O’Keefe targeted CNN reporter for depraved ‘prank’
I very much believe — and hope — that nothing is going to top this story in terms of pure strangeness. But the way things are going, that hope may prove to be false.
You may remember James O’Keefe, the conservative hero and “filmmaker” made famous by his ACORN work. Apparently, young Master O’Keefe wanted to find a way to “punk” and embarrass CNN, and to do so he set in motion a plan to lure a CNN reporter, Abbie Boudreau, onto a Maryland houseboat on the pretext of doing an interview.
The boat was to be outfitted with hidden cameras and other items, as detailed in the “equipment list” later acquired by CNN and republished below. O’Keefe then intended to try to seduce Boudreau, on hidden camera, and later release the video as some sort of triumph.
As CNN itself reports:
According to the document, O’Keefe was to record a video of the following script before Boudreau arrived: “My name is James. I work in video activism and journalism. I’ve been approached by CNN for an interview where I know what their angle is: they want to portray me and my friends as crazies, as non-journalists, as unprofessional and likely as homophobes, racists or bigots of some sort….
“Instead, I’ve decided to have a little fun. Instead of giving her a serious interview, I’m going to punk CNN. Abbie has been trying to seduce me to use me, in order to spin a lie about me. So, I’m going to seduce her, on camera, to use her for a video. This bubble-headed-bleach-blonde who comes on at five will get a taste of her own medicine, she’ll get seduced on camera and you’ll get to see the awkwardness and the aftermath.”
The plot was apparently foiled only at the last minute by a female colleague of O’Keefe’s, who intercepted Boudreau right before the meeting and confessed the scheme.
Go read CNN’s account. It has more details and weirdness than I can include here. I thought the Shirley Sherrod debacle was probably as low as this kind of thing could go, but clearly I had no idea.
There is something deeply sick, even depraved, about these people.
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left wing (the original)
September 29th, 2010
4:09 pm
jm @ 4:00 – True enough. And in today’s world, if you give big tax breaks to the top 1%, they’re just as likely to invest in the hang seng or ni kai exchange, or buy a 3rd ski house in Zurich. Which is why there should be incentives to invest the money in America.
The right wing loves to speculate that our rich will “take their ball” and leave the country. And I say . . . good riddence. This country was built on creation of the wealthy. In the last few decades, we’ve created the likes of Bill Gates and Mark Cuban. If one decides to leave, it would create a void that would be filled by another entrepreneur.
Bosch
September 29th, 2010
4:09 pm
jm,
You mean Amanpour? I think she’s hot….definitely, in an older woman kind of way — like the Senate Snowe Goddess too.
Billy from Dip
September 29th, 2010
4:09 pm
And just what does that have to do with boating Jeffy?
jm
September 29th, 2010
4:10 pm
I love the fact the tea party has taken to wearing chain mail (sp?)…
http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/09/29/foreman.militant.middle/index.html?hpt=C1
md
September 29th, 2010
4:10 pm
“The plot was apparently foiled only at the last minute by a female colleague of O’Keefe’s, who intercepted Boudreau right before the meeting and confessed the scheme.”
Let me pose it a bit different for those that obviously interpreted my post with a bit of their own baggage:
Why did she agree to meet with a known scum bag?????
jm
September 29th, 2010
4:10 pm
Bosch – Amanpour? Was referring to the article subject. Amanpour’s only hot because of the foreign accent thing.
@@
September 29th, 2010
4:11 pm
AmVet:
No on the Dreyfus, but I’m almost surprised you didn’t write down who it was!
I no longer have time to waste on tracking the multi-ID bloggers. You, on the other hand, have nothing but…
jm
September 29th, 2010
4:12 pm
left wing 4:09 – I guess that’s where we disagree… I like having rich people here. For a lot of reasons.
Been to switzerland?
Jay
September 29th, 2010
4:13 pm
md, because CNN was doing a story on him and other guerrilla political filmmakers.
casual observer
September 29th, 2010
4:13 pm
What’s the matter “Weasel Boy” no Palin stories on the wire?
AmVet
September 29th, 2010
4:14 pm
marky, that is too funny!
So we can now add a couple more of the posters here as O’Keefe the Scumbag supporters.
md, it is probably a big mistake but I’ll actually respond to your question.
Because she is an investigative correspondent.
