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Gee, Wonder Who Just Hired a PR Firm Specializing in Corporate Crisis Management?

ACORN.

Do I know this for a fact? Not as a fact, no.

But I know damn well ACORN has shifted from its Scott Levenson "deny everyting"/"blame it on raaacism and FoxNews" strategy -- it wasn't working -- and now is simply following the ABC's of corporate crisis management, as dictated to them, I imagine, by a big DC PR firm they just hired with your own money.

"Get ahead of the story," "acknowledge mistakes," "don't spin," "promise appropriate reaction" are all basic and well-known steps of a company dealing with a possibly existential crisis.

So, two days ago they were denying eveything, and Scott Levenson was telling us that "process is important," whatever the eff that means, and the ACORN CEO Bertie Lewis was instructing us that we were all racists.

Now, as soon as the Senate votes to defund them, they say "we'll conduct our own internal audit," later changed to "independent audit," and they want us to give them three months (until the story blows over and the heat's off) to continue collecting federal money.

Three months -- when, they hope, we'll all have forgotten about this unfortunate episode.

And how "independent" is that independent auditing group? Let's just say they're no quite independent enough to not appreciate the yeoman's work ACORN does on behalf of Democrats.

In a press release, ACORN CEO Bertha Lewis says, that as “a result of the indefensible action of a handful of our employees,” the group will immediately stop accepting anyone into ACORN office for service programs, will conduct in-service training of staff, and begin an audit “to review all of the systems and processes called into question by the videos,” to be conducted by the group’s Independent Advisory Council.

The Council includes many prominent Democrats, including the man who helped President Obama Transition Team, John Podesta, President and CEO of the Center for American Progress; former Maryland Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend; Andrew Stern, International President of the Service Employees International Union; and former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Henry Cisneros.

Or, as Karl tweets:

A Soros hack, an SEIU thug, someone who pleaded to lying to the FBI, and a Kennedy

SEIU, by the way, is virtually a conjoined twin with ACORN. So, honestly, Andy Stern? As John MacEnroe would say, "You cannot be seeerious!"

But they are.

They want three months for you to forget. They want three months for Giles and O'Keefe to run out of videos. They want three months for a new crisis to erupt and distract us.

And they want this, too, because they know if a House vote is taken now, centrist Democrats would have to vote for it and it would easily pass, and the former Chief Community Organizer himself would have to sign a defunding bill into law.

So they are offering a fig leaf of an excuse for Democrats -- "It's indefensible, but we should only censure them, not impeach them." Remember that?

Yeah, they do too. It worked last time.

Maybe the entire board of directors will be photographed on the steps of a church, or maybe the entire organization will huddle with Jesse Jackson for "ministering" and redemption.

This "three months to fix the endemic lawlessness that we've reveled in since we were chartered" non-plan is bullshit from the get go.

Remember: The goal in any existential crisis is merely to survive, to continue to exist. And that is all ACORN is doing now, even as it parrots the words put into their mouths by the pricey Dem-connected DC PR firm your money is paying for.

Your money is now paying for Democrat-connected PR mavens who are telling ACORN what lies to tell you.

It Depends on What the Word "Independent" Means: William Amos tells me that one minute of google-sleuthing has already yielded fruit:

Should be stated that in the Hotair thread we discovered that two of these "investigators" are actually members of ACORN on their advisory board.

Ah, yes. That special kind of independent review that only corporate insiders can provide.


The Science of Corporate Crisis Management: Okay, it's not really a science, but it's a mature art.

And maybe this is obvious -- but does anyone see this as precisely the chain of events in ACORN's current crisis?

The eight characteristics are:

1. Surprise that is always driven by media exposure.

2. Insufficient Information about the relevant facts and the emerging public perception of the issue.

3. Escalating Flow of Events that hampers the ability of management to understand quickly that, like it or not, they "own" the problem and must quickly articulate a persuasive response.

