ACORN buster arrested...does it really matter?

O'Keefe has been arrested, I read today, for illegally tampering with a politician's phones. Now the news says the GOP is steering clear of him. Why? Wouldn't they rather he show the world what the libunists are really up to? Since you know they'd never comply with a subpoena to surrender their phone records and would never admit to what they do, how else could he have gotten enough to show the voters what their politicians are doing? Wouldn't we rather hear it than hear about it?

2010-01-27T11:12:13Z

Ohhhh no, I am not standing up for ACORN. They ARE a bunch of crooks. I'm asking why it should matter that he tapped some lib's phones. The bottom line is he's not taking them to Court. He's just exposing them, and there's no evidence suppression in an expose'. Fine, take the burglary charge and call it a cost of doing business, but when he releases a tape or a video of some politician doing something shady, the cat is out of the bag and they can't deny it or take it back later. Personally I'm glad someone is stepping up to the plate to do this...and I'm glad he has nards enough to risk his reputation to do so. Too many voters on both sides are too stupid to bother actually researching their politicians' records, so they take the word of the politician about how trustworthy they are. If we need a guy like O'Keefe to show us how stupid we are, I'm ok with that. For the record, if he was to sue and tried to introduce the tapes as evidence, I'd understand and support suppression

?2010-01-27T08:55:47Z

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it doesn't nullify acorn's sins.

astonished2010-01-27T09:02:00Z

The guy was busted trying to tap phones in Senator Mary Landrew's office, or at least phones in an office that had to do with her and her brother. The brother is running for Mayor of New Orleans and the Acorn guy was trying to show how the Senator is funneling government money to her brother's election. Watergate gone bad!

I don't know anything about Repubs distancing themselves form the Acorn guy, but I would if I was them. The Acorn guy was trying to tap phones in a federal building, not a smart idea. They are probably looking at jail time.

Poohcat12010-01-27T08:58:53Z

Well, he is known to go after people he suspects of wrongdoing...so yes it does matter. Like you said, the person probably would not be willing to give up their phone records anyway. However, the action taken was illegal and he got caught. I can see why the GOP wants not to be associated with him. Same thing happened during the Nixon administration at Watergate.

Will2010-01-27T09:01:27Z

As the investigation proceeds the proof and real truth about ACORN will come to light. Then you conservatives will have to get another talking point from your Fox buddies. You probably didn't think Bush's wiretapping program or Nixon's Watergate was so bad either. Typical conservative selective memory syndrome

wyldfyr2010-01-27T09:10:44Z

Republicans are such hypocrites. You talk about national security and criticize Obama for breaches in security yet you condone someone presenting false credentials to Federal law enforcement officers to break the law. You think it's okay for a private citizen to break the law with a wiretap because you say Democrats would never comply with a subpoena and overlook all the times Cheney ignored subpoenas and claimed e-mails were lost or accidentally deleted. You're concerned about national security yet think outing a CIA agent is a non issue.

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