Her record stand on it own merits. She has received seven regional Emmys for investigative reporting, writing and enterprise journalism. She has been the correspondent for two documentaries, “Campus Rage” and “Joe Biden Revealed”. She also co-hosted a one-hour special called “Fall of the Fat Cats.” In a four-month investigation, she revealed how, over two years, FEMA had stored $85 million worth of new household supplies that were meant for Katrina victims, but ended up giving them away to various government agencies, such as prisons. The investigation, “Hurricane Giveaway”, prompted the return of many of those items to Louisiana, where victims still needed basic supplies. The series was nominated for a national Emmy award.
This year, she and Senior Investigative Producer Scott Zamost won a first place National Headliner Award for “Post Office Mansion,” which revealed how the U.S. Postal Service was losing millions by buying the expensive homes of relocating employees. She also won the Livingston Award for Young Journalists for the documentary “Killings At The Canal: The Army Tapes,” which aired in November 2009.
What exactly are you inferring with this question? And please don’t do the dodgeball on it…
md
September 29th, 2010
4:14 pm
“If one decides to leave, it would create a void that would be filled by another entrepreneur.”
Perhaps, and perhaps not. In a global economy, the entrepreneurs aren’t limited to one country anymore. The global labor correction may very well dictate growth elsewhere for a long time.
left wing (the original)
September 29th, 2010
4:15 pm
jm @ 4:03 – When we crashed 2 years ago, the treasury printed 3 Billion dollars and released that into the economy. There was no inflationary effect from it, which is proof that we’re up against what Keynesians call the “zero lower bound”. Having said that, they could devalue the dollar, which would have an inflationary effect.
And we know how to control things like inflation. First we have to start the engine, then we can tune it.
Jay
September 29th, 2010
4:16 pm
md, from the CNN story:
O’Keefe called Boudreau on August 10. During the conversation, he said he preferred that Boudreau meet him in person in Maryland and asked that she come alone.
“I just want to talk,” O’Keefe told Boudreau on the phone. “I just want to have a, you know, meeting with you, and talk to you face to face about this. Because, I don’t, I feel sort of, let’s just say reserved about, about letting people into my sort of inner sanctum, about letting, letting people sort of take a glimpse into, into, behind the scenes, so that’s why you know, I just feel more comfortable if it was just me and you and we just had a face-to-face meeting before I agree to, to let you guys come out and shoot the video shoot out there.”
The call had been taped by O’Keefe, without Boudreau’s knowledge. The transcript of the conversation was part of the material leaked to CNN, presumably by the same person who intervened to stop the madness.
The misogynism of the whole plot is pretty startling.
md
September 29th, 2010
4:17 pm
“What exactly are you inferring with this question? And please don’t do the dodgeball on it…”
Boy, does paranoia reign on here or what – it was merely a question.
jm
September 29th, 2010
4:18 pm
left wing – true, we could (try) to devalue the dollar. everyone’s trying to do it, and it wouldn’t be very popular.
I like this idea best (see article). Does the same thing, at lower political and economic cost. And causes a lot of problems for China…. (despite what the author says)
http://blogs.reuters.com/columns/2010/09/21/u-s-yuan-raid-idea-is-fascinating-but-flawed/
left wing (the original)
September 29th, 2010
4:20 pm
jm @ 4:12 – I’m not saying get rid of rich people. We need rich people in this country. What I am saying is that the backbone of the capitalist system is the ability to create rich people. Our system is full of entrepreneurs who take a chance and get rewarded. So, if we were to lose a Richard Sciafe or one of the Koch brothers, there would be new blood to replace them.
md
September 29th, 2010
4:20 pm
Didn’t see the link above – oh well……now I know.
Javier
September 29th, 2010
4:23 pm
Bookman, the crazy thing is that you libs act like you don’t have the same element on your end of the political spectrum. You all have just as many degenerates as the other major party, maybe more. To deny it would be a bold faced lie.
jm
September 29th, 2010
4:23 pm
left wing 4:20 – there are two types of capital, which I think you’re alluding to. Financial capital and intellectual capital. Yes, intellectual capital will create new value. But new value isn’t necessarily filling a void, and when you chase of financial capital, there is a real, irreplaceable lost benefit.
I know this is a theoretical, but it is instructive. Take your idea to the extreme. Expropriate all capital from all rich people and redistribute it (ala Zimbabwe). Sure, intellectual capital will eventually recreate value. But lifetimes are lost in the interim. Financial capital is real, has real benefits, and should be treated with the same respect that intellectual capital is given.
