Jon Stewart Mocks Media on ACORN Story: ‘Where the Hell Were You?’

Photo of Noel Sheppard.
  • Bookmark and Share

"ACORN appears to be a corrupt organization that aids and abets criminals and gets millions of dollars in taxpayer money."

Such was reported Tuesday evening, but not by one of the mainstream television news outlets.

That was Jon Stewart on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show," who in a fabulous six-minute segment not only covered the story of ACORN representatives giving business advice to folks trying to set up a child-prostitution ring, but also lambasted the media for getting scooped so embarrassingly by "two kids from the cast of ‘High School Musical III.'"

After walking through some of the videos captured at numerous ACORN offices by James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles, Stewart said (video embedded below the fold with partial transcript):

Story Continues Below Ad ↓

JON STEWART, HOST: ACORN appears to be a corrupt organization that aids and abets criminals and gets millions of dollars in taxpayer money. [...]

Well, this is an impressive expose. I'd love to know the intrepid journalists who broke this story. "60 Minutes"? The AP? That guy who gets the predators?

(Shows video of O'Keefe appearing on Fox News).

Are you f**king kidding me? First of all, you don't have to tell us you're a white guy. Your pimp costume appears to be a fur coat on top of your Andover uniform. Second of all, where were the real reporters on this story? You know what investigative media, see me on camera three: Where the hell were you? You know who broke this story? These two.

(Shows picture of O'Keefe and Giles.)

You're telling me that two kids from the cast of "High School Musical III" can break this story with a video camera and their grandmother's chinchilla coat? And you got nothing? They did it for $3,000, and that's Blitzer's monthly beard Wetvac budget. It probably cost CNN that much to turn on their hologram machine.

I'm a fake journalist, and I'm embarrassed these guys scooped me. Let's get to work people.

Delicious.

—Noel Sheppard is the Associate Editor of NewsBusters. Follow him at Facebook and Twitter.


Comments Policy

All comments are owned by whoever posted them and are subject to our terms of use. They should not be assumed to represent the views of NewsBusters.

Viewing options

Select your preferred way to display the comments and click "Save settings" to activate your changes.

→ BRAVO Stewart

I haven't laughed so hard in a long time.

LYDSEXICS UNTIE!

First time I've ever found common ground with Stewart

Sometimes little things in life are just too good.  This was one of them.

Every now and then The Daily

Every now and then The Daily Show redeems itself. This is one of those times.

Amen

And FYI, still waiting for the Obama jokes from the late night comedians, unless they're still trying to push the line that Obama's so skillful that they have nothing to make fun of.

Let me help get them started: Obama was the lawyer for this group.

Stewart's Acorn Clip

 

I couldn't help but notice how restrained the audience's laughter was throughout much of the piece. Something about goring one's own ox I suppose.

 

 

Clinkin--

I noticed that too, but thought it was maybe the sound on my computer. 

 

Did you also notice...

The audience's loud applause after Jon's "The More You Wish You Didn't Know" routine -- they were prematurely hoping he was done.

They did laugh, but -- judging by the sound of it -- I don't think they really felt comfortable laughing, because he so rarely encourages them to laugh at liberal corruption.

State Run Media (SRM) cannot

State Run Media (SRM) cannot survive...deliciously, delicious

Standing O

Great job Jon.  For once you got it right. 

Liberalism: The haunting feeling that someone, somewhere, can help themselves.

Anyone believe him?

We all know Steward is a lying, liberal toadwart.  This site has showed all kinds of videos of him dodging, weaving and lying to pull Democrat butts out of the fire for ages.

So while it's good that he showed this, I don't credit him for it.  I think he hoped it would die away too.  He's only showing it now because it's too big to ignore and have him still be credible as a pop culture figure.  (Letterman ceased being credible long ago)

He asks 'where were you' to the media?  Where was HE?  He knew and knows that ACORN is nothing but Obama's mob of criminals and thugs - yet he said nothing.

He has no credibility either.  He was just as guilty by staying silent until now.

I posted THIS moments ago

I posted THIS moments ago in reply to pbthinker's push to rename the "mainstream media." This one I made earlier today as a new logo for Acorn.

Just thought I'd repost for anyone interested in looking at a couple of new photoshops. I'm always open to comment...

BKeyser

LOVE the second one !!!! :)

 

Thank ya Shy

Thank ya Shy

Here's my contribution

Inspired by Bill Whittle's piece on iconography

http://www.flickr.co...

It takes the self avowed

It takes the self avowed fake journalist to bring shame on the rest of the real news industry for not doing their job.

I think the reason the news networks and newspapers are trying to play this story down is because if they picked up on it it would just reinforce just how bad they do their job.

 

It would also...

be a big risk to their savior, Obamassiah... people asking questions!?!?!

Simply not allowed if it might have any connection to the One.

respect

You gotta give Jon Stewart props! He had the guts to address this and to do so in his inimitable style.  I respect Stewart for doing it. If he can continue to be even handed in his approach to the fools on all sides ...I will have more respect for him!

Hey, its his grandma's fake fur coat

Hey, it is his grandma's FAKE fur coat!

Let's not get PETA mad at us, else the MSM will find another reason to ignore the story! ;)

Ha

They did it for $3,000, and that's Blitzer's monthly beard Wetvac budget.

 To funny

My Gov. thinks I am dangerous, so be careful

"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg

"They did it for $3,000,

"They did it for $3,000, and that's Blitzer's monthly beard Wetvac budget."

LOL-I'll have to give it to Stewart on that one.

-Dave

I agree with Rush. It's time for Obama to resign.

gc and RD~~

you two need to get a room!

BK,

LOL.

-Dave

I agree with Rush. It's time for Obama to resign.

That's the funniest thing I

That's the funniest thing I have seen in ages!!!! Bravo!!!!

a broken clock

A broken clock is right twice a day.  Personally, I can't stand the guy, but I did watch the clip, and he made some very good points, very irrefutable points for a fake journalist.

It was pretty obvious of his derision with Fox News, but even he couldn't deny the fact that they got the info out there far and wide.

I liked how he pointed out how the people at A Corn didn't bat an eye about what the "pimp" and "ho" wanted to do with the 13 kids which is appalling in itself and as he stated, they obviously have done something like this before.

So now supposedly A Corn is taking "major" steps because of the videos.  I wonder what they are....

-Jon

ACORN taking major steps...

They are changing their policy... they will no longer assist anyone without a valid background check... one that confirms at least one stay in a state or federal prison.

so next time

Got it, next time a pimp and ho walk in, they'll check with other pimps and ho's to see if anyone knows the prospects.

Geez, I wonder how many people they have helped with the codes and whatnot like this.

-Jon

Or at least they stayed in

Or at least they stayed in a Holiday Inn Express.

