# ACORN "pimp" arrested for illegally accessing Senate office; tampering with phone system **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 26, 2010, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acorn-pimp-arrested-for-illegally-accessing-senate-office-tampering-with-phone-system/526586 "2010-01-26T23:13:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 33
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acorn-pimp-arrested-for-illegally-accessing-senate-office-tampering-with-phone-system/526586/641 "2010-09-29T16:55:10Z")
I just thought that deserved it’s own pit thread: **Santa delivers a present to the “fake pimp” O’Keefe.** > **[Santa delivers a present to the "fake pimp" O'keefe.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=580077)** > > Well, not the Santa, but O’keefe just found a being that he also could had thought that it never existed: A conservative with ethics in his own media organization: That ethical behavior deserves commendations, No? Uh, not in Right wing world it... ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acorn-pimp-arrested-for-illegally-accessing-senate-office-tampering-with-phone-system/526586/642 "2010-09-29T17:02:34Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > … it’s only a matter of time before he lands himself in jail again. I don’t know why he’s not in jail already. During his “investigation” of the Census bureau, he apparently signed time sheets with full knowledge the the work hours on them were incorrect. And he apparently lied about his background on his application for employment. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acorn-pimp-arrested-for-illegally-accessing-senate-office-tampering-with-phone-system/526586/643 "2010-09-29T17:08:39Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > > [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > > > … it’s only a matter of time before he lands himself in jail again. > > I don’t know why he’s not in jail already. During his “investigation” of the Census bureau, he apparently signed time sheets with full knowledge the the work hours on them were incorrect. And he apparently lied about his background on his application for employment. Maybe his sugar daddy, Breitbart, pulled strings for him. ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acorn-pimp-arrested-for-illegally-accessing-senate-office-tampering-with-phone-system/526586/644 "2010-09-29T21:47:46Z")
> [@diogenes the cynic](#): > > (let’s not forget about the white supremacist rally he helped organize and where he was photographed manning a table of neo-nazi literature), cite please!!! ---
**Author:** ![margin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@margin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/margin)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acorn-pimp-arrested-for-illegally-accessing-senate-office-tampering-with-phone-system/526586/645 "2010-09-29T22:34:56Z")
Oh, God, an O’Keefe fanboy. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acorn-pimp-arrested-for-illegally-accessing-senate-office-tampering-with-phone-system/526586/646 "2010-09-30T01:08:46Z")
> [@margin](#): > > Oh, God, an O’Keefe fanboy. Just how much Keefe are we going to have to keep hearing about? ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acorn-pimp-arrested-for-illegally-accessing-senate-office-tampering-with-phone-system/526586/647 "2010-09-30T01:11:45Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > > [@margin](#): > > > > Oh, God, an O’Keefe fanboy. > > Just how much Keefe are we going to have to keep hearing about? Miles O’Keeffe!! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acorn-pimp-arrested-for-illegally-accessing-senate-office-tampering-with-phone-system/526586/648 "2010-09-30T01:19:07Z")
**GIGObuster** , how much did you pay **asterion** to lob that one your way? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acorn-pimp-arrested-for-illegally-accessing-senate-office-tampering-with-phone-system/526586/649 "2010-09-30T01:33:21Z")
> [@Damuri\_Ajashi](#): > > > [@diogenes the cynic](#): > > > > (let’s not forget about the white supremacist rally he helped organize and where he was photographed manning a table of neo-nazi literature), > > cite please!!! > **[James O'Keefe's race problem - Salon.com](https://www.salon.com/2010/02/03/james_okeefe_white_nationalists/)** > > A photo of the righty stuntman at a white-nationalist confab illustrates a career marked by racial resentment ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acorn-pimp-arrested-for-illegally-accessing-senate-office-tampering-with-phone-system/526586/650 "2010-09-30T01:39:30Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > > [@asterion](#): > > > > Just how much Keefe are we going to have to keep hearing about? > > Miles O’Keeffe!! The _most_ obscene Bond Girl name ever! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acorn-pimp-arrested-for-illegally-accessing-senate-office-tampering-with-phone-system/526586/651 "2010-09-30T02:45:21Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > > [@margin](#): > > > > Oh, God, an O’Keefe fanboy. > > Just how much Keefe are we going to have to keep hearing about? Perhaps his next undercover investigation can be about the shockingly high incidence of prison rape. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acorn-pimp-arrested-for-illegally-accessing-senate-office-tampering-with-phone-system/526586/652 "2010-10-26T20:32:12Z")
His latest video: > [@](#): > > …now that he’s trained his investigative eye on a recent New Jersey Education Association leadership conference, blowing the lid of such dirty little secrets as teachers privately talking smack about the governor who has vowed to crush their union, he’ll be back on top in no time. [http://gawker.com/5673888/sexxxy-criminal-and-gop-agitator-james-okeefe-drops-hot-new-video](http://gawker.com/5673888/sexxxy-criminal-and-gop-agitator-james-okeefe-drops-hot-new-video) ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acorn-pimp-arrested-for-illegally-accessing-senate-office-tampering-with-phone-system/526586/653 "2010-10-26T21:12:51Z")
Oh my God. If that video is real then that means that teachers sometimes go to bars, have a couple of drinks and bitch about their jobs! Some of them even use bad language! :eek: This kids is really blowing the fucking lid off. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acorn-pimp-arrested-for-illegally-accessing-senate-office-tampering-with-phone-system/526586/654 "2010-10-26T21:15:11Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Oh my God. If that video is real then that means that teachers sometimes go to bars, have a couple of drinks and bitch about their jobs! Some of them even use bad language! :eek: This kids is really blowing the fucking lid off. A modern day Woodward and Bernstein. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acorn-pimp-arrested-for-illegally-accessing-senate-office-tampering-with-phone-system/526586/655 "2010-10-26T21:17:36Z")
Next up: Government workers have lunch breaks; talk smack about their boss. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acorn-pimp-arrested-for-illegally-accessing-senate-office-tampering-with-phone-system/526586/656 "2010-10-26T21:23:55Z")
And he didn’t even show up for his press conference. [http://mediamatters.org/blog/201010250026](http://mediamatters.org/blog/201010250026) I guess it’s better than showing up and trying to lure everyone into his sex boat. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acorn-pimp-arrested-for-illegally-accessing-senate-office-tampering-with-phone-system/526586/657 "2010-10-27T02:44:39Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Next up: > > Government workers have lunch breaks; talk smack about their boss. _Union_ construction workers caught wolf-whistling at buxom female pedestrian (who bears a striking resemblance to O’Keefe in a Spandex minidress and Wonderbra). ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acorn-pimp-arrested-for-illegally-accessing-senate-office-tampering-with-phone-system/526586/658 "2010-10-27T04:34:25Z")
Shit, a blind man would puke his guts out. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acorn-pimp-arrested-for-illegally-accessing-senate-office-tampering-with-phone-system/526586/659 "2010-10-27T04:43:38Z")
I understand his next drop will contain shocking footage of the Pope taking Communion. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acorn-pimp-arrested-for-illegally-accessing-senate-office-tampering-with-phone-system/526586/660 "2010-10-27T04:52:05Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > And he didn’t even show up for his press conference. > > [http://mediamatters.org/blog/201010250026](http://mediamatters.org/blog/201010250026) > > I guess it’s better than showing up and trying to lure everyone into his sex boat. The real shocker is that there is a black member of the Tea Party. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acorn-pimp-arrested-for-illegally-accessing-senate-office-tampering-with-phone-system/526586.md?page=32) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acorn-pimp-arrested-for-illegally-accessing-senate-office-tampering-with-phone-system/526586.md?page=34)