ACORN worker’s husbands still alive after all
posted at 8:48 am on September 16, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
In the latest ACORN video from BigGovernment’s James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles, Theresa Kaelke brags that she can help the erstwhile pimps get away with anything, including tax evasion and child prostitution. After all, she tells the two undercover journalists, she killed her husband after first setting up a cover story about being a battered wife, and she turned tricks herself without paying a dime to the IRS. That comes as big news to one of her former husbands, whom the Riverside Press-Enterprise finds alive and relatively well at the age of 66 in nearby Newberry Springs:
Since she claimed on the video to have killed her husband, two San Bernardino police homicide detectives interviewed her at the office Tuesday.
Police said they have been in contact with Kaelke’s former husbands and the homicide claims do not appear accurate.
“At this point, we can’t prove that there’s anything to her statement,” said San Bernardino police Sgt. Dave Dillon. “We can’t show that ever happened.”
One of her ex-husbands, Ronald Kaelke, 66, of Newberry Springs, said he was unaware of any investigation or that his ex-wife had made any claims of murder.
The couple divorced in 1987, but attempted to reconcile and lived together from 2002 to 2005, Ronald Kaelke said in a telephone interview. In 2007, the couple traded allegations of domestic violence and received separate restraining orders against each other, he said.
“As far as her murdering an ex-husband, that’s news to me,” Ronald Kaelke said. “She’s definitely got problems and goes off the wall sometimes.”
And indeed they do have separate restraining orders, as this search of the records shows. Small wonder, too, since the video also shows Kaelke threatening to kill the man to whom she refers the pair for more advice if he talks about their case. Kaelke and ACORN now say she was just playing along, but her history indicates that she’s not always playing when she makes threats.
As a side note, I do appreciate the subtle snark in the P-E’s reporting. “Police said they have been in contact with Kaelke’s former husbands and the homicide claims do not appear accurate.” Well, if they’re in touch with all of her former husbands, the claims aren’t accurate by definition. It’s a reporter’s slight dig, a little nudge to the ribs that fortunately made it through the editing process.
Was Kaelke just playing along with a joke? That seems like a big stretch. Kaelke sounds more like a blowhard who likes to impress people with wild stories about herself.
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Excellent point. Why are federal tax dollars financing this woman’s effort to lobby government officials to undermine our country?
BuckeyeSam on September 16, 2009 at 9:42 AM
and you know damn well that there are Republicans in Congress that know that our money went to this organization.
throw them all out.
kelley in virginia on September 16, 2009 at 9:43 AM
If this woman made it through human resources at ACORN, I am more convinced than ever that I would not want ACORN hires knocking on my door to take away personal information about me and my family.
SarahW on September 16, 2009 at 9:43 AM
Hey! It could have been worse. Barby “Call-me-Senator” Boxer could have shown up for a walk-on cameo appearance.
They could have called the tape “The Boxer and the Killer: Cali’ Done Right, Left, Up, Down and Everything In Between”.
Yoop on September 16, 2009 at 9:43 AM
They were thinking that he wasn’t quite qualified yet for Congress. Once he actually had the child sex slave house running then he’d finally have the experience necessary for the job.
mankai on September 16, 2009 at 9:43 AM
The story is not about her, it is about ACORN’s policy of hiring incompetent people, and obviously liars.
It is part of the puzzle that put together shows what type of people ACORN seeks, how they train, what they are trained to do.
It is the pattern of incompetence and illegal activities, not about one or two wayward employees, but about the fabric that makes up ACORN.
You don’t find and hire people like this consistently, without some type of overall corporate policy.
right2bright on September 16, 2009 at 9:44 AM
Are you making fun of ‘Little People”?
thomasaur on September 16, 2009 at 9:46 AM
So what is the process for a Special Prosecutor? We need to get the answers about how these incompetent wackos are using the taxpayer dime!
Why aren’t organizations like this required to be audited. I think Churches are required to be audited aren’t they. Maybe not. Maybe that is an internal thing with my Church.
