Posted on 09/16/2009 5:42:54 PM PDT by SmithL
I would not go see the film "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" because I found more cruelty than humor in deliberately exposing unwitting civilians to the easy ridicule of smug sophomores.
Now the right has its own Borat-style entertainment. Equipped with a video camera, conservative activists James O'Keefe, 25, and Hannah Giles, 20, sought the answer to this question: "What if a 'prostitute' and her alleged law school boyfriend walk into ACORN seeking housing for an underage brothel to fund his future congressional campaign?"
The answer, they discovered, was that some of the folks who work at ACORN (the left-leaning Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) were overly adept at looking the other way - even after O'Keefe and Giles told them that Salvadoran girls as young as 12 would be working as prostitutes in their brothel.
One ACORN worker told the couple they could list the under-aged prostitutes as dependents "because they live in your house, especially if they're under 16." Some organizers emphasized that it was not their job to judge others. A Baltimore worker tried to sign up the couple as dues-paying ACORN members.
ACORN has reacted by charging that the videotapes were "doctored" and charged O'Keefe and Giles with trolling for damning material. ACORN also claims the couple is not airing tape from offices where they were shown the door. The Philadelphia Daily News, for example, reported that the local ACORN office kicked out O'Keefe and Giles and filed a police report.
On Saturday, ACORN chief organizer Bertha Lewis said in a statement that she would not defend actions of the now-fired workers. She also charged that O'Keefe and Giles broke the law - "and we will be taking legal action against Fox (News) and their co-conspirators."
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
BULLSHIT!
Looking the other way is one thing AND IT'S BAD! But CONSPIRACY TO AID AND ABET TAX FRAUD, CHILD PROSTITUTION, AND MORTGAGE FRAUD IS NOT OK. It's not some kind hearted people "looking the other way" it's CRIMINAL.
Money quote: “Conservatives, beware. Any activist can grab a camera, head for a church or a campaign, and record some stupid quotes. When they do - and they will - the right will complain that it is wrong to brand a cause by the careless comments of a handful of disciples.”
First of all, the left’s been doing it for years. About time our side got in the game. Second, ACORN already gets millions of our money, and was on track for billions. Third, if ACORN’s initial protestation is to be believed, James & Hannah are 4 for 5, with more to come. So the “handful” argument is looking pretty ridiculous about now.
I say let’s take our chances.
James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles - “Doing the work Debra Saunders mocks”
What fact checking? He just ran the tape. She is the one who said she killed her husband, and a lot more. He openly said he didn't know if anything she said was true.
Not the point.
The point is no one was interested when people pointed out that they were guilty of voter fraud just about everywhere they go. No one was interested in knowing what Obama meant when he called himself a "community organizer" and said Acorn would help him make policy. It took something like this to wake people up as to exactly what kind of people we're talking about.
RE: Amazing audio of ACORN workers advising...”
The part on the under-aged prostitution ring begins about 5 minutes into the 35 min audio segment. And it continues on at about 11 mins into it (following other news).
Liberal Democrat: more cruelty than humor
In any case, Debra doesn’t like what these people are doing to Acorn. Fine
So when is she, and when is the San Francisco Chroncicle going to investigate Acorn? Isn’t she the least bit curious who these people are and what they are up to with $8 billion dollars of our money?
Well Debra, Giles and O'Keefe let the ACORN nuts speak for themselves. Knock yourself out investigating their claims though, don't expect Giles and O'Keefe to keep doing the Fringe Media's job. Or yours.
TAKE MY TIP; Buy stock in ‘PAPER SHREDDER COMPANIES’. Acorn is buying 200,000,000 of them.
“The Philadelphia Daily News, for example, reported that the local ACORN office kicked out O’Keefe and Giles and filed a police report.”
Anyone know how to check this? Or is it more bs@msm?
The latest tape shows a scumbag, complete with accent, eager to help---says he has "connections in Tiujana" to help smuggle in underage girls for the sex trade.
He also makes moves on Hannah---you can hear him ask her "pimp" how much he wants for her..........like she was a piece of meat.
Later in an interview, Hannah says she felt uncomfortable being around him.
It's mind-boggling that scum like this guy leeches off taxpayers on the govt payroll.
Pretty good discussion of the Philadelphia visit here starting about response 31
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2341609/posts
Wow...I missed that one Liz....is it the one that was shown on Hannity last night?
Yes, the latest tape......shown on Hannity last night.....
It should not be mind-boggling at all. We taxpayers are already on the hook for their health care and education. Should be no surprise they would or could get direct payment off US taxpayers working as 'fruits' off the oak tree. Come on don't you know there are not enough lettuce picker citizens. WE taxpayers are literally 'heads' of lettuce to these corrupt politicians. IT IS THE PLAN. Strip US clean bare.
I suspect there’s no end to it. Vice squad cops around the country usually break up this kind of activity at the local level and is back page local news in the blotter section. This is on a national scale and we, the taxpayers, are funding it. I kinda feel like an unwitting member of the Sopranos.
Where can I view the tape?
“The latest tape shows a scumbag, complete with accent, eager to help-—says he has “connections in Tiujana” to help smuggle in underage girls for the sex trade.”
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