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Awesomest Teh Schadenfreude EVAR!!!!1!
From a little ACORN, a mighty joke will grow:
ACORN gotcha man among four arrested for attempting to bug Mary Landrieu’s office
By David Hammer, The Times-Picayune
January 26, 2010, 1:53PMThe FBI, alleging a plot to wiretap Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu’s office in downtown New Orleans, arrested four people Monday, including James O’Keefe, a conservative filmmaker whose undercover videos at ACORN field offices severely damaged the advocacy group’s credibility.
FBI Special Agent Steven Rayes alleges that O’Keefe aided and abetted two others, Joseph Basel and Robert Flanagan, who dressed up as employees of a telephone company and attempted to interfere with the office’s telephone system.
A fourth person, Stan Dai, was accused of aiding and abetting Basel and Flanagan. All four were charged with entering fedral property under false pretenses with the intent of committing a felony.
A witness from Landrieu’s staff said O’Keefe was present in the office and claimed to be “waiting for someone to arrive.”
Methinks it could be hard time out here for a fake pimp.
H/t: Eagle-eye commie atheist in comments.
Substance McGravitas said,
January 26, 2010 at 22:33
Follow the money…
commie atheist said,
January 26, 2010 at 22:36
My first h/t EVAR! Thanks, D.A. After the shittiness of the past few weeks this story made things just a little bit better.
Scott said,
January 26, 2010 at 22:36
(loud mocking laughter)
heydave said,
January 26, 2010 at 22:38
Hahahahahaha!
Gitmo was made for these assholes!
Scott said,
January 26, 2010 at 22:38
And yes, follow the money. Somewhere, there’s a GOP sugardaddy who’s frantically shredding documents and praying O’Keefe keeps his stupid mouth shut…
Proper Gander said,
January 26, 2010 at 22:40
O’Keefe. A right-wing Sascha Baron Cohen wannabe, without SBC’s cognizance of the boundaries of legal behaviour. What a piece of shit. Enjoy that federal pound-me-in-the-ass prison. Daddy’s lawyers aren’t going to be able to help you now.
Substance McGravitas said,
January 26, 2010 at 22:40
I wonder what O’Keefe thought he was hot on the trail of?
Giant Rat of Sumatra said,
January 26, 2010 at 22:40
Gosh, that just brightened my afternoon.
El Cid said,
January 26, 2010 at 22:40
Clearly the Democratic members of the House and Senate should once again move quickly to pass a resolution calling ACORN enemies of the Republic, and in response we should vote to slash Medicare and Social Security, because then Republicans will like us, really, really like us.
Tacitus Voltaire said,
January 26, 2010 at 22:43
A witness from Landrieu’s staff said O’Keefe was present in the office and claimed to be “waiting for someone to arrive.”
mr godot will be here very soon
Dot said,
January 26, 2010 at 22:43
Landrieu? Really? You’re going to go to jail for wanting to listen in on *her* private calls? Bwa hah fucking hah. And hah.
Sascha Baron Cobag said,
January 26, 2010 at 22:46
A right-wing Sascha Baron Cohen wannabe
Ahem.
Felonious Monk said,
January 26, 2010 at 22:47
I wonder what O’Keefe thought he was hot on the trail of?
COMMUNAZI MARCHING ORDERS, you fool! Which are obviously stored in the public office of some two-bit blue dog!
Such a Barren Cobag said,
January 26, 2010 at 22:48
Double Ahem.
J— said,
January 26, 2010 at 22:51
Did Big Journalism ever get around to setting up a legal defense fund for him? I know they had one for Hannah Giles real quick.
D. Aristophanes said,
January 26, 2010 at 22:52
Acknowledgment of this development on biggovernment.com? Crickets.
TruculentandUnreliable said,
January 26, 2010 at 22:52
Did Big Journalism ever get around to setting up a legal defense fund for him? I know they had one for Hannah Giles real quick.
They only set up defense funds for hot chix.
commie atheist said,
January 26, 2010 at 22:54
Landrieu? Really? You’re going to go to jail for wanting to listen in on *her* private calls?
Come on, everyone knows that Landrieu is the biggest Socialist-Nazi-Commie-FagLover-IslamoFascist in the Senate. Who else were they gonna go after? Bernie Sanders?
J— said,
January 26, 2010 at 22:58
Follow the money…
The Patriot Act gives the federal government some extraordinary powers.
histrogeek said,
January 26, 2010 at 22:59
Landrieu seems an odd choice. Liddy wouldn’t have bothered with her. Who does this idiot think he is any way? Haldeman?