"You should always tell the truth, because if you tell the truth you make it the other person's problem." Sean Connery

Jon - re: Broken Clock

I, too, hate Stewart.  THIS time he used facts.  Most all of the times he attacked Bush, Cheney, Rove, or any Conservative he had to resort to hyperbole, misinformation, and outright made-up lies to make his jokes.  Note that I said ''jokes'' and not ''news'' because as a Leftist newsperson (which is how a lot of Lefties consider him) he is a joke.

couldn't deny it

This is one of those cases where truth is stranger(and funnier) than fiction, and being the comedy central channel, you have to capitalize on it, even if it means picking on your own.  They do throw people under the bus after all.

But he also added the truth that he's a fake journalist and I have to wonder how many people believed he's a real one?  I know a couple of people at work that think he is and they get their "news" from him before getting it anywhere else, even CNN and MSNBC.

Speaking of truth funnier than fiction, a co-worker had come back between classes to take a quick nap, doesn't bother taking his glasses off, just sits back in a chair and within moments, snores like a freight train, and when he woke up, he was trying to find his glasses.   "Anyone seen where my glasses are?" as he looks around.  I looked at another worker in the room with a startled and puzzled expression and then back at the awakened one, and said "uh...your nose..."  His eyes actually crossed to look at his nose and he blinked and said "Oh, there they are."  I took another look at my other co-worker and just walked out the room, couldn't trust myself to speak without busting out laughing.

Can't make this up. Just like the crap in politics.

-Jon

Gotta hand it to Jon, he makes a great point on this one

...using scathing sarcasm, no less.  Not only did the media not report on it, but they should've been the ones to expose it to begin with!

 

"Steady."  -- Keith Olbermann to Chris Matthews

It was exposed

Fox News took them on, does anyone else know if they went elsewhere or if they tried?

-Jon

→ Andrew Breitbart

Andrew Breitbart was their mentor.  He's the one to credit for making sure these tapes made it into daylight.

LYDSEXICS UNTIE!

duh...

Oh yeah, I completely forgot that and the guy was on with Hannah the other night on Hannity.

Even so, Fox News has such a wide audience, so yeah, plenty of exposure there, especially with the night shows.

-Jon

Hi Jon... Plus we have to

Hi Jon...

Plus we have to give credit to Beck as well, as he has really gone after ACORN for a long time now...so have others as well, but he has done yeoman's works regarding this area.

'Go Green...Recycle Congress'

CA... Yep... Like my

CA...

Yep...

Like my tagline from the past said, and I'll probably use again in the future as it's one of my favorites, along with him...

'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly smart thing to do.'~ Andrew Breitbart

How fitting is that now?

Yo... ACORN...are ya listening?

'Go Green...Recycle Congress'

...

Did Stewart actually say that "nothing panned out" regarding APORN -- er, ACORN voter fraud??? 

 

"When people stop believing in God, they don't believe in nothing -- they believe in anything."
  --  GK Chesterton

OMG! I'm still

OMG!

I'm still laughing....for once in eons Jon Stewart made me happy....now we all know the rest of the msm doesn't watch his show, now don't we?

Hmmm...let's see, did msnbc show any of these clips today yet? CNN...abc, nbc, cbs....

I don't know, because I don't watch them much at all, but I'm guessing the answer is no...why they only show clips from his show if it is demeaning to those on the right side of the aisle.

'Go Green...Recycle Congress'

Points

Laughing at The Won will destroy him & the Kommiecrats

Remember an unknown reporter, a guy named Bill & a corksucker? Dredge has become a reliable newssource & wealthy from that exposure, Bill a historical laughingstock & whats-her-name slang for a blowjob...

Expect to see Breitbart.com replace Big Media

Good job, Stewart. And thanks for admitting

you are a fake journalist.  But, seriously, you still pretend to NOT know why the SCM is not covering this story of the year (so far)?  Don't be obtuse.   

 

"I am a Nonideological(ist)." - B. Hussein Obama

Seriously, where was the right wing press on this story

Before you play the librul media canard, you have to answer why the right wing press missed this story.

Imho, the right wing press was too busy trumping up nonsensical accusations about Acorn and walllowed in conspiracy theories instead.

→ Are you kidding 007memo?

Glenn Beck has been digging into ACORN since he moved to FOX in January.

We have not been clueless, as have you, to Wayne and Wade Rathke, as you still are.

We have not been clueless to the 300+ splinter organizations aligned with ACORN, as you still are.

Though we were somewhat shocked at the depraved depth of Obama's pet organization, we were by no means, surprised.

Your ignorance does not indicate ignorance on our part.

 

LYDSEXICS UNTIE!

Are you kidding me, Beck is a journalist, collarrow?

Are you kidding me, Beck is a journalist, collarrow?

Beck, just like Rush, tells you himself that he's not a journalist.

Source:  GlennBeck.com April 19,2009:  "Now remember, I'm not a journalist. They always make fun of me: Glenn Beck, he's a pseudojournalist. No, I'm not a journalist. I never claimed to be a journalist. I am an opinion person."

Beck is exactly who I was talking about when I wrote:   "Imho, the right wing press was too busy trumping up nonsensical accusations about Acorn and wallowed in conspiracy theories instead."

I know I won't get any concurrence here, but it's tough to watch Glenn Beck and not see what's bizzarely obvious; the guy is whacked out on conspiracy theories.  I watch his show with my jaw dropped.

Speaking of conspiracy theories, Wayne and Wade Rathke's role in anything but a good conspiracy theory is plain silly.  Yeah, I've seen Beck rant wild-eyed about them also.

→ 007memo

I watch his show with my jaw dropped. - 007memo

Memo, that's too much information.  I don't need to know what it takes to excite your life partner.

Let me see if I've got this straight.  You applaud Jon Stewart for calling out the Media but Glenn Beck is incapable of imparting newsworthy information.  Is that about it?

It's an indictment of the mainstream media that they didn't cover ACORN.  If you're incapable of fishing out sources for the rest of the news, that's an indictment on you.

LYDSEXICS UNTIE!

Beck promoted whacko theories, cool arow

Beck promotes whacko conspiracy theories, cool arow.  And as I've pointed out many times on the Newsbusters sight, he uses bald faced lies to promote those conspiricies. 

I'd have applauded Beck if he had exposed the Acorners in Brooklyn and Baltimore, but he didn't.  I do though applaud that couple for their coup and making it look so easy to catch those Acorners in their corruption - it sure makes it appear that the corruption runs much deeper.

I don't mean to go off on another incendiary tangent Coolarrow, especially one that many here couldn't begin to understand, but you lack the self awareness to recognize your own bigotry:  You write:  "Memo, that's too much information.  I don't need to know what it takes to excite your life partner."  It is a kinda clever joke in it's own sordid way, but that's the same insulting tactic the haters use in attempting to dehumanize Obama; the dehumanization makes it so much easier to justify the hate.

You're calling Obama a "slimeball" is another specific example of that dehumanization.

007 memo, sez,


I do though applaud that couple for their coup and making it look so
easy to catch those Acorners in their corruption - it sure makes it
appear that the corruption runs much deeper.

Now NB pal, what to do about that?

All them laws that were BROKEN?

 

State controlled health care is Tort Reform.

→ Poor 007memo

As I type this response, I'm doing a search of the many times you've protested the use of the term "teabagging" to describe conservatives.

