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Friday, March 08, 2013

James O'Keefe has agreed to cough up $100,000 and an apology to a former ACORN employee whose privacy was allegedly violated when the conservative activist videotaped him in an undercover sting effort to bring down the community advocacy group. Court documents obtained by Wonkette on Thursday showed that O'Keefe "regrets any pain suffered" by Juan Carlos Vera, who was unjustly fired in 2009 after O'Keefe provided conservative media outlets with a videotape of the former ACORN employee appearing to agree to smuggle young girls into the U.S. from Mexico to work as prostitutes. In fact, Vera contacted the police after O'Keefe's visit to ACORN offices, something that the conservative provocateur insisted that he wasn't aware of when the tape was deceptively edited to make it seem like the ACORN employee was agreeing to aid human trafficking.

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O'Keefe: Hero of the Conservative Media Bubble

#1 | Posted by DRJIMMIES at 2013-03-08 11:17 AM | Reply | Flag:

money well spent.

#2 | Posted by paneocon at 2013-03-08 11:28 AM | Reply | Flag:

A person got fired over a lie and Pan thinks it money well spent.

Says it all...

#3 | Posted by Prolix247 at 2013-03-08 12:07 PM | Reply | Flag:

#2. Puppet apologist for 'ends justify dishonest means' in political hate monger cluster fracks

#4 | Posted by oldwhiskeysour at 2013-03-08 12:08 PM | Reply | Flag:

Smuggling in young girls from Mexico to work here as prostitutes is a very serious allegation to try and level against an innocent person. O'Keefe is lucky criminal charges weren't also filed against him by the ACORN employee.

#5 | Posted by CalifChris at 2013-03-08 12:13 PM | Reply | Flag:


A person got fired over a lie and Pan thinks it money well spent.

Says it all...

#3 | Posted by Prolix247 at 2013-03-08 12:07 PM

Not to mention the fact that it did not help the GOP take the White House. But can you expect a realistic cost-to-benefit assessment from someone who's belief system is so far removed from reality?

#6 | Posted by DRJIMMIES at 2013-03-08 12:13 PM | Reply | Flag:

#3

And he pretended not to understand what I was talking about yesterday when I wrote:

"Clearly Panny has a partisan interest in what he focuses on and in how much he's bothered by it all..."

#7 | Posted by Hagbard_Celine at 2013-03-08 01:03 PM | Reply | Flag:

#3 | POSTED BY PROLIX247

When you accept a job with acorn or any company involved in the type of "community advocacy" that acorn was so infamous for that it had to be dismantled then you have take some personal responsibility.

Not to mention the fact that it did not help the GOP take the White House.
#6 | POSTED BY DRJIMMIES

Maybe yes maybe no, I'm sure it leveled the playing field and the white house was not the only race.

"Clearly Panny has a partisan interest i
#7 | POSTED BY HAGBARD_CELINE
He(( yes I'm a partisan, anyone on this blog that thinks they are above that is deluding themselves. It's never a question of if, but more of one of how much.

#8 | Posted by paneocon at 2013-03-08 04:58 PM | Reply | Flag:

When you accept a job with acorn or any company involved in the type of "community advocacy" that acorn was so infamous for that it had to be dismantled then you have take some personal responsibility.

It wasn't dismantled, but renamed. And had to in part because of the fallacious (good word today) accusations brought upon by the likes of Okeefe. Please try again.

And considering it's Okeefe's personal funds that he has to pay the former employee, it sure as hell is money well spent. That's money Okeefe won't have available to maliciously smear anyone in the future.

#9 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2013-03-08 05:09 PM | Reply | Flag:

"community advocacy" that acorn was so infamous for

And what, exactly is that?

O'Keefe is a kind of "reichstag fire set by the jews" kinda propagandist. Clearly the kind Pan adores.

#10 | Posted by northguy3 at 2013-03-08 05:10 PM | Reply | Flag:

anyone on this blog that thinks they are above that is deluding themselves.

Your projection bias is incredibly strong today. Lay off the Coke and Malibus, ok?

#11 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2013-03-08 05:10 PM | Reply | Flag:

Considering the damage he caused this isn't nearly enough.

#12 | Posted by Tor at 2013-03-08 05:20 PM | Reply | Flag:

...O'Keefe is just the waterboy...he is not really in the game...

...LOL...

#13 | Posted by 1EyedMan at 2013-03-08 05:25 PM | Reply | Flag:

#12 | POSTED BY TOR

Obama has cost millions their jobs and I don't see any righteous indignation from you on that. How much should the unemployed sue Barry for?

#14 | Posted by paneocon at 2013-03-08 05:26 PM | Reply | Flag:

#14 | POSTED BY PANEOCON

When you come up with video evidence showing Obama manipulating millions of people to help illegal immigrants cross the border into prostitution rings, who then lost their employment for doing so, then you can compare him to Okeefe. Until then, your overextended reach is really stinking up the joint. Either clean it up or put on some deodorant.

