"CJ, I read all the way to the end of the executive summary."
Stonewalling.
Again.
Why would it be in the executive summary? The report was intended to point out the weaknesses in ACORN. Which it did. It did so by covering its recent woes and showing where things could be improved. Now their recent woes include Giles and O'Keefe.
You need to read the appendix D. Now, granted, he didn't talk to Giles and O'Keefe. That was because they refused to talk to them. Even through their attorneys.
Still, you see phrases like this.
Although Mr. O’Keefe appeared in all videos dressed as a pimp, in fact, when he appeared at each and every office, he was dressed like a college student – in slacks and a button down shirt. Ms. Giles, however, was dressed as she appears in the videos.
And this.
According to an affidavit prepared by the ACORN employee, she was suspicious of the videographers and their story; was scared for her safety; and responded to their comments with outrageous statements, including that she had killed her husband and had previously run an escort service. In fact, her former husbands are alive. She eventually encouraged the videographers to leave the office and meet a neighbor. The ACORN employee then left the videographers with the neighbor, closed and locked the office, and left.
You should remember i-node commenting on the claims. He was pretty silent when it was pointed out her ex-husbands were still alive.
And this one.
In San Diego, the ACORN employee who met with the videographers does not speak English as his first language. His colleagues usually converse with him in Spanish. In the released video, his participation amounts mostly to nodding or saying “OK.” It is difficult to determine what this employee is responding to because the videographers statements are obscured by a voiceover inserted later |