All done.  You've kept your thoughts to yourself when the left makes homosexual jokes about conservatives.(Scroll up, memo.  I painstakingly avoided making reference to the sex of your life partner)

The "lies" you allegedly exposed had to do with Beck repeating something to do with crowd size.

Gosh 007memo,  you're quite the investigative journalist, aren't you?

And now you're applauding the two who made the videos but not the "whacko" who gave them a forum from which to air the video? (whacko? aren't you doing some dehumanizing of your own?)

Are you so ignorant as to believe CBS, ABC, NBC, et. al would have given these two filmmakers a chance?

Those Alphabet stooge networks wouldn't even report on the voter registration problems with ACORN, nor did they bother with the Black Panther voter intimidation, and you think it's not important which venue provided airtime to these filmmakers?

You are not thinking correctly yet, young grasshopper.  You're still under the impression that the SubPrime Media is fair.

It's not.

LYDSEXICS UNTIE!

→ Addendum

007memo.  What you and the Subprime Media missed somewhere along the way is a paradigm shift.  You missed where Americans have now (allegedly) named Jon Stewart as the most trusted news person in America.

Whether you like it or not, many people get their news from the hybrid entertainer/current events personality.

Of course you missed that shift because I'm getting the impression you really don't follow the news anyway.

Beck is exactly who I was talking about when I wrote:   "Imho, the
right wing press was too busy trumping up nonsensical accusations about
Acorn and wallowed in conspiracy theories instead."  - 007memo

[note to self:  Address this little gem from 007 at a later point]

LYDSEXICS UNTIE!

Cool,

While I see why you might want to address the "little gem" there, is there really any need? I mean, considering the news about acorn of late...then again, sometimes the low hanging fruit is the sweetest. Carry on. 

"If the man, with the power, can't keep it under control...some heads are gonna roll." -Judas Priest

→ I'm hooked Restless

Sometimes I latch onto one of these little guppies and I have so much fun reeling them in, I'll leave him on the hook, throw him back, and watch the cork spiral around in circles.

LYDSEXICS UNTIE!

One bad apple don't spoil the whole Acorn, restless

One bad apple don't spoil the whole Acorn, restless.

This most recent exposition of corruption, as sensational as it is, does not prove the whacko conspiracy theories and propaganda previously promoted by charlatans like Beck and the right wing chattering class.

They've thrown a bunch of slop against the wall hoping something would stick, yet none of it did.  Now there is evidence of real corruption, having nothing whatsoever to do with the slop those charlatans were promoting.

Come down to earth, restless, that would have been too good to be true.  The charlatans were to busy with their whacko conspiracies to ever dig up any real corruption.

5 Bad apples, now the whole

5 Bad apples, now the whole bushel is looking suspect.

 

 

Is it just me, or does Double-zero make you think of what Al Franken would be like if he used a sock-puppet here at NewsBusters ?

 

"President Obama is learning on the job and it shows."  --Boris Epshteyn

→ He's still in denial

He's resorted to minimizing the offense and its number of players.  And why?  Because he has to believe he hasn't been so totally fooled.

LYDSEXICS UNTIE!

Indeed

He must be on the verge of crying

 

Tomorrow: "A sixth ACORN tape has been released"

Double-zero: "Did not!  Did not!  La la la la la!  I'm not listening!  La la la la la!"

 

"President Obama is learning on the job and it shows."  --Boris Epshteyn

→ 007memo

Aren't you ignoring the voter registration fraud indictments against (I think) some 30 ACORN workers.

You said "one bad apple".

Are we going to get into an argument now about underreporting figures to bolster an argument?

Do you want me to prove you a liar when you say "one bad apple"?

You need to retract that.  It's false in any right-thinking, or left-thinking mind.

Quit acting like this is the first time ACORN has gotten caught cheating.  I know you've gone out of your way to be misinformed, but this requires the willful suspension of disbelief.

LYDSEXICS UNTIE!

007, that would be 5 bad apples, multiplied by

how many laws broken at each location.

I bet you are riding on the  video crime that the two videoees are guily  of, eh 007.

State controlled health care is Tort Reform.

007meme -

Yeah, what CA, ucw, restless, et.al. said  :-p  

Went to a Women's retreat this weekend so didn't see little meme's takedown.  Thanks guys! 

"How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words!"  Sam Adams 

Quick question, nwahs

Do you ever watch Beck's show?  I'm not going to drag you through a knothole for the answer.  I'm just curious.

Thanks

 

"Reason and persuasion are the only practical instruments against error.  To make way for these, free inquiry must be indulged" - Thomas Jefferson

→ Feynman

This little twerp 007 is even more fun in this thread than he was in the "count the crowd" thread.

LYDSEXICS UNTIE!

Um, he's still counting

May be why he seems unaware of acorn's recent newsworthiness. 

I can just see him, in his mom's basement, with a print of the picture and a magnifying glass, counting and counting away. 

"If the man, with the power, can't keep it under control...some heads are gonna roll." -Judas Priest

twerp you say coolarrow

Twerp you say, coolarrow?

 I'll see you in the schoolyard!

→ Now you're learning

But this is the schoolyard.

I don't want your lunch money.  The school bully wants that to share with his friends on cigarettes.  And you know that's true.

I'm the outcast showing you yourself for the first time, and you're starting to believe you don't have to pay tribute to the bully.  His daddy beats the sh!t outta' him every night anyway, and sadly, that's his life's lesson.

Let him get an after school job and buy his own cigarettes, but you're going to have to stand up to him eventually.

LYDSEXICS UNTIE!

Where have you been for the last year?

"Before you play the librul media canard, you have to answer why the right wing press missed this story."

Huntington Post was complaining about Fox News investigations of Acorn back in 2008.

"Weeks out from election day, Fox News has begun devoting extensive
coverage to a scandal alleging "deep ties" between Barack Obama and a
"radical" group of election thieves."  Source

 Humm. it looks like "Conservative" news has been investigating Acorn for well over a year.  So, how's that humble pie tasting?

The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.
The US Constitution

Unless you're a fetus.
The US Supreme Court

It's somewhat comforting

It's somewhat comforting to know that there's at least one liberal left who prefers to get all the news and not just the stuff that makes his hero look good. 

The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.

→ Keep it up Jon

Keep this up and I'll start watching.

Clean up the "F-bombs" and my wife might watch too.

LYDSEXICS UNTIE!

Easy there big boy,

Until he starts doing more stories against liberals and the media, I'm afaid you might shatter too many TV screens with your remote - or else end up grinding your teeth to dust... 

The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.

Stewart routinely criticizes the media

Stewart routinely calls out the media in the most harsh manner.  It's a very frequent topic of his show.

Here's the equation that will help simpleton's understand:

The Media is liberal + Stewart routinely criticizes the Media = Stewart criticizes the liberal Media

Other people already understand that Stewart simply calls out all Media failings indiscriminately.

Thank God

Thank you Jon Stewart.  Thank God there is someone on the left media who cares about right and wrong.

