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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJames O'Keefe owes $100,000 BONUS: Wonkette DU Shoutout!
According to the final 5-page agreement, signed by OKeefe and his legal counsel Mike Madigan this past Tuesday, the boy detective now publicly regrets any pain suffered by Mr. Vera or his family. OKeefe and his counsel have also consented to fork over the $100,000 within 30 business days of the settlement agreements being signed.
For the benefit of readers who are neither bitter and aggrieved former ACORN employees nor forum moderators at Democratic Underground, a short summary: ACORN was a community organizing group that became the locus of phantasmically baroque conspiracy theorizing in the build-up to the 2008 presidential election, first by the usual sad idiots, but inevitably by the seemingly rational journalists who must cover the sad idiots to pay their mortgages....
full story here: http://wonkette.com/505026/wonket-sexclusive-totally-blameless-crime-stopper-james-okeefe-to-pay-100000-to-acorn-criminal
annabanana
(52,791 posts)a "forum moderator at Democratic Underground" and I remember exactly what that travesty was all about. And I'll bet that most DUers do too.
...we are all DU moderators.
libodem
(19,288 posts)At the lounge canteen counter.
R. Daneel Olivaw
(12,606 posts)Litigate his ass out of existence.
leftieNanner
(15,179 posts)the House included a provision in their budget bill to...... (wait for it)..... DEFUND ACORN!!! Which would be totally find - IF IT STILL EXISTED!!!!!
randome
(34,845 posts)Buns_of_Fire
(17,201 posts)(That's a rhetorical question, of course... )
Bandit
(21,475 posts)It would be like me giving someone a quarter.... Big Whoop
Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)progressoid
(50,000 posts)southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)kick his little ass out the door.
loudsue
(14,087 posts)him and his ilk to try to smear democrats. The swiftboaters are on steroids since the Citizens United decision by the bush appointed supreme court.
southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)was going to work for him. He tried some stuff with her. I think she was going to sue him. He locked her up in his parents shed or barn something like that. Her name I think was Tina, Nia or Nina or something like that. She worked for conservative groups. I use to follow her for alittle while because of O'Littleshit.
RVN VET
(492 posts)A very sordid, smelly situation involving O'Keefe and allegations of rape that never quite got made. No, not the mis-applied accusation of David Shuster that O'Keefe tried to rape Nadia. The story I heard -- and it's probably no more than that, but bear with me -- was that she was urged by O'Keefe to claim that she had been raped at Occupy WallStreet. Sure it sounded like an exaggerated claim, but then Breitbart, presumably before his death (but one never knows) was videoed at OW screaming in a drunken temper to the OW crowd "Why won't you all stop attacking the Country. And why don't you stop the raping?" I've always wondered if Breitbart's drunken accusation was part of a smear that never got off the ground. According to the original story, Nadia had refused to go along with the lie and was, maybe as a result of her refusal and maybe just because O'Keefe is a turd, drugged and locked up in a barn.
southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)amuse bouche
(3,657 posts)What a vile motley crew of useless idiots
I wanted to feel sorry for Nadia Naffe but I just couldn't
The good thing is, that creep Breitbart is still dead. A real POS
Lordquinton
(7,886 posts)He did his job, they eliminated ACORN with zero evidence, or reason. I don't know the full scope of the organization, but it was helpful for us, and they annialated it, and he just has to pay 100,000 which is nothing. Until he's making billion dollar payouts, they won't consider it more than the cost of doing business.
What would be the price we'd pay to wipe out, say, the John Birtch society? or Rush?
southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)paying for him.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,219 posts)Grab a shovel, James.
mzmolly
(51,010 posts)and ACORN from the unscrupulous B.S. peddled by Liar O'Thief.
http://journals.democraticunderground.com/mzmolly/165
http://journals.democraticunderground.com/mzmolly/220
http://journals.democraticunderground.com/mzmolly/166
I am happy that Mr. Vera will receive a bit of justice.
Kingofalldems
(38,496 posts)ACORN bashing.
sdfernando
(4,947 posts)And I don't know his situation or what factors he considered....Compensation not withstanding, if it were me, I would not have settled and insisted on a very very public trial.
GoCubsGo
(32,097 posts)Wonkette had better go look up the definition of "blonde bombshell", because this little turd ain't one. He's blonde, but that's about it.
bluedigger
(17,087 posts)Where the hell did that come from?
JI7
(89,279 posts)blogslut
(38,019 posts)It's Wonkette.
JHB
(37,163 posts)...as evidenced by the "sources close to reality" and their comments.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)got a look at him could ever call him a 'bombshell'. The little creep has absolutely nothing going for him and I think Wonkette was simply making fun of him.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Matariki
(18,775 posts)nice nod to our high-info wonkiness!
Jazzgirl
(3,744 posts)"I'm sorry I tried to set you up for a sting".
drm604
(16,230 posts)How can she justify calling Vera weirdly litigious? She herself says that he was unjustly fired.
ass.
JI7
(89,279 posts)it's not the original liberal wonkette.
I assumed Wonkette was a she because of the name and the picture at the top, but I don't know for certain.
blogslut
(38,019 posts)Her name is Rebecca Schoenkopf - a.k.a. CommieGirl, former columnist of OC Weekly.
I liked it with Ana Cox. I liked it when Alex Pareene edited it. I adored it when Ken Layne ran it. I love it most of all with Rebecca Schoenkopf (a noted commie) in charge. It is and has always been liberal, media-shaming snark.