Pere Ubu said,
January 26, 2010 at 22:59
Clearly the Democratic members of the House and Senate should once again move quickly to pass a resolution calling ACORN enemies of the Republic, and in response we should vote to slash Medicare and Social Security, because then Republicans will like us, really, really like us.
Worked so well for Bill Clinton, after all.
Oh, wait, no it didn’t.
(And what, no “Will of Landrieu” jokes? I’m very disappointed.)
J— said,
January 26, 2010 at 23:00
That should be Big Government, not Big Journalism. I get my Bigs confused.
D. Aristophanes said,
January 26, 2010 at 23:00
O’Keefe is going to luuurve pound-you-in-the-ass prison, lots of expose opportunities.
Big Bad Bald Bastard said,
January 26, 2010 at 23:01
Somebody set us up the bug!
Pere Ubu said,
January 26, 2010 at 23:02
lots of expose opportunities
Pronounce that either way, and it’s still correct.
Dot said,
January 26, 2010 at 23:03
Over at The Atlantic a commenter notes: “I appreciate your efforts in exposing ACORN. I have become a fan, but you have to keep it LEGAL. Going into a federal office undercover is not cool in today’s age. We the people have an opportunity to take this country back to the principles of the founding fathers, but all of our steps must be taken legally.”
Yeah. He’s going to be charged with being “not cool” by Judge Fonzie.
Dot said,
January 26, 2010 at 23:04
I want to hear him say “The bitch set me up!”
pedestrian said,
January 26, 2010 at 23:04
Landrieu? Really? You’re going to go to jail for wanting to listen in on *her* private calls?
If he wants to dig up a corruption complaint against someone with a D after her name, she’s not a bad place to start. And I’m not just saying that because she’s from Louisiana or because she’s crookeder than a dog’s hind leg.
J— said,
January 26, 2010 at 23:05
Breitbart.com has the AP story on this, sort of. Compare Breitbart’s truncated version with the complete one. Something’s missing, what could it be.
LD said,
January 26, 2010 at 23:06
I doubt he will have to go to prison, I’m afraid money, connections etc. let him get off way too easily.
Then again, I may be wrong, and I hope I am. What kind of time would he have to do for the crime? Does anyone know?
Felonious Monk said,
January 26, 2010 at 23:06
you have to keep it legal
take this country back to the principles of the founding fathers
Who totally worked within the existing framework of the existing British government. How far are we from “Founding fathers” being used as slang for whatever you happen to like? “Love this pizza. Very Founding Fathers.”
English James O'Keefe, circa '73 said,
January 26, 2010 at 23:07
I’m breakin’ the legs of the bastard that got me framed!
Pere Ubu said,
January 26, 2010 at 23:08
We the people have an opportunity to take this country back to the principles of the founding fathers, but all of our steps must be taken legally.
Which I suppose, in the mind of the edyoomacatied conservative Teabagger, includes threats of secession and violent revolution.
Felonious Monk said,
January 26, 2010 at 23:09
Landrieu may be corrupt, but O’Keefe wasn’t going after her to say “Look at this corrupt politician.” He was going after her to say “Look at this corrupt Democrat.”
commie atheist said,
January 26, 2010 at 23:13
I’m sure Landrieu will see this as a sign that she needs to move farther to the right, so the Teabaggers will like her more.
D. Aristophanes said,
January 26, 2010 at 23:13
Of course, this is good news for the teabaggers, according to the Jawa Report:
zombie rotten mcdonald said,
January 26, 2010 at 23:14
I appreciate your efforts in exposing ACORN. I have become a fan, but you have to keep it LEGAL
his efforts to expose ACORN weren’t legal, either.
Lurking Canadian said,
January 26, 2010 at 23:14
Something’s missing, what could it be
Longer Breitbart’s shorter, which omits the stricken portions : Four people,
whom I have totally never heard of and with whom I am completely unassociatedwere arrested today in Lousiana for somethingwhich which I am completed uninvolved.TruculentandUnreliable said,
January 26, 2010 at 23:18
Of course, this is good news for the teabaggers, according to the Jawa Report:
Huh? I had to read that, like, five times. Worst argument EVER.
Pere Ubu said,
January 26, 2010 at 23:19
Since they didn’t (they actively ignored it to a large extent), they have to explain that this was the guy who destroyed ACORN and bring that whole can of worms up again. Which doesn’t minimize what’s apparently happened here, but it’s still slightly ironic and snort-worthy.