Anyway ACORN is both a non-profit and receives tax money. And it doesn’t have to prove it is a clean operation? That just doesn’t make sense!
petunia on September 16, 2009 at 9:49 AM
truetexan on September 16, 2009 at 9:53 AM
This is where we are making our mistake. We are assuming that “human resources”, in the ACORN business, means a department that interviews, test and hire reasonable employees.
“Human Resources” in ACORN actually means just what it says: humans AS resources. Like in a resource of children from South America.
Yoop on September 16, 2009 at 9:55 AM
How many husbands did she have and in what states? The police need to be very thorough with this woman. Being short an order of FF doesn’t even begin to cover her.
Kissmygrits on September 16, 2009 at 9:57 AM
The talk of offing her husband was the sideshow. That fact that she, like the others in Balto, DC, and Brooklyn offices, found no reason to deny these two the help they were seeking was center stage.
BKeyser on September 16, 2009 at 9:57 AM
Everyone does realize, ACORN shares it’s information, and often, with offices with the SEIU.
The irony is that ACORN is not union, and has fought in court to stay non-union…even to the extent of firing employees who have tried to bring the union in.
right2bright on September 16, 2009 at 10:02 AM
He may still be alive, but I wonder if they searched for her maiden name “Parten” and/or any hyphenated name “Parten-Deadguy.”
Daggett on September 16, 2009 at 10:02 AM
Which is why I think it is a trap. He wants them to think they don’t know if their was a murder or not. Marriage and death records are easy to find. You can’t tell me they didn’t research this and find results prior to this. It’s a trap.
Socmodfiscon on September 16, 2009 at 10:02 AM
Wow, so it turns out that the content of the tape that would go “beyond anything we’ve seen so far” turned out to be a prank.
The woman’s story was verifiable but Glenn Beck made absolutely no attempt to determine the truth before taking it to air.
I had a feeling this would turn out to be a non-event when FOX News advertised the video as “exclusive to the Glenn Beck” show. Surely if it were news it would have been run immedately.
bileduct on September 16, 2009 at 10:03 AM
And yet you think with the way they have so far planned this release that it wasn’t verified prior. Really? You don’t think that would be one of the first things they would want to find out? Wouldn’t you want to know before you aired? Gee did she really murder her husband? They know. It’s a trap.
Socmodfiscon on September 16, 2009 at 10:07 AM
A woman who wants to help a pimp quietly run a child sex slave brothel in a way that it won’t hurt his chances to run for Congress… yup, no story there.
Oh, this woman also lied about killing her husband… so we can ignore the ACORN pattern of helping pimps evade paying taxes (etc.) and ignore that they hire people who lie about killing their husbands.
Desperation…
mankai on September 16, 2009 at 10:10 AM
Child sex slavery paid for by my tax dollars is the story.
He said he couldn’t verify if she killed a husband or not, and I don’t care.
He also said he couldn’t verify if she’s met with our elected officials. That part is true.
joshlbetts on September 16, 2009 at 10:11 AM
A trap for who though?
I’m with you as far as them knowing before the story went to air. I really don’t see how they wouldn’t have known, and in the event they didn’t it seems highly irresponsible for FOX to run with the story in the manner they did.
bileduct on September 16, 2009 at 10:11 AM
SpazINCA has been showing up with some nauseating Concern Troll drivel.
Gosh, my goodness, these people sure are mean and stuff…..
BigWyo on September 16, 2009 at 10:12 AM
I think it was very responsible. He said on air they had not verified it.
joshlbetts on September 16, 2009 at 10:13 AM
No, I don’t think that it would be one of the first things they would find out or go out of their way to verify at all. The woman said it – it was her problem to either own up to it or deny it – not O’Keefe’s or Gile’s.
Blake on September 16, 2009 at 10:14 AM
Are you comfortable with this woman writing legislation and not calling the police when two people openly talk of running a child prostitution ring?
joshlbetts on September 16, 2009 at 10:14 AM
Whoever takes the bait.