4. Loss of Control over the way the growing crisis is perceived and the impact it is beginning to have on the company.

5. Intense Scrutiny from Outsiders/Insiders including media, government, regulatory agencies, activist groups, key stakeholders, and most importantly, the management team itself.

6. The Beginning of the Siege Mentality that causes company leadership to attempt to "hide" behind the legal aspects of the crisis, rather than confront the central issues, and thereby allows the crisis to inflict more damage on the organization.

7. Panic that perverts and/or paralyzes the decision-making process.

8. Issue Solved by Public Arena in a manner designed to satisfy the interests of outsiders—including the media, government, regulatory agencies and activist groups—but never the interests of the company itself.

Note that it's Step 8 the crisis managers wish most to avoid. They endeavor to convince the public that they can handle the crisis/illegality/scandal on the inside with no external interference needed.

Sound familiar?


By the Way: If anyone's in PR, or can put me in touch with someone in PR who wouldn't mind being interviewed by a right-wing blog, I'd like to talk to you (or your contact) about this.

I could keep you anonymous, as I'd obviously be looking for confirmation about the standard PR playbook, and you probably wouldn't want your boss or partners to know you'd given it up.


Posted by: Ace at 07:39 PM



Comments

1

all I can say is

LAUGHED SO HARD I THOUGHT MY PANTS WOULD NEVER DRY!

Posted by: rightzilla at September 16, 2009 07:41 PM (rVJH4)

2 OH...and FIRST!

Posted by: rightzilla at September 16, 2009 07:41 PM (rVJH4)

3 The trouble is that this plan will probably work.A bullshit "investigation" to quiet the howls and give the whole story time to blow over.This works most every time in a nation with a short attention span and if you're a left winger.

Posted by: steevy at September 16, 2009 07:43 PM (77S/G)

4 Doesn't taking Federal money and State money carry with it the obligation to undergo an outside audit upon request by the funding agency?

Posted by: stuiec at September 16, 2009 07:43 PM (7AOgy)

5 Take them down. All the way down.  Lock the doors and burn the leases.

Posted by: HarryV at September 16, 2009 07:43 PM (0Qs+O)

6

Drudge has a tease up

Schwarzenegger demands ACORN investigation

Posted by: ArandomPerson at September 16, 2009 07:44 PM (mm5sd)

7 Should be stated that in the Hotair thread we discovered that two of  these "investigators" are actually members of ACORN on their advisory board.

Posted by: William Amos at September 16, 2009 07:45 PM (klq2b)

8

Ace,

I think that in these posts, you should remind your readers that these foul smelling slugpiles know the ins and outs of devising the best method of deploying an underage, illegal alien teen hooker ring.

Barry got elected by a group that can provide pre-teen ass, minimal use vag, on the streets.

Isn't that great!

All good things.

Posted by: Rev. Dr. E. Buzz Miller at September 16, 2009 07:46 PM (CHf6r)

9 These ACORN people are nuts.

Posted by: * at September 16, 2009 07:47 PM (yAehz)

10

Schwarzenegger requests ACORN investigation

http://tinyurl.com/oje7js

Posted by: popcorn at September 16, 2009 07:47 PM (HlpHc)

11 Time for ACORN to lawyer up ...

Posted by: bill-tb at September 16, 2009 07:47 PM (iiiMw)

Posted by: stuiec at September 16, 2009 07:47 PM (7AOgy)

13 10

Schwarzenegger requests ACORN investigation

http://tinyurl.com/oje7js

Yeah, I'm sure Jerry Brown will get right on that.

Posted by: stuiec at September 16, 2009 07:48 PM (7AOgy)

14 Acorn will 'suspend operations'.

translation: BURN EVERYTHING!

Posted by: GarandFan at September 16, 2009 07:48 PM (ZQBnQ)

15 Holy underwear! Pimps and ho's! Tax evasion! Human trafficking! We have to protect our phoney baloney jobs here, gentlemen! We must do something about this immediately! Immediately! Immediately! Harrumph! Harrumph! Harrumph!

