Posted on 09/15/2009 6:51:12 PM PDT by markomalley
SAN BERNARDINO - The head organizer for California ACORN says a new video that appears to show a staffer at the organization's San Bernardino office is fake journalism.
The video, which was posted shortly before 2 p.m. Tuesday on a Web site called Big Government.com, shows a female ACORN employee talking to a man who claims to be a pimp interested in establishing a brothel where underage immigrant prostitutes would turn tricks in order to raise money for political activity.
The woman, identified on the video as Tresa Kaelke, appears on posted footage to be interested in cooperating the plan. However, California ACORN head organizer Amy Schur said the video is a gross misrepresentation of what actually happened.
"In this video, there are two actors who come into our office and who were messing with us. And our employee was messing with them," Schur said.
She said that the complete and unedited video needs to be released to the public.
Schur said that in a moment not shown on the edited video, Kaelke asked the undercover "pimp" if he was joking and then proceeded to play along with the joke.
Furthermore, Schur said that Kaelke will sign an affidavit stating that she was not seriously entertaining the idea of cooperating with an apparent attempt to establish a house of prostitution.
"She (Kaelke) asked if they were joking and asked if they were reporters. They said they weren't reporters and they aren't. This is not legitimate news," Schur said.
Schur's statements follow comments from ACORN office supervisor Christina Spach, who said Kaelke was afraid of the "pimp" and "prostitute" who broached the prostitution ploy at ACORN's San Bernardino office.
The Big Government.com video identifies the "pimp" as James O'Keefe and the "prostitute" as Hannah Giles. O'Keefe and Giles could not be reached immediately for comment.
Are you surprised? San Bernardino County is Meth Central.
She married Ronald and Donald in Nov.? Twins?
On the second one of the previous marriage, she has the second hubby’s name?
Well, you know many convicts working for ACORN were pulled for identity theft and use of IDs.
Plenty to dig.
http://www.google.com/search?q=ACORN+convicts&hl=en&sa=2
Wait a sec, you think they had a hook-up on that Social Security Checks sent to prisoners... down payment for work later?
No Donald or Ronald Kaelke’s or Duane Berhow on Social Security Death Index at rootsweb, ancestry.com...
I agree. Great post! (#183)
Have you seen this thread? Some good stuff here...
I think this is the reporter I talked to this morning. I gave him biggov’s site and we were looking at it together while on the phone.
Cool. Now I will check Press Enterprise.
This requires skill ping.
I’m moving on to the RICO violations from the nineties up to now.
Remember the McCaskill ACORN office didn’t pay people and the leader of ACORN 8 told of cross uses re: door to door, housing, etc..
Oh, yummy if Claire is dirty, too.
Drain the swamp...
that age/time frame would seem to fit with this guy:
California Marriage Index, 1960-1985
about Tresa M Parten
Name: Tresa M Parten
Age: 15
Est. Birth: abt 1949
Spouse Name: Duane A Berhow
Spouse Age: 18
Est. Spouse Birth: abt 1946
Date: 4 Jul 1964
Location: Los Angeles
WOW this could be why Reid’s in trouble in Vegas. His get-out-the-vote machine has been arrested.
The Fish rots from the head. An investigation should squeeze
the underlings to find out who set the policy. Then throw the book at the big shot.
Update: 6:05pmEST: Yes indeedy it seem the loony ACORN worker really DOES lobby State and Federal CA Congresspeople IN PERSON, as recently as this JULY. To wit this entry from the ACORN Blog, courtesy of HotAir commenter tdavisjr with an assist from joshlbetts on September 15, 2009 at 5:35 PM :
Friday July 10, 2009
Members Michael and Dennis of the San Bernardino ACORN along with Tresa Kaelke (San Bernardino ACORN Community Organizer) and Christina Spach (California Field Corrdinator); attended the schedule meeting with California State Senator Gloria Negrete McLeod of District 32.
If I’m way off base here, you guys straighten me out, okay?(You always do...)
I just had this weird, paranoid thought about all these ACORN videos.
What if the people doing them are working both sides of the street?
What if they are working with ACORN to get these videos out there and outrage(us)people on the right?
Right wing media demands an explanation after running video/audio exposing them.
What if this is some kind of scam to discredit right wing media watchdogs and eventually shut down right wing media and internet?
Surely so many people in one place(ACORN)aren’t really evil enough to aid and abet the type of criminality discussed in the videos. I would hope they aren’t.
But the left is evil enough to pull a scam like this and if they do it right, any voice of opposition will be shut down or at least lose all credibility.
I haven’t been keeping up with this as well as I should-been very busy lately.
This thought just popped into my head while I was watching Glenn Beck(who I adore, BTW)and I couldn’t help but wonder what if.
If they could shut down all dissent, nobody would be able to openly question any of their policies, the birth certificate and all the rest of it.
Thoughts?
Califreak wake up you’re having a freaking nightmare.
I’m more inclined to believe Hillary and her group were well aware of much of this and know or knew Obama would be falling at some point. She wasn’t viable during the elections but maybe after Obama has to step aside for the sake of the country, she would step up.
Maybe another nightmarish scenario.
Nightmare?
Maybe.
I wouldn’t put it past the left to pull a stunt like that though.
Sadly, those(ACORN)people might just really be that evil.
I think about how things are now and I just get a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach.
It’s funny how he was able to pile on that moron Kanye West within minutes, but is still mum about ACORN.
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HUSH. dear leader knows what’s important for all of us. SHH!
Conservatism Hall of Fame - I vote for Joe the Plumber too!
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And Joe the Congressman...:)
This just in...Top Story Tonight...Charlie Gibson still unaware!!!
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