Once again, I have been proven to have been correct in my assessment of both the motives and character of one of the right-wing's poster boys: James O'Keefe III.
The same man who lied before the American public with the assistance of Fox News and Sean Hannity has been caught trying to once again fabricate vicious lies against others for the sake of political gain.
This time around O'Keefe tried to shakedown Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu. Here is the story on NOLA.com:
Also arrested were Joseph Basel, Stan Dai and Robert Flanagan, all 24. Flanagan is the son of William Flanagan, who is the acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, the office confirmed. All four were charged with entering federal property under false pretenses with the intent of committing a felony.
According to the FBI affidavit, Flanagan and Basel entered the federal building at 500 Poydras Street about 11 a.m. Monday, dressed as telephone company employees, wearing jeans, fluorescent green vests, tool belts, and hard hats. When they arrived at Landrieu's 10th floor office, O'Keefe was already in the office and had told a staffer he was waiting for someone to arrive.
When Flanagan and Basel entered the office, they told the staffer they were there to fix phone problems. At that time, the staffer, referred to only as Witness 1 in the affadavit, observed O'Keefe positioning his cell phone in his hand to record his co-horts.
After being asked, the staffer gave Basel access to the main phone at the reception desk. The staffer told investigators that Basel manipulated the handset. He also tried to call the main office phone using his cell phone, and said the main line wasn't working. Flanagan did the same.
They then told the staffer they needed to perform repair work on the main phone system and asked where the telephone closet was located.
A witness from Landrieu's staff said O'Keefe was present in the office and claimed to be "waiting for someone to arrive."
Let's also not forget that these pundits of Fox News such as Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, and Bill O'Reilly have all used this vile propaganda against ACORN to advance their own careers in hate-broadcasting.
This time we caught the con in the act, but this is the "new media" that conservatives and the Tea Party alike support: frame jobs, illegal wiretaps & outright lies.
This is Nixon Era politics in 2010.
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