Video: ACORN chief vows to fight “modern-day McCarthyism”; Update: California launches probe of ACORN
posted at 8:11 pm on September 16, 2009 by Allahpundit
She finally decided to crawl out of the bunker and hit some cable shows this afternoon. Not surprisingly, Blitzer’s segment is the more informative of the two: Watch her thank O’Keefe and Giles for helping weed out the very few bad apples in the ACORN system before (a) threatening to sue them, (b) accusing them of doctoring the vids, and (c) alleging that they were turned away from “dozens” of offices. She also hedges when he presses her on submitting to an external review in lieu of that sham “audit” she thinks we’re all stupid enough to take seriously. As for the Schultz clip, it’s worth watching for two reasons. One, the “Nuts vs. ACORN” chyron is vintage MSNBC. And two, the McCarthyism soundbite at the very end, used here to deflect public interest in a nonprofit conspiring to cover up child sex trafficking, will live in infamy.
Ace is right, incidentally. Their new strategy, now that Big Government is making them bleed every day, is simply to hang on until they run out of videos and then wait for the public to lose interest. If you’re tired of these cretins getting your tax dollars, now’s the time to call Boehner, Cantor, and the rest of the House GOP and demand that they vote on defunding as soon as possible. Put the bill on Obama’s desk. Make him veto it.
Update: Evidently Schwarzenegger’s a modern-day McCarthyite too. Who knew?
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I won a doll like that at a carnival once.
Cicero43 on September 16, 2009 at 8:14 PM
Huh? Pelosi wields the gavel in the House. How can the GOP force a vote on this thing?
RushBaby on September 16, 2009 at 8:14 PM
Maybe this time the usual push-back won’t work. Maybe. Just maybe.
hestrold on September 16, 2009 at 8:14 PM
Cool if they could release a new video every week for 3 years. Ha.
peski on September 16, 2009 at 8:15 PM
Hunt down the commies!
Jay on September 16, 2009 at 8:15 PM
She said they were turned away in New York and San Diego… she was wrong…
The only one I know where the pimp/ho team got turned away was Phili…
ninjapirate on September 16, 2009 at 8:15 PM
She is even MORE proof that the ACORN HR Department doesnt know how to hire…look how she is dressed..who hires someone that dresses like that for a position that she holds?
johng on September 16, 2009 at 8:16 PM
A. McCarthy was right.
B. You’re a modern day Communist.
Akzed on September 16, 2009 at 8:16 PM
Ugly b*tch. Nuff said.
NathanG on September 16, 2009 at 8:16 PM
Only because there’s already a vibrant child sex slave inductry in Philly, and ACORN doesn’t want anyone chiseling in on their turf.
Akzed on September 16, 2009 at 8:17 PM
Referring to all the race-baiting, no doubt.
smellthecoffee on September 16, 2009 at 8:18 PM
ACORN Chief? I thought that was that very white Rathke????
BTW, Louisiana has subpoened him… Good conservative governor there… might get real interesting.
CC
CapedConservative on September 16, 2009 at 8:18 PM
Is there one single person associated with ACORN who isn’t worthless?
myrenovations on September 16, 2009 at 8:18 PM
I am so sick of the corruption everywhere. I can’t stand these people.
4shoes on September 16, 2009 at 8:18 PM
So if instead of communists and fellow travelers old McCarthy had picked a fight with pedophiles and pimps that the Left would be using his name as a slur now?
Heck, a few leftwing darlings like Janet Reno rose to prominence going after those supposed satanic child abusing daycare centers in the 80s and 90s…
18-1 on September 16, 2009 at 8:18 PM
Wait a tick. Is she equating communism with child prostitution?
Upstater85 on September 16, 2009 at 8:19 PM
Sorry Big Bertha, I’m not losing interest anytime soon but Charles Johnson over at LGF thinks your organization is just peachy.
Knucklehead on September 16, 2009 at 8:19 PM
They may be able to scare enough Blue Dogs into signing a discharge petition to get it past Pelosi
BuzzCrutcher on September 16, 2009 at 8:19 PM
They hire “minority protected” fall-guys, expendable tools.
the_nile on September 16, 2009 at 8:19 PM
Bertha Lewis help cover up a million plus embezzlement of taxpayer money — why she is even allowed in polite company and not under deep investigation is beyond me. or even ASKED about it for goodnesss sakes.
Topsecretk9 on September 16, 2009 at 8:19 PM
Weren’t the Kennedys McCarthiest?
Upstater85 on September 16, 2009 at 8:20 PM
Isn’t “cretins” code for racism?
alwaysright43 on September 16, 2009 at 8:20 PM
Gee, and it only took a week to think up the spin. Gosh, these ACORN people must really miss that guy they used to have in Chicago who was able to turn the negative around a bit faster.