#15 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2013-03-08 05:29 PM | Reply | Flag:

#15 | POSTED BY RSTYBEACH11

The perp walk will come, as it comes to almost all arrogant elitist progressives.

#16 | Posted by paneocon at 2013-03-08 05:33 PM | Reply | Flag:

as it comes to almost all arrogant elitist progressives.

'Almost all' implies nearing 100%. I'd say it's more in lines of 10-15%, maybe less. Being arrogant and elitist lets you get away with a lot, whether your progressive or conservative. I believe your partisanship will allow you to acknowledge that much in the least, eh? lol

#17 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2013-03-08 05:40 PM | Reply | Flag:

#17 | POSTED BY RSTYBEACH11

I used the word progressive and not democrat for a reason. Nixon was arrogant, elitist and paranoid and he paid the price. Andrew Johnson would be an exception.

#18 | Posted by paneocon at 2013-03-08 05:47 PM | Reply | Flag:

Didn't ACORN go out of business. He would have been Sequestrated anyway.

#19 | Posted by bph320 at 2013-03-08 05:50 PM | Reply | Flag:

LOL you think Obama's going to do the perp walk?

Did you think Obama was going to get elected in 08?

#20 | Posted by Tor at 2013-03-08 05:50 PM | Reply | Flag:

Andrew Johnson would be an exception.

I was going to say Bill Aires, but thought that would really bring some vitriol out of the DR woodwork.

#21 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2013-03-08 05:51 PM | Reply | Flag:

Didn't ACORN go out of business. He would have been Sequestrated anyway.

Come on, it's a short thread:

It wasn't dismantled, but renamed. And had to in part because of the fallacious (good word today) accusations brought upon by the likes of Okeefe. Please try again.
#9 | POSTED BY RSTYBEACH11 AT 2013-03-08 05:09 PM

#22 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2013-03-08 05:53 PM | Reply | Flag:

Smuggling in young girls from Mexico to work here as prostitutes is a very serious allegation to try and level against an innocent person. O'Keefe is lucky criminal charges weren't also filed against him by the ACORN employee.

#5 | POSTED BY CALIFCHRIS AT 2013-03-08 12:13 PM | FLAG:

People don't file criminal charges ass bag. The Gubment does that.

#23 | Posted by bph320 at 2013-03-08 05:55 PM | Reply | Flag:

Pan - your original statement is indefensible.

But like all good hypocrites you will keep digging.

#24 | Posted by Prolix247 at 2013-03-08 06:04 PM | Reply | Flag:

"He(( yes I'm a partisan..."

So you were only playing stupid yesterday when you claimed to not know what I was talking about. Got it.

#25 | Posted by Hagbard_Celine at 2013-03-08 06:12 PM | Reply | Flag:

#25 | POSTED BY HAGBARD_CELINE

In truth I'm far from a republican partisan and I prove it regularly on the DR but I do like to take the position when it gives me the opportunity to push peoples buttons like this thread.

In politics, a partisan is a committed member of a political party. In multi-party systems, the term is widely understood to carry a negative connotation - referring to those who wholly support their party's policies and are perhaps even reluctant to acknowledge correctness on the part of their political opponents in almost any situation.

I have many contrarian positions with the RNC party line.

#26 | Posted by paneocon at 2013-03-08 07:14 PM | Reply | Flag:

The sad part is, like scooter libby, there is no way in hell this kid is paying his own legal fees/fines.

This little rabble rouser belongs in jail.

#27 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2013-03-08 07:15 PM | Reply | Flag:

It's never a question of if, but more of one of how much.

#8 | Posted by paneocon

For you, it's absolutely 100%.

#28 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2013-03-08 07:23 PM | Reply | Flag:

#27 | POSTED BY ALEXANDRITE

I'll see you one malicious partisan prosecution of Scooter Libby and raise you one Sandy Berger stuffing classified documents in his pants to protect slick willy.

#29 | Posted by paneocon at 2013-03-08 07:25 PM | Reply | Flag:

It wasn't malicious or partisan, and sandy berger should be in jail.

Just because you're a partisan douche, doesn't mean I am.

#30 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2013-03-08 07:28 PM | Reply | Flag:

#30 | POSTED BY ALEXANDRITE

You're not out of the woods yet if you think a bad memory was worth a special prosecutor.

#31 | Posted by paneocon at 2013-03-08 07:35 PM | Reply | Flag:

#18 - Mr. P: "Nixon was an...elitist"

...umm..don't look now P but your ignorance is hanging out like a baboon's red asss for all to see...

...Nixon was NOT an elitist - as a matter of widely understoond history, he campaigned AGAINST what he called the 'east coast establishment" elites...his administration was constantly railing at them - he was a simple kid from Whittier CA...did not gradgetate from an elitist school...

...you get a zero in history for the day...

...LOL...

#32 | Posted by 1EyedMan at 2013-03-08 07:52 PM | Reply | Flag:

#32 | POSTED BY 1EYEDMAN

Nixon was a populist, but anyone who thinks they are above the reach of the law is an elitist.