Shorter Jawa: “DURR HURR THIS BE GOOD FER US THEY HAVTA MENTION ACORM!!!1 WOLVERINES!”
Jon H said,
January 26, 2010 at 23:21
Flanagan’s the son of the acting US Attorney for Western Louisiana.
I betcha he claimed “If anything goes wrong, my Dad can get us off the hook.”
Loneoak said,
January 26, 2010 at 23:21
I love how their cover is “I left my ID in the car.” And what did they think they were going to do with whatever evidence they turned up? Any way you shake it, they were going to get busted. This is some classic dumbassery. He was probably thinking this would get him a blowjob from Malkin on air during Glen Beck. Now he gets to be the resident fluffer at Angola.
Dot said,
January 26, 2010 at 23:22
And when the media does bring up ACORN again, I hope they mention that his ACORN taping was illegal as well, which makes O’Keefe a two-time loser. I won’t hold my breath though.
pedestrian said,
January 26, 2010 at 23:23
if the media had actually, you know, paid attention to who this guy was when he was demolishing ACORN, it may have been easier for them to report on him now.
Right, which is why this is the first we’ve heard of this.
commie atheist said,
January 26, 2010 at 23:24
The man who destroyed ACORN really, really loves black people:
http://www.cnsnews.com/Public/Content/Article.aspx?rsrcid=7753
Liberals are teh true racists. Also.
Pere Ubu said,
January 26, 2010 at 23:28
We wanted to reveal their racist past – and the practical racism of their policies today – reflected in their other operations.
Undoubtedly Doughy Pantsloadian/Glenn Bleckish “GRAHHH MARGET SANGER RACIST YOOGENICS KILL THE POOR SOCIALIST BLAH BLAH FAP FAP FAP” stuff.
J— said,
January 26, 2010 at 23:28
Check out the affidavit if you haven’t already. It’s short–four pages. Fucking pathetic.
commie atheist said,
January 26, 2010 at 23:30
In other Schadenfreude-related news, Super Sarah, the Power Palin, is, in reality, a RINO?!?!
Oh noes!
The Man in the Sky really does love me, after all.
http://thinkprogress.org/2010/01/26/right-rebels-palin/
Jon H said,
January 26, 2010 at 23:32
“I love how their cover is “I left my ID in the car.”
Yeah, all three of them left their ID in the car. When going into a Federal building, where they might well need to show ID to get in.
It’s like the terrorists in the new movie Four Lions. The one guy buys all their peroxide at the wholesaler down the road, but covers his tracks by using different voices: his own voice, an “IRA voice”, and a woman’s voice (while he covers his beard with both hands).
TruculentandUnreliable said,
January 26, 2010 at 23:32
Check out the affidavit if you haven’t already. It’s short–four pages. Fucking pathetic.
Again with the fucking dumbshit costumes!!!
Big Bad Bald Bastard said,
January 26, 2010 at 23:35
In other Schadenfreude-related news, Super Sarah, the Power Palin, is, in reality, a RINO?!?!
Talk about reaping the whirlwind.
Big Bad Bald Bastard said,
January 26, 2010 at 23:39
Again with the fucking dumbshit costumes!!!
Everything they “know” comes from watching television.
They are not the A-Team, and O’Keefe, though a wingnut and Blartblart protege like Dirk Benedict, is no Dirk Benedict.
El Cid said,
January 26, 2010 at 23:40
Epping Forest ref?
commie atheist said,
January 26, 2010 at 23:40
I like this comment left by “Conservatism is my Anti-drug” at that Think Progress link:
Felonious Monk said,
January 26, 2010 at 23:41
Epping Forest ref?
You bet your ass.
El Cid said,
January 26, 2010 at 23:42
Wow — if Saint Say-ruh ain’t wingnutty enough for the wingnuts, get ready for the fun to come if Democrats keep sweeping their own electoral advantages into the storm sewers.
commie atheist said,
January 26, 2010 at 23:43
Fox “News” is on teh case:
http://thinkprogress.org/2010/01/26/fox-okeefe/
Pere Ubu said,
January 26, 2010 at 23:43
Real conservatives never supported her in the first place. That’s why we didn’t even vote in 08.
Who wants to be the first to thank him for electing Obama?
D. Aristophanes said,
January 26, 2010 at 23:43
Undoubtedly, the D-Ho underling who penned this a couple days ago …
ACORN Nut Sues The Whistleblowers
… feels really really smart right now.
Felonious Monk said,
January 26, 2010 at 23:44
Dear God…do “real conservatives” even exist? Or are we in Theory of Forms territory here?