Posted by: Gov. William J. Le Petomane School of Crisis Management at September 16, 2009 07:49 PM (VMyjP)

16

"Get ahead of the story," "acknowledge mistakes," "don't spin," "promise appropriate reaction" are all basic and well-known steps of a company dealing with a possibly existential crisis.

Along with "use leaders, not spokesmen" and "tell the truth."

We'll see if they actually own up to their mistakes -- as opposed to using the lame line "mistakes were made" and see if people swallow it.

Posted by: FireHorse at September 16, 2009 07:49 PM (Vl5GH)

17 they will all lawyer up and then sue the taxpayers for getting them in to this mess.

Posted by: donna in san diego at September 16, 2009 07:49 PM (WLRlm)

18 Hell of an insight, Ace.

Posted by: Inglewood Jack (rdb) at September 16, 2009 07:50 PM (6eACO)

19 Listen who gives a flying frak about clintons pecidilloes?? I mean isnt it CLEAR now what a REAL DANGER to America in the WH is? it sure as hexx aint about sex escapades. Even RUSH said today he could care less who is in bed with TOTUS etc etc it is what TOTUS is doing to the economy and foreign policy that is at issue.

it just reminds me of Hannity, all is well and then BAM he loses focus and starts ranting about the Clintons again

let...it...go. bigger fish to fry, a whole fish fry of fish

Posted by: ginaswo/MiM at September 16, 2009 07:51 PM (YL/8+)

20 I am so pissed off I can't see straight.  I work like hell for my money, I'm sure all of you do as well.  Some of my hard earned money is going to this sickening rotten fucking corrupt organization.  I'm helping fund an organization that would soon spit in my face, but help criminals skirt IRS laws, among other things.  The Dems are deafening with their silence on this issue.  As I write this, if someone came up to me right now and said "I'm a Democrat and I support ACORN" I would pop them right in the friggin puss.  That's how I feel right now.

Posted by: Sparky at September 16, 2009 07:51 PM (J1f2W)

21 They want three months for you to forget.

It's gonna take me a little longer to forget those legs and that tiny butt in the mini skirt. This story has legs™.

And yeah, I would not deny that woman my essence.

Posted by: I Am Jack D. Ripper at September 16, 2009 07:51 PM (8XI4A)

22

I think that in these posts, you should remind your readers that these foul smelling slugpiles know the ins and outs of devising the best method of deploying an underage, illegal alien teen hooker ring.

Madelaine Albright has been conspicuously silent of late.

Posted by: FireHorse at September 16, 2009 07:51 PM (Vl5GH)

23 STOP IT!

Posted by: The Bus at September 16, 2009 07:52 PM (6eACO)

24
BREAKING


Michael Dukakis (D-Assachusetts), failed politician, could be appointed interim senator.

Posted by: Tweet Phillip Sousa at September 16, 2009 07:52 PM (8LbTn)

25 Alinsky up: Keep the pressure on.

Posted by: Farmer Joe at September 16, 2009 07:52 PM (x+Mi6)

26 the true test here isn't for the dems. this is a time for Republicans to grow a pair and treat the issue as the life or death fight that it is. ACORN had grown fat and lazy with political cover and easy money. if they aren't brought down, they will emerge from this a leaner, smarter, better funded (8.5 BILLION) Dem election machine .

Posted by: mark c at September 16, 2009 07:53 PM (SBIko)

27   Ok, they're buckling.  Breitbart needs to keep releasing vids of the c*cksuckers being more and more filthy.  Obviously the administration is telling ACORN to start soft soaping to get the heat off of all of them.  Now is when O'keefe and Giles need to start putting the stake in the heart.  I hope they saved the best, most disgusting, most damaging tape for last.

Posted by: Dang Straights at September 16, 2009 07:53 PM (//8zf)

28 Look! Joe Wilson! Racists! Tea baggers!

Posted by: MSM at September 16, 2009 07:54 PM (x+Mi6)

29

Here is excerpt from link I posted at hotAir from NY Tv station

 

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, a member of the ACORN advisory council said: “We will take the necessary steps to ensure that ACORN functions with the highest levels of ethical standards and competence.”