Union
September 29th, 2010
4:24 pm
In a shocking New York Times opinion piece, CNN’s chief news executive Eason Jordan has admitted that for the past decade the network has systematically covered up stories of Iraqi atrocities. Reports of murder, torture, and planned assassinations were suppressed in order to maintain CNN’s Baghdad bureau.
so what wouldnt cnn do for a story?
josef nix
September 29th, 2010
4:25 pm
In terms of coin of the realm, where does “rich” start?
Kamchak
September 29th, 2010
4:25 pm
The call had been taped by O’Keefe, without Boudreau’s knowledge.
Oops.
Seems like he did do something illegal.
He’s still on probation for the attempted wiretapping in La.
left wing (the original)
September 29th, 2010
4:26 pm
jm @ 4:18 – interesting article. I’ve read something else by Paul Krugman, advocating for a trade war as well (you’ll have to look for the link yourself though). Dr. Krugman’s point was, even though both sides lose in a trade war, when you’re the one being dumped on, you’ll lose less.
Pogo
September 29th, 2010
4:26 pm
The guy would be hailed and exalted as as a hero by the liberal media if his focus was on a conservative media organization or its members. His biggest problem is is that he isn’t targeting conservatives and that he is targeting the leftist media outlets like CNN and socialist organizations like ACORN so therefore, the liberals are “outraged” by everything he does. I don’t agree with this type of gotcha crap from anybody but the hypocrisy of the liberals faux sanctimonious reaction at the gentleman is sickening. It would have all been ok if it the target would have been a reporter from FOX, wouldn’t it?
I admit, in this case he made a mistake on his target. Boudreau is one of the best things on CNN and she has done some excellent work and has done a lot of good. Nothing Jay says here exonerates the ACORN people and what was captured on that tape though that is exactly what he is trying to do. Anyone that has read the history of ACORN and its finances knows that it is (I and said “IS”, because it is many little ACORNs now with different names) a corrupt organization that has done way more wrong than it has done right. Billions of dollars have been waste because of that organization.
And oh, did anyone note that Andrew Stern, another big buddy and advisor of Obama, is now being investigated by the FBI for corruption in unions finances? That is the real story Jay should have been reporting on.
jm
September 29th, 2010
4:27 pm
Bosch (and Jay if you’re interested) – by the way, I think Amanpour is totally out of place on “This Week”. Tapper would’ve been just fine (or better).
I get enough international news all week. On Sunday AM, all I want to know while I have a 2 hours of relaxation time in my week, is what’s going on in (crazy) DC.
Probably so I can plan accordingly to hide my pithy savings. Just kidding.
md
September 29th, 2010
4:27 pm
“The call had been taped by O’Keefe, without Boudreau’s knowledge.
Oops.
Seems like he did do something illegal.”
I think that depends on the State – in Ga only one party has to approve of the recording.
Left wing management
September 29th, 2010
4:28 pm
Depravity? Conservativism?
Mmmm, not too far off, I’d say.
)
jm
September 29th, 2010
4:29 pm
left wing 4: 26 – trade war was a big component of the Great Depression. I understand the need to fight fire with fire. But its a dangerous game. The Chinese appear hold better cards too.
AmVet
September 29th, 2010
4:30 pm
“I no longer have time to waste on tracking the multi-ID bloggers.”
But alas, you left out the most important part! ” I just support, enable and defend even the most disgusting of them, provided of course they are right-wingers, like me.”
JB, perhaps he violated the law by taping that conversation without her consent. If so, it would be great to see him suffer the consequences in a court of law.
ty webb
September 29th, 2010
4:32 pm
“He’s still on probation for the attempted wiretapping in La.”
someone just lied.
Paul
September 29th, 2010
4:32 pm
Pogo
“And oh, did anyone note that Andrew Stern, another big buddy and advisor of Obama, is now being investigated by the FBI for corruption in unions finances? That is the real story Jay should have been reporting on.”
Fox reported, last night, that the investigation was about over and Stern would not be facing charges.
left wing (the original)
September 29th, 2010
4:32 pm
jm @ 4:23 – Whoa! I’m not advocating anything like Expropriate all capital from all rich people and redistribute it. But yes. I call them entrepreneurs, you call it intellectual capital, but it’s the same thing. It’s Steve Jobs creating the Ipad. True capitalism creates people like that constantly.