Till said,
January 26, 2010 at 23:45
I betcha he claimed “If anything goes wrong, my Dad can get us off the hook.”
Lawyers, money. Probably no guns.
It’s entirely possible that this kid fancies himself the conservative Michael Moore and is acting alone. On the other hand, the whole ACORN thing worked out spectacularly well for the GOP; there was no hesitation in taking full advantage of it. And a US Senator is a pretty ballsy target for this kind of crap.
Would be a shame if he doesn’t face serious consequences.
El Cid said,
January 26, 2010 at 23:45
They don’t understand why they can’t vote for the shadows on the cave walls.
Pere Ubu said,
January 26, 2010 at 23:47
I was a fan of Palin myself,” he added. “But I’m now convinced that she’s not a conservative, nor is she a politician qualified for the Presidency of the United States.
Wow. Um.
And this in spite of the fact that she’s shilling for the same guy who 14 months or so ago would have been her boss. I mean, where was Zbig’s fine discernment of her qualifications for holding office then – much less for the guy she ran with?
Just further proof the Universe gets created anew every five minutes for these assclowns.
El Cid said,
January 26, 2010 at 23:47
Look, since ACORN are obviously terrorists (being black and all), and since Mary Landrieu is in a political party whose leader pal’s around with terrorists, dude’s got an anti-terrorism ticking bomb defense right there — if he didn’t tap a U.S. Senator’s phone lines, then the terrorists would have won.
commie atheist said,
January 26, 2010 at 23:49
Wow — if Saint Say-ruh ain’t wingnutty enough for the wingnuts, get ready for the fun to come if Democrats keep sweeping their own electoral advantages into the storm sewers.
Yes, the Last Days of the American Empire are going to be quite amusing. I’m thinking that New Zealand would be a good place to go to watch it all unfold.
Felonious Monk said,
January 26, 2010 at 23:49
El Cid, the fact that you wouldn’t vote for a shadow on a wall is that Liberals Are The Real Racists. Because shadows are black, you know, like coons. Also.
Big Bad Bald Bastard said,
January 26, 2010 at 23:50
Wow — if Saint Say-ruh ain’t wingnutty enough for the wingnuts, get ready for the fun to come if Democrats keep sweeping their own electoral advantages into the storm sewers.
The way things are going, Sarah Palin will be challenging Obama in the Democratic primary.
Interesting times, indeed!
El Cid said,
January 26, 2010 at 23:50
Don’t blame me. I keep trying but my ballot keeps falling off the cave wall and the shadows refuse to take it.
Tara the Antisocial Social Worker said,
January 26, 2010 at 23:51
It would be really nice if just once the reports got it right about his crusade against ACORN.
…James O’Keefe, a conservative filmmaker whose undercover videos at ACORN field offices severely damaged the advocacy group’s credibility UNTIL THEY WERE DISCOVERED TO BE A HOAX, WHEN THE MASSACHUSETTS ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE FOUND THAT THE VOICEOVERS FOR THE “PIMP AND HOOKER” HAD BEEN ALTERED ON THE RECORDING.
Funny how that part didn’t get the same media play.
Big Bad Bald Bastard said,
January 26, 2010 at 23:53
James O’Keefe III
Worst sequel EVER!
J— said,
January 26, 2010 at 23:53
WHEN THE MASSACHUSETTS ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE FOUND
Hey, well done, Martha Coakley.
Proper Gander said,
January 26, 2010 at 23:54
El Cid: they think that the shadows on the cave walls agree with them, and want to give them the vote.
Jennifer said,
January 26, 2010 at 23:59
This sounds like the plotline to CREEP 2: The Pimpening.
commie atheist said,
January 27, 2010 at 0:00
Undoubtedly, the D-Ho underling who penned this a couple days ago …
ACORN Nut Sues The Whistleblowers
… feels really really smart right now.
It’s really quite wonderful how he uses the videos of an ACORN employee agreeing with two obviously fake assholes as evidence of ACORN “advocating…for the trafficking of child sex slaves.” And, of course, the fact that Congress thought the videos were enough evidence of wrongdoing for them to defund ACORN completely, was in retrospect, just the first sign of the stupidity and cowardice that was to come. Heck of a job.
milo said,
January 27, 2010 at 0:03
I imagine that their cover was blown when they did not know the correct answer to the secret question that all members of the demonCRAT Soshowlist conspiracy have to answer to get access to the offices the evil Senator. It probably went down like this:
Receptionist: WHO DAT?
Buggers: We are employees of Bell Telephone.