Posted by: William Amos at September 16, 2009 07:55 PM (klq2b)

30 Karl barely scratches the surface on who the people who will be picking this independent auditor....

http://3.ly/Ou4

Eric Eve... http://3.ly/fLg  ...look into him and how he got his job and if it's related to pressuring banks...

All ACORN watchers should do a twitter search for the RT's of @anitamoncrief ... she is an ACORN whistleblower.. she has a blog at: http://3.ly/3Ak

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend press release accusing GOP attacks on Acorn as voter suppression http://3.ly/s9o

According to that a post on that whistleblower's blog... here are the people on that advisery council...

""""
We’ll also be recognizing our newly formed Advisory Committee: Dave Beckwith, Henry Cisneros, Eric Eve, Harvey Hirschfeld, Kathleen Kennedy-Townsend, John Podesta and Andy Stern.
""""

http://3.ly/sXK


Someone needs to setup a timeline and point out all the ridiculous PR manuvers they've made...

come on morons, get your researching on...


Posted by: yarrrrr at September 16, 2009 07:55 PM (vaHUu)

31 To bad Ted Kennedy's kicked off or he could be part of the "independent audit" too.  Hey wait, maybe he still can be...

Posted by: Cicero at September 16, 2009 07:55 PM (QKKT0)

32

Link

 

http://tinyurl.com/ozpx57

Posted by: William Amos at September 16, 2009 07:56 PM (klq2b)

33

8

Ace,

I think that in these posts, you should remind your readers that these foul smelling slugpiles know the ins and outs of devising the best method of deploying an underage, illegal alien teen hooker ring.

Barry got elected by a group that can provide pre-teen ass, minimal use vag, on the streets.

Isn't that great!

All good things.

That kind of thinking will make me a Democrat. Watch that shit.

Posted by: The Drizzle at September 16, 2009 07:56 PM (fWnCD)

34 I meant Too.  Or 2.

Posted by: Cicero at September 16, 2009 07:56 PM (QKKT0)

35

Yeah, I'm sure Jerry Brown will get right on that.

 

Yep, that would be a shock if that happens.

Posted by: popcorn at September 16, 2009 07:57 PM (HlpHc)

36

"The Science of Corporate Crisis Management: Okay, it's not really a science, but it's a mature art."

Minor quibble on your spelling. It's 'manure'.

Posted by: keninnorcal at September 16, 2009 07:58 PM (ka2q2)

37 I think it would be a good idea to use the words "community organizers" every time ACORN is mentioned. This would emphasise the link to Obama.

Posted by: Evil Pundit at September 16, 2009 07:58 PM (bka/B)

38 We must do something about this immediately! Immediately! Immediately! Harrumph! Harrumph! Harrumph!

Posted by: Gov. William J. Le Petomane School of Crisis Management at September 16, 2009 07:49 PM (VMyjP)

Hey, I didn't get a harrumph out of you!

 

Posted by: Cicero at September 16, 2009 07:58 PM (QKKT0)

39

Un-fucking-real.

Hey heres an idea. Let em' do their bogus investigation, let it blow over and then release the rest of the tapes. They are basically playing prevent defense right now.

Posted by: Blazer at September 16, 2009 07:59 PM (AoS9J)

40 31 To bad Ted Kennedy's kicked off or he could be part of the "independent audit" too. Hey wait, maybe he still can be...

Don't be silly ........ he is , however , filling out his voter registration forms .

Posted by: Bill D. Cat at September 16, 2009 08:02 PM (vKdhq)

41
This is like having Jamie Gorelick as part of a committee to investigate why the 'dots weren't connected' to prevent 9/11.

All we need now is for a sandy berger to steal documents from ACORN's main office.

