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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RW-(the original)
September 29th, 2010
6:04 pm
Are you making the assumption that she couldn’t handle the situation?
Not at all, but my original reading of Jay’s comment was that these were emails between the two of them in which case she wouldn’t or at least shouldn’t be surprised by this story. Obviously the clarification changes things.
AmVet
September 29th, 2010
6:05 pm
OK, the Braves are up 4 – zip after 4.
And I’m off to see Rush.
Rock and roll, including the Canadian variety, can never die.
Have fun and don’t fall for that gross misrepresentation stuff!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwXjnVICb3I
josef nix
September 29th, 2010
6:05 pm
Boudreau is a seasoned pro and has some really good stuff to her credit. I doubt she’d fall for an ambush or set off on her own seduction…but, you never know. Some really smart people do some really stupid things…
Doggone/GA
September 29th, 2010
6:06 pm
“Verdict: sounds like O’Keefe is a dirtbag or worse”
Most of us have known that since the ACORN “incident”
Jackie
September 29th, 2010
6:08 pm
@RW
So, you think Media Matters is the only outlet that has reported on Mr. O’Keefe?
Hope ;you are able to comprehended what other outlets have reported. Just in case you dispute this post, there is much, much, much more about Mr. O’Keefe and his criminal behavior.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2010/sep/29/james-okeefe-cnn
http://www.examiner.com/law-politics-in-miami/acorn-pimp-losing-credibility-with-cnn-scam-attempt
jm
September 29th, 2010
6:09 pm
I think my Blue Dog’s map is going to shrink after 2010….
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Blue_Dogs.svg
Sad…. that’s life in the middle though.
TaxPayer
September 29th, 2010
6:10 pm
I wonder how life in New OrLeans, La. is these days for that O’Keefe fella.
md
September 29th, 2010
6:10 pm
Talking about dirty politics – check out the story on the Whitman housekeeper. This illegal individual has the nerve to provide a fake SS# for employment and then accuse Whitman of knowingly hiring her illegally. May be more believable had she not been sitting next to her attorney – long time Jerry brown friend Gloria Allred.
What a sham politics has become in this country……
jm
September 29th, 2010
6:11 pm
Or maybe I’m a “Main Street Republican”. May be bipolar….
Hillbilly Deluxe
September 29th, 2010
6:12 pm
A lot of people’s seduction plans go awry but most aren’t stupid enough to film it.
RW-(the original)
September 29th, 2010
6:12 pm
So, you think Media Matters is the only outlet that has reported on Mr. O’Keefe?
No Jackie, lefty blogs are like pack hounds, but I’m sure you can find me the conviction report that resulted in O’Keefe being placed on probation for the ACORN matter in California. You can do that can’t you?
jm
September 29th, 2010
6:13 pm
Wish Bloomberg would just start an Independent party.
Enoch
September 29th, 2010
6:14 pm
A quick spin thru the comments show just who is “depraved”
jm
September 29th, 2010
6:15 pm
Oh good. Since the DEMOCRATS haven’t passed a new budget, at least the passed a continuing resolution to keep the government paying its suppliers. Morons…
http://www.cspan.org/pdf/CR_092810.pdf
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
September 29th, 2010
6:16 pm
Well, sounds like this nice guy just wanted to show the lady his etchings before getting down to business. Don’t see what all the fuss is about. Except for the list of stuff he had on his boat. Maybe him and Bishop Eddie can get together and share lawyers. Cheaper, you know.
Have a good night everybody.
jm
September 29th, 2010
6:17 pm
More on the DEMOCRATS not doing their number one most basic job. Pathetic.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g2nCYSiGB7bm1RdbTTSm8qKq0HBAD9IH1BN80?docId=D9IH1BN80
Jay, I’m pretty sure you’re disinclined to support this kind of behavior and management by the Dems. Would be nice to hear you blast it at the top of a blog post…. (just a little bipartisanship would be nice to see)
md
September 29th, 2010
6:19 pm
“The Whitman campaign released a U.S. Immigration and Naturalization employment eligibility verification form signed by Diaz when she was hired by Whitman in which she asserts under penalty of perjury that she is a lawful permanent resident.”
So, when does Ms Diaz get charged with perjury. Any bets that she never does??????