InTheBellyoftheBeast on September 16, 2009 at 8:21 PM
The ACORN san Deigo office said that “no documents were signed” to defend its office meaning they KNOW that they got caught and just is playing the paper game.
William Amos on September 16, 2009 at 8:21 PM
Those right wing Republican racists wont leave ACORN alone.
farright on September 16, 2009 at 8:22 PM
This woman is spending your money.
Let that sink in for a minute.
PBoilermaker on September 16, 2009 at 8:22 PM
How deep does acorn run ? This deep
William Amos on September 16, 2009 at 8:22 PM
Haliburton was electrocuting American soldiers? What?
Tuning Spork on September 16, 2009 at 8:22 PM
You see, child prostitution just has to be put in context…
Tzetzes on September 16, 2009 at 8:23 PM
OT: BOR is on now trying to argue that ACORN has little connection to Obama.
WTF? O’Reilly must be setting himself up for some kind of ratings-bonanza interview that Obama will finally take when his or Obamacare’s disapproval goes into freefall.
Sorry, O’Reilly, ACORN = Obama. And by the time Obama comes begging, it’ll be too late.
BuckeyeSam on September 16, 2009 at 8:23 PM
yes, and “they” are the White Bros. who are expert at using Black Useful Idiots who the DoucheBag Media won’t criticize but who can be disposed of quickly
She looks like a Kewpie Doll with mold
Janos Hunyadi on September 16, 2009 at 8:23 PM
I want an APOLOGY from this woman for calling conservatives racists. Just for the precedent’s sake. Especially O’Keefe, who predicted they’d be apologizing to him and Giles (for a buncha stuff, as it seems to be turning out) before this is over.
And while we’re talking about racism, can we look at the five employees of ACORN, four of whom were fired and one was not? Could I get some explanation of that that makes sense? If it were a conservative organization being stung, the racist difference in cutting the employees loose would be the lede.
A******s.
inviolet on September 16, 2009 at 8:23 PM
ACORN and the White House are enduring a painful Drano IV drip. It is burning, it is relentless and the boot is on the neck of both.
Things are happening fast.
Schwarzenegger has called for an investigation–developing on Drudge
White House is “distancing itself” from activist group–developing on Politico
and the coup de grace’–Hannity has video number 5 tonight, exclusive.
ted c on September 16, 2009 at 8:24 PM
Push for a RICO investigation of ACORN and a special prosecutor to see how close Obama’s links are with this criminal conspiracy. Not only are our tax dollars funding this filth, these are the type of people that Obama has gutting our security policies right now too.
elduende on September 16, 2009 at 8:25 PM
Louisiana has subpoenaed Wade Rathke, and the books of ACORN—
where is the FBI?
Where is the investigation?
Where’s my homeboy afrolib?
ted c on September 16, 2009 at 8:25 PM
Obama to Acorn: We’re Goin’ to be Callin’ on You to Help Shape the Agenda
http://foxyurl.com/uYa
jjrakman on September 16, 2009 at 8:27 PM
IRONY. ABC News puts Charles Gibson in charge of ACORN report for ABC News
William Amos on September 16, 2009 at 8:27 PM
The reemergence of the “McCarthyism” canard provides the perfect opportunity to establish once and for all that, with the emergence of the Kremlin files, McCarthy has been proven correct in his assertions that there were Communist agents in the State Department.
Don’t let this go by again.
warbaby on September 16, 2009 at 8:28 PM
wasn’t it ms bertha that said the staff’s actions were indefensible? then why is she trying to defend them by smearing the hard investigative reporters?
jbh45 on September 16, 2009 at 8:29 PM
I can think of a few others who should have their mouths’ washed out with soap, and they are NOT in the GOP. The proof of how close to the truth this undercover op hit is in this guy’s response (I know, but I don’t see much of the feminine side with Lewis).
Exit Question: If ACORN is publicly funded to help the poor buy housing, what qualified them to help out with the census? Am I missing a link here?
InTheBellyoftheBeast on September 16, 2009 at 8:29 PM
If ACORN is so squeaky clean, why won’t they open their books?
ctmom on September 16, 2009 at 8:29 PM
Someone should personally investigate Bertha… make sure she’s not smuggling 12 year old girls into this country for despicable reasons.
Upstater85 on September 16, 2009 at 8:29 PM
I think one, either Jack or Bobby, was an attorney FOR the committee in the governments efforts. Both were anti-communist. Both apparently forgot to tell the KGB co-operator Teddy.
CC
CapedConservative on September 16, 2009 at 8:30 PM
Slow bleed
Green Muse on September 16, 2009 at 8:30 PM
Now that’s both IRONY and JUSTICE!
that’ll teach you for lookin’ down your nose at Sarah! That’s for the “Bush Doctrine” question!
ted c on September 16, 2009 at 8:31 PM
Well we already had a Communist in the White House. I’m still waiting for an explanation from Barry.