Posted by: Tweet Phillip Sousa at September 16, 2009 08:02 PM (8LbTn)

42
oh, and Plan C-a for ACORN while they're conducting this dog & pony investigation is to dig up as much dirt on Hannah and OKeefe and their friends and their families.

Posted by: Tweet Phillip Sousa at September 16, 2009 08:03 PM (8LbTn)

43 Someone needs to


What your fingers are broken?

 :0

Posted by: JavaJoe at September 16, 2009 08:03 PM (Am6n/)

44 DO NOT LET YOUR CONGRESSMAN LET THESE CRIMINALS 'INVESTIGATE' THEMSELVES

Posted by: alwyr at September 16, 2009 08:04 PM (Ngf0i)

45

time to flood the zone.

every conservative PAC should be running ads with Obama praising Acorn and snippets of the tapes. Hang it around his neck like a Burmese python.

Posted by: mark c at September 16, 2009 08:05 PM (SBIko)

46 What I am surprised at is that I haven't seen a peep out of Bobby Jindal.  ACORN's HQ is in Louisiana.  The heads of this Medusa may be in the various states, but the body (each sends back organizational money there) is in Louisiana and it's where the accounting firm for the chapters is.

Posted by: Dusty at September 16, 2009 08:05 PM (fFk/c)

47 42
oh, and Plan C-a for ACORN while they're conducting this dog & pony investigation is to dig up as much dirt on Hannah and OKeefe and their friends and their families.


Don't worry , we're on it .

Posted by: MSM at September 16, 2009 08:05 PM (vKdhq)

48 Dick Morris is a slimy sonofabitch, so no doubt he understands ACORN nose to tail.

Posted by: Dang Straights at September 16, 2009 08:06 PM (//8zf)

49

I like how Big Bertha says this is a form of entrapment.

Innerestin' choice as words as that's what Nora O'Donnell was very, very conccerned about yesterday on Morning Joe.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at September 16, 2009 08:07 PM (KL475)

50 They've pulled out the psychologists and social scientists to play a trick on you.

Posted by: T at September 16, 2009 08:07 PM (z9Awt)

Posted by: JavaJoe at September 16, 2009 08:07 PM (Am6n/)

52

Schwarzenegger demands ACORN investigation

Did we mention even his name is racist?

Posted by: MSM at September 16, 2009 08:07 PM (X6Zdh)

53

I think the Burmese Python crack clearly crossed the line into offensive racist rhetoric.  Where do Burmese Pythons come from anyway?  Burma (my guess)?  Does Burma have black people?

Wait til I tell Maxine Waters about this.

Posted by: Cicero at September 16, 2009 08:07 PM (QKKT0)

54 I'll bet tomorrow Beck will be on this list of investigator like flies on shit.

Posted by: Tami at September 16, 2009 08:08 PM (VuLos)

55 Oh and that Scott Levinson--he's so waxy. He creeps me the eff out. Seriously, I shiver when I see him on tv.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at September 16, 2009 08:08 PM (KL475)

56

I demand an independent investigation of the Ace of Spades HQ.

Members:

1. Ace

2. [insert Ace's real name here]

3. An Ewok who is squinting as though he needs glasses but isn't wearing any.

4. An Israeli tank.

5. Dave in Texas, who is giggling in the corner because I said "members"

Posted by: Mama AJ at September 16, 2009 08:10 PM (X6Zdh)

57

All that needs to be said is just below;

OsamaHusseinIslamObama  2012'
(the terrorist-Uighur-ACORN-media choice)
-It's never too early to campaign-

 

Think about it.

 

 

Posted by: Swamp Rabbit at September 16, 2009 08:10 PM (1ScRY)

58 Keep pressure up, people. Nail these filthy sons of bitches to a barn door.

I defy one liberal to explain to me in concise, non-retarded terms how federal funds going to these monsters is any different than if tax money was going to money launderers for Mexican drug cartels or to a shipping company that worked for the IRA. Come on, try it.

Posted by: UGAdawg at September 16, 2009 08:11 PM (/VjHB)

59 Did O'Reilly really just say that Obama doesn't have anything to do with ACORN?

No wonder I haven't watched this crap show in years.