Jackie
September 29th, 2010
6:19 pm
@RW
No, I can’t find where California put Mr. O’Keefe on probation, but I certainly can find where the right-wing media is trying as hard as they can to distance themselves from Mr. O’Keefe. As for you, I am proud of the fact that you ability to comprehend what was written from other sources than Media Matters.
Here, practice more!
http://www.mediaite.com/online/right-of-center-media-leave-james-okeefe-stranded-over-latest-stunt/
3 chords
September 29th, 2010
6:21 pm
I’m reading her account and the outline of his “plan” and this is one very sick puppy that needs to be house broken and fast. It also reveals how depraved these people are to think that they can get away with this again…
md
September 29th, 2010
6:24 pm
“It also reveals how depraved these people are to think that they can get away with this again…”
uhhh….take a look around – this is the wonderful reality TV generation we are discussing. More likely just a product of the environment.
Paul
September 29th, 2010
6:26 pm
Jackie
You are aware most of those ’sources’ all pull the same stuff from the wire services – the news agencies – Associated Press, Reuters, UPI – for the basics, then embellish with a few words of their own? Those ’sources’ aren’t really sources, doing their own investigation and writing. They’re pretty much ‘repeaters.’
@@
September 29th, 2010
6:27 pm
Multi-millionaire Jimi Heselden, the owner of Segway Inc. since December 2009, has died after reportedly driving a Segway scooter off a cliff and into a river.
How the heck could he drive one of those things off a cliff? It’s not like he was pinned in or anything. They don’t come equipped with seatbelts.
Can we call it a suicide?
Jackie
September 29th, 2010
6:30 pm
@Paul
The writers of these pieces have attached their names and the name of their organization to the written pieces. I contend, much of the information found about any source is reasonably independent. I do understand the basic premise happens to be the same, but each has their own approach in verifying the facts and arriving at their own conclusion(s).
josef nix
September 29th, 2010
6:31 pm
md
“uhhh….take a look around – this is the wonderful reality TV generation we are discussing. More likely just a product of the environment.”
Truer words have never been spoken.
A+A
September 29th, 2010
6:33 pm
O’keefe is a twerp. And he’s done-no way he’ll ever get past this-it’s too stupid. How can anyone take him seriously again? Which is to say, among those who took him seriously to begin with. He actually seemed to think that she was going to want to do him. Why would anyone want to sleep with a ferret faced attention whore like that kid? Also, he is in no way a journalist. He’s a sloppy little miscreant with a really good lawyer. Sergetti, Rove, Atwater, all good republican thugs, willing to get the job done whether it was dirty or not. OKeefe? Well, lets just say the bar has been lowered quite a bit if he’s considered a serious player.
Jackie
September 29th, 2010
6:35 pm
@@@
When Jimi Heselden drove off the cliff, he ended up in a river. It appears he drowned.
getalife
September 29th, 2010
6:38 pm
The idiot never stood a chance because she is way out of his league.
Some girl snitched him out.
mmm, mmm, mmm, Barack the Liar Obama - BEND OVER, Here comes the CHANGE!
September 29th, 2010
6:40 pm
There is something deeply sick, even depraved, about these people.
Were you speaking of NObama and his ilk?
Jay
September 29th, 2010
6:42 pm
getalife, I think Paul put the relationship quite well:
http://tinyurl.com/2b2wjla
josef nix
September 29th, 2010
6:42 pm
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
Andy is over at Kyle’s…
mmm, mmm, mmm, Barack the Liar Obama - BEND OVER, Here comes the CHANGE!
September 29th, 2010
6:42 pm
A+A
September 29th, 2010
6:33 pm
O’keefe is a twerp. And he’s done-no way he’ll ever get past this-it’s too stupid. How can anyone take him seriously again? Which is to say, among those who took him seriously to begin with. He actually seemed to think that she was going to want to do him. Why would anyone want to sleep with a ferret faced attention whore like that kid? Also, he is in no way a journalist. He’s a sloppy little miscreant with a really good lawyer. Sergetti, Rove, Atwater, all good republican thugs, willing to get the job done whether it was dirty or not. OKeefe? Well, lets just say the bar has been lowered quite a bit if he’s considered a serious player.
Yawn, you could substitute a dem in any of your babbling. How’s that November election looking fer ya!
