NYT: Conservatives Draw Blood From Acorn, Favored Foe

NY Slimes ^ | 9/16/2009 | SCOTT SHANE

[markomalley]

For months during last year’s presidential race, conservatives sought to tar the Obama campaign with accusations of voter fraud and other transgressions by the national community organizing group Acorn, which had done some work for the campaign.

But it took amateur actors, posing as a prostitute and a pimp and recorded on hidden cameras in visits to Acorn offices, to send government officials scrambling in recent days to sever ties with the organization.

Conservative advocates and broadcasters were gleeful about the success of the tactics in exposing Acorn workers, who appeared to blithely encourage prostitution and tax evasion. It was, in effect, the latest scalp claimed by those on the right who have made no secret of their hope to weaken the Obama administration by attacking allies and appointees they view as leftist.

[markomalley]

Now the Repukes have the Slimes sliming them for not doing their jobs. Good. I hope they (the GOP) learn to be more diligent and show even a tiny amount of cajones.

[edcoil]

Charlie Gibson is still unaware of the issue.

[frogjerk]

It was, in effect, the latest scalp claimed by those on the right who have made no secret of their hope to weaken the Obama administration by attacking allies and appointees they view as leftist.

There will be blood.

[eeriegeno]

It is my humble opinion that the jackasses at the NYT have no shame? To me it seems that, if our leader would want to annihilate a group of citizens, the NYT would agree with the decision!!!

[jiggyboy]

There’s been precious little coverage of this by the State-Run Media, yet this is the second mention of a “scalp” in two or three days. Do I detect another talking point from the DNC?

[Travis McGee]

It must really pain the dinosaur media to be forced to report the news.

[Notasoccermom]

“Dig up dirt” is liberal translation of “expose corruption”.

[behzinlea]

sought to tar the Obama campaign

Are they even allowed to include the word "tar" in the same sentence as "Obama"?

Isn't that racist???

[R0CK3T]

Only the beginning.

The game plan is to pt this criminal enterprise out of business for good.

[mathprof]

Charlie Gibson is still unaware of the issue.

Well now that the nyt is reporting on it the rest of the MSM will too. So, even the fat snob Gibson will learn about it.

[Logical me]

King Obama is up to his neck with ACORN.

[rface]

You cannto squeeze blood from a turnip - but we can squeeze blood from ACORN.

MSM finally get hold of this story. Woder when Charles Gibson reports on it......probably Friday eve.

[freebilly]

The American people. Doing the dirty jobs that our elected officials don’t want to do....

[RowdyFFC]

Yep. And we can’t let up. We have to keep encouraging those who are putting out the truth and trying to get this man out of office.

He’s just waiting for that one spark that will give him an excuse to become the ruling dictator through martial law.

We’ve just got to be diligent, with the law, and keep on keeping on.

The MSM is a corrupt hoax. We’ve got to stay on track and keep each other informed. Hopefully with the help of Glenn Beck, et al. as partners.

[tflabo]

Takes so-called unprofessional journalists to uncover the dirty deeds of ACORN that the Democrat owned journalists fail to expose. NYT sure knew how to investigate Abu Graihb
and flushing Korans down toilets BS reporting. Here we have real corruption and the corrupt NYT ignores the story.
GARBAGE paper....

[outofstyle]

this is the second mention of a “scalp” in two or three days

Racist conservatives! This is not about underage illegal immigrant sex slaves avoiding taxes. It is about endemic anti Native Americanism.

[fso301]

Let us not forget the NYT deep sixing the Obama-Acorn campaign finance story:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/17/opinion/17pubed.html?_r=1

[Tzimisce]

This is coming from the newspaper that sued the military trying to get US secrets to publish!

Now suddenly there is a BIG PROBLEM with investigating people

Conservatives believe that they have hit upon a winning formula for such attacks: mobilizing people to dig up dirt, trumpeting it on talk radio and television, prompting Congress to weigh in and demanding action from the Obama administration.

...isn't that how OUR REPUBLIC works? Lord knows the Slimes have tried to drum up outrage to change things in our society.

[AmericanInTokyo]

I have what I think is an excellent idea to replicate this on another very famous organization in the United States on a very hot topic. Fox would eat it up; and I am sure the idiot liberals who staff the offices would play right into our hands; the states I would envision doing this in would afford us legal protections to videorecord in such a journalistic sting. It would blow them right out of the water. I am not going to say the issue NOR the organization, but if I could work with this biggovernment.com or some other group of individuals to brainstorm, lay out a business plan, get the resources and the actors, we could have some REAL fun as well as drive the liberals back on a very key issue. Any ideas or takers, please kindly Freepmail me, OK?

[o2bfree]

Can’t wait until the Marxists come after Charlie Gibson. On the other hand. based on his reporting, Gibson acts like he’s a government press secretary... he’s always spouting the government line.

Maybe we should expose his relationships to the administration, and see how he likes it. And criticize him for receiving more money than his government position should allow.