I just hope

That balboa takes a couple days off of NB.He will be a smug snarky son of a gun after this.

→ Come on well

Give bal his day in the sun.

He'll comment on how snappy and quick Stewart is, and we'll remind him the story is several days old.

It'll be some fun banter.

LYDSEXICS UNTIE!

CA

Ok but just one day to bask in Stewardist.Chris is right.JS throws a tidbit to the right every quarter and puts the thumbsrews to it the rest of the time.

VICTORY IS MINE!!!

VICTORY IS MINE!!! MWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Ahh man.I think it is time

Ahh man.I think it is time to hit Mass Effect for a few days.

Sorry, well99. I just had to

Sorry, well99. I just had to throw that in there. I'm done. :-)

balboa

lol I understand.I will be nice to Jon Steward till midnight Thursday night.At least I will try.

That's one reaso why I

That's one reason why I refuse to let one or two reports of Stewart occasionally doing the right thing erase the overwhelming number of times he has unfairly mocked conservatives. 

The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.

Too Funny!!!

Normally I do not even listen to Stewart because he is such a wanker but that was spot on. I can't wait for the SNL skit that is going to be coming out soon. Maybe the MSM will be embarrassed into doing something. (What was I thinking)? Those people have no morals so there is nothing to be embarrassed about.

I laughed

I gave up Stewart during the strike when he was splashing in the Obama tank, too, but this was funny. I liked the part about the pimp costume being over the guy's Andover uniform. Very clever. No one ever said Jon wasn't clever--it was just sort of predictably aimed in one direction.

Thank You Jon Stewart!

 My GOD!  If this isn't enough to embarrass to sh*t out of our "Elite Media", whatever will?

 

That was truly fantastic site to see!  Even his audience liked it!

 

And now I hear Bertha "Butt Boogie" Lewis has shut down all operations until an "independent" investigation has been completed.  Yeah, and who is going to conduct this "independent" investigation?  Eric Holder?  Obama himself?

 

RULE 8: "Keep the pressure on. Never let up."
Keep trying new things to keep the opposition off balance. As the
opposition masters one approach, hit them from the flank with something
new. (Attack, attack, attack from all sides, never giving the reeling
organization a chance to rest, regroup, recover and re-strategize.)

Libtard Rule #847:  When

Libtard Rule #847:  When Conservatives embarrass/expose one of your own, make it look like the embarrassees are incompetent Libtards (unlike competent Libtards), insult those who exposed them and quietly throw said embarrassees under the bus.

Libtard Rule #848:  When embarrassed/exposed by Conservatives, quietly fall under the bus and then either:

1.  Change your name to something else and pick up where you left off.

2.  Change job descriptions and pick up where you left off.

Or both.

One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 86% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.

"Return with us to the pages of yesteryear..."

Now that is the Jon Stewert I used to watch more than 5 years ago.  He used to lampoon all politicians and especially those in the media, and did it well. 

"For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security."

Rarely do I agree with and I

Rarely do I agree with and I havnt watched Stewart in years, but I have to say this was hilarious!!! I am still laughing ... well done John.

Wow

Just, wow.

 Wonder if Jon knows that ACORN was the community that Obama organized?

 

‘Where the Hell Were

‘Where the Hell Were You?’

I was thinking last night about how wonderful it would have been if the expose had happened in Sep of  '08, not Sep of '09. Then I thought that in a fair world it would have happened. You didn't need two kids to do. I blame three entities:

1) The Media -- they didn't even has to use subtefuge to investigate Ayers, Wright or ACORN -- they could have pulled up their satellite truck up to the front curb and went in with cameras on their shoulders. They used to do that on 60 Minutes all the time. Back when they still considered news to be their job.

2) The DNC -- Much was made of the non-vetting of Van Jones. How about the vetting of Obama? Shouldn't someone there had said "a 1/3 of first term Senator running for President? Hold your horses son and come back in about 12 years when you have actually had some experience.

3) The RNC -- Don't they have an opposition research team? Couldn't they have uncovered all the ACORN nonsense?  I assume the purpose of the organization is to win elections. Doing so by telling the truth about your opponent is not dirty politics, mean-spirited, or racist.

Don't spread lying propaganda, carolina

Don't spread lying propaganda, carolina.  Obama never organized for Acorn.

Link to your facts supporting what you say.

Oh, that's right, facts don't matter - you "just know".

→ right 007memo

He did not organize ACORN.  He taught community organizing for ACORN.

He also represented ACORN in his capacity as a lawyer.

But you're right. He was a slimeball teacher of community organizing for ACORN, but he did not create ACORN.

Thanks for making the clarification.

LYDSEXICS UNTIE!

Kudos for calling carolina on her lie, coolarrow

Kudos for calling carolina on her lie that Obama organized for Acorn, coolarrow

But then you repeat other lying propaganda and add your vile opinion to the lie:

"He was a slimeball teacher of community organizing for ACORN"

Redeem yourself by linking to facts supporting your claims that "he taught community organizing for ACORN'.  Otherwise you're just repeating propaganda lies and, expose yourself as a "slimeball teacher" of those lies.

I won't hold my breath waiting for the facts backing up your lies, cause they just don't exist in our universe.  (I'll expect name calling instead then - bluster is always best when caught in a lie, huh coolarrow) 

The best you've got, and hardly the ammunition to support your propaganda,  is this:  In the early 1990's, Obama did in fact succesfully represent Acorn in his capacity as an attorney by forcing The State of Illiinois to enforce existing Federal Election Law.  The US Department of Justice, on behalf of all voters in the state, also sued the State of Illinois at the same time.  Oooooohhhhh!  Sounds ominous doesn't it?

The real truth is so boring.

→ 007

I was correcting carolina's grammar, not calling her a liar.

Are you honestly saying you can't find a link to Obama+community organizer+teacher+acorn?

Sorry for your shortcomings.

LYDSEXICS UNTIE!

Sure, coolarrow, I can link to whacko sites all day long

You ask:  "Are you honestly saying you can't find a link to Obama+community organizer+teacher+acorn?"  Sure, coolarrow, I can link to whacko sites all day long.

All that proves is that you have a load of crazy whacko's trumping up a conspiracy that just ain't there.

From FactCheck.org:  "An article by Chicago alderman Toni Foulkes says that "we [ACORN] have invited Obama to our leadership training sessions to run the session on power every year" between 1992 and 2004, when the article was written. The Obama campaign says that Obama participated in two, one-hour trainings in a volunteer capacity. Foulkes could not be reached for comment."

But why ruin a good conspiracy with facts.

→ 007memo

So you admit he was an instructor for ACORN.  It should be no problem for you to now find evidence he told them, and SEIU they would have a seat at the table when he sets his Administration's strategy.

See?  If I give you a hoe, maybe you can learn to dig your own garden of independent thought and you won't rely so heavily on Obama's news outlets to tell you what to think.

You still have much to learn, young grasshopper, but you've got to quit expecting to be spoonfed.  Human beings are not meant to be so enslaved.

LYDSEXICS UNTIE!

cool -->

If I may take a page from Free Stinker.....