Knucklehead on September 16, 2009 at 8:31 PM
She is political blackmail incarnate. The entrenched corruption of Acorn is nothing compared to what goes on behind closed doors in Washington.
I wish the blue dogs luck and life.
RushBaby on September 16, 2009 at 8:31 PM
Here’s the thing… that comment actually kinda is racist. There is nothing wrong with what she is wearing, unless you have some aversion to marginally “African” looking stitching. Why validate the BS claims of racism by saying stupid shiite like that?
DaveS on September 16, 2009 at 8:32 PM
I am not sure having ACORN employees exposed as having no morals what-so-ever is the same thing as McCarthyism.
Mr. Joe on September 16, 2009 at 8:32 PM
I wondered what happened to that doll from Trilogy of Terror. They put it in charge of Acorn.
Guardian on September 16, 2009 at 8:32 PM
McCarthey was right.
So if what she’s saying is that she’s going to fight truth and cover up corruption, then she’s right. That’s exactly what she’s doing.
2Brave2Bscared on September 16, 2009 at 8:32 PM
dude, this is a Drano IV drip while chained to a bed of nails. ACORN and Obama are getting biaatch slapped for a solid 12 hours daily on multiple fronts.
Oh hannity is gonna be good tonight!
ted c on September 16, 2009 at 8:32 PM
Someone needs to tell O’Reilly that Obama…
1. Was their lawyer once…
2. Worked with them on a voter drive…
3. Paid an ACORN shootoff group 800K during his campaign…
4. Said they would be have a seat in his admin…
ninjapirate on September 16, 2009 at 8:33 PM
Oops.
2Brave2Bscared on September 16, 2009 at 8:33 PM
ninja; he said all that didn’t he tonight, wassup?
ted c on September 16, 2009 at 8:33 PM
This woman is the window dressing. The Rathke Bros, Soros and others are the realpowers behind ACORN.
OT but has any one else noticed that O’Reilly has really jumped to the Left a lot lately? If he were any more up Obama’s nether region he could walk for him. I don’t get it.
CCRWM on September 16, 2009 at 8:33 PM
To go the way of libs, the innocent are never accused.
Liam on September 16, 2009 at 8:34 PM
First, not one more red cent for these moral idiots. Second, a RICO investigation done by career FBI agents and prosecutors outside the laughably misnamed Civil Rights Division. This whole thing is stunningly unbelievable.
Mason on September 16, 2009 at 8:34 PM
If any legislation should be rushed through it should be the complete shutoff of money to all community organizations until they can all be investigated by a special prosecutor and cleared of all wrong doing.
Now we all finally know what kind of occupation “Community Organizing” is Let’s never, ever, ever allow someone to run for office who calls themselves that! Sounds like something they took off the IRS code list… to hide a despicable occupation.
petunia on September 16, 2009 at 8:34 PM
She’s a jackass.
Elektra on September 16, 2009 at 8:34 PM
Maybe he can explain the ACORN doctrine.
farright on September 16, 2009 at 8:34 PM
She been gettin’over. Large.
Now, she jes’ fittin’ to be got.
An’ ef you don” know, you bes’ ast somebody.
Doorgunner on September 16, 2009 at 8:34 PM
Yep.
PBoilermaker on September 16, 2009 at 8:34 PM
So, now critique of clothing is racist? Just crawl away now, idiot.
Aristotle on September 16, 2009 at 8:35 PM
ACORN’s boss reminds me of Brian Fellows.
Mr. Joe on September 16, 2009 at 8:36 PM
Typical leftist ploy. They put a minority out as a face of an organization so that when any charges of corruption come up they can scream “Racism !” and the media eats it up.
William Amos on September 16, 2009 at 8:36 PM
Well… Teddy was the failure in that screwed up family…
Upstater85 on September 16, 2009 at 8:36 PM
Oh, rats. They’ll have to pull him off the fast-developing Italian cheese caper.
Cicero43 on September 16, 2009 at 8:36 PM
Well… at least Ahnold is calling for statewide investigations…
Upstater85 on September 16, 2009 at 8:37 PM
Just jumped to Drudge, Redheadline:Arnold is calling for investigation! San Diego’s turn tonight… I guess he’s getting ahead of the news cycle. By the way why so late?
petunia on September 16, 2009 at 8:38 PM
WTF is “marginally African-looking stitching” ??
She’s dressed Goodwill, not ‘African’
Janos Hunyadi on September 16, 2009 at 8:39 PM
If you’d like to elaborate on what, exactly, the “critique” was, I’m all ears. Otherwise, you are waaaay the f–k on the wrong side of this one, champ.
DaveS on September 16, 2009 at 8:39 PM
Racial profiling of clothing?