The Tragically Flip said,
January 27, 2010 at 0:04
By the way, the twitterati have already coined “Teabugging” as the term of art for this.
pedestrian said,
January 27, 2010 at 0:05
It’s really quite wonderful how he uses the videos of an ACORN employee agreeing with two obviously fake assholes as evidence of ACORN “advocating…for the trafficking of child sex slaves.”
It is cute though, in a pathetic kind of way, that after twenty-odd years of being privileged fucktards, it never dawned on them that people only smile and nod to humor them.
commie atheist said,
January 27, 2010 at 0:10
This sounds like the plotline to CREEP 2: The Pimpening.
I thought the original was much better, since it featured this guy:
http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2009/06/11/the-ladies-man-2/
Mothra said,
January 27, 2010 at 0:11
The FBI works for Obama now. This is obviously an Obama planned stunt to discredit Mr. O’Keefe.
Big Bad Bald Bastard said,
January 27, 2010 at 0:11
Buggers: We are employees of Bell Telephone.
The jig was up when he said, we are employees of Taco Bell.
Felonious Monk said,
January 27, 2010 at 0:11
Milo, would the proper answer be “Gon’ beat dem Saints?”
Felonious Monk said,
January 27, 2010 at 0:11
The FBI works for Obama now
Hate to break it to ya…
Wyatt Watts III said,
January 27, 2010 at 0:12
The way things are going, Sarah Palin will be challenging Obama in the Democratic primary.
The way things are going, Sarah Palin may be the Democratic candidate, while Rahm has Obama run as a Republican.
Snarla said,
January 27, 2010 at 0:22
Calling O’Keefe a filmmaker seems awfully generous.
Jon H said,
January 27, 2010 at 0:22
“This sounds like the plotline to CREEP 2: The Pimpening.”
Tragedy / Farce. Who would have guessed O’Keefe was such a fan of Marx?
sparkletits said,
January 27, 2010 at 0:24
The way things are going, Sarah Palin may be the Democratic candidate, while Rahm has Obama run as a Republican.
It’d be more ideologically honest of the fucker.
Which fucker? You decide.
Mr. O'Keefe's Lawyer said,
January 27, 2010 at 0:25
Your honor, I’m submitting this request for my client to be released on his own recognizance on the grounds that there are negroes in jail and he’s a good white boy. Putting him near negroes would be cruel and unusual.
pedestrian said,
January 27, 2010 at 0:28
How O’Keefe sees himself. (With apologies to the less cheesy O’Keefe.)
pedestrian said,
January 27, 2010 at 0:28
Hmm. that should be a link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbbPjCrgJUs
El Cid said,
January 27, 2010 at 0:29
First time as tragedy. Second time as farce. Third time as camp. Fourth time as reality TV show. Many times later, it’s Jonah Goldberg.
The Tragically Flip said,
January 27, 2010 at 0:30
ha ha
commie atheist said,
January 27, 2010 at 0:34
How O’Keefe sees himself. (With apologies to the less cheesy O’Keefe.)
How others see him:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFkzRNyygfk
Anonymous said,
January 27, 2010 at 0:50
Landrieu? Really? You’re going to go to jail for wanting to listen in on *her* private calls?
If I were a democratic senator, I’d have my office swept for bugs. I can’t believe that the only one they tried this on was the one they got caught on. How many more senators were bugged? I hope the FBI is researching O’Keefe’s movements over the last few months….
Big Bad Bald Bastard said,
January 27, 2010 at 1:10
I can’t believe that the only one they tried this on was the one they got caught on.
You are making an assumption that these four have two brain cells to rub together.
nutellaontoast said,
January 27, 2010 at 1:17
Megan McArdle is hot out of the gate, claiming that poor 24 (er, 25, Megs) year old O’Keefe didn’t know he doing anything illegal. She also calls them “allegations” despite his being caught red handed and an FBI agent signing an affidavit that O’Keefe confessed.
But I’m sure that’s not because he’s a glibertarian!
Dot said,
January 27, 2010 at 1:21
Up to ten years in prison for each of the two counts. This is excellent news for the Republicans!
Substance McGravitas said,
January 27, 2010 at 1:23
He knew what he was doing but I gather Megan and I agree that O’Keefe was stupid.
pedestrian said,
January 27, 2010 at 1:30
If you don’t know it is illegal, it isn’t a crime. Besides, he was upholding the spirit of the law, which is to preserve wealth and white privilege.
Itchy Brother said,
January 27, 2010 at 1:34
Megan McArdle is hot out of the gate, claiming that poor 24 (er, 25, Megs) year old O’Keefe didn’t know he doing anything illegal.