Ain't it weired that someone unjustly smeared and fired might, y'know, sue someone's ass?
NBachers
(17,149 posts)Some hidden over-the-top snark sarcasm, I believe.
Ian David
(69,059 posts)mnmoderatedem
(3,732 posts)The boy detective knew eactaly what he was doing and knew how misleading all his propaganda was, and went ahead and did it anyway. His only goal was to bring down ACORN under false pretenses. Every employee affected should get a similar settlement...
Coolest Ranger
(2,034 posts)when is she going to get her payout for the pain you caused her
MotherPetrie
(3,145 posts)Mnpaul
(3,655 posts)Maybe someone should send them a tip.
mtasselin
(666 posts)He is just a asshole that has never worked a day in his life, poor little rich kid
Mopar151
(10,003 posts)That little turd ain't payin', and his mouthpeice is plannin' to lowball and stall this down to 10 K or less.
Gothmog
(145,666 posts)Giles' grandmother is a big deal in the Fort Bend republican party and has been raising money for her granddaughter's legal defense fund. I skimmed the settlement agreement and saw no real mention of Giles being released unless she is deemed to be an agent of O'Keefe. Is Giles still a part of this case?
blogslut
(38,019 posts)Ms. Giles settled, I assume, separately, a few months ago.
Gothmog
(145,666 posts)Giles settled last year http://www.sdcitybeat.com/sandiego/article-10785-hannah-giles-settles-acorn-suit.html The terms of her settlement were kept confidential
Berlum
(7,044 posts)ellisonz
(27,711 posts)The Wielding Truth
(11,415 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)busterbrown
(8,515 posts)to take care of their boy!!!
DollarBillHines
(1,922 posts)"The sad idiots believed there was a collusion scheme between ACORN and a former employee of the group, who happened to be that years Democratic Presidential candidate: a ferocious IRA terrorist-sympathizer named Barrance Hussein OMalley."
The entire article is hilarious.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)to get wingnuts to choke on their own evil. That guy surely did so. LOL.
Jack Rabbit
(45,984 posts). . . and something like ACORN needs to be resurrected.
amuse bouche
(3,657 posts)but it goes to show how terrified of the Dems and Obama, Breitbart was
I'm not ashamed to say, I jumped for joy at his demise
Someone linked a long piece from The Phoenix. The crap that went on is stunning
Hissyspit
(45,788 posts)And refund ACORN?
No?
Mission accomplished.
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)They helped minorities after all, mostly they helped stop the bigotry that prevented African Americans from buying homes wherever they wanted to buy them, and to get loans from banks to do so under the new law that was passed to try to eliminate prejudicial decisions preventing them from exercising those rights.
So Congress, both parties, destroyed ACORN. Only 75 Democrats voted against that unconstitutional 'law' introduced by one of the worst Republicans, and then signed on to by all those Democrats.
Not to mention all the court rulings that stated that bill was a 'bill of attainder' and as such unconstitutional. So there is no excuse for Democrats at least, not to publicly apologize to ACORN and to all those who were helped by the organization for what they did.
Shameful, and this is nothing more than a slap on the wrist, which O'Keefe won't have to pay being that he is nothing more than a low life, nutcase in the employment of people like the Koch brothers.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)on ACORN. It was a huge disappointment.
If someone is a good writer out there I think there is a story contrasting ACORN for the masses vs. ALEC for the elites.
AverageJoe90
(10,745 posts)Hope there's more to come in the future. Jimmy Boy deserves every proverbial slap people can throw at him.
jerseyjack
(1,361 posts)Gothmog
(145,666 posts)As I mentioned earlier, Hannah Giles' grandmother is a big deal in the Texas GOP and the Fort Bend Republican party. http://juanitajean.com/2013/03/08/the-investigative-reporting-crime-syndicate/#comments
People who have been having their hair done here for a while are aware of the local connection to James OKeefes partner in crime Hannah Giles, the wannabe ho in the ACORN sting. Long story short her Grandmother is the local Christian Coalition Godmother with enough swing to get our congressvarmint Pete Olson to honor her granddaughter on the floor of the House of Representatives of the United States of American congress for breaking the law and wanting to be a ho. That takes some swing, Honey.
So come to find out, Ms. Hannah, who has no visible means of support except for sending out letters asking people to give her money to fight the evil libruls, made a secret settlement with the ACORN employee she scammed.
And now James OKeefe has done the same. Hes paying the ACORN employee $100,000 and admitting that he was was wrong to omit that the employee did, in fact, call the police during the sting.
I dont think weve seen the last of these two characters. They enjoyed their fame waaay too much and let others pay the fine for them. And if youve got a Super DeLux Brand Christian grandmother who is so proud that you can pass for a ho that she she has it announced in congress, then your life is cool.
I agree with Juanita in that I doubt that we have seen the last of Giles or O'Keefe.
tanyev
(42,636 posts)and stand in the background of every show on Fox News in a 24 hour cycle.
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)Ala Die Hard 3 he should have to wear a sandwich board naked saying "I am a racist piece of shit" in an African American neighborhood. I bet he wouldn't last long.
Webster Green
(13,905 posts)What a fucking punk-ass little creep. I want to crawl through the Interweb tubes and shove the cigar down his throat.
Historic NY
(37,454 posts)the same one that is supervising him. The same one that should lock him up after the numerous incidents. The Judge should inflict some pain of this unrepentant creature