@@
September 29th, 2010
6:45 pm
Jackie:
He fell 30 ft.. Post-mortem says he died from injuries consistent with a fall.
A generous soul, he. I take back my suicide comment.
Still…..
ty webb
September 29th, 2010
6:46 pm
ah yes, Gloria Allred…and someone called O’keefe a “publicity whore”?
Left wing management
September 29th, 2010
6:47 pm
My idea of an ethical act at its purest was that of the O’Keefe who back-punked O’Keefe himself. This was truly priceless.
F. Sinkwich
September 29th, 2010
6:47 pm
Yawn.
What’s the point here, Jay?
This kid sucks so Obama is great?
This kid sucks so therefore Palin does too?
This kid sucks so therefore the Tea Party people do too?
This kid sucks so all conservatives are a-holes?
Big stretch, Jay.
Left wing management
September 29th, 2010
6:48 pm
Sorry, mistyped: Meant to write: My idea of an ethical act at its purest was that of the O’Keefe assistant who back-punked O’Keefe himself. This was truly priceless
Jackie
September 29th, 2010
6:48 pm
@RW
Can’t find more attempts to work your perceived insult magic?
getalife
September 29th, 2010
6:49 pm
Jay,
She said she would have never got on that boat.
Rejected.
Mike
September 29th, 2010
6:49 pm
This proves that there really aren’t any conservative conservatives.
Conservative as they day is long at the North Pole on Christmas.
Don't Forget
September 29th, 2010
6:50 pm
I don’t buy that “he’s a product of the environment” stuff. If that were true these types should be all over the place.
josef nix
September 29th, 2010
6:52 pm
ty
“ah yes, Gloria Allred…and someone called O’keefe a “publicity whore”?”
A smiliar thought crossed my mind, too.
@@
Well, I would imagine the injuries were consistent with a fall! ISH
F. Sinkwich
Jay said all that?
Jackie
September 29th, 2010
6:52 pm
@@@
Even with that, it still appears that he just could not drive the device well. As you may know, those devices can reach speeds up to 12 mph. Maybe he lost control and went over the cliff to his death?
Paul
September 29th, 2010
6:52 pm
Jackie
We may be saying the pretty much the same thing. There are a few services that provide the source material, some who even take that and do a bit of gruntwork on their own to provide new information. But I don’t believe the newspapers and website verify the information provided by the wire services. My understanding is they take it as good.
It may seem like splitting hairs, but I’d say there are, for these national stories, a few ’sources’ then a lot of follow-up commentary. Rather like a medical journal publishing an article about a medical breakthrough, then a gazillion news outlets publishing it and offering bits of commentary that will be of interest to their readership.
I understand much original reporting has to do with local or regional topics.
Doggone/GA
September 29th, 2010
6:52 pm
“I don’t buy that “he’s a product of the environment” stuff.”
I have to agree…he’s just a run-of-the-mill, self-made sleaze
RW-(the original)
September 29th, 2010
6:53 pm
Jackie,
I’m not really sure what you’re talking about, but it sounds like you’re getting needy. You’ll have to find someone else to accommodate you though.
Jay
September 29th, 2010
6:54 pm
Management, I agree. She’s the unacknowledged heroine of this little amorality tale.
And Sinkwich …. whatchoo been smokin’, son?
md
September 29th, 2010
6:55 pm
“I don’t buy that “he’s a product of the environment” stuff. If that were true these types should be all over the place.”
They are…..do we really need to start listing them all??
Kamchak
September 29th, 2010
6:55 pm
Would he, could he, on a boat?
Would he, could he, with a goat?
(props to Joey Maloney at Tbogg.
RW-(the original)
September 29th, 2010
6:55 pm
Jay said all that?
josef,
You’ve got to give him credit for thinking outside the box while he was analyzing Jay B’s story.
josef nix
September 29th, 2010
6:55 pm
Don’t Forget
I don’t buy that “he’s a product of the environment” stuff. If that were true these types should be all over the place.
They are. We’ve certainly latched onto this one and have even stayed pretty much on topic…
And I did use the first person plural consciously…
Don't Forget
September 29th, 2010
6:56 pm
O’Keefe currently works as a speaker and video producer. In addition, in a January 26, 2010 interview, Andrew Breitbart, editor of the Drudge Report and owner of Breitbart.com, BigGovernment.com, BigHollwood.com and BigJournalism.com, says he pays O’Keefe a salary for his “life rights”.[20]
josef nix
September 29th, 2010
6:57 pm
RW
Heh, heh! Still stirring, ‘ere ye?