Perhaps O’Keefe thought he was operating under Bush league rules where wire tapping laws are all bendy and such.
No-Visible-Means said,
January 27, 2010 at 1:42
Why is the Assistant Director of Trinity University’s Intelligence Community Center of Academic Excellence (Stan Dai), giving advice to right wing think tanks on how to wiretap US Senators offices?
One might want to pose this question to Ann Pauley who is the Media Contact for said center.
Also, a subsequent poster asked how much time the gents were facing. Ten years. That will be enough to get them singing. This is going to get very interesting if the prosecutor has half a brain.
D. Aristophanes said,
January 27, 2010 at 1:45
Per Megan – yes, I am sure that James O’Keefe, a man jowl-deep in ongoing legal issues over secretly recording people, is perfectly ignorant regarding the legal implications of secretly recording people.
Froley said,
January 27, 2010 at 1:46
It’s not like there’s been a prior case of Republican operatives disguised as utility workers trying to tap the phones in an office belonging to a Democratic official/officeholder. Free the Louisiana Four! (Oh wait, they’ve already been released on bond.)
Substance McGravitas said,
January 27, 2010 at 1:48
Brief bios of the plumbers at Gawker.
TruculentandUnreliable said,
January 27, 2010 at 1:56
On the Tweeter, O’Keefe sez: “2008: Planned Parenthood VPs fired 2009: ACORN defunded 2010: Get ready cuz this is about to get heavy”
LULZZZZZZZZ.
commie atheist said,
January 27, 2010 at 2:00
On the Tweeter, O’Keefe sez: “2008: Planned Parenthood VPs fired 2009: ACORN defunded 2010: Get ready cuz this is about to get heavy”
He ain’t heavy, he’s my cellmate.
Big Bad Bald Bastard said,
January 27, 2010 at 2:00
O’Keefe to Flanagan: Landrieu? Yeah, I’d tap her.
Big Bad Bald Bastard said,
January 27, 2010 at 2:06
Ruh-Roh
A Joseph Basel is listed as one of 15 University of Minnesota-Morris College Republicans
How soon before the righties blame Pee Zed?
Major Kong said,
January 27, 2010 at 2:19
“Ha! Ha!” – Nelson Muntz
purvis ames said,
January 27, 2010 at 2:26
This whole so-called operation was bought and paid for by Andrew Breitbart whose vigorous denials only make the whole thing funnier.
J— said,
January 27, 2010 at 2:39
The Times-Picayune story has been updated.
That would be Dai, I assume.
Whee, 18 U.S. Code, Section 1362!
Bitter Scribe said,
January 27, 2010 at 3:09
I doubt this guy is going to prison. No judge will give a twentysomething with a clean record hard time over a failed prank.
Now, if he could just be sentenced to a good spanking and no video games for a week…
The Tragically Flip said,
January 27, 2010 at 3:18
Spying on a US Senator a “prank”? I should hope it isn’t viewed that way. He was after all, trying to secure her electoral defeat. Can a “prank” be a prank if it is likely to have consequences that serious?
El Cid said,
January 27, 2010 at 4:01
I was listening to the Hugh Hugh-it show in its special all-fart language broadcast on my local AM radio station, and it turns out that Andrew Breitblart is a national treasure, he was in no way connected to the pimp repairmen’s actions, and that if libruls try to use this to take Andrew Blighttard down, Hew Hew’dit would be willing to launch an Andro Blatburp defense fund.
nutellaontoast said,
January 27, 2010 at 4:03
Those crazy watergate pranksters. Those merry pranksters.
Well… they ARE on acid, if my senses haven’t entirely failed me.
El Cid said,
January 27, 2010 at 4:06
I think Obama needs to rush out and establish a comfortable middle point position between the sensible conservatives who want to let Teatard kids tap Senators’ phones and the wild-eyed, radical liberal fringe extremists who want jack-booted FBI thugs to lock up any right wing activist just for carrying out a bit of illegal fraud and wiretapping of federal officials for fun.
EnfantTerrible said,
January 27, 2010 at 4:13
Flanagan’s the son of the acting US Attorney for Western Louisiana.
And would you like to know why Flanagan pere is *acting* US Attorney? Because President Obama’s appointee for the position is on hold in the Senate. The hold was implemented by…
Senator David J. Vitter (R-Diaper).
Have an enlightened day!
