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MSM Leaping to Conclusions - while Big Government waits for the facts
BigGovernment.com ^ | 1/26/2010 | Andrew Breitbart

Posted on 01/26/2010 11:07:50 PM PST by SeattleBruce

**snip**

MSNBC and other “news organizations” are even billing this developing story as “Watergate”. What do Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow know? And when did they know it?

I’m sure they would like to believe O’Keefe is stupid enough to try to “wiretap” a sitting U.S. senator in broad daylight during office hours, while recording the entire sequence of events on his cell phone camera. And they’d like you to believe it, too.

But there is absolutely no allegation in the criminal complaint that “wiretapping” or “bugging” is any part of this case, just the charge that O’Keefe and the others entered Sen. Landrieu’s office in New Orleans “for the purpose of interfering with the office’s telephone system.”

And yet Carol Leonnig, in a story in Wednesday’s Washington Post writes in her lede:

"The conservative young filmmaker whose undercover sting damaged a liberal activist group last year faces federal criminal charges in an alleged plot to bug the New Orleans office of Sen. Mary Landrieu"

In other words, speculation is rampant, but facts are few. And basic logic suggests that there’s much more to this story since there is so little information.

Leonnig, as you may remember, is the reporter who was forced to retract the false and libelous accusation that O’Keefe was motivated by racism in his ACORN sting.

Will Leonnig and the Washington Post be compelled to retract again?

(Excerpt) Read more at biggovernment.com ...


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KEYWORDS: acorn; bias; corruption; demagogues; democrats; jamesokeefearrest; landrieu; liberals; mediabias; mediafollies; mediascum; msm; okeefe
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To: Waco
FBI and DOJ helping ACORN? and terrorists?

Sad but true.

How can it be?
ACORN develops kiddie brothels in America ... witnessed by the WORLD.
and the DO"J" meanwhile helps "lawyer up" terrorists
while carefully protecting those who attack US voters.

“Breaking: Obama's White House ACORN Operative Fined $775,000 For Election Violations
- Used Rapists & Burglars in Door-to-Door Registration Drives”


“ACORN's Recent History With Prostitution (who'd have thought..)
Perhaps we shouldn't have been completely surprised by the videos we've seen of ACORN workers offering assistance to prostitution rings.

I mean, there was Cincinnati . . .
Shari Bell, 41, of Walnut Hills was arrested Wednesday night by Cincinnati police, reported WCPO, NewsChannel5's Cincinnati sister station.
Bell allegedly approached an undercover officer's car in Evanston and offered him sex for money. Police also said they found a crack pipe in Bell's coat pocket.
Bell told police she works for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now at the time of her arrest.

And then there was Cleveland:
An Ohio man who cast an illegal early ballot after being caught registering to vote several times with ACORN is a longtime scammer who was arrested last year — as a woman.
The bizarre tale of Darnell Nash — a k a Serina "Sexy Slay" Gibbs — came to light after Cuyahoga County election officials charged him with voter fraud and this week turned him in to prosecutors.
It turns out that Nash, 24, who has a criminal record as a man, is now a transsexual escort who claims to make $150 an hour turning tricks as the self-proclaimed "Queen of Cleveland Gender Benders."
Maybe this really is just another day at the office for the folks at ACORN . . .

UPDATE: Then there's Milwaukee:
At least seven felons convicted of crimes including cocaine possession and robbery were recruited by a liberal group to register voters in Milwaukee,
raising fears they may have committed voter fraud . . .
Along with the seven felons, court records show one special registration deputy has a pending felony charge for heroin possession and another is facing a misdemeanor prostitution charge. A third was convicted of misdemeanor prostitution. “



"ACORN Funded Prostitution Zone")."


ACORN Prostitution Scam Moves to Brooklyn

Now, I guess, we know what a community organizer does, because today we learned, an ACORN Brothel Grows in Brooklyn.
When we last saw our fake pimp and hooker, they were in our nation's capitol trying to
find out how ACORN would deal with people looking for a home mortgage so they can open open up a brothel using under-aged girls. "


"US ACORN SCANDAL: International Press Roundup (RUSSIA); Balt. Libs Recommend to Establish Brothel.