Socmodfiscon on September 16, 2009 at 10:15 AM
I don’t disagree with you about the brothel and child prostitution – what happened there is clearly indefensible.
But Glenn is overreaching here. He is playing dumb, as though he doesn’t know the facts, because it helps his argument.
bileduct on September 16, 2009 at 10:15 AM
Why? No one was saying she murdered her husband. They were saying that she said she murdered her husband.
Blake on September 16, 2009 at 10:16 AM
I’ve already explained my position thanks.
bileduct on September 16, 2009 at 10:17 AM
joshlbetts on September 16, 2009 at 10:18 AM
Have a cry, pansy.
bileduct on September 16, 2009 at 10:20 AM
I’m sure you could find a million people saying all kinds of crazy crap. Doesn’t mean you’re gonna run with it as headline news without verifying the story when you could have.
bileduct on September 16, 2009 at 10:21 AM
Beck always plays dumb. That’s his gig. That’s his attempt to break through the fog of liberal morons by letting them think they are the ones asking the questions. He calls himself an intellectual lightweight so when his attackers call him an intellectual lightweight it has no bearing he has already agreed with them. He uses emotion to appeal to the libtards that thrive off and are manipulated by emotionalism. Not the diehard Lib or Die haters but the ones that just want peace and harmony and think liberal ideas are “kind” because they can’t think beyond the emotion and certainly can’t envision future consequences.
Socmodfiscon on September 16, 2009 at 10:29 AM
Didn’t she have two sons who are now dead?
ramrants on September 16, 2009 at 10:33 AM
And the fact that she lied about killing her ex-husband somehow helps ACORN? What does this say about the people that ACORN hires to do their dirty work and then throw under the bus when they are exposed…
crazywater on September 16, 2009 at 10:35 AM
She is just a bull $hitter. When they came in with a story, she was instantly activated. We have the same in the whitehouse.
seven on September 16, 2009 at 10:47 AM
We’re not talking about a million people saying crazy crap. We’re talking about this woman making statements as an employee of ACORN. Whether true or not, it still accomplishes O’Keefe’s and Giles goal to depict ACORN as corrupt. So, no, there is no reason to verify it.
Blake on September 16, 2009 at 10:47 AM
You are the one with the panties wadded up. You have a cry.
Blake on September 16, 2009 at 10:49 AM
Keep digging, folks. This lady I bet has many ex-husbands, not just one.
PattyJ on September 16, 2009 at 10:50 AM
Let’s see.
Jessie Jackson speaks crazy crap. MSM headline!
Charlie Wrangle speaks crazy crap. MSM headline!
Harry Reed speaks crazy crap. MSM headline!
Nancy Pelosi speaks crazy crap. MSM headline.
Jimmy Carter speaks crazy crap. MSM headline!
Get the drift?
Yoop on September 16, 2009 at 10:54 AM
This is the kind of crap that 9/11 Truthers do.
bileduct on September 16, 2009 at 10:55 AM
Wait for the big MS-NBC expose that’ll paint her as the poor victim in all this and turn her into a big time lib hero.
Orange Doorhinge on September 16, 2009 at 10:58 AM
This is the kind of crap that the far left, liberals and Democrats do in their feed to a compliant and extremely accommodating MSM every single minute of the day.
They are getting Alinsky’s Rules back in their face. It isn’t sitting to well with them. They don’t like it, primarily because it’s working.
Yoop on September 16, 2009 at 11:00 AM
I doubt she killed anybody. But she is either a nutcase or a liar or both, and thus is, at minimum, an embarrassment to the organization she works for.
The bottom line is that in four instances (so far), ACORN employees failed to bat an eye when informed of plans to import underage sex slaves into the U.S. Quite the contrary, in fact – they offered assistance.
Is this ACORN policy? Is it policy not to turn away people who propose illegal activities? Is it policy to offer them help? Is it policy to “play along” with them? These are the questions ACORN still has to answer.
And there are more videos coming.
Missy on September 16, 2009 at 11:01 AM
Kaelke seems like a blowhard exaggerator, as well as a recovering hippie.