A+A
September 29th, 2010
6:58 pm
Well, yeah. Because this kid represents republicans, conservatives and the tea party. They claim him. They love him. 31 members of the House of Representatives wanted to pass a resolution to honor him. As long as conservatives keep collectively stepping on their d***s like this I’d have to say that the November elections are looking fine for the Democrats. Viagra and lube. Like he’d have half a chance.
And I tried to think of any Democratic operative that publicly dealt in dirty tricks and couldn’t think of a one. I’m sure we have them, it’s just that ours are far more subtle.
Paul
September 29th, 2010
7:00 pm
good evening, F. Sinkwich
I’d imagine one of the points of the story has to do with the rise of independent ‘journalists’ – even those with some college training – others with a desire and a videocamera. In other words, are they really journalists? Do they have the same rights as recognized journalists to protect sources? Do they follow a code of professional conduct?
And there’s the lesson about what happens when one lets a little bit of fame go to one’s head. Stuff like this results.
lovelyliz
September 29th, 2010
7:00 pm
mr O’Keefe is truly ugly on the inside
Don't Forget
September 29th, 2010
7:00 pm
Josef, you’re right. I should have said a higher percentage of people would be doing this kind of garbage.
Margo
September 29th, 2010
7:01 pm
Move along nothing to see here, repubs are scum-buckets, same as it ever was…..
Don't Forget
September 29th, 2010
7:01 pm
He’s kind of a cross between candid camera and jackazz.
F. Sinkwich
September 29th, 2010
7:01 pm
“And Sinkwich …. whatchoo been smokin’, son?”
Back in the day, we had something called “Acapulco Gold.”
Pretty good, if I can recall.
Haven’t had any for a loooooong time. Maybe I need some now. Make me feel better about things…
Paul
September 29th, 2010
7:01 pm
josef nix
“first person plural”
There’s more than one first person?
I’m gonna have to think about that -
josef nix
September 29th, 2010
7:03 pm
Don’t Forget
Don't Forget
September 29th, 2010
7:03 pm
Maybe the friday night music theme should be romantic music. You know, to help him out a little.
JOS
September 29th, 2010
7:04 pm
You have to forgive Jay – one of his favorite groups that was organized and funded by the great “Community Organizer” to steal votes and elections was outed giving advice how to hire underage girls for prostitues and a how to avoid the law. I guess Jay will really be sad when SEIU, Obama ’s gestapo, doesn’t get to intimidate people trying to exercise their free speech rights when the “Dims” lose big in November. BTW Jay do you agree with Obama’s attorney general that only whites can be prosecuted for intimidating blacks at the polls and that the law doesn’t cover whites being intimidated by blacks?
josef nix
September 29th, 2010
7:05 pm
PAUL
Seriously? We is the first person plural pronoun… on the other hand, those of us with multiple personalities or who think we’re the Queen of England…
josef nix
September 29th, 2010
7:06 pm
JOS
All the folks in this story are white…
JAY
Can we have Don’t Forget’s suggestion put on tap? I like it…
A+A
September 29th, 2010
7:08 pm
I have always used the royal “we”.
I think it suits me.
Paul
September 29th, 2010
7:08 pm
josef nix
“We is”?
But if we’re plural, shouldn’t we be ‘we are’?
And what about ‘we be’?
And if it’s multiple personalities, couldn’t it be “we are and I is’?
Can’t talk about the Queen, wouldn’t be proper, you know….
Paul
September 29th, 2010
7:11 pm
josef
Seriously, living on that isle, one thing that threw me for a loop for the longest time was their custom of referring to what we would call a single entity (like the AJC) as a plural for such constructs. Like “The AJC are going to publish a new feature.” Idea was the AJC is comprised of many people, you see.
That, and putting ‘c’s where ’s’s belong. I still find it creeping in every so often.
Paul
September 29th, 2010
7:13 pm
josef nix 7:05
“Seriously? ”
In the evening after winding down from a day of work?
Are you frakkin’ kiddin’ me?!!?