#33 | Posted by paneocon at 2013-03-08 08:00 PM | Reply | Flag:

'll see you one malicious partisan prosecution of Scooter Libby and raise you one Sandy Berger stuffing classified documents in his pants to protect slick willy.

#29 | Posted by paneocon

Malicious partisan prosecution by Bush? and one no charge by Bush?

Not only does Panny get a zero in history, he gets a zero in current events.

#34 | Posted by northguy3 at 2013-03-08 08:03 PM | Reply | Flag:

# 33 - Mr P: "Nixon was a populist".

...nope, wrong again. He wasn't even close to being a populist...he was no Huey Long...

...so let's talley up the boneheadedness...

...you went from "elitist" to "populist" in the space of a few posts...?

...to fix your error , you just changed the definition of "elitist" to "anyone who thinks they are above the reach of the law"...?

...so by your broken definition, Al Capone was an "elitist"?

...jeez , P, forget the zero, you just failed the class - better call it a day and avoid further embarrassment...

...LOL...

#35 | Posted by 1EyedMan at 2013-03-08 08:17 PM | Reply | Flag:

O'Keefe still faces illegal wiretapping charges for trying to eavesdrop on a congressman's re-election headquarters.

#36 | Posted by shallford at 2013-03-08 09:23 PM | Reply | Flag:

#35 | POSTED BY 1EYEDMAN

If your going to play the part of smart @$$ you need to have the facts to stand on.

Nixon the Populist

A Gallup Poll that year showed that just one-fifth of voters thought the Republican Party cared about "men and women of average income." Nixon tried to rid the GOP of this reputation. "The Republican Party has been labeled the party of big business and privilege," he said at one of his first big speeches. "Republicans live on both sides of the tracks."
Throughout the campaign, he developed a conservative populist philosophy: a fusion of old-line anti-statist tenets with symbols and language meant to identify with the common man. Conservative populism rewrote the New Deal equation. Instead of protecting the citizen from the depredations of business and safeguarding individual rights, the government itself, piloted by decadent liberal elites, had become the oppressor.

www.slate.com

Who Speaks for the Silent Majority?
Richard M. Nixon first labeled the "great silent majority" during a speech about the Vietnam War on Nov. 3, 1969. With one rhetorical stroke, Nixon identified a new populist category that redefined how political groups strive for influence.
www.nytimes.com

you went from "elitist" to "populist" in the space of a few posts...?
#35 | POSTED BY 1EYEDMAN

Populism has been viewed as a political ideology, political philosophy, or as a type of discourse. Generally, populists tend to claim that they side with "the people" against "the elites".
en.wikipedia.org

Which ever way you want it you'er wrong one way or the other.

#37 | Posted by paneocon at 2013-03-08 10:36 PM | Reply | Flag:

#37 | Posted by paneocon

so we can finally have an honest discussion:

who pays you, and how much (by the syllable, perhaps?) to be so stupid?

#38 | Posted by Zarathustra at 2013-03-09 01:30 AM | Reply | Flag:

or is this ongoing display a voluntary effort?

#39 | Posted by Zarathustra at 2013-03-09 01:31 AM | Reply | Flag:

Which says something about how this right wing operator is funded. When you live in a completely privatized communication system only monied interests have an impact.

#40 | Posted by nutcase at 2013-03-09 10:17 AM | Reply | Flag:

#38 | POSTED BY ZARATHUSTRA
#40 | POSTED BY NUTCASE

You two must check under your beds before you go to sleep at night? I'm no more a strong advocate for conservative principals that any of the DR left are for their leftest principals. NUTCASE you and I have been in agreement several times on financial matters so what does that say about your views, did you get paid for your opinions?

#41 | Posted by paneocon at 2013-03-09 01:25 PM | Reply | Flag:

Smuggling in young girls from Mexico to work here as prostitutes is a very serious allegation to try and level against an innocent person. O'Keefe is lucky criminal charges weren't also filed against him by the ACORN employee.
#5 | POSTED BY CALIFCHRIS AT 2013-03-08 12:13 PM

Imo, ACORN would need to file against his handlers' agency, and thus we have conundrum.:]

...O'Keefe is just the waterboy...he is not really in the game...
...LOL...
#13 | Posted by 1EyedMan at 2013-03-08 05:25 PM

Avenues of his groups "possible" handlers have not been investigated. In fact his cabal were wannabes' possessing modern hack equipment and some know-how.. just like the global teenage bombers who are seen being groomed by CIA. Imo, there is a remarkable similarity.

O'Keefe still faces illegal wiretapping charges for trying to eavesdrop on a congressman's re-election headquarters.
#36 | Posted by shallford at 2013-03-08 09:23 PM

..And doing so while in communication with a non-disclosed, above reproach intelligence bureau?:/

#42 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2013-03-10 03:10 PM | Reply | Flag:

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