Posted on 09/16/2009 8:13:24 AM PDT by big black dog
The excuse du jour amongst ACORN for getting caught in yet another videotaped sting by Andrew Breitbart’s Big Hollywood is that “our employee was messing with them.”
OK, let’s assume that she was “messing with them.” But ask yourself this hypothetical situation: you’re employed by a firm that you think may be involved in one or two gray areas of the law. You think two people are in your office to shoot a Sixty-Minutes-style hidden camera sting. So you play along and say the craziest, zaniest, nuttiest stuff possible?
If so, then you’ve just imitated a Saturday Night Live sketch from 1979, with Dan Aykroyd as Richard Nixon and perennial guest host Buck Henry as John Dean:
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David Eisenhower: Uh.. you were telling us how they twisted the meaning of what you said.
Richard Nixon: That’s right, uh.. uh, yeah, yeah.. [ chuckles ] You see.. my administration.. had the greatest sense of humor that this country has ever seen. You see.. most of the time, we were.. making “party” tapes. Me, and Haldeman, and Ehrlichman, and Dean could joke for weeks on end. We actually.. played to the microphone..
[ slow dissolve to a flashback scene of Nixon's March 21st meeting with John Dean in the Oval Office ]
Richard Nixon V/O: ..We’d do anything to crack wach other up! And I remember, that day, Dean was on a roll, so I just followed his lead, and.. “played along” with the “joke”..
John Dean: [ standing over Nixon's desk; a microphone is unseen underneath a small lamp on the desk ] ..Plus.. there’s a real problem.. in raising money.
[ Dean holds up handwritten sign: "Let's Pretend There's A Cover Up"; Nixon laughs, removes lampshade to reveal hidden microphone ]
John Dean: Uh.. Mitchell.. Mitchell has been working on raising some money.. feeling he’s got, you know.. he’s one of the ones with the most.. to lose
President Richard Nixon: [ covers microphone with hand, tries not to laugh ] Martha!
John Dean: ..but.. there is no denying the fact that the White House – Ehrlichman, Haldeman.. [ points to himself ] ..Dean – are all involved in some of the.. early.. money decisions.
President Richard Nixon: [ stands slightly to speak directly into the microphone ] How much money do they need?
John Dean: Well.. I would say these people are going to cost, uh.. uh.. [ looks to Nixon for help, who sticks both thumbs in the air to silently cue Dean to pick a high number ] ..a million dollars! Over the next.. two years.
[ Nixon and Dean pound on the desk to subdue their laughter ]
President Richard Nixon: We could get that.
John Dean: [ stifling laughter ] Uh-huh.
[ Nixon scribbles on a pad, then, laughing silently, holds it up to reveal the message: "Let's Talk In Incomplete Sentences" ]
President Richard Nixon: Uh.. uh.. You, uh.. on the money.. if you, uh.. need the money, I mean, uh.. you could get the money. Let’s say, uh..
John Dean: Well, I think if we’re going to, uh..
President Richard Nixon: What I meant is, uh.. you could get, uh.. you could get a million dollars. And you could get it in cash.
[ Dean stick two pencils up his nose, resembling a walrus; Nixon practically falls out of his chair laughing at the sight ]
President Richard Nixon: I, uh.. I know where it could be gotten!
John Dean: Uh, huh! [ puts lampshade on his head and dances in a circle, to nixon's amusement ]
President Richard Nixon: I mean it’s not easy.. but it could be done!
[ Dean drops his pants and continues to dance with lampshade on his head; Nixon falls to the floor laughing, as Dean pounds on the desk in a fit of laughter ]
[ slow dissolve back to the Nixon household, present day ]
Richard Nixon: You see, David? Things aren’t always as they seem.
David Eisenhower: Well, I.. guess people just hear what they want to hear.
Julie Eisenhower: I’ll say. You know, Dad’s only crime was having too good a sense of humor.
Richard Nixon: You’re damn right, Kitten!
David Eisenhower: You know, Dad.. you should try to.. get those tapes released, and then everyone can hear how you were joking around.
Julie Eisenhower: Yeah! That’s a good idea!
Richard Nixon: Well, uh.. you know.. even audio tapes can be a little misleading. The expression on your face is really important, too!
Julie Eisenhower: Ohh.. it’s too bad you didn’t make any videotapes.
David Eisenhower: Yeah.
Richard Nixon: [ eyes shifting ] Yeah.. yeah.. too bad..
I wonder if ACORN would be laughing if it was a undercover F.B.I. sting ?
I’m amazed .... at some point doesn’t a person’s soul cry out “I will not be a party to this”; and force him to walk out of the room?
Sure, you may work for ACORN and as such be forced to work with some of the less desireable elements of society. But, isn’t there some level where you simply say “I can’t do this”? Use taxpayer dollars to get a brothel open in an upscale neighborhood - let’s see, am I aiding and abeiting a criminal activity?
Then when it’s made clear that what is needed is defrauding the US Gov’t, don’t alarms go off? Then aiding in defrauding taxes - no alarms or concerns?
Finally, knowing you are participating in bringing in illegal children to work as sex slaves - not even a flinch?
The Sci-Fi writer Frank Herbert (Dune) once wrote that there are animals and humans who walk around on two feet. You cannot tell the difference between the animal and the human by looking at them, for they appear to be the same species; but there are things a Human will never do, that an animal won’t think twice about. I believe he was correct; there are apparently animals who look human, but have no soul.
Is this the SNL sketch about the guy who lives in a van down by the river?
I believe the old skank in the San Bern office was a former whore - she was still vamping for the “Pimp” hoping he’d find her still attractive enough to bring into his posse...... lol hilarious and pathetic.
ACORN now has a credibility problem. They released different messages as they grasp at straws:
1. We’re suing Fox and the journalists
2. Fired employees
3. Suspended employees
4. Gonna sue!!!!!
5. We knew it all the time
ACORN, give me a break! They got caught with their pants down, and by firing the employees, they admitted guilt ... that is my opinion.
Suuuuuuure.
A day without an ACORN tape, is a day without sunshine.
WE WANT ANOTHER TAPE - WE WANT ANOTHER TAPE!
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