Posted by: Dang Straights at September 16, 2009 08:12 PM (//8zf)

60 the group will immediately stop accepting anyone into ACORN office for service programs,

So the fuckers are shut down.  That tells me they know what's on the other tapes to come.  And we haven't seen anything, yet.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at September 16, 2009 08:13 PM (nW046)

61 Do you guys really expect this to keep up?
The Democratic government under The Lying One is going to shut it down.  Not ACORN.  But the reporting of it.  They already want to shut down conservative talk radio.  Since they already control network news, most of cable news, except Fox.  Most newspaper news.  Most news magazines.  Most of the colleges and universities.  Most of the school teachers by the unions.

Posted by: hous bin pharteen at September 16, 2009 08:14 PM (Eom7x)

62 The Council includes many prominent Democrats, including the man who helped President Obama Transition Team, John Podesta, President and CEO of the Center for American Progress; former Maryland Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend; Andrew Stern, International President of the Service Employees International Union; and former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Henry Cisneros.

What? Nobody called me. I'm available you know? George will pick up my tab.

Posted by: Van Jones at September 16, 2009 08:16 PM (3RHzM)

63 The pressure is finally starting to build that even the MSM has to run spin pieces on it. Please God, just don't let any RINOs step in and let them off the hook.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 16, 2009 08:16 PM (9jBeB)

64 We should just let each criminal be his own judge and jury.

Posted by: T at September 16, 2009 08:16 PM (z9Awt)

65 I'm an alcoholic and drug addict. In order to overcome my only somewhat mildly unwholesome habits, I am retaining the services of Lindsay Lohan, Zombie Ted Kennedy, David "Don't mess with the Hoff" Hasselhoff, and Amy Winehouse.

Posted by: african chick at September 16, 2009 08:16 PM (WGuVC)

66

Posted by: stuiec at September 16, 2009 07:47 PM (7AOgy)

Ha! Ha!  That just might beat a flaming skull!  Oh, and I loved how the reporter said "Traffic was allowed back on the road after most of the flames had been extinguished" and you see the cars driving along with fire burning in the potholes.  I guess the Chinese have a different standard of highway safety.  We'd better all take some defensive driving classes to learn how to serpentine around flames when our Asian Overlords take over this country!

Posted by: runningrn at September 16, 2009 08:17 PM (D2il9)

67

Hang it around his neck like a Burmese python.

Posted by: mark c at September 16, 2009 08:05 PM (SBIko)

 

....or a feather boa.

Posted by: Perez Hilton at September 16, 2009 08:17 PM (AoS9J)

68

I watch O'Reilly only for this guests.

Dr. Mark Lamont Hill, foxy as he is completely misguided and it's fun to watch.

Crowley is teh awesome. She tears apart The Corpse like Kelly smacks down Wiehl. And I love Juan. He reminds me that not all libs are mentally challenged.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at September 16, 2009 08:18 PM (KL475)

69

# 41,,,

 

That was gold,, GOLD I tells ya'.....  Thread winner? or is it too early?   Ahhhhh F-it thread winner!

 

OsamaHusseinIslamObama  2012'
(the terrorist-Uighur-ACORN-media choice)
-It's never too early to campaign-

Posted by: Swamp Rabbit at September 16, 2009 08:19 PM (1ScRY)

70 You mean auditing is not shredding all paperwork and then burning it?

Posted by: Bertha at September 16, 2009 08:20 PM (yP5sH)

71 Heh!  Just the other day, Charlie Gibson "knew nothing" about any of this crap.  Now the governor of CA wants an investigation and the Gov. of MN is on it.  Geez, Charlie, maybe the news is moving too fast for you these days. 

Posted by: runningrn at September 16, 2009 08:20 PM (D2il9)

72

Colmes just said that Pres Prissyspants shouldn't have to reply to every rightwing smear. Smear? These effers are on tape. Not once, twice, three times, who knows at this point.