Bitter Scribe said,
January 27, 2010 at 4:20
OK, I totally don’t get this. If Flanagan pere is being jerked around by Vitter, why the fuck did the kid try to bug Landrieu’s office and not Vitter’s?
blahgblog said,
January 27, 2010 at 4:23
this is the kind of image we need to tag to the wingers and republicans in every voter’s mind.
we need to remind them how criminal and, in the case of birther mccain challenger jd hayworth, how batshit crazy they are.
a commenter at thinkprogress says pelosi should bring olsen’s resolution praising o’keefe up for a vote tomorrow.
make the bastards either abandon the peewee winger or vote to praise him. no other choice, except of course ‘present’ or a no vote — but those would be almost as bad as a yae.
nutellaontoast said,
January 27, 2010 at 4:26
No, pere is a holdover from Bush because the Obama nominee can’t get past the diaper baby.
Itchy Brother said,
January 27, 2010 at 4:30
O’Keefe to Flanagan: Landrieu? Yeah, I’d tap her.
One of the comments over at rumproast:
J— said,
January 27, 2010 at 4:31
a commenter at thinkprogress says pelosi should bring olsen’s resolution praising o’keefe up for a vote tomorrow.
Ha. One can hope.
Substance McGravitas said,
January 27, 2010 at 4:33
Big Hollywood has a piece up. Comment #1:
Felonious Monk said,
January 27, 2010 at 4:38
You don’t know just how much this poor kid O’Keefe is HATED by the left.
Hands up, who forgot who he was before this story broke?
El Cid said,
January 27, 2010 at 4:39
Whistleblower? Maybe skin-flautist.
The Tragically Flip said,
January 27, 2010 at 4:52
Poor kid?
Yeah, maybe if we went snooping around his house to see what kind of counter tops he has, you might have a point.
Congressional Hearings said,
January 27, 2010 at 5:05
O’Keefe videotaped his co-conspirators in the Senator’s office with his cellphone. Now that the FBI has his cellphone, every call made from or to that phone will be investigated. There are a lot of wingnuts calling their lawyers tonight.
heydave said,
January 27, 2010 at 5:09
Did you mean effing forest?
Poor O’Keefe, the little Squonk; just a shit bag o’ tears.
zombie rotten mcdonald said,
January 27, 2010 at 5:13
Breitbart obviously has hated confused with laughing at
As I recall , Anita Hill did not illegally eavesdrop on Clarence Thomas. If anything, the illegal contacts went the other direction….
Substance McGravitas said,
January 27, 2010 at 5:16
That was commenter dcase, who’s an easy mark.
El Cid said,
January 27, 2010 at 5:18
O, more fool he…
zombie rotten mcdonald said,
January 27, 2010 at 5:38
How the hell should I know, Substance? I stay in the damn boat.
jim said,
January 27, 2010 at 5:48
LOL TEABUGGERS LOL
skippy said,
January 27, 2010 at 6:29
speaking of sasha baron cohen, it was a real shame she came in fourth in the american skating finals last weekend. so much for her olympic comeback.
what?
oh.
never mind.
Big Bad Bald Bastard said,
January 27, 2010 at 6:32
Megan McArdle is hot out of the gate, claiming that poor 24 (er, 25, Megs) year old O’Keefe didn’t know he doing anything illegal.
G. Gordon Kiddie
Substance McGravitas said,
January 27, 2010 at 6:37
Heh.
Art Chance said,
January 27, 2010 at 6:49
>My money’s on you lose in the trial court.
Achance Thursday, September 24th at 1:19AM EDT (link)
Don’t need no stinkin’ law. OJ’s still looking for the real killer. Probably have trouble in whatever passes for a criminal appellate court in MD too. Then you have to find a federal question, money, and a damned good lawyer to get into the federal system. And by then, the feds may have decided that The One really should have his way.
Dunno, done a lot of arbitrations, labor board hearings, and worked on a lot of court cases; ain’t much on guaranteeing anything and firmly believe that it is better to know the politics than the law.
In Vino Veritas
Art Chance said,
January 27, 2010 at 6:57
We can hope!
Achance Tuesday, November 3rd at 9:11AM EST (link)
Most everything these groups do is illegal, yet they are untouchable. Their constituencies will NEVER support a Republican and the media will hate any Republican anyway but Republicans remain afraid to challenge and when possible perp walk the Democrat fronts including, yes, I’ll say it, some Black churches. We’ve been called racists enough now that it shouldn’t bother us any more and the Black churches are to Democrat power in the cities as the radical mosques are to the jihadi.
blahgblog said,
January 27, 2010 at 7:17
ya, achance is pathetic. he comes off as a wise old man over at redstate. the post they have now on this subject only has fourteen comments up and the late consensus is that it’s all entrapment and a libtard conspiracy as payback for o’keefe doing such a bangup job are the worst criminals since the clinton’s made a mint on whitewater.
here’s the link if you can stand it: http://www.redstate.com/common_cents/2010/01/26/james-okeefe-acorn-buster-arrested-in-la/
Andrew A. Gill, SLS said,
January 27, 2010 at 7:39
Check it:
And
Little Jimmy may just have made himself a terrorist.