Margo
September 29th, 2010
7:13 pm
Republicans are busting their collective arses to prove Darwin wrong and reverse the hands of time back to the good old days when white was right, blacks were slaves, Catholics weren’t pedophiles, the Earth was flat, witches were hanged and a good upstanding southerner could wear a white hood to a plantation social…..
Hillbilly Deluxe
September 29th, 2010
7:16 pm
I’m thinking, maybe I need to get into “journalism”. Looks like one big score and you’re famous, or infamous, for life. Either way, I could sure use the $$$, even if somebody did tell me last night that I have no idea how the economy works, I could still probably figure out what to do with the $$$$. (Mama still has all those Mason jars and she ain’t able to can much anymore). I do love my privacy though, so maybe maybe I could combine it with my love of old time professional rasslin’. I’ll wear a white mask (I’m a good guy, after all) and call myself The Masked News Assassin.
I realize this may sound hair-brained, but hell, Geraldo is still going with a gimmick more goofy than mine. (Maybe I can find Al Capone’s other vault).
stands for decibels
September 29th, 2010
7:16 pm
I don’t have time to sift through all the comments. Simply tell me where and when I can kick O’Keefe in the balls.
Kthnxbye.
josef nix
September 29th, 2010
7:17 pm
PAUL
No. We is now in reference to the pronoun which is a third person singular noun here and would be replaced by the third person singular pronoun, “it”, requiring a third person, singular form of the verb.
“We is the third person pronoun…” “IT is used when….”
We be is the subjunctive form of the verb.
We are not amused…
Paul
September 29th, 2010
7:18 pm
Margo
This thread is supposed to be about a conservative who lost touch with reality.
Not as a thread to convince us some progressives have, too…
Hillbilly Deluxe
September 29th, 2010
7:18 pm
“We is”?
But if we’re plural, shouldn’t we be ‘we are’?
We’s works just as well and uses fewer letters. I’m all for saving energy, anywhere we can.
Paul
September 29th, 2010
7:20 pm
josef nix
Third person singular? Is really third person plural?
A Jewish guy’s explaining the Trinity to me?!!?
I need a drink….
Hillbilly Deluxe
September 29th, 2010
7:20 pm
good upstanding southerner could wear a white hood to a plantation social…..
The “plantation socials” were pre-1865. The hoods came later. At least get the time line to agree.
RW-(the original)
September 29th, 2010
7:21 pm
The Masked News Assassin
You could change that to The Masked Assassin of News then they could just call you The MAN.
Hillbilly Deluxe
September 29th, 2010
7:22 pm
RW
Wanna be my publicist?
Margo
September 29th, 2010
7:22 pm
When the last conservative runs out of something/someone to hate please turn out the lights…..
josef nix
September 29th, 2010
7:22 pm
PAUL
Actually, we Americans are “correct” with the usages of “c” and “s” in conformity with the language group etymology of the lexical entry in question.
An interesting sidelight on American history and the point you bring up. Prior to the Late Misunderstanding, we said “The United States ARE.” After the war, we said “The United States IS.”
The one I have trouble with is “she is at university” or “he was taken to hospital.” No article. I’ve never been able to find out why.
Doggone/GA
September 29th, 2010
7:24 pm
“The one I have trouble with is “she is at university” or “he was taken to hospital.” No article. I’ve never been able to find out why”
What about “he went to jail”?
RW-(the original)
September 29th, 2010
7:24 pm
Wanna be my publicist?
Hillbilly D,
Somebody might use my critique of The Wrestler against us. I’ll have to get one of those names like Dandy Jack or something and keep a cane nearby in case you get in trouble.
F. Sinkwich
September 29th, 2010
7:24 pm
Margo, the true lib…….
Aren’t you lefties proud?
In Christine's Defense
September 29th, 2010
7:24 pm
Christine O’Donnell did NOT say she went to Oxford.
She said that scientists bred an Ox with a Ford and got a shoe with a fully functioning human brain.
