James O'Keefe: hoist on his own petard

[Swagman]

Conservative activist James O'Keefe's latest stunt – to expose the liberal media bias – has only exposed him. As a sexist ass
by Paul Harris

To many rightwing Americans, fresh-faced political activist James O'Keefe is a hero. He is the conservative version of Michael Moore: an earnest prankster whose intrepid journalism exposes the liberal left for the anti-American force it really is.

After all, O'Keefe, 26, is the man who brought down the conservative bete noir Acorn – an organisation that advocated for low-income Americans and tried to get them to vote – by posing as a pimp with a prostitute and filming Acorn staff as he solicited them for advice on how to avoid taxes.

That "victory", which helped destroy Acorn, sealed O'Keefe's place in the pantheon of conservative heroes. Never mind that investigations in California and New York found no evidence of Acorn wrongdoing in the evidence that emerged from his stunt, and that O'Keefe's videos were, in fact, selectively edited and misleadingly used. Yet, O'Keefe was praised across the board by rightwing figures like Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity and Andrew Breitbart (who, as the Shirley Sherrod episode showed, knows a thing or two about misleadingly edited videos).

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2010/sep/29/james-okeefe-cnn

[Bitwit1234]

1. I tell you over and over -- he is going to get off

no body is going to prosecute this piece of crud.

[Swagman]

2. sadly I think you are right...perhaps personal law suits to bankrupt him

[SeattleVet]

4. Wasn't he on probation of some type

as a result of his little wiretapping attempt? I think the judge may not look too kindly on this type of behavior from a probationer.

[mysuzuki2]

3. Does this little creep have a job?

i mean, is somebody paying him to do this kind of stuff?

[la la]

5. is andrew breitbart

'supporting' him?

he's been a bit quiet lately---thankyoujebus!