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As Michael Eric Dyson goes on about race in response to the Carter Nonsense Maria Closes with THE shot.
“Obama had a 70% approval rating, now it’s down to 50% did all those people suddenly become racists?”
That’s gotta leave a bruise. Don’t mess with Italian women they have more to offer than just looks.
She isn’t buying Acorn’s story either!
Update: POWIP links to the video.
…but as a man of Sicilian ancestry let me tell you Maria Bartiromo is just one of the most beautiful women on the news today.
It is worth getting up just to see her eyes. The classic Italian face.
Update: And she called of that race baiting Michael Eric Dyson when he talked about Obama and Nazi’s and Obama and monkeys pointed out that George Bush was called a monkey on Morning Joe itself.
And Joe Scarborough is doing it too! And defended Rush!
And Mika is joining in.
Well the New York Times has a story on the subject, how about that:
The undercover videos showed a scantily dressed young woman, Hannah Giles, posing as a prostitute, while a young man, James O’Keefe, played her pimp. They visited Acorn offices in Baltimore, Washington, Brooklyn and San Bernardino, Calif., candidly describing their illicit business and asking the advice of Acorn workers. Among other questions, they asked how to buy a house to use as a brothel employing under-age girls from El Salvador.
Mr. O’Keefe, 25, a filmmaker and conservative activist, was dressed so outlandishly that he might have been playing in a risqué high school play. But in the footage made public — initially by a new Web site, BigGovernment.com — Acorn employees raised no objections to the criminal plans. Instead, they eagerly counseled the couple on how to hide their activities from the authorities, avoid taxes and make the brothel scheme work.
The Article has a bit of a slant, I wouldn’t expect otherwise but at least reports the basic facts. It was accessible on their web site as the 3rd article on the politics page. I don’t know if it is in the paper proper.
The AP has a video story up:
An a “print” story that we take from the Kansas City Star:
A Republican lawmaker wants the Justice Department to investigate ACORN, the embattled community organizing group.
Sen. Mike Johanns of Nebraska wrote Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday requesting the investigation. He cites reports that the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now may “have been engaged in illegal activity.”
There are several stories in the NY papers concerning scrambling in the State Legislature:
In the State Senate, Minority Leader Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre) called for a halt of any state funding to ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now), the affiliated New York Agency for Community Affairs, and other groups doing business with them. “The possibility that our tax dollars are being misused for potential criminal activities must be investigated and the flow of tax money must be stopped,” Skelos wrote in a letter asking Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli to freeze all funding to the group.
ACORN and its affiliates were slated to receive about $500,000 in the 2009-10 budget, largely through grants from the legislature’s Democratic majorities to aid homeowners facing foreclosure. No funds have yet been allocated, the comptroller said.
A source familiar with ACORN’s state funding said Cuomo would not approve new contracts until the conclusion of a separate criminal probe by the Brooklyn district attorney.
Considering California’s budget issues I can’t see how their local funding survives.
Yesterday I thought the Senate vote would be meaningless because the house will back them up. Now I’m not so sure. If the house votes to go after Wilson and ignore Acorn they it is going to be a disaster.
Update: Glenn agrees that the times story is “surprisingly complete and fair“.
So asks the Acorn Co-Founder concerning their latest killer tape:
Wade Rathke, ACORN’s co-founder and former chief organizer, blasted FOX News on Tuesday for its “unfair” coverage of a group he said has served as a champion for social justice since 1970. Rathke, in an interview, said FOX News should “be careful and fair about how it looks at the organization’s work.”
“It’s a wonderful organization. I do nothing but wish for its success,” he said. “You have to look at the motivation of some groups.”
Now there really isn’t much else they can say, not only do they have to defend the meal ticket of the organization but if people decide to talk to avoid charges then a fellow who left just a year ago might have some legal problems.
How long can the MSM can continue to keep quiet on this? You can only play the Joe Wilson card for so long. Even NPR felt compelled to give it some coverage before today’s stuff.
The media has to decide if it is going to be relevant or not. It is going to be interesting to see what happens over the next three days.
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