Liberal Benefactors in Baltimore gave recommendations to establish a brothel
В США опубликован видеоролик с участием сотрудников либеральной некоммерческой
организации, которые с энтузиазмом дают советы по организации противозаконного бизнеса -
детской проституции. In the United States published a video with the participation of staff of the liberal non-profit organization,
who enthusiastically give advice on the organization of an illegal business - child prostitution.
Как передает CNN, запись сделана двумя консервативными активистами,
один из которых изображал сутенера, а другая - проститутку.
According to CNN, entry was made by two conservative activist, one of which
depicted the pimp and the other - a prostitute.
Объектом успешной провокации стала влиятельная Ассоциация местных
организаций за немедленные реформы (ACORN)."



"ACORN SCANDAL: International Press Roundup (MEXICO) Girls
from Mexico/E.S. to U.S. for Prostitution
"Trabajo encubierto exhibe ilícitos de empleados de la ACORN;
Llevan a EU niñas de México y El Salvador para prostituirlas"
They have girls from Mexico to the United States and El Salvador for Prostitution
Antonio Heras Antonio Heras Corresponsal Correspondent Mexicali, BC, 17 de
septiembre. Mexicali, BC, Sept. 17. An undercover work done by Hannah Giles and
James O'Keefe, activists, human rights advocates, revealed illegal actions of
employees of the Association of Community Organizations for the New Reform
(ACORN, for its acronym in English), who advise the import United States of girls
from Mexico and El Salvador for prostitution in the neighboring country and profit
from it.

The ACORN, nongovernmental organization dedicated to the support of migrants and
highly marginalized people to acquire home ownership in the U.S., announced it will
initiate an independent investigation to determine responsibilities of its employees."


"ACORN SCANDAL: International Press Roundup (NORWAY): "Obama-Support Group Helps Fake Whore/Pimp" "Obama-Støttegruppe Felt Av Falsk Hore Og Hhallik"
a video camera has revealed how people in the U.S. umbrella organization Acorn has
been willing to provide support to illegal projects.
Obama-aid Lobby group, which supports low-and middle-income groups in the housing
wage and tax issues, was under the election campaign last year, accused of election
fraud after a sub-organization had a mission to register voters worth 800 000 dollars
for Obama. "


"Unearthed! Obama's twisted ACORN roots
"Obama's task was to help far South Side residents press for improvement," the Times article explained. "


"The E. F. Hutton of Prostitution: When ACORN Talks, Pimps and Hookers Listen.
The radical activist group ACORN is the E. F. Hutton of prostitution. It stands ready to provide discreet advice
on setting up a brothel and engaging in other, associated acts of criminality. When ACORN talks, pimps and hookers listen.
In Baltimore, ACORN staff assured O’Keefe and Giles that the group doesn’t “discriminate” — i.e., has no standards whatsoever.
Giles is told if she makes $96,000 a year selling sex, she should tell the government she only makes $9,600.
O’Keefe notes that they want a house for 13 underage girls who will be imported from El Salvador to work as prostitutes.
Only three — not all 13 — of the girls can be listed as dependents, ACORN prudently advises. "


"ACORN Prostitution Scandal:San Bernardino VIDEO This Time W/Politicians and Murder
When we last saw our fake pimp and hooker, they were in Brooklyn, with the usual scenario,
trying to find out how ACORN would deal with people looking for a home mortgage
so they can open open up a brothel using under-aged girls.

Today's stop is San Bernardino, California. In this Acorn office we find out the woman who runs the office is also a poll dancer
who may turn tricks on the side. ACORN's is supposedly non political but acording to Teresa,
the woman on the tape helping the pair, she speaks with Congressman and Senators every day because
she is lobbying for the Obamacare bill. She names Barbara "Call Me Senator "Boxer and Senator McCleod,
and 62nd district Assemblywoman Wilmer Amina Carter as people with whom she deals.
Theresa says that “Eden’s” prostitution money would be an asset to James in his quest to become a Senator or Representative.
Also the person who was helping the alter egos of James O' Keefe and Hannah Giles with the prostitution scam
also talks about how she first planned the cover-up then shot and killed her husband."


James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles visited one of ACORN’s New York offices in August,
where they picked up handy tips on how to lie on housing forms to cover up a prostitution business
(”Honesty is not going to get you the house,” one ACORN official advises) and how to hide cash
from their illicit business (”When you buy the house with the backyard, you get a tin…
and you bury it down in there…cover it…and put the grass over it…”).

In 1994 the ACORN Housing Corporation (AHC) was awarded a $1.1 million grant
by AmeriCorps, a program of the Corporation for National Service (CNS). The money was intended
to fund the training of 42 AmeriCorps members in 13 cities. The workers were expected to identify
low-income families hoping to purchase a first home, to assist them in finding suitable housing, and to
advise them in securing the necessary financing.

