# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acorn-pimp-arrested-for-illegally-accessing-senate-office-tampering-with-phone-system/526586/81 "2010-01-29T15:12:43Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Birthed an idiot? Pretty sure that’s not an actionable crime or tort. That, or the penal system is going to need major emergency funding when I’m done filing charges. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acorn-pimp-arrested-for-illegally-accessing-senate-office-tampering-with-phone-system/526586/82 "2010-01-29T17:13:29Z")
In short, he wishes he settled for 15 minutes, because being infamous for 15 minutes isn’t quite the same. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acorn-pimp-arrested-for-illegally-accessing-senate-office-tampering-with-phone-system/526586/83 "2010-01-29T17:21:05Z")
“Hello, Congressman? James O’Keefe here. I want thank you again for your support of that resolution, a great honor. But I’m having a bit of trouble here and I was wondering…Hello, Congressman? Hello? Hmm. Must be some trouble with the phone lines…” ---
**Author:** ![Kevbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acorn-pimp-arrested-for-illegally-accessing-senate-office-tampering-with-phone-system/526586/84 "2010-01-29T21:02:04Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > I wonder what they thought they were going to find by tapping her phones. Supposedly they were after evidence that calls in support of conservative viewpoints were being ignored/hung up/etc. and calls supporting a progressive agenda were being put through to the congress critter. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acorn-pimp-arrested-for-illegally-accessing-senate-office-tampering-with-phone-system/526586/85 "2010-01-29T21:14:47Z")
> [@Kevbo](#): > > Supposedly they were after evidence that calls in support of conservative viewpoints were being ignored/hung up/etc. and calls supporting a progressive agenda were being put through to the congress critter. And they can’t call the number from different phones, claiming to espouse different viewpoints, and showing the hang-ups? The stupid, it burns… ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acorn-pimp-arrested-for-illegally-accessing-senate-office-tampering-with-phone-system/526586/86 "2010-01-29T21:22:17Z")
That way, no videotape. Coin of the realm, these days. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acorn-pimp-arrested-for-illegally-accessing-senate-office-tampering-with-phone-system/526586/87 "2010-01-30T22:29:10Z")
> [@emacknight](#): > > Bill Clinton got a blowjob, and Obama lied about here he was born. So I guess things are about even? As recently as last night, I was told to my face that Obama is NOT a legal citizen of the USA and therefore cannot legally hold the office of POTUS. The documents that purported to be from his birth state are fake and I will regret to my dying day that I ever voted for the “GDFN”; you can work out your own translation for that. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acorn-pimp-arrested-for-illegally-accessing-senate-office-tampering-with-phone-system/526586/88 "2010-01-30T22:50:25Z")
> [@LouisB](#): > > As recently as last night, I was told to my face that Obama is NOT a legal citizen of the USA and therefore cannot legally hold the office of POTUS. The documents that purported to be from his birth state are fake and I will regret to my dying day that I ever voted for the “GDFN”; you can work out your own translation for that. I’m not even convinced that _Hawaii_ is a real state. If it is, then explain why it doesn’t have a border with any other state, is a whole lot closer to Japan than it is to D.C., and they have a _king_ on their quarter. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_Stimulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Digital\_Stimulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_Stimulus)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acorn-pimp-arrested-for-illegally-accessing-senate-office-tampering-with-phone-system/526586/89 "2010-01-30T23:17:49Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > I’m not even convinced that _Hawaii_ is a real state. If it is, then explain why it doesn’t have a border with any other state, is a whole lot closer to Japan than it is to D.C., and they have a _king_ on their quarter. Of course, one might point out that 2 of those 3 also apply to Alaska. And just ask Colbert which is worse: a king or a _grizzly bear_. There goes Palin’s bid for the presidency. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acorn-pimp-arrested-for-illegally-accessing-senate-office-tampering-with-phone-system/526586/90 "2010-01-31T02:47:47Z")
Palin was born in Idaho. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acorn-pimp-arrested-for-illegally-accessing-senate-office-tampering-with-phone-system/526586/91 "2010-01-31T02:54:53Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > How stupid was he to videotape it. On the contrary – how smart he was to make sure he was in a good position to throw the others to the wolves and save his own skin. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2010, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acorn-pimp-arrested-for-illegally-accessing-senate-office-tampering-with-phone-system/526586/92 "2010-01-31T03:01:44Z")
> [@Captain\_Amazing](#): > > Palin was born in Idaho. So she says, but have we actually seen a birth certificate? ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acorn-pimp-arrested-for-illegally-accessing-senate-office-tampering-with-phone-system/526586/93 "2010-01-31T06:46:08Z")
> [@Captain\_Amazing](#): > > Palin was born in Idaho. The puns are too easy. I have to pass them up. I have to. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acorn-pimp-arrested-for-illegally-accessing-senate-office-tampering-with-phone-system/526586/94 "2010-01-31T07:39:32Z")
> [@Captain\_Amazing](#): > > Palin was born in Idaho. How appropriate, considering she has all the brainpower of a russet potato. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acorn-pimp-arrested-for-illegally-accessing-senate-office-tampering-with-phone-system/526586/95 "2010-01-31T12:55:20Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > I’m not even convinced that _Hawaii_ is a real state. If it is, then explain why it doesn’t have a border with any other state, is a whole lot closer to Japan than it is to D.C., and they have a _king_ on their quarter. Excellent points and very obvious now that you’ve pointed them out. I’m convinced and will change my voter registration ASAP. Thank you for your help in bringing me to see the light. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acorn-pimp-arrested-for-illegally-accessing-senate-office-tampering-with-phone-system/526586/96 "2010-01-31T13:31:42Z")
> [@Captain\_Amazing](#): > > Palin was born in Idaho. …and was baked the same way? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acorn-pimp-arrested-for-illegally-accessing-senate-office-tampering-with-phone-system/526586/97 "2010-01-31T16:37:41Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > …and was baked the same way? No, she’s only half-baked. ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acorn-pimp-arrested-for-illegally-accessing-senate-office-tampering-with-phone-system/526586/98 "2010-01-31T16:48:19Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > The puns are too easy. I have to pass them up. I have to. I won’t. Are you sure they aren’t confusing her birth with the Katy Couric interview? “I doh’n know”. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acorn-pimp-arrested-for-illegally-accessing-senate-office-tampering-with-phone-system/526586/99 "2010-01-31T18:52:19Z")
Idaho. No, you are da ho. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acorn-pimp-arrested-for-illegally-accessing-senate-office-tampering-with-phone-system/526586/100 "2010-01-31T18:57:58Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > The official charge is “tampering,” rather than wire tapping, but I wonder if that just means they got caught before they could complete it. > > What other kind of “tampering” could they have been doing, and why? Apparently the phone center is a tourist site. Many visitors are shown to the 10th floor phone closet. It is just not fair to imply that they were actually planning on doing something to the phone system. They probably were taking pictures and admiring the wires. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acorn-pimp-arrested-for-illegally-accessing-senate-office-tampering-with-phone-system/526586.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acorn-pimp-arrested-for-illegally-accessing-senate-office-tampering-with-phone-system/526586.md?page=6)