My comparison to you would be; who is a greater asset to the economy; a Steve Jobs (see above) or Paris Hilton? Ms Hilton is a billionairess. Certainly she’s got more money than “poor” Steve Jobs. But Steve is creating . . . jobs (the pun was completely unintentional). Ms Hilton snorts coke.
AmVet
September 29th, 2010
4:32 pm
md, nope, no paranoia.
Just cravenly non-responses.
Yours was answered.
You obviously had a reason for twice asking that question. What was it?
md
September 29th, 2010
4:32 pm
Not too sure one can win a trade war with the bank, and best have alternate bank partners lined up beforehand.
Any ideas as to who has that kind of cash to loan????
Bosch
September 29th, 2010
4:32 pm
Pogo,
I guess you missed the story of the whole ACORN thing is that they were exonerated. So, you know this guy is a lying piece of manure, but defend his work as true. Weird.
jm
September 29th, 2010
4:33 pm
left wing – let’s just settle the currency thing. I agree with you. Something has to be done about the FX rate problem. But its going to be ungodly messy and people should be prepared for the short term repercussions (more unemployment, higher prices, lots and lots of angry rhetoric, possible financial collapses, much higher interest rates etc etc)
Kamchak
September 29th, 2010
4:33 pm
The guy
would behas already been hailed and exalted as as a hero by theliberal mediaconservative media.Fixed your typos.
RW-(the original)
September 29th, 2010
4:34 pm
ty,
Back on page one somebody had O’Keefe on probation in California for the ACORN tapes. These libs are big on talking points, but extremely fact challenged.
jm
September 29th, 2010
4:34 pm
left wing – I know (below). I was trying to extrapolate as an example
“I’m not advocating anything like Expropriate all capital from all rich people and redistribute it. “
ty webb
September 29th, 2010
4:35 pm
RW,
You got that right.
md
September 29th, 2010
4:35 pm
“You obviously had a reason for twice asking that question. What was it?”
Read my other posts Am, I didn’t know CNN was doing a story and sending her in. Even then, knowing his history, she should know to tread cautiously.
popeye
September 29th, 2010
4:35 pm
josef nix
September 29th, 2010
3:59 pm
Are O’Keefe and Boudreau from South Carolina?
NO….but, DUSTY is!
left wing (the original)
September 29th, 2010
4:36 pm
jm @ 4:29 – I’m not saying it’s a good idea, and fighting a trade war with a “soft” economy is even worse. I was just comparing your article with Paul Krugman.
Totally missed out on the Amanpour discussion. I think she asks decent questions, but get off the international stuff already! We have big domestic problems, arguements about tax cuts, and she interviews Queen Noor (who I do like to watch, BTW). She’s turning out to be a one chapter story.
jm
September 29th, 2010
4:37 pm
left wing 4:32 – actually I think Jobs is now wealthier. anyway,
I would say they’re both important. As much as a “Paris” might disgust me with her lifestyle (although the libertarian in me says its not for me to judge), I’m very happy to have their capital in the US. You’d probably be shocked by the number of people they employ. They may not be creating the number of jobs that Steve J is, but they’re still keeping a lot of people employed. That’s a good thing.
Bosch
September 29th, 2010
4:37 pm
RW,
“These libs are big on talking points, but extremely fact challenged.”
Yeah, I always get such a hoot when the wingnuts here confuse opinion and fact. We really need to work on our books.
left wing (the original)
September 29th, 2010
4:38 pm
jm agreed. Got to go. Nice talking with you.
AmVet
September 29th, 2010
4:39 pm
Your explanation as to your ignorance of the details on this matter is fair enough, md.
Don’t be so paranoid. (grin)
somebody/These libs
Generalize much?
jm
September 29th, 2010
4:39 pm
left wing 4:36 – second that (amanpour). the china thing is a “reckoning” type of thing, it’s going to happen now, or sometime in the future. all of it is messy, but the non-sensical chinese started the mess.
@@
September 29th, 2010
4:40 pm
AmVet:
But alas, you left out the most important part! ” I just support, enable and defend even the most disgusting of them, provided of course they are right-wingers, like me.”
If you were banished, I would defend even you. HECK! I even protested the banishment of God Hates Trash. Couple’a others (left & right). Don’t recall them all.
Your jealousy is showing.