AHC’s initial subterfuge pales in comparison to the illegal fundraising scheme it subsequently operated,
using its AmeriCorps grant to increase ACORN’s membership.
According to Jordan, one ACORN member in the Dallas regional office stated that “the only reason
for having the AmeriCorps program was to gain new ACORN members, and that if AmeriCorps loan
counseling clients did not start becoming ACORN members, she could and would halt the AmeriCorps project.”
Jordan found that this understanding was not limited to the Dallas office.
Using government funds to solicit membership in an organization that— like ACORN—participates in
direct political advocacy is a violation of federal guidelines."


"ACORN: Big Apple, Big Pimping (another shoe drops)
It was just a fluke, ACORN insisted the first time that James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles
published their undercover video showing their office in Baltimore helping a pimp evade taxes
and get a mortgage by deceit for a brothel. They fired a couple of “bad apples” in that office,
and a couple of more bad apples in Washington DC when that office got caught on hidden camera
doing the same thing. In fact. ACORN went so far as to brag that the pair had tried the same thing
and failed in “San Diego, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia to name a few places.”"

41 posted on 01/27/2010 3:57:07 AM PST by Diogenesis ("Those who go below the surface do so at their peril" - Oscar Wilde)
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To: Cold Heat
This is the FIRST I've read about this story!!!!

It would be JUST like FBI to PLANT a listening device and then blame it on O'Keefe!!!!!!!!

The Democrats are DANGEROUS SNAKES.

42 posted on 01/27/2010 4:02:18 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion,,,,,,the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: icwhatudo

Where’s the ORIGINAL STORY and WHEN did this happen???


43 posted on 01/27/2010 4:04:14 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion,,,,,,the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: skipper18

No, it sux to be you. You so easily believe the enemy’s lies that maybe you are the enemy, too.


44 posted on 01/27/2010 4:24:08 AM PST by savedbygrace
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To: icwhatudo

I am praying for him. I want this to blow up in the face of the left.


45 posted on 01/27/2010 4:26:40 AM PST by riri (Resistance-It's the New Black)
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To: RogerQ
You think you should be able to trust the FBI, but can you?

There is the famous case involving the FBI Boston office and agent John Connolly, who was supposed to be a handler running the criminal Whitey Bulger to setup other criminals as an informant. Instead, Whitey ended up bribing Connolly and used the corrupted agent to warn Whitey of the Feds activities and even helped him use the Feds to take out rival gang members.

46 posted on 01/27/2010 4:38:41 AM PST by 6SJ7 (atlasShruggedInd = TRUE)
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To: SeattleBruce
The willful blindness here to what amounts to a classic Alinsky-style trick is a little stunning. The point of the political damage is not that these boys were actually doing anything criminal, but that they intentionally put themselves in the situation where the Democrats can isolate, polarize, and ridicule, and the ACORN tapes, which ought to have been allowed to speak for themselves, will end up being totally overshadowed. This was a truly stupid stunt, and anyone who's watched the Democrats' tactics over the past 8 years should realize that.


47 posted on 01/27/2010 4:43:45 AM PST by Oceander (The Price of Freedom is Eternal Vigilance -- Thos. Jefferson)
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To: roses of sharon

I agree. breach of protocol.. poor fool didn’t know how to massage it properly.


48 posted on 01/27/2010 5:18:10 AM PST by Ancient Drive (DRINK COFFEE! - Do Stupid Things Faster with More Energy!)
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To: lmr

I totally agree. I wish the best for O’Keefe and pray that people will support him instead of throw him under the bus. I am confident that there is a whole lot more to this story. I know better than to start suddenly believing what the MSM tells me!! I thank O’Keefe!!!! Heads up and prayers up for him!!


49 posted on 01/27/2010 5:38:00 AM PST by jackv (The darkness hates the light!)
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To: skipper18
Interesting posting history you have. A small sample:

Bare necessities top holiday wish lists
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 2:29:10 AM · 17 of 18
skipper18 to FromLori 

let them starve!

no more social programs and handouts, it is time to thin the herd dramatically.

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TO THE RESCUE: NEW AND IMPROVED OBAMA!!!!
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 2:19:45 AM · 26 of 27
skipper18 to Kellis91789 

goddam yeah

screw the white liberal honkies in masshole, i hope brown gets them defunded for everything

crush the mass liberals from the inside

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Palin’s Book Confuses Legendary UCLA Coach Wooden with Native American Activist25 yr old writer at S
Wednesday, December 02, 2009 3:16:38 PM · 75 of 161
skipper18 to FormerACLUmember 

Telling the truth is propoganda?