I guess my question would be – what well-run company lets this woman talk to the public? What community organization woiuld let her advise people?
Not everyone in ACORN is a criminal, of course. But there is definitely a pattern of ACORN management hiring unqualified people. Shouldn’t the government give money to WELL-RUN organizations, instead of companies that can’t find people who know the difference between Mickey Mouse and a legitimate voter, or companies that let kooks give advice to the poor?
hawksruleva on September 16, 2009 at 11:01 AM
Have you noticed that so far, all of the ACORN employees have been fired except this one in CA? You know, the only white one in the group? Hmmm.
mizflame98 on September 16, 2009 at 11:01 AM
Like the husband story, this one can also be checked out. She, like the legislators and myself, reside in California. California has an FOIA. Someone merely has to request the appointments of the specified politicos over the past couple of years and do the search.
unclesmrgol on September 16, 2009 at 11:02 AM
With her self-puffery to the point of annoyance, ACORN’s excuse that she was “playing along” almost holds water. If they want to keep that excuse, they can’t fire her, because if they fire her, they are saying their adversaries are telling the truth.
Those poor black women either didn’t have a sense of humor or were so much more subtle in their “playing along” that ACORN was forced to fire them.
I think, in the end, the bus has a few more unbloodied wheels for people to be thrown under, and the bus is non-racial — it grinds up the underlings equally, without regard to race, creed, or national origin.
unclesmrgol on September 16, 2009 at 11:07 AM
And your posts are the kind of crap we routinely get from you lefty
twatstrolls. Face up to it: once again you and yours have been proved to be dishonest and corrupt.Blake on September 16, 2009 at 11:11 AM
Funny to me how everyone is so focused on did she kill her husband or not… when it’s been PROVEN that she IS talking with legislators about setting policy.
If she is so off-her-rocker and nuts, WHY would she be let anywhere NEAR those setting policy?
One excuse does not match the other.
And seriously, think about it… you own a business, let’s say a realty business, and your secretary is talking to two possible clients who want to open a brothel, and she plays along with them without, you know, contacting the police about them? First, is that a person you would WANT to be fronting for your business? Second, would you not be concerned that she didn’t tell you about these people so you could contact the police? What if these two were undercover cops and they traced this advice back to YOUR business?
Come on. If nothing else, I’d be firing her on the spot for putting my business’s reputation into the mud.
UnderstandingisPower on September 16, 2009 at 11:15 AM
Please remember, this is NOT just about ACORN. It’s been verified that she was in contact with legislators. Somebody was listening to her and not raising BIG RED FLAGS about her sanity.
UnderstandingisPower on September 16, 2009 at 11:17 AM
It doesn’t matter if she didn’t kill her husband. The very fact that she lied so naturally reflects her willingness to deceive. She may be a blowhard, but I seriously doubt that when the opportunity presents itself for her to profit off of something illegal that she’d turn into a little law-abiding angel.
As for Beck, yes, a “journalist” would have researched (I’m sure he did) and disclosed fully the facts and then go on to explain why it’s still a credible issue. But the man is more of a personality than journalist. I’m sure I’ll be jumped on for saying so, but that’s how I see it. I’m not saying that he doesn’t believe what he says, just that he uses dramatic effect in order to gain attention to his causes, which works. Because of this propensity, I always take what he says with a grain of salt.
I think Beck, O’Keefe, Giles, et al, may have made a strategic mistake by not disclosing that Kaelke was lying because liberals and the MSM can now actually cover this story while using this as a point to discredit (somewhat) the investigation. How this will play out in the general public remains to be seen.
EarthToZoey on September 16, 2009 at 11:17 AM
Oh, it has been verified now, has it? Is there a source?
bileduct on September 16, 2009 at 11:20 AM
ACORN: Cash for Crackpots
starboardhelm on September 16, 2009 at 11:22 AM
Ding, ding, ding. Thread winner.
GrannyDee on September 16, 2009 at 11:26 AM
Only the police could determine whether she was lying or not because only they have access to databases not accessible to the public and where people are matched by prints. Only lefties are claiming that this discredits the story.
