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Patterico's Pontifications » James O’Keefe Arrested

Sometimes even a sometimes questionable Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney General is worth linking and quoting. Patterico...

This should go without saying, but: while I have admired O’Keefe’s work, and have defended him against unfair attacks, the activity he is accused of is illegal and wrong. I won’t declare him guilty without hearing his side. But if he did do it, there is no defending it.

The worst part is that ACORN claims this as some kind of vindication, which is absurd. I believe they have released the full audio of all the ACORN encounters. Those people hung themselves, and this has nothing whatsoever to do with that.

Mary Landrieu might be a left-wing hack, but she is still a sitting U.S. Senator and can't be approached like her friends, the always-stupid SEIU - ACORN thugs. The mechanism to protect Landrieu is, and should be, nearly unassailable.

ACORN will milk this for every drop of schadenfreude they can, but the bottom line is that ACORN is still a left-wing, Democrat-supporting nest of frauds and deceitful liars, and they deserved exactly what Mr. O'Keefe helped give 'em: a royal well-deserved exposure and slap down.

If he did try to do something as stupid as he's accused of, then he'll have to do the time and pay the fine. But, thanks!, James, for the ACORN slap down, anyways.

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