CA - uno

007 - triple zero

And this: "The Obama campaign says...." Oh, right, of COURSE. Obama's campaign puts out a statement that exonerates Obama. Man, have we been stupid this whole time here at NB.

 

→ Shy

This guy isn't a James Bond character.  He's an emotionally abused spouse.

All this evidence against his lover, and through the tears he protests, "That's not true.  My darling loves me."

We've all seen his significant other out on the town, and 007memo knows it's true, but somehow denying it is so much more comfortable than picking himself up and becoming his own man.

We kid him a lot about being cuckolded, but I think most of us really feel sorry for him.

LYDSEXICS UNTIE!

cool -->

Perfect metaphor, yes. That's exactly how it is with all the Obama lovers around me, as well.

Everyone is weakly coming to his defense again and again and again. These days, actually, they're just being very quiet, but if you pin them on any of these revelations, like a natural reflex they go into defend mode... yet again....

 

I think double-zero ran away

I think double-zero ran away again.

yea FS

A quick video of where he went.

State controlled health care is Tort Reform.

UCW

Yes, and eyewitnesses say he was very eager to get lost. He was spotted moving a lot like this guy.

 

LOL Shy

LOL Shy !

________________________________________________ 

"President Obama is learning on the job and it shows."  --Boris Epshteyn

Mr Shy, very fast walking there..

man oh man congress is filled with kooks..

State controlled health care is Tort Reform.

Feee & UCW

The way he walks/struts reminds me a bit of this guy.

 

However he posts like this

get a good look at a T bone

State controlled health care is Tort Reform.

UCW

Hahaha..... funny :)

 

Free

Make that "Free", with 2 e's. :)

 

Shy,

I too grow weary of the press using the 0's statements as a means of argument. I mean it's always, "but the 0 administration says that illegals will not be given free healthcare with this bill." Yeah, what would you expecte them to say? 

I wish I could do that. 

Officer: "I clocked you at 10mph over the speed limit."

Liberal talking head pops out: "But Restless 1 says he was going the posted speed."

Officer: "Oh, in that case..."

"If the man, with the power, can't keep it under control...some heads are gonna roll." -Judas Priest

Rest1

Totally, I know, that's how it is now.

With Bush, the media completely emphasized the accusations and deemphasized the administration's response/defense.

It's a whole new day now, sadly.

 

You're doing yeoman's work here Cool

Keep it up and someday, these word will be written and read for centuries:

"And the sage Coolarrow saw past the barren desert of emptiness that the other posters saw. He saw the spark of hope in the boy's eyes, the desperate thirst for knowledge in the lad's posts, and took him under his wing. Through trials and tribulations, the relentless training and teaching finally delivered to us all, the man that would be King." 

Okay, I'm done. Just having a little fun. :)

"If the man, with the power, can't keep it under control...some heads are gonna roll." -Judas Priest

→ Karate Kid

He's not ready for the chopsticks yet, but the longest journey begins with a single step.

As Mr. Miyagi said, "Better to sleep with old hen than pullet"

LYDSEXICS UNTIE!

Yup,

And this may be the longest journey ever. ;)

"If the man, with the power, can't keep it under control...some heads are gonna roll." -Judas Priest

I admit you have simple minded talking points, coolarrow

"So you admit he was an instructor for ACORN."  I admit you site simple minded talking points as proof, coolarrow

So I quote FactChceck.org that can only site this record of fact referencing Obama's Acorn involvement: "The Obama campaign says that Obama participated in two, one-hour trainings in a volunteer capacity." And you extrapolate that to being proof of... what?

That's enough proof for your fellow sheep who are slapping you on the back for your genius, but it doesn't cut it in the real world.

Maybe "you won't rely so heavily on Obama's news outlets to tell you what to think." you advise.   And maybe you won't rely so heavily on right wing websites to tell you what to think.

And maybe you won't rely on bloviators, like Rush, Beck, Hannity et als, who even tell you their opinionists and not journalist (thereby relieving them of any responsibility for integrity), to tell you what to think.

The right wing logic on the media:  The Media is liberal so it lies.  But the conservative media, they would never lie - they just tell me whatever I want to hear.

You do buy into that "Fair and Balanced" comedy don't you?

And who recently signed a $400 million contract for his radio program?  None other than Rush - that entertainer sure gets the ratings doesn't he?  And Fox News is thriving, O'Reilly points that out every day - they sure have a loyal, even rabid, following.  They sure know what sells, too.

→ No I don't memo

Fox is not a "left" or a "center" outlet.  They are a "right leaning" outlet.

I expect them to report the news, yes.  This they do.

You, on the other hand, do not expect your outlets to report the "news" until it is "history".

That's why I was aware of ACORN's involvement in voter fraud, and you weren't.  It's why I was aware of ACORN attempting to help set up a child slavery house, and you weren't.

You see, memo.  I get all the news you do, but I get the rest of it too.

Your job now, is to point me towards any major story the SubPrime Media outlets covered that FOX failed to.

You don't even think it's strange that Charles Gibson was unaware of the ACORN story five days after it broke?  Do you know what that means?  HE'S AN ANCHOR, FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE!!

Mr. Ostrich, you've got sand in your ears again.

LYDSEXICS UNTIE!

Factcheck is funded by the

Factcheck is funded by the Annenberg Foundation in which Obama and Ayers were members of the Chicago branch.

I can find no independent biography on their chief editor Brooks Jackson...just how he's such a respected journalist, used to work for CNN, the AP, analyzed political ads and the like.  Not even a Wikipedia bio.  For such a brilliant, awesome guy, there's just not much out there about him (oh, except for Jimmy Carter and the rabbit). Says Jackson:

"it all reflects a surge of paranoid distress among people who don't like Barack Obama" on the birth certificate issue.  Hardly a neutral statement.

Deputy Director Vivica Jackson of Plamegate infamy, is a critic of Gitmo...from an online Q and A:

"Some of them may have fooled their U.S. captors into thinking they were
nobodies and could be released safely. Others may have become
radicalized by their experiences in U.S. hands"

http://www.washingto...

Kathleen Hall Jamieson on the summer town hall protesters:

"Extremists and people who are so locked into their own ideology that
they'll distort anything have been out there forever.... But they
haven't had a way to reach out to as many people as efficiently as they
have now."
  and:

“What we’re seeing is a flood of viral content that distorts the Obama effort to reform health care,”

Lori Robertson while managing editor of the American Journalism Review (even though her degree is in advertising...hmm):

“The Bush administration has perfected the art of tightly controlling
information. And it has paid no price for its disciplined, on-message,
my-way-or-the-highway approach. The press might want to get used to
it–this may be the template for future presidencies.”
(actually, she was right about the last part).

And on and on and on...more here if interested:  

So who are the great media and political experts at FactCheck.org?      

http://brianakira.wordpress.com/2008/10/12/what-is-factcheckorg/

One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 86% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.

007memo, how about some facts from 2009.

As in this year!

Sign up for your link....no thanks...