Why can't you just say, "yeah, they're a problem. shut it down and do a forensic accounting". They will continue to pathetically defend.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at September 16, 2009 08:21 PM (KL475)

73

Hang it around his neck like a Burmese python.

The other day, someone said like a burning tire necklace.  I like that one, it evokes an African theme plus the recent tire tarrif.  I think it would suit the Bamster.

Posted by: runningrn at September 16, 2009 08:22 PM (D2il9)

74 Crowley is teh awesome.

She's Colmes' sister-in-law.


Posted by: Tami at September 16, 2009 08:23 PM (VuLos)

75 To leftists, smears = the inconvenient truth. It's amazing how they take no responsibility for anything they do. It's like they're basically blaming O'Keefe, Giles, Beck, etc. for making them give advice on how to run a successful child prostitution enterprise. Unbelievable, and at the same time, all too believable.

Oh, and did I mention, disgusting?

Posted by: african chick at September 16, 2009 08:26 PM (WGuVC)

76

Someone just asked about Jindal. O'Reilly just said that LA has subpoeaned their books.

Their books are literally cooking now. Follow the smoke, you'll see the fire. The logo is red for a reason.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at September 16, 2009 08:27 PM (KL475)

77 I know. Her sister is not bad looking. How could anyone sleep in the same bed as that  man??

Posted by: laceyunderalls at September 16, 2009 08:27 PM (KL475)

78

#74

 

Crowley?,, yeah I'd hit it.

 

OsamaHusseinIslamObama  2012'
(the terrorist-Uighur-ACORN-media choice)
-It's never too early to campaign-

 

Posted by: Swamp Rabbit at September 16, 2009 08:28 PM (1ScRY)

79

 

This is kinda like cheating on your taxes and embezzling money and then have the IRS and FBI come over to your house to help you shred and burn the paper trail.

Posted by: Blazer at September 16, 2009 08:29 PM (AoS9J)

80 But Jimmy Carter tells us it is all about racism.  What he does not tell us is that 10 to 1 average of black on white rapes.  7 to 1 black on white murders and assaults.  The differences are staggering.  But no one will report it.  And many will not even talk about it.

Ever notice how many successful Hollywood and Sports athletes who have different race girlfriends/wives?   How about the anger about the OJ situation? Its okay if he murder his white wife.  But racism to charge him with the crime.

If you think Kanye West was upset about his actions on the awards, it wasn't about doing it.  It was about some bad press that may cost him lower income with less sales of his records.

Posted by: hous bin pharteen at September 16, 2009 08:30 PM (Eom7x)

81

46 What I am surprised at is that I haven't seen a peep out of Bobby Jindal.  ACORN's HQ is in Louisiana. 

Maybe Louisiana is the denouement of this little saga.

Posted by: mark c at September 16, 2009 08:35 PM (SBIko)

82 Some douchepit on CNN just said [paraphrasing], "Slavery is the original sin of this country, and we've been fighting against that legacy for years ever since. So it's not surprising that when we have such a momentous event as electing the first African-American president that some of that lingering resentment is going to start boiling to the surface."

In other words, "Of course all this opposition to Obama is racially based."

These fuckwads are scum.

Posted by: Curly Mustard at September 16, 2009 08:35 PM (sOpAl)

83 Schwarzenegger demands ACORN investigation attention Posted by: ArandomPerson

Fixed! And as stu wrote, fat chance with Former Governor Jerry "Moonbeam" Brown as the CA Atty General.  Moonbeam is also running for CA governor 2010, so it would make more sense for him to publicly refuse to investigate AssCORN, and earning that sweet, sweet Soros lucre.

Posted by: Iskandar at September 16, 2009 08:35 PM (uAJI5)

84 This is kinda like cheating on your taxes and embezzling money and then have the IRS and FBI come over to your house to help you shred and burn the paper trail.

..... and helping you carry the cash out to the tin can in the yard .