Nom de Plume said,
January 27, 2010 at 7:43
Landrieu? Really? You’re going to go to jail for wanting to listen in on *her* private calls?
They are such fucking idiots, I can’t even stand to be alive while they roam the earth. “Yo, let’s bug the offices of the most corporate sellout Dem imaginable, that’ll blow the lid off of…um, conservative Democrats, which non-delusional people can’t distinguish from Republicans”.
I say again, please kill me while such people occupy space in this world.
Art Chance said,
January 27, 2010 at 8:16
I had a grade school teacher who likened the conscience
Achance Tuesday, November 3rd at 10:46AM EST (link)
to a saw inside your head that had only one very sharp tooth. Each time you did something bad, the saw turned and that tooth bit into you and hurt you. But, after you’d done enough bad things, the saw had turned all the way around and there was nothing left for it to cut. Lots of things are like that; do it enough or have it done to you enough, and it doesn’t hurt any more.
In Vino Veritas
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Porlock Junior said,
January 27, 2010 at 8:46
Hey, man, I’m makin a movie.
Ya don’t have to make a federal case out of it!
[chortle][gloat] ti-ra-la-la-i-tu I gloat!
Jon H said,
January 27, 2010 at 8:50
“And would you like to know why Flanagan pere is *acting* US Attorney? Because President Obama’s appointee for the position is on hold in the Senate. ”
The prior US Attorney, appointed by Bush, only stepped down a couple weeks ago. I’d be surprised if things moved fast enough that Vitter already put a hold on the replacement, but perhaps the process started earlier.
a) Perhaps Flanagan’s miffed that Landrieu didn’t suggest Dad for the job?
b) Man, wouldn’t it SUCK to be two weeks into a high-profile prosecutin’ job and have your son blunder into a high-profile political crime?
tensor said,
January 27, 2010 at 11:39
“Landrieu? Really? You’re going to go to jail for wanting to listen in on *her* private calls?”
We never did learn what Colson, Liddy, Nixon, and the rest of the LawnOdor crowd wanted to get from bugging the Democrats. Whatever it was, it couldn’t possibly been worth the trouble that “third-rate burglary” got them into, with a little help from
intrepid reporters Woodward and Bernsteinrenegade FBI agent W. Mark Felt.Then again, Colson had already bullied CBS to restrict their exposes of Watergate, and had also bullied NBC into fluffing Nixon’s daughter’s wedding as “news”. Like our Acorn wingtards, he just got too enamored of his own success to stop. I hope decades of “getting tough on crime” makes Colson’s time in The Big House look like a picnic to
James O’KeefeCandyAss O’Sweetcheeks.El Cid said,
January 27, 2010 at 12:39
You know, this is how Karl Rove got his start, just without all the ridiculous incompetence and getting caught.
Imagine if Karl Rove, instead of stealing Democratic letterhead and mailing fake letters had instead dressed up like a Black Panther and attempted to sekritly install those big 1970s live TV cameras in the Democratic offices…
Art Chance said,
January 27, 2010 at 15:39
Arbitrations and labor board hearings aren’t in front of 12 morons
Achance Thursday, September 24th at 4:35PM EDT (link)
with DLs. if it goes to a jury, that jury’s going to like ACORN a whole lot better than they like a bunch of soda crackers in suits.
In Vino Veritas
nationalplumbingcode said,
January 28, 2010 at 0:08
Love this from the McArdle:
“Conservatives defending O’Keefe’s actions in Landrieu’s office are saying that he wasn’t trying to wiretap the phones, but rather to see whether the office had done something to the phones to make it hard for constituents to call her to complain about health care.”
Okay. Well, case closed, it was freelance constituent phone repair. Very nice.
Now, about those flying monkeys all over the place…
RobW said,
January 28, 2010 at 8:14
Okay. Well, case closed, it was freelance constituent phone repair. Very nice.
That’s it! He thought he was Robert DeNiro in Brazil!
Actually, I’m thinking someone gave them a copy of Collinwood and told them it was All the President’s Men.