It will play out fine. Now the states and other sources of funding are drying up and this was their ultimate goal.
Blake on September 16, 2009 at 11:28 AM
Attempt #2.
I get called a righty troll at the lefty websites.
*shrug*
bileduct on September 16, 2009 at 11:31 AM
Utter, utter garbage.
News corporations have more resources that you are apparently aware of, and anyone can perform a simple records search as long as they are prepared to pay for it.
It would have been a simple matter of checking who she was married to at the time (she was quite specific about her age) and then checking on the whereabouts of that person.
Too much trouble for Glenn, apparently.
bileduct on September 16, 2009 at 11:38 AM
It’s pretty myopic and unnecessarily partisan to generalize those who endeavor to examine this issue critically and fairly.
EarthToZoey on September 16, 2009 at 11:38 AM
http://moderateinthemiddle.wordpress.com/2009/09/15/update-acorn-tape-up-san-bernadino-twofer-tuesday-stevie-nicks-plus-more-acorn-now-with-alleged-felonies/
proof she met with elected officials AND helped writing legislation
joshlbetts on September 16, 2009 at 11:39 AM
Let them all scream that she was a victim. We have the truth on our side.
mobydutch on September 16, 2009 at 11:44 AM
I dugged up some of your old comments. You are definitely a lefty troll.
Blake on September 16, 2009 at 11:48 AM
Don’t forget, our complaint with the MSM is not what they report, its the facts they FAIL to report… BigGovs credibility would be better protected if they ran a piece with the video that they could not substantiate the woman’s claims about killing her husband, but she does have multiple restraining orders and an arrest record…
phreshone on September 16, 2009 at 11:48 AM
She may be the lone nut in the fruitbowl, but the nut still has some ‘splainin to do. You cannot excuse the pattern across the country of ACORN employees exploiting the same subject with the same exact advice to break the law. This has to be part of their training and accepted behavior.
24K lady on September 16, 2009 at 11:50 AM
Whilst I am sure you have the capability to prove that I am a troll (I’m not going to deny it), I think you’re gonna have a hard time proving that I am a lefty since I very rarely offer my own personal opinions on these forums.
In fact, I could link you to a forum where I was getting stuck into lefties for ignoring the whole ACORN affair, but I’m not going to waste any further time dealing with closed minds tonight.
Thankyou and goodnight.
bileduct on September 16, 2009 at 11:54 AM
Yes, every thing you post is utter utter garbage.
Yawn. I am well aware of what is available to the public for a price and what is available to law enforcement which is definitely not available to the public and is definitive because people are matched by prints in various databases.
You, of course, don’t know $h*te.
It would not have been completely accurate and never admissible in court. I have also seen instances where idiots like you have relied on public records and it came back and bit them in the a$$.
And thinking is too much trouble for you, apparently. It was this woman or acorn’s job to refute that she was a murderess if they were so concerned. All O’Keefe, Giles, Breitbart, and Beck did is publish acorn’s own employees statements.
Blake on September 16, 2009 at 11:54 AM
It’s about numbers – not only bringing money it, but people. Organize the unorganized as it says at the bottom of their Core Principles document. They can use these names to grow their base – possibly through extortion.
I’m also sure they are paid by their sponsoring groups and various government agencies based upon how many contracts they can write, either in aggregate or on a per-contract basis.
Based upon reporting about their GOTV activities, ACORN itself pays it’s employees almost solely on a commission basis in actual practice, if not in policy. I recall that the registrars were threatened with entire loss of pay for not getting their quota, which led to the extreme measures their employees took to get those registrations. I would not be surprised if this were the case here, leading to a culture of “get the numbers, I don’t care how or what you have to do or say” sales. And they cut them loose and say “all fixed” without changing a thing.