Just to get spammed by Noam Chomsky

One of those 'Do as I say , not as I do' gang..

try again..ewww

Running a libware scan...

State controlled health care is Tort Reform.

How about one fact from you, upcountry

How about one fact from you, upcountry.

Ya got nothin.

ZERO ZERO SEVEN


take your pick 3 pages

State controlled health care is Tort Reform.

ZERO ZERO SEVEN


take your pick 3 pages

EDIT: Oh yea how about this: jpg

State controlled health care is Tort Reform.

What Did Obama Know, and When Did He Know It ?

What Did Obama Know, and When Did He Know It ? 

 

"President Obama is learning on the job and it shows."  --Boris Epshteyn

-007IQ, Hey Liar,  did

-007IQ,

Hey Liar,  did you know that the LOTUS ran ACORN's "Leadership Classes"? Now go pound your head against the wall again.

The Obama Administration: THE most fiscally irresponsible Administration EVER

Heh, there you go again, scuba

Heh, there you go again, scuba.

Ya got nuthin.  lol

Hey, the factually

Hey, the factually challenged twerp comes back from hitting his head against the wall.  Evidence is shown to him refuting his statements and the best he can come up with is that I have nothing?   Prove me wrong.

Until then you will now be known as a bigoted and intellectually challenged twit.

 

The Obama Administration: THE most fiscally irresponsible Administration EVER

Scuba -- he's an Alinsky

Scuba -- he's an Alinsky trained liar. Fortunately, he's not very good.

Liberal nutjobs shouting 'racist conspiracy' to anyone criticising Barack Obama are all WACKY... RACERS

JB, I kind of figured

JB,

I kind of figured that.  He never showed proof to support anything he said, just put downs and slurs.  But as Cool Arrow said, it's fun to bat them around.  :  )

The Obama Administration: THE most fiscally irresponsible Administration EVER

A huge black turnout in

A huge black turnout in November 1992 altered Chicago's electoral landscape—and raised a new political star: a 31-year-old lawyer named Barack Obama.
By Gretchen Reynolds

A huge black turnout in November 1992 altered Chicago's electoral landscape-and raised a new political star: a 31-year-old lawyer named Barack Obama.

The most effective minority voter registration drive in memory was the result of careful handiwork by Project Vote!, the local chapter of a not-for-profit national organization.

At the head of this effort was a little-known 31-year-old African-American lawyer, community organizer, and writer: Barack Obama.

PROJECT VOTE
Front group for the radical cult ACORN

Spearheads the Voting Rights Movement

Played a decisive role in pushing the 1993 Motor-Voter Bill through Congress

Project Vote is the voter-mobilization arm of ACORN. It is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose professed purpose is to carry out “non-partisan” voter registration drives; to counsel voters on their rights; and to litigate on behalf of voting rights — focusing on the rights of the poor and the “disenfranchised.”

Project Vote’s major program areas include the following:

Voter Participation Program: “[Since its inception], Project Vote has helped more than 4 million Americans in low-income and minority neighborhoods register to vote, including 1.1 million in 2003-04. In the same period, Project Vote reached more than 2.3 million low-income and minority voters to educate them about the importance of voting. Our methodology is based on face-to-face contact between voters and trusted community messengers, generally a representative of a local community organization.”

Election Administration Program: “[This program] encompasses every aspect of election implementation, from voter registration application design to voting booth placement to vote counting and everything in between. Working in neighborhoods nationwide, Project Vote documents voting problems and works closely with elections officials, secretaries of state, and state legislators to enact proactive, pragmatic solutions. A central component of our work is the inclusion of low-income and minority voters through the involvement of our community partners.”

NVRA Implementation Project: “[This] partnership between Project Vote, ACORN and Demos aims to improve voter registration services at public assistance agencies. Section 7 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 requires states to offer voter registration to public assistance clients upon application, recertification or renewal, and change of addresses. The Project … offers technical assistance.”  The National Voting Rights Institute and the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law have recently become co-administrators of this initiative.

The stated purpose of Project Vote is to work within the system, using conventional voter mobilization drives and litigation to secure the rights of minority and low-income voters under the U.S. Constitution. However, the organization’s actions indicate that its true agenda is to overwhelm, paralyze, and discredit the voting system through fraud, protests, propaganda and vexatious litigation. In this respect, Project Vote is following the so-called “crisis strategy” or Cloward-Piven Strategy pioneered during the Sixties by Columbia University political scientists Richard Cloward and Frances Fox Piven.

As a follow-up to their effort to collapse the welfare system in the 1960s, in 1983 Cloward and Piven founded the Human Service Employee Registration, Voting and Education campaign Fund (Human SERVE Fund). Its objective, they said, was to increase voter turnout among the poor. But unlike Project Vote, Human SERVE did not rely on conventional door-to-door canvassing, or even on the more effective method of registering people in food stamp and unemployment lines which Project Vote had pioneered. Rather, Human SERVE lobbied government officials directly to enact laws and regulations directing public employees to offer to register citizens applying for services at government agencies. This effort realized its grandest ambition on May 20, 1993, when President Clinton signed the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 — commonly called the “Motor-Voter Act.” It ordered every state to provide resources enabling people to register to vote at state agencies, at the same time they applied for drivers’ licenses, welfare, Medicaid and disability benefits. In June 2000, Cloward and Piven dissolved Human SERVE, leaving to ACORN and Project Vote the task of making the Motor Voter “crisis strategy” work at the polls. It did, in fact, fuel an explosion of fraudulent voters.

In 1996, Project Vote became involved in Teamstergate — a criminal conspiracy to embezzle funds from the Teamster treasury, launder them through outside organizations, and then siphon them back into the re-election war chest of Teamsters President Ron Carey in 1996. According to trial testimony, the operation was approved by high-level White House and Democratic Party officials.

A persistent pattern of lawlessness has followed ACORN/Project Vote activists over the years. For example, one Project Vote contractor — a single mother of three — forged 400 voter registration cards in 1998. “Some of the addresses listed on these applications were traced to vacant lots, boarded-up buildings, abandoned buildings, and nonexistent house numbers,” notes a report by the Employment Policies Institute. Former Miami-Dade field director for ACORN’s 2004 voter mobilization Mac Stuart has testified that fraud is standard procedure for ACORN/Project Vote canvassers — behavior that is not only tolerated but encouraged by supervisors. “[T]he voter registration project has been operating illegally since it started,” Stuart told investigators.

In the 2004 election cycle, ACORN and Project Vote canvassers fanned out by the thousands across battleground states, turning up repeatedly in press reports and on police blotters in connection with fraudulent petitioning and voter registration. Canvassers were caught or accused of filing registrations in duplicate, filing them for deceased or imaginary people or, in some cases, destroying large numbers of Republican registrations.

Liberal nutjobs shouting 'racist conspiracy' to anyone criticising Barack Obama are all WACKY... RACERS

007IQ,  Is your head still

007IQ,  Is your head still hurting from hitting it against the wall?  Being smacked down on your lies on the size of the 912 rally must have hurt your fragile little ego.