PBoilermaker on September 16, 2009 at 8:40 PM
Yes. In fact, he just this minute said he is basically for aa government option in healthcare. Unfricking-believable! He said something like he had no problem with the government cobbling together a plan that would be cheaper for people. What an idiot!
mrsmwp on September 16, 2009 at 8:40 PM
There’s just one little problem with trying to bury the right by accusing them of “McCarthyism”…McCarthy turned out to be correct.
fusionaddict on September 16, 2009 at 8:40 PM
Minnesota is cutting state funds as well.
http://www.wqow.com/Global/story.asp?S=11143551
milwife88 on September 16, 2009 at 8:40 PM
Agreed. He’s desperate for another Barry interview. And I think Glenn Beck has BOR running scared.
Knucklehead on September 16, 2009 at 8:40 PM
The Wheels on the Obama bug go ’round and ’round, ’round and ’round:
W.H. distances from activist group
The ones who know it best now how truly dirty it is. The smart ones will be the ones running the farthest the fastest.
TheBigOldDog on September 16, 2009 at 8:40 PM
Oh, shut up.
2Brave2Bscared on September 16, 2009 at 8:40 PM
Such a shame. She’s such a likeable woman.
Oh. Wait. Reminds me of Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, etc.
Likeable on the surface..
bridgetown on September 16, 2009 at 8:40 PM
It was such a great point, I brought it to another thread :-).
Also, somebody else brought up the point that somebody need to see how many, and what percentage, of ACORN loans went into foreclosure. They apparently have a habit of helping questionable applicants secure loans, after all.
funky chicken on September 16, 2009 at 8:41 PM
I just sent him that email. Everyone should, everyday until he changes his tune.
Sharr on September 16, 2009 at 8:41 PM
Is this the fever breaking or the eye of the storm.
- The Cat
MirCat on September 16, 2009 at 8:41 PM
KKKalifornians are racist!
Upstater85 on September 16, 2009 at 8:41 PM
She is admitting McCarthy was right? Yes he was and so was Joe Wilson, quite the parallel here.
http://www.spongobongo.com/em/em9820.htm
dthorny on September 16, 2009 at 8:41 PM
She’s sooooooo syrupy… would look so much better with a bow in her hair.
PaCadle on September 16, 2009 at 8:42 PM
Um, no… she appears to be wearing pretty high-quality clothes.
Go ahead, though… defend this stupidity. Jesus Christ.
DaveS on September 16, 2009 at 8:42 PM
The toxic comment was on MSNBC, something like:
“we are here to help people of color“
faraway on September 16, 2009 at 8:42 PM
Yup, he practically begged Axelrod for an interview with the POTUS.
d1carter on September 16, 2009 at 8:42 PM
This lady can call it “modern-day McCarthyism”, a witchhunt, hoodoo voodoo, and whatever other cliches she can dream up, but the one cliche she won’t use is the one that actually sticks, namely “caught with their pants down”.
pilamaye on September 16, 2009 at 8:43 PM
Dude. There is no defense for your idiocy.
Guardian on September 16, 2009 at 8:43 PM
I agree with you DaveS… lay off her looks…
ninjapirate on September 16, 2009 at 8:43 PM
If ACORN’s not doing anything wrong, why don’t they stand tall? They could just skip the internal investigation and dare Congress and the media to do something about it.
Missy on September 16, 2009 at 8:44 PM
Imagine for a moment if these videos had been recorded in pro-life shelters.
JellyToast on September 16, 2009 at 8:44 PM
One thing everyone might want to consider: These people don’t believe they did anything wrong.
Forget logic, toss reason out the window. ACORN’s policies are within the law as they choose to see it. This ‘defense’ is to be expected, really. They start from the premise they’re victims and so become victimizers without believing they’re that way. It’s all delusion on their part, and not even a court ruling is going to break their fantasy.
Liam on September 16, 2009 at 8:44 PM
Bertha is coming up on CNN again?
faraway on September 16, 2009 at 8:45 PM
They need to slow down on these videos a little bit. ACORN is waiting for everything to die down so they can go back to business as usual. Let them think that. Then drop another video on them in a month. Then another one in 3 months. Just when people stop talking about it, drop another one.
Of course, this is assuming (hoping?) that there are many more.
CookeyD on September 16, 2009 at 8:45 PM
I am a proud modern day McCarthyite.
Which I take it means that I am not a proud modern day child sex slave proponent.
Soon all words will have no meaning. Thanks ACORN, MSNBC and their supporters!
Loxodonta on September 16, 2009 at 8:45 PM
Now, who in the heck is going to do this investigation? Seriously!!!!!
mobydutch on September 16, 2009 at 8:45 PM
I just can’t… Sorry…
Upstater85 on September 16, 2009 at 8:45 PM
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