me I'm not commanding if you want from you you what I am demanding is that the banks if he's happy -- Initiate my loans median taxpayer money."

" It is tax Payer money in this plan. Would you propose to use to bail out you all people to stay in the homes they cannot afford you -- demanding money money and you're saying you've got a right to my money. It is no excuse to go on a parallel track and so all the banks have been brought to -- billion dollars that's not a born out of you are demanding my money directly to your people and that's wrong."

" Well first of all these are not my people these are millions and millions of hardworking homeowners who are paying their bills have been very although not paying."

" here's the thing I can't believe it when you have a -- pay the bills -- I'm not -- animals they ideally people are up delinquent on the moment may not eventful I don't paying their bills and another that -- in Long Beach -- you know it just they are no if they were paying their mortgage bills that would not -- on -- would not be leaving the home. For people you are wrong no -- only tell millions and millions of people right now telling it that Palin will be building our late on their mortgages that are delinquent -- they have not -- mortgage -- actually haven't been foreclosed -- people -- to be -- to stay -- to their homes and so that they can take advantage."

" The president's new plan W in millions and skin you're already damaged homes with a lot of guys you -- in the Italy if we're gonna protect these people get the going to stay in the haunt the homeowners look at that you are very nicely to Europe and all I don't know gentle and -- lady but I put it to you this is political thuggery."

" Well I'm by Barry. Determined lady I don't think it's political thuggery I think its factory."

" We can you put out hardworking members opting all homeowners from their homes here's the thing it is not when you invite. They just officer you have howling racism that's not political thuggery that's true it is now the candidates you don't want to tell a lie and it doesn't make it that you are operating on -- on taxpayer money you've received Acorn and since 1998 has received 31 million dollars of taxpayer money three million dollars a year you doing this financed with my money. You know what we've done. What do we found that one million dollar 2300. People not even in their home value a million dollar association they go to one million dollar and here's the thing. Every single payment."

" We competed for and we can tell you this. We have the industry had listened to us ten years ago when we -- that this was coming we wouldn't be in this prices so now he."

" Until you that you listen -- you invaded -- well there's nothing that you a political thugs you embarrassed banks to give them loans which they could not afford to repay and now they cannot afford to repayment you'll claiming the rights to mine money to stay in those -- you'll have big burly -- reflect well I don't know if it -- out of law now we have homeowner. You're dead of the night and -- need to modernize -- have a very determined they need to tell the truth and the truth is if you're not -- does not matter if you are not telling the truth here that -- you're telling me and and I have paid their bills -- I -- they have not only a mortgage -- have not paying them molded to kill people and you know as they have no delinquent and they deserve. To be helped. Just like big banks and institutions are and we intend to stay and they have not had them all these bills and had no right to those houses mindlessly but both active -- about the lowest. It is not right. -- you -- I've read the bill of rights I've read the constitution no what does it say that housing is a right can you show me which page which line well we had Hillary."

" Didn't -- how it happened right to a house what part of the hardworking American and you pay your taxes thing you do the right thing."

" You do have a right to protect -- I tell you mustn't we have a constitutional -- coming on a few minutes I'll ask him that's a line in the constitution and all the bill of rights spells out a right to Eddie House would you plant. But both of we've runway over -- a -- have -- you'll have to have me back home and we and we talk show you how many homes we defended. Doesn't appreciate being here invaded it and stolen by the author of historians. But thank you thank you."