Posted on 02/04/2010 6:13:32 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
The Left accusing James O’Keefe of being racist against blacks is the equivalent of accusing Oskar Schindler of being racist against Jews.
Before O’Keefe became famous throughout the world for his undercover sting of ACORN, he was celebrated in the pro-life world for his undercover sting of Planned Parenthood in 2008, exposing it as the racist organization it was founded to be by eugenicist Margaret Sanger.
The sting was simple. The UCLA pro-life student group LifeAction.org had O’Keefe call several Planned Parenthoods around the country with the following pitch: O’Keefe said he would like to donate money, but only if Planned Parenthood would earmark it specifically to abort black babies, to “lower the number of blacks in America.”
No Planned Parenthood employee balked at or denied O’Keefe’s request. One even expressed excitement:
All right. Excuse my hesitation, this is the first time I’ve had a donor call and make this kind of request, so I’m excited, and want to make sure I don’t leave anything out.
But don’t take my word for it. Hear for yourself.
O’Keefe got the same response over and over, from Idaho, to Ohio, to Oklahoma, to New Mexico…
In all, racist Planned Parenthoods in seven states took O’Keefe’s bait. His investigation scandalized Planned Parenthood, resulted in multiple news stories, firings, and investigations.
(Excerpt) Read more at bigjournalism.com ...
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