Posted by: MSM at September 16, 2009 08:44 PM (vKdhq)

85 Look people, we spend our whole lives around chicken coops.  We know chicken coops better than Perdue. 

We can guard this one.  Trust us.

Posted by: The Foxes at September 16, 2009 08:45 PM (Hsy6y)

86 Effi'n socks .

Posted by: Bill D. Cat at September 16, 2009 08:46 PM (vKdhq)

87

This is a no-brainer.  You need much more credibilty.  Next time, don't use a flash white gal in a microskirt and a white guy sporting short hair and a cheap suit.  Use a flash white gal in a microskirt and a brother sporting dreadlocks and an expensive suit.  Piece o' cake! 

Posted by: Uh, Clem at September 16, 2009 08:50 PM (QDxPN)

88 Scott Levinson should be a Halloween costume.

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Now, let us see how state prosecutors decide whether they wish to tear into a now-easy prey.  Subpoenas are interesting things.

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There was a "tragic fire" at ACORN corporate HQ in Louisiana that destroyed all their corporate records.  Unfortunately, no offside disaster recovery plan had been implemented, so no data from the computers and paper records was recoverable.

Even though the site still reeked of gasoline after the fire was finally put out 12 hours after it started, the fire chief explained that away as some ruptured gas tanks on a few weed eaters in the garage.

Cleanup crews noted that all the computers seemed to have been missing their hard disks as they carted the wreckage away.  An ACORN spoksman explained this oddity away by stating that they went medialess earlier this year and had been running "live" Linux CD's to boot from and access the main server over the LAN. 

In a separate completely unrelated incident, the main server was reported stolen a day earlier

Posted by: Purple Avenger at September 16, 2009 08:58 PM (Hsy6y)

91 By the Way: If anyone's in PR, or can put me in touch with someone in PR who wouldn't mind being interviewed by a right-wing blog, I'd like to talk to you (or your contact) about this.

Doesn't Karol do PR?

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I think your prediction has some chance of being truthful, snark or no. If it doesn't happen in Louisiana, the CYA arson will happen at another ACORN office in another state. Especially after the fifth or sixth interview hits the Net!

Posted by: exdem13 at September 16, 2009 09:45 PM (lYKj1)

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They are basically playing prevent defense right now.

That works, right?

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98 18 Hell of an insight, Ace.

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Posted by: ACORN at September 16, 2009 10:31 PM (eqeOn)

99 Kinda like a girlfriend, many long years ago, told me after I had misbehaved......Go.  Now.

Posted by: Your Wise Uncle Rick at September 16, 2009 10:48 PM (aEswM)

100 Well, well, well - now all of the hoop de la surrounding "swine flu" can be explained. One of A K P & D Message & Media's really big clients is AFSCME. The "Do this right now or thousand are going to DIE" is one of the firms signature m.o.'s. They came up with a very similar "campaign" for Com Ed in Illinois. Looks like they are rolling out the same old song and dance routine for health care too. "If we don't do this RIGHT NOW, THOUSANDS WILL DIE!" The smartest people in the country would never suspect that the stupid people just might see a pattern here. One of Axelrod's Achillies heels, baby. It's the way they roll. Bet ya $1,000 several people in this firm will be sent through the back door, in the undercover of darkness, to plot with ACORN for their new apology tour and rehabilitation of ACORN. Oh, and find the lawyers so they can mob up. They have quite a few on retainer. I'm gonna place bets on which Chicago firm will be tapped to strategize this pos organizing group. Hey, might as well make a little coin too.

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101 The head of the Senate Judiciary Committee Lamar Smith sent our letters to the heads ot the FBI and Justice Department highly recomending Acrap to be investigated Can these depts act independently or do they need approval ?

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Ace - I've beeen in PR for 20 years and taught PR at a university here in the Midwest....the BIBLE of crisis management in the industry is a book called:

Ongoing Crisis Communication, Timothy Coombs ISBN-10: 1412949920

...anyone trained in crisis management over the last ten years will be familiar with all the concepts in Coombs book.

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