The Obama Administration: THE most fiscally irresponsible Administration EVER

No scuba, My head isn't in the sand either

No scuba, my head isn't in the sand either.  I don't have a dog in the hunt, I don't have a need to believe either way.

No one smacked me down because no one presented one fact supporting their propaganda lies.  All I read were insults and accusations, the only ammunition available to liars.

And not to be too nuanced for you, but all I was asking for was corraborating evidence that any more than 10's of thousands of teapartiers showed up in DC.  No one presented that evidence since it simply did not exist, except in the wishful thinking of the kool aid drinkers.  Just trying to keep them honest, just like Newsbusters claims is their mission.

007Dunderhead, I

007Dunderhead,

I presented the evidence to you.  Go back to the thread and READ.

You are a blockhead if you can't see the proof right in front of you.

LOL, you are truly one of the densest trolls we have had here.

The Obama Administration: THE most fiscally irresponsible Administration EVER

Scorecard

Scoob: 1

Double-zero: nil

Gee, I thought it was 2 to

Gee, I thought it was 2 to zip.  I also smacked him with his lie that Obama never worked with ACORN.

The Obama Administration: THE most fiscally irresponsible Administration EVER

1 to zip has been enough to

1 to zip has been enough to scare him away in the past.  ;-)

It's amazing how the TRUTH

It's amazing how the TRUTH shuts him up.  What a bigoted piece of excrement he is.

The Obama Administration: THE most fiscally irresponsible Administration EVER

Clearly he's a recycled

Clearly he's a recycled Troll who just comes he to agitate.

Maybe you or some of the

Maybe you or some of the more seasoned members of NB can identify what re-tread troll she/he/it is.  I am surprised they are using their IQ as their name.  ;  )

The Obama Administration: THE most fiscally irresponsible Administration EVER

ROFL! In that case it's

ROFL!

In that case it's "Father Baracus".  7 Is more than double the IQ of "rhayes", or "The Prof".

Free & scoob

Never seen that one before. I still stand by 50 thousand, maybe 60, tops. And yes, each and every one of them is filled with rage and carrying racist Obama signs.

 /that switch-y thing

Hey Shy!!! I hate to say

Hey Shy!!!

I hate to say it, that ain't no 50-60k.

Read this article.  Use this chart and compare it to the photo.

It might be 200k is on the low side.

The Obama Administration: THE most fiscally irresponsible Administration EVER

Scoob

Scoob - did you get the free Ice Cream yesterday ?  :-)

Oh did I !!!!!!!! The guy

Oh did I !!!!!!!!

The guy in charge of our floor gave out a bunch of tickets!!!  More than 1 per person, more like 4 or more!!!!!

YUMMY!!!!!!

(Now I have to hit the gym and work it all off)  LOL

The Obama Administration: THE most fiscally irresponsible Administration EVER

AH yes.   You work for

AH yes.

 

You work for a French company n'est pas?   ;-)

Oui, Oui. No need to

Oui, Oui.

No need to remind me.  :  )

Just happy to be working.  Just hoping the company makes it through the economic nightmare wrought by brain-dead politicians and others.

The Obama Administration: THE most fiscally irresponsible Administration EVER

I just hope The One doesn't

I just hope The One doesn't decide to tax Free Ice Cream.

Free

I have a feeling something major is going to point right to Duh One, and this ACORN mess might be it. All the "journalists" know all about the "A" and where their roots are, etc.. It's why they're treating it like the time bomb it might very well be, so they don't want to touch it.

 

President Biden

Can you say "President Biden" ?

Free

OMO...... I. Completely. Forgot. 

But the flip side is, can you say "All 50 states in 2012" ? (not 57 :p)

 

(Shudder) That is

(Shudder)

That is scary.

I can hear the shredders going in the ACORN offices and someone is probably going through LOTUS's old papers with white-out and erasers.  Could that be why he never released his client list or the papers from his time in the legislature in Illinois?  Hmmmmm.

Let us hope and pray that the adults take back both Houses in 2010 and stops him and the brain-dead Democrats from doing any more harm to this country.

The Obama Administration: THE most fiscally irresponsible Administration EVER

scoob

Sorry, was being sarcastic.... should have clearly placed the "/sarc" label. Instead, I chose to be cute. :p

Yes, that new pic you just pointed me and the moron to is amazing... it really was sprawling, as they didn't have a permit to completely fill up that main boulevard area, I'm guessing....

 

Not a problem Shy.  Isn't

Not a problem Shy.  Isn't it amazing?

This has 007IQ so scared that he is doing everything he can to downplay it.  He is resorting to lies and distortion, then again he is a libtard, it comes naturally.

 

The Obama Administration: THE most fiscally irresponsible Administration EVER

The meaning of "Burden of Proof" is lost on you, scuba

The meaning of "Burden of Proof" is lost on you, scuba.

Forgive my contempt but it's tough to hold it in check; that picture is your frakin proof??? ROTFLMAO!

The meaning of "Reality" is

The meaning of "Reality" is lost on you double-zero.

Yes, this bigoted loser is

Yes, this bigoted loser is living in a delusional world.  He is in need of serious meds.  To bad that if the LOTUS gets his "health care reform", the powers that be will say he has to wait a year or so for an appointment much less a prescription.

The Obama Administration: THE most fiscally irresponsible Administration EVER

Well, it appears that

Well, it appears that doube-zero is not taking his meds anyway, so . . . no change there . . . 

I'm still laughing, freestink

I'm still laughing, freestink

yeah, this is him

yeah, this is him laughing

The Obama Administration: THE most fiscally irresponsible Administration EVER

'twas kool-aid that killed network news

 where were the real reporters on this story? You know what investigative media, see me on camera three: Where the hell were you? You know who broke this story?

Journalism died in 2008 of an overdose of kool-aid.

Instead of Jim Jones and

Instead of Jim Jones and Guyana, it's George Soros and New York City.

And their followers willingly drank it.

 

http://www.pelicanmarsh68.blogspot.com

Nice pics!

Nice pics!

He looks like an absolute dork in those sunglasses......and the people at ACORN took HIM seriously!?

TOO FUNNY!

(She's just a cutie!)

Great job on the work done Hannah and James! 

Well John, we never did

Well John, we never did think that libtards and their minions are the sharpest tools in the shed, just the loudest and most obnoxious.  They are happy to help out others who they believe think and act like them.  That is why we see them going to such extreme's to help out these brave kids who had them believing they were a pimp and a prostitute.

The Obama Administration: THE most fiscally irresponsible Administration EVER

stereotyping by A Corn

I thought of something and if someone else thought of it as well, I promise, I didn't go to the "how to write a paper" class taught by Biden.  You say the girl's a cutie and you're right, she really is.

But on the surface when she was doing those stings, isn't it interersting that the ladies at A Corn just simply accepted her as being a ho? (yes, the outfit helped)  Almost like "white chick definitely a ho with that dude" kind of thing.

Nevermind the fact that those people were willing to show how to circumvent the law and etc, but their opinion of people truly was in the gutter regarding this girl.