Kamchak
September 29th, 2010
4:42 pm
someone just lied.
Really?
The defendant is hereby sentenced to probation for a term of:
THREE YEARS PROBATION AS TO COUNT 1 OF THE BILL OF INFORMATION.
The defendant shall not commit another federal, state or local crime.
RW-(the original)
September 29th, 2010
4:43 pm
Bosch,
If we don’t quit procrastinating somebody else id going to write those books..
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Here’s the ACORN commissioned report that “exonerates” ACORN
It kinda doesn’t.
Paul
September 29th, 2010
4:43 pm
Bosch!
Did you catch “Ordinary Family” on ABC last night?
HDB
September 29th, 2010
4:45 pm
Jay September 29th, 2010
2:43 pm
Voulez-vous cliche avec moi, ce soir?
Not bad….if the music is the cliched point…but the actual French from Lady Marmalade is: Voulez-vous coucher avec moi, ce soir?
This guy needs to be locked up as a sexual predator…..and see what happens to HIM in jail!!
Kamchak
September 29th, 2010
4:47 pm
These libs are big on talking points, but extremely fact challenged.
Uh huh….
Bosch
September 29th, 2010
4:49 pm
RW,
Or did it?
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2009/12/acorn_exonerated_read_the_repo.html
It’s all relative.
Paul
September 29th, 2010
4:50 pm
RW-(the original)
I like the wording. Executive Summary: “did not find a pattern of…” Didn’t say they didn’t find it, just not a ‘pattern.’ “there is no evidence that action, illegal or otherwise, was taken by any ACORN employee on behalf of the videographers.” Don’t recall anyone saying they ‘took action.’ Just that they gave advice on how to break the law.
These reports have a code all their own –
Plus, this segues nicely into the topic of ‘can something be wrong but still be legal?” or, ‘just because something is not illegal, is it right?”
Bosch
September 29th, 2010
4:50 pm
Paul,
Nope, I haven’t seen that show. Is it good? You know I trust your TV judgment.
RW-(the original)
September 29th, 2010
4:50 pm
He’s still on probation for the attempted wiretapping in La.
That’s your fact Kamchak. Now go to the google box and see if you can back it up.
MyMy
September 29th, 2010
4:52 pm
@Jimmy62
There’s really no need to post your IQ along with your name.
Paul
September 29th, 2010
4:52 pm
The Exec Summary was good in that it didn’t mice words: “The serious management challenges detailed in our report are the fault of ACORN’s founder and a cadre of leaders”
That is usually the case. What isn’t the case is for someone to point it out or for leadership to syay “we agree.’
Kamchak
September 29th, 2010
4:56 pm
Now go to the google box and see if you can back it up.
I already did.
Here.
Paul
September 29th, 2010
4:57 pm
Bosch
Caught only the last half. Stars Michael Chiklis (of The Shield and Fantastic Four). Family’s developed superpowers. Daughter – in high school – can read minds. Mom’s a fast-moving blonde, like on Twilight (that’s ‘moving’ as in ‘motion’ – not as in ‘making a move on a houseboat….) Done in a graphic novel style. Some of the Heroes characters. Worth another look – looks fun.
RW-(the original)
September 29th, 2010
4:59 pm
For entering a building under false pretenses not for any wiretapping.
Kamchak
September 29th, 2010
5:03 pm
For entering a building under false pretenses not for any wiretapping.
You’re absolutely correct.
He is on probation, not for wiretapping, but for another offense.
jm
September 29th, 2010
5:04 pm
More CHINA CURRENCY debate
http://noir.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601010&sid=aYM44M0dT.NE
RW-(the original)
September 29th, 2010
5:04 pm
With the added distinction of being on probation for a misdemeanor rather than a felony.
Abrazos
September 29th, 2010
5:04 pm
There’s more to this story besides the “accoutrements d’amour” on the list (Viagara, dild** , posters and paintings of naked women, playboys and pornographic magazines, handcuffs, blindfold). Kinda makes you wonder for whose benefit the “posters and paintings of naked women, playboys and pornographic magazines” were stocked on the boat for, doesn’t it? But I digress.
This was the operational seduction plan that this genius had in mind:
“As the operation is going on, James [O'Keefe] will have to adapt and adjust to her mood and her reaction. If she is pulling away, withdraw and pull her back in. If she’s unsure, comfort her and reassure her. Vacillate between somewhat serious interview and the come-hither persona as needed in order to confuse her judgment and also keep her on the boat.”
