Comments on: Acorn on the Ropes http://the-american-catholic.com/2009/09/17/acorn-on-the-ropes/ Politics and Culture from a Catholic perspective. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:18:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brian http://the-american-catholic.com/2009/09/17/acorn-on-the-ropes/#comment-4262 Brian Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:35:31 +0000 http://the-american-catholic.com/?p=12618#comment-4262 I suppose that I made yet another weak attempt at stirring discussion. I apologize. I have tried before and I may try again, but I admit that this time I made mistakes. I suppose that I made yet another weak attempt at stirring discussion. I apologize. I have tried before and I may try again, but I admit that this time I made mistakes.

]]> By: Donald R. McClarey http://the-american-catholic.com/2009/09/17/acorn-on-the-ropes/#comment-4261 Donald R. McClarey Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:54:48 +0000 http://the-american-catholic.com/?p=12618#comment-4261 O'Keefe and Giles are a pimp and a whore right out of a Disney cartoon. They are completely unconvincing. This makes the whole thing all the more delicious! The Acorn people are not only crooks, they are stupid crooks! O’Keefe and Giles are a pimp and a whore right out of a Disney cartoon. They are completely unconvincing. This makes the whole thing all the more delicious! The Acorn people are not only crooks, they are stupid crooks!

]]> By: Donna V. http://the-american-catholic.com/2009/09/17/acorn-on-the-ropes/#comment-4260 Donna V. Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:37:46 +0000 http://the-american-catholic.com/?p=12618#comment-4260 What is most damning about these vids is that the workers take the requests completely in stride - as if they've given similiar advice many times. The thing I wonder about is that while just about any woman under the age of 40 can make herself look whorish just by applying makeup with a trowel and putting on some tacky clothes*, O'Keefe strikes me as the world's least convincing "pimp." (And not because he is white. He just doesn't have a "street-smart" aura about him.) I'm surprised the ACORN workers bought it. *I remember the hookers on DC's 14th Street before that area was cleaned up. I felt sorry for them. Virtually none of them looked liked Giles or Julia Roberts. Many of them looked ill - either obese or heroin-addict skinny -and like they were in a drug haze. What a wretched life. What is most damning about these vids is that the workers take the requests completely in stride – as if they’ve given similiar advice many times.

The thing I wonder about is that while just about any woman under the age of 40 can make herself look whorish just by applying makeup with a trowel and putting on some tacky clothes*, O’Keefe strikes me as the world’s least convincing “pimp.” (And not because he is white. He just doesn’t have a “street-smart” aura about him.) I’m surprised the ACORN workers bought it.

*I remember the hookers on DC’s 14th Street before that area was cleaned up. I felt sorry for them. Virtually none of them looked liked Giles or Julia Roberts. Many of them looked ill – either obese or heroin-addict skinny -and like they were in a drug haze. What a wretched life.

]]> By: c matt http://the-american-catholic.com/2009/09/17/acorn-on-the-ropes/#comment-4259 c matt Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:37:25 +0000 http://the-american-catholic.com/?p=12618#comment-4259 Why on Earth would the San Diego lady go along with this little "hoax" and play up the hooker angle? At best, she is incredibly stupid, and funding should be stopped for that alone. Why on Earth would the San Diego lady go along with this little “hoax” and play up the hooker angle? At best, she is incredibly stupid, and funding should be stopped for that alone.

]]> By: Phillip http://the-american-catholic.com/2009/09/17/acorn-on-the-ropes/#comment-4258 Phillip Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:51:32 +0000 http://the-american-catholic.com/?p=12618#comment-4258 As Dale points out, please address the problems with the other sites. I know you provided links about thes also. Most of the comments on those links were "they broke the law" by taping. Maybe so. Still doesn't absolve the wrongs that ACORN does. Also noted this banner on the link your provided above. Why is this using the "N" word? "Why Won't The Media Address the Real Issue? 'ACORN' Is Wingnut Code for The 'N' Word." As Dale points out, please address the problems with the other sites. I know you provided links about thes also. Most of the comments on those links were “they broke the law” by taping. Maybe so. Still doesn’t absolve the wrongs that ACORN does.

Also noted this banner on the link your provided above. Why is this using the “N” word?

“Why Won’t The Media Address the Real Issue? ‘ACORN’ Is Wingnut Code for The ‘N’ Word.”

]]> By: Dale Price http://the-american-catholic.com/2009/09/17/acorn-on-the-ropes/#comment-4257 Dale Price Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:39:27 +0000 http://the-american-catholic.com/?p=12618#comment-4257 Well, Brian, looks like they debunked the dead husband (and lucky for him!). As to the rest of it...? Moreover, to have a balanced discussion, it would be nice if you at least acknowledged the grotesque employee behavior that occurred at the other offices. Well, Brian, looks like they debunked the dead husband (and lucky for him!).

As to the rest of it…?

Moreover, to have a balanced discussion, it would be nice if you at least acknowledged the grotesque employee behavior that occurred at the other offices.

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