If that is true throughout the organization, it truly seems to be an “Animal Farm” culture there. They hook them in with these lofty goals espoused in their Core Principles, yet use those very principles to yoke them to the most depraved of practices they explicitly deplore. I wonder how many of them are looking at their leaders and understand that “No question, now, what had happened to the faces of the pigs. The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”
JeffWeimer on September 16, 2009 at 11:55 AM
So, your defense to being a lefty troll is that you are merely an obnoxious ahole? lol
Not interested. What’s relevant is your lefty troll behavior on this forum.
If only….
Blake on September 16, 2009 at 11:57 AM
You have a small point there, but it in no way discredits the rest of her “help” and that which we’ve seen in 3 other cities, it’s irrelevant except as a distraction.
JeffWeimer on September 16, 2009 at 11:59 AM
Marriage record, divorce record, death record.
Fingerprints?
Whatever bro.
bileduct on September 16, 2009 at 11:59 AM
I agree. In fact, ACORN is probably kicking themselves for not playing the “we were only joking” card alot sooner. The vid should have been played with the ‘look at the kooks working at ACORN’ angle and not as her potentially killing her husband. The MSM will report the story as the some rightwing pranksters getting punked.
Lou Budvis on September 16, 2009 at 12:01 PM
Focus on what is relevant and not what is irrelevant. What is relevant is that this woman works for acorn and advised O’Keefe and Giles when they came in. It is irrelevant if what she said was true or not. It only matters that she was the acorn representative and secondary that she made these statements. And frankly her old arrest record and restraining orders related to her divorce are not relevant at all.
Blake on September 16, 2009 at 12:01 PM
Personally Beck should have verified. Hannity at least questioned the validity of the tape.
harry on September 16, 2009 at 12:02 PM
The IRS tends to be interested in people who claim to not pay taxes.
HotWeaver on September 16, 2009 at 12:02 PM
Thanks! But you have already proved you’re talking out of your a$$ many times.
Blake on September 16, 2009 at 12:03 PM
The problem is ACORN is claiming that ALL of the videos are fakes and it’s a smear campaign but they fired the black and Latino women anyway. So, following the pattern of ACORN, they could have still made the claim and then fire the woman, but they didn’t. Like I said, she’s the only white woman out of all of these videos.
mizflame98 on September 16, 2009 at 12:04 PM
Thanks! But you have already proved you’re talking out of your a$$ many times.
Blake on September 16, 2009 at 12:03 PM
That would be appropriate given his name. Perhaps it is not so much an Internet handle, but rather, it’s truth in advertising.
kingsjester on September 16, 2009 at 12:05 PM
… says the guy who still doesn’t realise that the whole thing could have been verified by checking publicly available information.
Fingerprints. I’m still laughing about that one.
bileduct on September 16, 2009 at 12:05 PM
It’s pretty myopic, silly, and dishonest of you to claim that you and your posts are not partisan.
Blake on September 16, 2009 at 12:05 PM
Publicly available information is not reliable because people have the same names and there are errors in entry. Unless a record is verifiable by prints or certified – which the public records available to drips like you are not, they are not reliable. So, for you to falsely claim that was all that was necessary is more proof that you are an idiot.
Blake on September 16, 2009 at 12:09 PM
Who gives a rat’s patootie whether she was lying? Four offices so far being extremely helpful in getting a child sex slavery ring funded with your tax dollars. EVERYTHING ELSE IS A DISTRACTION. And anyone who would excuse this behavior in any way has zero credibility with me. And I would hope, zero credibility with anyone that has a shred of decency.
WitchDoctor on September 16, 2009 at 12:10 PM
Yep, what’s relevant is that acorn through their employees were advising people how to commit crimes and fraud and we as taxpayers have been forced to pay for it.
Blake on September 16, 2009 at 12:23 PM
Nice collection of her records at Speaking My Mind.
“Lead Field Worker”. I thought lead was hazardous, and was mined rather than harvested from the fields. :-)
HotWeaver on September 16, 2009 at 12:23 PM
Missy, I’m not following you here. This ‘woman’ knowingly aids a couple of strangers in their plans for illegal immigration, child prostitution, money laundering, fraud, and tax evasion. How could she be an embarrassment to ACORN? She’s probably employee of the month for all of Kalifornia for last three years running.
