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WhoIsNumberNone

(7,875 posts)
Sun Mar 10, 2013, 03:34 PM Mar 2013

TYT: Conservative Activist Pays Up for ACORN Smear



"Conservative activist James O'Keefe, who's become known for his undercover sting videos, has agreed to pay $100,000, settling a lawsuit with Juan Carlos Vera, former employee of the group ACORN, who was featured in one of his 2009 videos. Wonkette reported the news on Thursday, also posting the settlement agreement."*

Conservative activist James O'Keefe, famous for a doctored video designed to take down ACORN, has agreed to settle on his for $100,000 for his fraudulent video. Cenk Uygur, Ben Mankiewicz, and John Iadarola discuss how the program was unfairly killed.

#0 Sez: Too many of the same Democrats who were there for 9/11 still in office- still reverted into coward mode every time the Reds said "Boo".
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Doc_Technical

(3,526 posts)
1. I have a question:
Sun Mar 10, 2013, 04:23 PM
Mar 2013

Is this lawsuit payment going to be made by
James O'Keefe esq. himself,
or is this another payout by Mater and Pater for
their indulgent offspring's shenanigans?

WhoIsNumberNone

(7,875 posts)
2. I doubt O'Keefe's net worth is 100 grand
Sun Mar 10, 2013, 04:37 PM
Mar 2013

Never mind having 100 grand to offhandedly throw at someone who is suing him just to make the problem go away. You can bet your immortal soul that isn't his money. It's most likely some rich benefactor (several other broke-ass Breitbart adherents have recently had money to throw around all of a sudden too) It's also possible that it's money that was raised through donations- the Breit-bots have a fake non-profit that exists to fleece right wing suckers- but either way it didn't come out of O'Keefe's pocket.

The Wielding Truth

(11,415 posts)
3. "Their indulgent offspring"was an adult (25yrs old) when he committed fraud and damaged our democracy
Sun Mar 10, 2013, 05:15 PM
Mar 2013

The parents are only responsible for producing a conman with no regard for the rights of millions of our citizens.
This anti-American fool has done more harm than Mark Schimdter who has been jailed for 145 days "for distributing jury nullification info outside of Perry's self-imposed "free speech zone." during the Casey Anthony trial."http://www.activistpost.com/2013/02/jury-nullification-activist-jailed-145.html

My question is not how he will pay the fine, but why wasn't he jailed.

Turborama

(22,109 posts)
6. LOL! I get where you're coming from but it's ok. There's no footage of him in that clip
Mon Mar 11, 2013, 05:07 AM
Mar 2013

with or without the fur and glasses.

It's actually a really good analysis which deserves a lot more recs.

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