Why would anyone trust this guy? Image from Huffington Post.
Mom wasn't right about everything: sometimes you can judge a book by its cover. And of course, its past behavior. James O'Keefe, who looks like a soulless weasel in every single photo I've ever seen of him, continues to crank out bullshit "sting" videos on a variety of conservative topics. I'm not sure if any of them has been straightforward or remotely honest. But I am sure that for the most part, they're trumped up, deceptively edited hit pieces.
By now, I can't understand why this rodent-faced asshat is given an ounce of credibility by anybody.
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Latest James O'Keefe Sting Video Targeting Clinton Campaign Flops
At the end of a press conference Tuesday in which conservative filmmaker James O'Keefe unveiled a new sting video about Hillary Clinton, one reporter had just one question: "Are you sure it's not a joke?" she asked. Project Veritas Action, O'Keefe's infamous nonprofit sting outfit, had promised reporters a "new undercover video exposing illegal activity conducted by high-level employees within Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. . ."
Best picture this dweeb has ever taken, from Gawker.
Whenever there is a fresh right-wing world freakout going on (you know, Clang! FOX "News" Alert!), I roll my eyes. That's because so many of them are either not at all what they say they are, they're a cherry-picked nugget of outrage in an overall innocuous non-story, or they are freshly driven bullshit. And the kingprince jester of the bullshit pushers is twerp-faced James O'Keefe.
O'Keefe puts together "sting" operations, and surreptitiously video tapes them. Then, he creatively edits them, and takes them to FOX "News" (particularly now that Andrew Breitbart is dead), where he then dresses them up, by wearing pimp clothes, or whatever will sell it best. This has made him a right wing hero, which is puzzling, but then, kinda not, given some of the other right wing heroes.
In any event, it's very gratifying to see this skeevy, bottom-feeding tool get what's coming to him.
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James O’Keefe Will Pay $100,000, Apologize to Former ACORN Employee
Journalism school laughingstock and expert jazz hands practitioner
James O'Keefe will pay $100,000 and apologize to a former ACORN
employee who was fired after being featured in one of O'Keefe's 2009
"sting" videos. The heavily-edited videos were successful, in that they led to a congressional investigation that eventually shutdown ACORN, netting O'Keefe $65,000
in the process. The videos were also, apparently, illegally filmed, at
least the one shot in California. Former ACORN employeed Juan Carlos
Vera sued
O'Keefe and his partner-in-crime Hannah Giles last year, saying the
secretly recorded video violated California law that prohibits recording
someone without their permission. . .
When Andrew Breitbart died, I thought maybe we'd be spared from ever hearing of his minion, the twerpy James O'Keefe, ever again. He's the one who stages sometimes elaborate, often dishonest "exposés" from an extreme right-wing perspective. But he's such a douche, that even if he had all his ducks in a row, he'd still just come off as a jerk. Here, he's proving that you can vote as somebody else if you know their address. Yeah. I've always known I could do that. . .provided I knew that person hadn't already voted, and provided that I wanted to commit a federal crime. I've never felt that inclination. And neither have very many other people. [Story continues below]
The right has a very convincing argument for strict voter rules, with picture IDs, etc. "Who doesn't have an ID? You need an ID to get a movie at Blockbuster!" Yeah, nobody goes to Blockbuster anymore, but that isn't the point. The point is, there are large groups of people who do not often have photo IDs, whether you think that's stupid or not. And those people disproportionately vote Democrat. The fact of the matter is, Republicans didn't dream up voter ID laws because of some rampant voter fraud. More people win the big prize in MegaMillions and PowerBall in a given year than are busted for voter fraud. If it is a problem at all, it is amazingly small one. No, the laws are to disenfranchise particular voters.
I've been a voter for 28 years, first in Ohio, then in Nevada. I've never needed anything more than my name and my address to vote. When I registered, I filled out a card. I don't think I even needed ID then, just a bill with my address on it. I do have a photo ID, and can't conceive of not having one for myself. But since when do conservatives mandate official government papers for anything? And if you have to pay for them, isn't that an individual mandate? Not to mention a poll tax? And if they're given away for free, isn't that a giveaway?
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James O’Keefe Proves That Pointless Form of Voter Fraud Is Possible
In a new video, a member of James O'Keefe's "Project Veritas" manages to enter a D.C. polling station and receive a ballot for none other than Attorney General Eric Holder, simply by providing Holder's address. . .
Voter fraud, oddly documented by the perpatrator. Image from TPM.
This James O'Keefe twerp has been running "sting" operations on many supposedly "liberal" people and groups for a while now. Unfortunately, since he's a protege of douchebag Andrew Breitbart, and because the right-wing spin machine is so much of a bubble, O'Keefe has had some success. But I have to qualify "success." Yes, his efforts got ACORN to disband. NO, he did not prove his case at all, having sleazily edited the video to show something as it didn't happen. Almost anything this creep does gets lauded by the right, but most of the time it is dishonest, skeevy and just plain wrong. He's gotten into trouble before, when his scams stepped a little to far astray from the law. But now? Voter fraud? Somebody is in big, big trouble. But will it be O'Keefe, or his lackeys?
On a side note, O'Keefe's sting this time was to show how easy it is to vote without ID. What he didn't prove (because it's almost non-existant) is how this even matters. Voter fraud of this sort is so rare as to be almost unmeasurable.
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Election Law Experts Say James O’Keefe Allies Could Face Charges Over Voter Fraud Stunt
It was one of the few — if not the only — coordinated efforts to attempt in-person voter fraud, and it was pulled off by affiliates of conservative activist James O’Keefe at polling places in New Hampshire Tuesday night. All of it part of an attempt to prove the need for voter ID laws that voting rights experts say have a unfair impact on minority voters. . .
In a previous post, I mused about the unlikeliness of uncharismatic people like John Boner Boehner and Mitch McConnell rising to powerful positions. But it isn't just them. How do unsavory people like Andrew Breitbart or James O'Keefe attain any level of success or fandom? Breitbart is an egomaniac on par with Donald Trump. And O'Keefe? Well, words like skeevy, sleazy, creepy and sociopath come to mind. Best part? ". . .O'Keefe lives with his parents." Ha!
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James O’Keefe accused of sexual harassment
The Record reporter Chris Harris appeared on Countdown with Keith Olbermann on Thursday night to discuss the possible civil sexual harassment lawsuit against conservative filmmaker James O’Keefe. . .
This guy really likes to play dress up. Image from RawStory
I'm beginning to think that James O'Keefe is actually a performance artist. His right-wing "hooks" are just to get FOX "News" and right-wing sites to display his "art." Given that a) all of his big "exposés" are either more or less than they appear, that b) the big giant douche, Andrew Breitbart is his biggest supporter, and c) that O'Keefe is so fricking skeevy, I just wonder how the hell he's managed such fame/infamy. I mean kudos dude, you brought down the evil ACORN, even though you proved nothing. That's magic, man. But what else have you done, except look like an idiot while getting "FOX fans" to notice you?
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James O'Keefe's Latest 'Terrorist' Medicaid Sting Goes After Woman For Following Law
Stop me if you've heard this one. A man goes into a public assistance office in Charleston, South Carolina in a kilt, tells them he's a member of the Irish Republican Army and asks for help for 25 fellow Irishmen in a hospital who need Medicaid. . .