Maybe this gawky kid has secret talents, but it’s really a stretch to believe he has the Cassanova chops to succeed with a 13-year veteran of CNN who has master’s degree in broadcast journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.
josef nix
September 29th, 2010
5:06 pm
HDB
“…but the actual French from Lady Marmalade is: Voulez-vous coucher avec moi, ce soir?”
Jay a fait un très bon jeux de mot avec ça ! Moi? Je crois qu’il ferai un bon thème ici dans le blog!
Kamchak
September 29th, 2010
5:10 pm
With the added distinction of being on probation for a misdemeanor rather than a felony.
Yes, probation lite—with one-third less guilt than their regular probation.
AmVet
September 29th, 2010
5:14 pm
The more you read about this scofflaw/moron, the more you just shake your head.
No wonder his serial disregard for the law of the land makes him such a darling of the lunatic fringe.
(He was charged with entering federal property under false pretenses for the purpose of committing a felony, which carries a penalty of up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.)
Fortunately for the him and his pro-crime enablers, he got off with a slap on the wrist.
Karl Rove and Lee Atwater must be thrilled with their slimy legacy…
josef nix
September 29th, 2010
5:14 pm
“… a 13-year veteran of CNN who has master’s degree in broadcast journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.”
You could have stopped at the 13 years experience…the piece of paper from a provencial university is really not what counts…I’m far, far more impressed with the former.
Jay
September 29th, 2010
5:14 pm
abrazos, kind of like a chihuahua all hot and bothered over a Great Dane.
ty webb
September 29th, 2010
5:17 pm
kamchak
don’t worry, you can chalk up your lie to ignorance I suppose.
Kamchak
September 29th, 2010
5:19 pm
abrazos, kind of like a chihuahua all hot and bothered over a Great Dane.
I believe that in today’s nomenclature “house kitten” and “cougar” would be more proper given this woman’s 13 years experience..
ty webb
September 29th, 2010
5:20 pm
Jay,
Is it your contention that o’keefe was actually trying to “bed” the reporter, videotape it and then release the video?
Kamchak
September 29th, 2010
5:21 pm
kamchak
don’t worry, you can chalk up your lie to ignorance I suppose.
Yep.
waterstim
September 29th, 2010
5:22 pm
………yea, but he seduced the idiots at ACORN, didn’t he?
Paul
September 29th, 2010
5:23 pm
Jay
So many great captions come to mind –
http://tinyurl.com/2b2wjla
josef nix
September 29th, 2010
5:23 pm
Chihuahua is having his way with a Great Dane. A coconut falls on her head and she groans, He says, “suffer, Big Mama, suffer!”
Oh, BTW
O’Keefe did his undergraduate work at Rutgers where he gained fame for agitating, successfully, to have Lucky Charms removed for it’s stereotyping of the Irish! Sounds kinda liberal to me!
Jackie
September 29th, 2010
5:25 pm
@RW
Your 4:34 stated that someone posted information about Mr. O’Keefe. The only fact that was incorrect was the place of the probation. Otherwise, read the link showing Mr. O’Keefe and his misdeeds in CA and MD.
http://mediamatters.org/research/201009290035
Pogo
September 29th, 2010
5:28 pm
Bosch, all that needs to be said about ACORN is the Rathke brothers. These “founding fathers” of the organization were certainly “fine, upstanding citizens”, weren’t they? ACORN was never meant to be anything other than a way to funnel taxpayer dollars to further Democratic/Progressive candidates and that is exactly why Obama loved them so and even worked with them as a legal representative. They are still out there, spending our taxpayer dollars for political purposes, only now they are split up into other organizations with a variety of names and maybe that is why that the progressives such as Jay seem to want to attack their attackers. And because of this gentleman’s tape, they are not as powerful and free to fritter away taxpayer money as they once were. He may do only one good thing in his life but with the ACORN case he did the country a huge amount of good. With people like Jay calling for tax increases it is incomprehensible to me that they can defend organizations such as ACORN. Our taxpayer dollars need to be spent on helping our people and our nation, not on political hacks with political agendas.