Geez, people, pay attention!
josef nix
September 29th, 2010
7:25 pm
Hillbilly
Get the time line to agree…now why would we want to do that… might have to take down the current Georgia flag if we did that…
marko
September 29th, 2010
7:25 pm
Viagra and stimina pills? How old is this kid anyway? Playboys and porno mags? Do Fright wingers really need such stimulation to get into mood to make love to a pretty blond woman? Though I’ve got to admit, A Republican sex scandal involving a woman would be a step in the right direction.
josef nix
September 29th, 2010
7:27 pm
Doggone…
I had not thought of that! Granny always spelt (the form of the verb she used) the word “gaol.”
F. Sinkwich
She’s not a liberal…just a garden variet bigot…
F. Sinkwich
September 29th, 2010
7:29 pm
Anyone got an OH-ZEE of Acapulco Gold they want to sell? Cash, obviously!
RB from Gwinnett
September 29th, 2010
7:30 pm
For all you libs bashing Okeefe for the Acorn story, why exactly are you bashing him? He’s not the Acorn worker(s) who did the things they did. He didn’t make them do anything wrong. He simply video taped them acting like the low lifes they are.
Yes, with Sherrod, he did put out a story that didn’t contain the whole picture, but Jay does that on here every day and you don’t have a problem with it. And he’s not the person who fired her over it without looking into the matter. That would be your messiah who did that.
I’ll reserve judgement on this story until the rest of the story comes out. At this point, it’s obviously too far fetched to be the whole story. I’m guessing the joke is going to end up being on the Jay’s of the world who ran with this story. We’ll see.
Doggone/GA
September 29th, 2010
7:31 pm
“I had not thought of that!”
I actually asked that same question once and “went to jail” was the answer I got back.
Paul
September 29th, 2010
7:35 pm
josef nix
“he was taken to hospital” “No article. I’ve never been able to find out why.”
Me: “I had to take my wife to the hospital.”
Brit: “Which hospital?”
Me: “John Radcliffe in Oxford. But what difference does that make?”
Brit: “You said the hospital. Which one? If it wasn’t important, why did you say “the”? But evidently, it isn’t. So…. you took your wife to hospital. How is she?”
See now?
josef nix
September 29th, 2010
7:35 pm
Mago
Just a quick historical reference here, but Article 14 of the Carolina Charter gave “equal rights of citizenship to Jews, Heathens and Dissenters,” first place in Western Civilization to do so, while New England was dunking witches. You’re right to own and dispose of property under your own name as a woman (repeal of the Law of Couverture) was first established as an incorporation of Chickasaw Law in the Mississippi Constitution of 1839. The South ain’t perfect by a long shot, but it has given us in the country a lot of progressive stuff, too…
RW-(the original)
September 29th, 2010
7:35 pm
RB,
I don’t think O’Keefe had anything to do with the Sherrod story.
Hillbilly Deluxe
September 29th, 2010
7:36 pm
RW
A cane will be fine. You’ll also want to keep a handy supply of “foreign objects”, hidden away.
Doggone
I don’t have any idea what would be correct but I think of “went to jail”, as arrested. If I “went to the jail”, then I was going to visit somebody.
Don't Forget
September 29th, 2010
7:37 pm
RB, O’keefe gets bashed for the Acorn story because he spliced clips to make it appear much worse than it really was. A gotcha story is one thing, a hit job is another.
Paul
September 29th, 2010
7:37 pm
Doggone/GA
“What about “he went to jail”?”
All they care about in that case is, did he have to go directly to jail and did he collect $200?
josef nix
September 29th, 2010
7:38 pm
PAUL
Hospital and hospice are from the same source. And I have noted that someone “goes to hospice.”
I understand we brought the institution from England…did we bring the grammar with it?
Margo
September 29th, 2010
7:39 pm
A hot plate of gooey justice awaits all ya’ll neocon perverts when you check in to the gates of hell…
p.s. your marriott award points won’t get you a upgrade suite next to your lord and master Satan, maybe a hand-job from a Catholic priest or a tushee squeeze from Bishop Long….
Don't Forget
September 29th, 2010
7:39 pm
I’m not aware of O’keefe having anything to do with the Sherrod story either but, apparently he’s on Brietbart’s payroll:
O’Keefe currently works as a speaker and video producer. In addition, in a January 26, 2010 interview, Andrew Breitbart, editor of the Drudge Report and owner of Breitbart.com, BigGovernment.com, BigHollwood.com and BigJournalism.com, says he pays O’Keefe a salary for his “life rights”.[20]