Blacksmith8 on September 16, 2009 at 12:26 PM
Here is how I see it about the “I killed my Husband” statement.
Beck, by not saying she was lying sets up the MSM to have to come to the rescue of ACORN which means they will have to address the whole can of worms that was opened up by these kids. The MSM can’t just say No she didn’t kill her husband and not talk about the other things she and the others said.
Pass the popcorn please.
Old Hippie Vet on September 16, 2009 at 12:30 PM
Frankly, I’ve had an evolution in philosophy over the past few months, politically speaking. This is none of your business, of course. But since you’d rather attempt to invalidate my opinion on your rigid ideological litmus test rather than logic, I’ll bite. I did support liberalism for a time, but I’ve had a philosophical awakening after broadening my education. (I’m fairly young and still discovering myself.) I’ve since adopted a much more libertarian idea of government. Even when I supported more liberal, big government ideas, I did not swallow partisanship (aka party politics) and regularly denounced weak logic and gamesmanship.
Of course no one is ever fully without bias, but I strive to examine issues on an even keel. I’ve had my fair share of caving in to emotional arguments, sure. But when called out on it, I’m willing to be corrected.
Having taken your bait and explained myself, you now can choose to understand me as a freethinker or willfully refuse to engage me as an individual and persist in demagogic language. Even if you choose the latter, I’ll still give you the courtesy of thinking about your opinions without resorting to empty name-calling and prejudice. I request you do the same; it’s up to you.
My original argument still stands. Your original thoughtful rebuttal is noted. We’ll have to agree to disagree until things pan out with fact.
EarthToZoey on September 16, 2009 at 12:31 PM
I knew she was not all there.
AprilOrit on September 16, 2009 at 12:31 PM
Seeing as how you’re the ONE who asked for proof. We’ll need screen captures of the abuse you’ve ‘suffered’ on the “lefty webites”.
Blacksmith8 on September 16, 2009 at 12:32 PM
Of course they can, the fact that Beck or Fox neglected to verify, makes the whole thing suspect and that’s what the MSM will report. I think that’s why Hannity beat the drum on this issue because he saw the pitfall.
harry on September 16, 2009 at 12:33 PM
The problem with the “playing along” defense is that any reasonable person or entity, knowing it was being scammed, would not “play along” or attempt to be in on the joke. A respectable organization (and even some unrespectiable ones) would just turn such people away. “I’m sorry we cannot help you, we don’t deal with those involved in illegal activity, you will have to leave.” This latest ACORN excuse is like the kid with the kick me sign on his back saying, “Oh, I know it’s there but I like it and the guys are having fun, so I don’t mind.”
drocity on September 16, 2009 at 12:37 PM
Acorn hires nuts?
tuffy on September 16, 2009 at 12:39 PM
Get ready for the left to zoom in on this one as a way to discredit the entire thing.
Her dead husband = building 7
kinda thing.
- The Cat
MirCat on September 16, 2009 at 12:41 PM
I’ll be sure to pass on the info to the San Bernadino Country Auditor-Controller/Recorder, whose website offers all kinds of public records to the, well, public. I’ll let them know that their information is riddled with errors and duplications, and they may as well just give up and let the cops handle simple marriage, divorce and death queries.
Quick, someone alert that media that VitalChek, a LexisNexis company, is guilty of false advertising by claiming to be the largest provider of Government certified records.
Good grief.
bileduct on September 16, 2009 at 12:42 PM
Exactly, as we expected and already knew.
You could tell she was glamouring them with her silliness.
AprilOrit on September 16, 2009 at 12:42 PM
Perhaps we’re all jumping the gun by thinking Beck and/or Fox didn’t know the actual background of this person? How can you develop a story that’s going to run several days without running part of it past corporate attorneys? Those film clips had to be scrutinized by a slew of people before they ever considered running them. When going after the One’s pet organization, nevermind as influential as this outfit seems to be, you best dot every I and cross every T.
24K lady on September 16, 2009 at 1:10 PM
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