Chris Littman told the truth.

Sarah Palin did not.

The end.

50 posted on 01/27/2010 6:03:38 AM PST by Lazamataz (Hey Obama, Can You Hear Me Now....? GOOOOoood......)
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To: skipper18
i sure hope they dont bring RICO against breitbart they could rope him for conspiracy since his site was the likely destination for the illegal tap tapes

Then to this point, the standard of proof for RICO goes somewhat beyond 'likely destination'.

51 posted on 01/27/2010 6:04:52 AM PST by Lazamataz (Hey Obama, Can You Hear Me Now....? GOOOOoood......)
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To: SeattleBruce
Leonnig, as you may remember, is the reporter who was forced to retract the false and libelous accusation that O’Keefe was motivated by racism in his ACORN sting.

If she was a "real" reporter, she could be Pulitzer winner or be like Woodward/Bernstein making a fortune by going to Hawaii and dig into the usurper's B.C. issue!!!

52 posted on 01/27/2010 6:46:49 AM PST by danamco
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To: RonDog

They were just rooming around like the Florida couple feeding concritter Jim McDermott with Newts phone conversation they so “incidentally” came upon!!!


53 posted on 01/27/2010 7:10:32 AM PST by danamco
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To: Rummyfan
The whole scenario reeks of a set-up.

I, for one, would not be extraordinarily surprised to find out that any number of FReepers end up with some sort of illegal crap planted on their computers.

54 posted on 01/27/2010 8:02:31 AM PST by null and void (We are now in day 371 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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To: roses of sharon

“I think the boys guilty of a breach of protocol. Traditionally, to gain access to a Democratic senator’s office in Louisiana, one must bring several generous sacks of cash and a bottle of good bourbon.”

Now that’s a good point...


55 posted on 01/27/2010 8:07:24 AM PST by SeattleBruce (God, Family, Church, Country - Keep on Tea Partiers - party like it's 1773 & pray 2 Chronicles 7:14!)
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To: icwhatudo

$10,000 bond isn’t that much. Do they want the guys out asap to follow them or do they just not have that much on them?


56 posted on 01/27/2010 8:08:48 AM PST by bgill (The framers of the US Constitution established an entire federal government in 18 pages.)
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To: lmr

“Assuming this kid is guilty of anything, how can this be billed as ‘Watergate?’ He’s not the sitting president of the United States or anything. He’s just an overzealous young news-gatherer, focusing his young angst in a more positive fashion than do most kids his age.”

Right!


57 posted on 01/27/2010 8:11:40 AM PST by SeattleBruce (God, Family, Church, Country - Keep on Tea Partiers - party like it's 1773 & pray 2 Chronicles 7:14!)
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To: 300winmag

“Did they get a copy of the script from Ellie Light? My own guess is that this is some crude form of entrapment, but they’re looking for some sort of plea bargain to destroy these people...”

Right, and Media Matters is already saying this exculpates ACORN/COI...ridiculous.


58 posted on 01/27/2010 8:14:18 AM PST by SeattleBruce (God, Family, Church, Country - Keep on Tea Partiers - party like it's 1773 & pray 2 Chronicles 7:14!)
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To: Bobalu

“So what is up OKeef’s sleeve? Just what the hell is he playing at? I’d guess that he was well aware that he was under constant surveillance...this fact makes it all even more bizarre! If you know your enemies are watching you that makes it an easy matter to lead them astray since they will believe and act upon whatever silliness you feed them. Just imagine the possibilities of such a situation.”

Wow...we’re waiting with baited breath...!


59 posted on 01/27/2010 8:16:51 AM PST by SeattleBruce (God, Family, Church, Country - Keep on Tea Partiers - party like it's 1773 & pray 2 Chronicles 7:14!)
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To: ArmstedFragg

“That’s consistent with the description of the guy announcing he’s able to call out, and the other guy announcing he’s unable to call in. I think this is more about finding a cinematic way to make a point than it is about wiretapping. Nevertheless, it wasn’t well thought out.”

Good thoughts, but that’s not INTENSE enough, and O’Keefe twittered that it’s about to get INTENSE.


60 posted on 01/27/2010 8:20:21 AM PST by SeattleBruce (God, Family, Church, Country - Keep on Tea Partiers - party like it's 1773 & pray 2 Chronicles 7:14!)
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