i hear there is more to ocme
So the unedited version is not out, and yet ACORN is claiming that in one of the edits their staff knew it was a joke? Hey, is that a pig flying by my window?
SAN BERNARDINO - The conservative Web site Big Government.com has posted a hidden camera video showing an ACORN employee apparently agree to help a "pimp" and "prostitute" set up a brothel employing underage immigrants to help finance a political campaign.
ACORN is a left-leaning community organizing group whose name is an acronym for Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now.
The group has come under fire in recent months amid published accusations of vote fraud and a recent series of videos in which ACORN employees appear to agree to aid in the establishment of brothels as a means to finance political activity.
The brothels are fake, as are the pimp and prostitute. A video posted online shortly before 2 p.m. Tuesday on Big Government.com shows a man, who in narration, identifies himself as James O'Keefe.
O'Keefe reports that he disguised himself as a pimp, and his colleague, Hannah Giles is undercover as a prostitute.
In the video, which was taped Aug. 17, O'Keefe and Giles ask an ACORN employee identified by the pair as Tresa Kaelke about the prospects of using prostitution to pay for political activity.
Kaelke, on tape appears to show neither shock nor surprise that O'Keefe seeks to use hookers as a political fundraisers.
She says she has previously run her own escort service and goes on to express a point of view that vice is woven into the fabric of American politics. Kaelke says on the video: "You think every Congressman, every
legislator, do think that even Obama, our new president or any of them, ever, ever actually put down every single resource where they got their money?"
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The woman also claims on the video to have shot a former husband.
At ACORN's office Tuesday, office supervisor Christina Spach told reporters she was not authorized to comment and that an official spokesperson would comment later in the day.
"Just to be clear, ACORN in not in the prostitution business," Spach said.
Spach said she did not wish to be quoted, but did confirm that Kaelke is an ACORN employee. She would not permit reporters to speak to Kaelke and said ACORN employees do not typically make statements to the media, instead relying on their members to articulate the group's positions and activities.
In a subsequent telephone conversation on Tuesday, Spach said Kaelke pretended to cooperate with O'Keefe and Giles because she feared for her safety.
"She was in an office all by herself," Spach said. "She felt unsafe in their company."
Spach, who identified herself as Kaelke's supervisor, said Kaelke lied to the undercover bloggers because she was afraid and wanted to "come across as a strong individual."
"It was a defense mechanism," Spach said.
Spach said Kaelke was not a prostitute or otherwise in the sex industry and did not shoot her husband.
"Her husband is alive and well," Spach said..
ACORN's usual services to individuals include aid to people facing foreclosure, loan services and tax filing help, Spach said.
Jim Miller, a retired San Bernardino resident who is shown in the video, said he is not an ACORN member. However, he said a trio who he now believes was O'Keefe, Giles and another person did ask him about the viability of a San Bernardino brothel.
Miller told reporters that he told the trio that such a venture would be immoral and not likely to succeed. He said he did not notify police about the encounter.
As far as the video itself is concerned, Miller judged the Big Government.com piece to be an unethical example of journalistic entrapment taken against a group he considers to be a legitimate community service organization.
"I was flabbergasted that they would have such a thing in mind," Miller said.
Also in the video, Kaelke claims to have contacts with several Inland Empire politicians. One of those legislators, state Sen. Gloria Negrete McLeod, has seen the video and was upset by the content.
"What is she (Kaelke) smoking?" McLeod said in reaction to Kaelke's taped behavior.
McLeod, D-Montclair, also confirmed that she met Kaelke on July 10 along with other ACORN employees to talk about helping victims of mortgage fraud.
The senator said she met with out of her obligation to speak to all constituent groups. She recalled that Kaelke took notes but did not speak.
"I asked her specifically why she wasn't saying anything," McLeod said. "She said she was taking notes. That was the only time I had ever seen her."
Another one of those who ya gonna believe moments.
But is Tresa still employed?
If they knew it was a joke, why play along for the length of time they did? Why not kick them out immediately instead of wasting their time?
Did the “lady” in fact shoot her husband as she said on the tape? If that admission was made and it was true, then in no way could she claim they were joking.
Hilarious!!!
I hope they are saving the best for last and that would be Chicago Acorn.
This woman acts crazy, so why is she representing ACORN?
There are so many Baghdad Bob’s around these days...
She is no small catch. Found several pages that list the page info with her name in it but the page has already been cleansed.
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/tresa-kaelke/14/750/27b
http://www.facebook.com/pages/ACORN-of-Inland-Empire/98597142509
Giimme a break ... This excuse is even lame by liberal standards. The only people on the planet stupid or gullible enough to believe this ACORN bimbo work at the New York Times and ABC News...
Isn’t it kinda cool when you use your opponent’s rules and tactics in a legal way and beat them at their own game with their own rules?
Where’s someone’s Javascript of the crying baby?
LOL, sure you're not.
Amy Schur
http://www.facebook.com/people/Amy-Schur/601428647
http://www.wheremostneeded.org/2008/10/acorn-wheres-th.html
The ACORN 8, as “complainants,” named Wade Rathke, Dale Rathke, Steven Kest, John Kest, Mike Shea, Zach Pollett, Helene O’Brien, Amy Schur, Liz Wolf, Beth Butler, Mildred Brown, Maud Hurd, Alton Bennett, Bertha Lewis, Beth Kingsley and other unknown individuals as “defendants.”
The complaint purports to be a “criminal complaint against ACORN Staff and Executive Board members for fraud, embezzlement, conspiracy and concealment, and civil rights violations,” and “possible...other federal offenses...including but not limited to; Title 18 U.S.C. §1341, Mail Fraud, 18 U.S.C. §1001, Presenting a False Document to...an Agent of the United States Government; 18 U.S.C. §1027 False statements and concealment of facts in relation to documents required by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and other possible offenses including civil and/or criminal violations.”
http://www.webcommentary.com/php/ShowArticle.php?id=gaynorm&date=090910
Which one is the alleged pole dancer/maybe prostitute???
http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gptftq
ACORN’s Day of Serivce (Community Service)
ACORN members and volunteers will be canvassing high-foreclosure neighborhoods in San Bernardino, providing information and assistance to families with troubled loans as part of President-elect Obama’s National Service Day, Jan. 19. Nationally in 30 cities, ACORN volunteers will serve between 50-100,000 families, collect petition signatures in support of Obama and ACORN’s demand for a 90-day moratorium, and invite residents to join ACORN’s “Homesteading” foreclosure campaign.
Time: Monday, January 19 from 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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San Bernardino, CA 92405
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