Did anyone else get that impression, especially since it happened all 4 locations that we saw videos of?

-Jon

Yeah, that just kills me.

Yeah, that just kills me. Hannah and James were just accepted as illegitimate businesspersons on their own recognizance.

Nobody thought to tell James, "Look, there are better ways to make it than pimping your girlfriend out -- better and legal ways. We can offer you some advice there, if you really want it."

Nobody looked at Hannah and said, "What the hell are you doing in this Godawful line of work? You look smart enough to make it without selling your body... Get out and get your life turned around before this pimp James ruins you."

They just said, in essence, well, you're in an illegitimate line of work, and since there's no point in trying to help you get out of it, we may as well help you hide it from the authorities.

Rut roe!

They nearly had control over the census... and they would have gotten away with it, too, if it wasn't for those darn kids!

Absolutely Hilarious!

This show would be so much bigger than it is, if it would just poke fun at both sides all the time and not just the Conservatives.

I have long stopped watching it, due to the unrelenting Bush bashing at the time... 

 

 " Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it. "  - William T. Sherman 

Stewart did what was routine for him

Stewart did what was actually routine for him in presenting a scathing criticism of the media.

The fact that he also calls out politicians for their dishonesty and hypocrisy doesn't make his criticism any less valid because the target is one of your own sacred cows.

And, while I don't agree that these videos are an indictment of the entire Acorn organization, not yet anyway, the videos certainly indict these particular immoral, repugnant excuses for "community" organizers.

If it's proven that Acorn's corruption goes deeper than a few bad apples, they deserve severe consequences.  Since they've been shamed, the media will now go to work with their investigations.

→ 007memo

If you had kids, you'd know that if the babysitter you use was accused of child molestation by five other parents, you'd drop that babysitter in a heartbeat.  Innocent until proven guilty be damned.

It's inexplicable that you believe they should continue to receive funds until the investigation is done.  Unless, of course you're the babysitter.

LYDSEXICS UNTIE!

007

"Stewart did what was actually routine for him in presenting a scathing criticism of the media.

The fact that he also calls out politicians for their dishonesty and hypocrisy doesn't make his criticism any less valid because the target is one of your own sacred cows."

Jon is a devout NYC/east coast liberal. Only because this ACORN scandal is so outrageously over the top and a slam-dunk of real criminality is he taking them and the media to task. 

"And, while I don't agree that these videos are an indictment of the entire Acorn organization, not yet anyway, the videos certainly indict these particular immoral, repugnant excuses for "community" organizers."

So far it's now four videos, and about 7-8 people, across four different states. Keep in mind, 14 states are being investigated for voter fraud, too. For you, what number of videos exposing it's employees, investigations, House/Senate votes, etc., need to unfold before it all starts to be an indictment of ACORN as a whole?

"Since they've been shamed, the media will now go to work with their investigations."

A heaping load of BS. They still have no desire to go anywhere near it. Have you looked at the NYTimes, for example? Right up to today, a good week 1/2 into unfolding developments, and they're still burying it. No headline anywhere of the House or Senate votes. One article in the Politics section so far.

 

→ Now you done it Shy

You said 7-8 people.  007 is going to spend the next week arguing that it's much fewer and you got your numbers from the wrong source.

LYDSEXICS UNTIE!

Cool & EVERYONE

Do you guys/gals know why the MSM is *REALLY* not on this one???

BELIEVE YOU ME. This stinking pile of stink leads right through all The Stinker's close associates AND right to The Stinker himself. They all know it, too.

 

→ Give Obama a break

How was he to know his organization would get caught doing what he taught them.

LYDSEXICS UNTIE!

Cool -->

:p

But seriously, it's all one big Obama/Chicago gumbo of total fraud. All of the leftist MSM knows this is a scary, stinky can that they so don't want to open.

EDIT: The Stinker and Free Stinker are two completely different things. :)

 

→ True Shy

The sudden defunding may be an attempt to shift focus away from the Obama connection.

Ain't gonna' work.

LYDSEXICS UNTIE!

Cool -->

You're absolutely right. I was sort of curious how they acted so fast... but that would explain it. Once a second video came out, a third, they're thinking "sh*t, let's do something cosmetic now so people will be satisfied..."

All 75 of the nays in the House were Dems, btw.

 

MrShy

Please do not insult my Gumbo.

Yes, the gumbo is very

Yes, the gumbo is very good.

"We can go from boom to bust
From dreams to a bowl of dust
We can fall from rockets' red glare
Down to 'Brother, can you spare...'"

- Rush, "Between the Wheels"

Yeah I'm sure the travel offices

...at ABC,CBS,NBC are canceling plane and Hotel reservations to Alaska as we speak! In fact I hear Alaska Air may have to file chapter 11 next week.

 

"The bureaucracy is growing to meet the needs of the growing bureaucracy"

 

→ Got that right MM

And Charlie Gibson wants the Cliff Notes on ACORN.

LYDSEXICS UNTIE!

Cool and 007

Guess who reved up Glen Beck's investigation of Acorn?

I believe her name was Marcel Reid. Her grief, and accusations have been vindicated. Oh, lets not forget to call her a racist.

lame

Excuse me, but just where exactly does the buck stop?  Even Jon Stewart is capable of pointing out, with scathing sarcasm, just exactly how bad this is: Three major metropolitan east coast offices all found to reak with corruption.  Sorry, but this sample, coupled with the whole voter fraud scandals, is more than ample to demonstrate a systemic problem.  The bad apples were speaking and acting for the organization.  They were acting in "official capacity," not merely saying dumb things while drunk at a party one night.

"Community organizer" are code words taken out of Saul Alinsky's nefarious Rules for Radicals.  Saul Alinsky advocated "the ends justifies the means" as a fundamental guiding principle for radicals.  It is now no surprise we have multiple data points all conforming to this principle in action.

 

"Steady."  -- Keith Olbermann to Chris Matthews

You know the bias has to be

You know the bias has to be painfully obvious if even Stewart is mocking the MSM.

 

 

"Gov. Palin has been subjected to one of the most massive and dishonest pile-on smear attacks in the history of liberal media.-- Lowell Ponte

Wana good laugh?

It's Thursday Sept. 17, 2009 - 10 PM, EST, and I just left "media matters" web site where they are bouncing off the walls in sheer panic. You think Stewart is funny, (and BTW....he was), you gotta go read some of the panic in the media matters commentary. And then you gotta ask yourself...just what is it about the left that makes them so incisive, thoughtful and self-lauding, especially when they are discovered standing naked in the middle of Grand Central Station, (figuratively), and having sex with under-aged girls from Central America. Ya gotta give 'em this.....when their slips are just too obvious; they still manage to entertain with their indignation. What clowns.

And Nancy Pelosi was crying

And Nancy Pelosi was crying on C-SPAN today . . . 

 

Obama has met his Waterloo.

I went to Media Matters and got that good laugh, off duty

I did what you said and went to Media Matters, off duty.

Anyone who needs a good laugh has to watch this video that media matters posted:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wVZJdBCQxY