RW-(the original)
September 29th, 2010
5:34 pm
Jackie,
There’s a big difference between Media Matters claiming misdeeds and the person being on probation in California for the ACORN stuff. I wouldn’t expect you to understand.
woodie
September 29th, 2010
5:34 pm
I consider it very serious when a political group tries to ‘take out’ the media by manufacturing stories. There should be some jail associated with this. This is called propaganda and it’s very nasty business.
md
September 29th, 2010
5:38 pm
“I consider it very serious when a political group tries to ‘take out’ the media by manufacturing stories.”
Works in reverse all the time – where is the outrage??
Bosch
September 29th, 2010
5:44 pm
Pogo,
“And because of this gentleman’s tape,”
Gentleman? Really Pogo — we have a very different opinion of what a gentleman is and it certainly isn’t this punk.
Jay
September 29th, 2010
5:48 pm
Ty, I won’t pretend to know what O’Keefe’s real intentions were. None of the potential candidates make sense. Apparently CNN has more emails, etc., that it may or may not release because they are reportedly so sexually explicit.
jm
September 29th, 2010
5:49 pm
Yeah populism! Go Obama!
I’m in full agreement the China thing’s a problem. But this is definitely like dancing with a bear.
http://www.reuters.com/news/video/story?videoId=163749321&videoChannel=1
josef nix
September 29th, 2010
5:51 pm
BOSCH
I was brought up to be a Southern gentleman…a gentleman doesn’t tell…at least not by name and details!
Bosch
September 29th, 2010
5:51 pm
And Pogo, you defend tapes that were shown to be manufactured? I guess I have different standards.
jm
September 29th, 2010
5:53 pm
Obama – tell Wen: “welcome to our world M-F’er”. Pardon my language. But the Chinese tick me off.
“Premier Wen Jiabao countered last week that a 20 percent jump in the yuan risks “major” social upheaval and job losses. ”
http://noir.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aIQLi8JCy1bk&pos=6
Doggone/GA
September 29th, 2010
5:53 pm
“I guess I have different standards.”
Might be more accurate to say you have standards.
RW-(the original)
September 29th, 2010
5:55 pm
Apparently CNN has more emails, etc., that it may or may not release because they are reportedly so sexually explicit.
Now if that’s the case it really doesn’t make any sense that she agreed to this one on one meeting to “talk before getting let into his inner sanctum.”
jm
September 29th, 2010
5:59 pm
In the grand scheme of things, this CNN thing is a non-story. As someone requested earlier: “can we have a return to adult topics”? Of course, the other day I requested a break from serious topics. So I guess I’m a flip-flopper.
Perhaps there are less serious adult topics out there. Like, “does science actually know what’s doing”? Or some such thing….
Pogo
September 29th, 2010
5:59 pm
When all is said and done, and all the emotional stuff is over and history does its inspection of the Obama Presidency, it will go down as one of the most corrupt administrations in our nations history, and that is saying a lot. Obama’s selection of Holder as Attorney General will be worth chapters in the book.
Of course, who would have expected otherwise considering where Obama comes from and where his political views were formulated and nurtured? Afterall, he had a a communist/radical father and a socialist/radical mother and first and foremost, there is the Chicago political scene’s contribution which steared so much of his way of doing business. As for the arrogance and the sense of his own infalibility that he displays, even when all evidence points to that what he is doing is wrong and is contrary to what his nations people want him to do, that is all about him and his ego. And it will be his undoing. Obama cannot stand critism and he lashes out at anyone that dares to do it. Any leader without introspection is not a leader at all but a simple run-of-the-mill power hungry ego-maniac (these types make fine dictators, if there is such a thing) and Obama has no introspection at all. He simply cannot conceive that anything he does is wrong. And why should he after the idol worship that was the 2008 campaign?
Jay
September 29th, 2010
5:59 pm
RW, those aren’t emails between Boudreau and O’Keefe, but among O’Keefe and his co-conspirators.
jm
September 29th, 2010
5:59 pm
FROM REUTERS, JUST NOW
218 members of House vote to approve China currency bill, majority reached
Doggone/GA
September 29th, 2010
6:00 pm
“Now if that’s the case it really doesn’t make any sense that she agreed to this one on one meeting ”
Are you making the assumption that she couldn’t handle the situation?
RW-(the original)
September 29th, 2010
6:00 pm
Jay B,
Thanks for the clarification.
jm
September 29th, 2010
6:02 pm
Verdict: sounds like O’Keefe is a dirtbag or worse. I never trusted Irishmen… wait, better go check my family tree…