DESPICABLE BUT NOT UNEXPECTED

I heard this audio for the first time yesterday on BigGovernment.com, and just had to blog about it, especially since ACORN just filed suit against the federal government to get their funding back.

According to David Lagstein, a CA ACORN spokesman, the 'investigation' into ACORN corruption is going to focus on the two independent film makers, Giles and O'Keefe, instead of on ACORN, and they will face punitive action, not ACORN. This audio was recorded on Oct. 15, but has just recently come to light.

This is absolutely despicable. Unfortunately, it is also not unexpected.

The fact that a DA is having conversations about prosecuting the case with one of the parties being investigated, is making pronouncements on the investigation before it is concluded (if it's even begun, which is up for debate) and has basically said the investigation itself is merely a politically expedient thing to do in an election year shows just how deep the corruption goes.

The Governator needs to set up an independent investigation into not just ACORN, but Jerry Brown's involvement and whitewashing of the original investigation.

The Obama administration has taken no steps whatsoever to investigate the nationwide ACORN corruption that was made apparent in those tapes.

The 'independent review' ACORN CEO Bertha Lewis crowed about a month ago has gone nowhere, to no one's surprise.

There are some in the GOP who are saying that ACORN is on the brink of bankruptcy, but, honestly, how many GOP-ers do you think have access to the inner workings of that democratic bastion of corruption and collusion? One can hope, of course, but I think this Hydra isn't beaten just yet.

The fact that they are now suing the government to reinstate their funding is about as ballsy a maneuver as I've seen in a while. But, considering the attitude of government officials like Jerry Brown, I suppose they feel they have a pretty good shot at being re-funded.

That, too, would be despicable, but not unexpected.

After all, 2010 is an election year, and, let's face it, the democrats need all the help they can get.

STRIKING GOLD IN SUNNY CALIFORNIA Updated

James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles have done it again, and oh, boy, did they strike gold! They travelled to San Bernadino, CA and paid a visit to the local ACORN office.

I don't want to give it away, but WOW!

One would assume they are saving the best for last, as it seems each tape is worse than the one before. I can't imagine what else they have in store for us! Can't wait to see Part 2....

Great job, Hannah and James!

UPDATE: And then there's this. This is just crazy!

UPDATE II: And this. Ooooh, and this one, too - how I wish I could be a fly on the wall when that letter is read! Sure do love Alinsky Rule #8!!

UPDATE III: Thankfully, the crazy woman working at the CA ACORN office didn't kill her husband. Kaelke and Miller are saying they were just 'playing along' and that she repeatedly told them she couldn't help them, but that it was edited out. Expect the entire unedited tape to be released this evening, after they present the next part tonight on Hannity. O'Keefe studied 'Rules for Radicals' and knows what tactics ACORN will try in order to discredit him, so I would assume he's prepared for this. Kaelke says ""They were clearly playing with me," she said "I decided to shock them as much as they were shocking me."" Miller says the ""whole thing was a preposterous production."" and 'said he couldn't believe the people wanted to propose such a "ludicrous enterprise," but continued talking to them and asking questions to see where it would lead'.

Exit question: If they knew there was something fishy going on, why didn't they call the cops? It would be rational to assume a national organization like ACORN would communicate amongst themselves about a pimp and a hooker talking about setting up an underaged brothel staffed with illegals in order to fund a congressional campaign and advise their staff to escort them out and/or call the cops. I would hardly think they would advise them to 'play along and take it up a notch while you're at it'. Seems a bit self-defeating, doesn't it?

AN UNEXPECTED SIDE OF ACORN Updated

It seems ACORN has branched out more than first thought. It turns out they also do tax 'consultation'; dispensing advice, it seems, on how to defraud the government via tax evasion. My first thought on this - um, aren't they funded by tax dollars? Seems a little self-defeating, but whatever.

The real story isn't the evasion advice, illegal though it may be; it's the bland acceptance, not to mention complicity, of the outrageous story they were told that is the real outrage. The first tapes to be released were from the Baltimore, MD ACORN office.

These two investigative journalists (a term you don't hear too often these days) posed as a hooker and her pimp, trying to buy a house in order to bring over underaged girls from El Salvador to force them into prostitution. They needed a tax return in order to apply for a home loan, and were given advice on what code to use when filing. Voila! Our intrepid prostitute became a 'performing artist'.

She was also given a nice little pep talk about not getting down on herself about being a hooker. She should be proud of herself; after all, it's not like she's breaking the law or anything!

But that's not the kicker. Not by a long shot. The whole point of this investigation was to see how far they could push it. So push it they did. The cherry on this treat? They told the ACORN reps that they were going to use the money from the underaged sex slaves to fund the pimp boyfriend's political asperations! Seems a little far-fetched, doesn't it? Apparently not to those worldly nuts at ACORN.

The reation to this expose in the MSM has been predictable - they refuse to show the hidden camera footage, but that hasn't stopped them from bombarding James O'Keefe, the 'pimp' in our tale with requests for an interview. This after questioning his ethics! I wonder what Bob Woodward thinks of this line of attack.

ACORN, of course, protests their innocence, going so far as to fire the two women in the video. Rogue employees, you know. They seem to have an epidemic of them. They insisted that it was a one-off, isolated to that particular office. And, of course, they pulled out their favorite, tired old worn out fall-back position.

Interestingly enough, the next day, a second video surfaces (okay, O'Keefe, knowing this was coming - he's read Rules for Radicals - posted it on biggovernment.com), but this time it is a completely different office, this time in Washington D.C.. The advice in this second tape was even more detailed, not just on how to evade taxes and buy a house to use as a brothel for underaged illegals, but also on ensuring our favorite Pimp Daddy's congressional dreams.

These ACORN workers, too, were fired. The MSM was still trying to make excuses, but then, this afternoon, the other shoe dropped. And dropped. And dropped. Must be a centipede in the middle of that rotten acorn. Lots of shoes.

Things have been ratcheted up a notch, now, though. It seems they are calling in their political muscle. This is insane. How many hidden camera t.v. news exposes have we seen over the years? I don't recall any reporters going to jail for those reports. Apparently its not illegal when you are going after the big bad bill collector, but when it comes to recording conversations about advice from taxpayer funded organizations on the best way to cheat the IRS, illegally obtain a house, illegally import underaged girls to be used in the sex trade in said house AND claim them as dependents, not to mention fund a congressional campaign with the proceeds of the venture, well, obviously the illegal recording is far more important an issue of investigation.

I think there is a lot more to come with this. Pass the pop-corn and stay tuned!

UPDATE: HotAirPundit has uncovered the City State Attorney who is considering charges against O'Keefe and Giles. The shocker isn't who she supported in last year's election, it's the other cause she has supported for the past 14 years! Make sure you read all the way down - turns out there was an award-winning hidden camera t.v. investigation in 2000. Not a peep about the illegalities of using hidden cameras on that one!