Philly ACORN Shocka: Not the beacons of morality we've been led to believe after all

In three minutes, Congressman Steve King (R, IA) lays out the criminal enterprises that ACORN was involved in---serious and provable allegations---yet, incredibly, he could not get congress to act on simply defunding ACORN, much less investigating them, until Giles and O'Keefe ran their sting.



Here's Andrew Breitbart, the media mastermind who took O'Keefe's and Giles' video and "figured out a strategy to get the media to cover a story they wouldn't otherwise cover." The big question Breitbart asks of the media: "Can you afford to continue to have egg on your face by continuing to refuse to investigate ACORN?" Good question. We're all waiting to see how the media responds.



Here's James O'Keefe narrating the edited version of the Philly video. Even without the audio of ACORN's Katherine Conway Russell due to the ongoing lawsuit, the video is pretty damning. Indeed, it's unfailingly obvious that the moralistic ACORN spokespeople who proudly took to the airwaves to brag about Giles and O'Keefe being "thrown out" of the Philadelphia office is exposed as another outright lie.

That ACORN was and remains a corrupt organization, an enforcement arm of wrongheaded liberal policies such as CRA and questionable get-out-the-vote-by-any-means tactics, cannot now be denied. The only questions remaining about ACORN is how deep does the corruption go, how far up the Washington food chain does it spread and what other corrupt activities were they involved in?

Even in the face of all of this evidence, and the allegations that surfaced before the sting, it still remains to be seen whether a true investigation will ensue, or whether that, too, will be quashed, for fear the scandal of ACORN reaches into the highest echelons of American power. That is something that should outrage every American regardless of his political affiliation. Standing up for ACORN is tantamount to endorsing corruption and criminal behavior. We know and can almost understand the self-preservation instinct of the ACORN employees, but what of their supporters outside of the ACORN organization? What is their motivation?

Does any means justify the end, with the end being the accumulation of Liberal Power? Because I can't think of a single other reason to defend this organization. Claiming ignorance, or that the sting investigation was motivated by racism, or that the video was doctored or cut in a way to make ACORN appear in an unfavorable light, is simply laughable in the face of such overwhelming evidence.

Three cheers for Brietbart, O'Keefe and Giles for having the courage to keep up the pressure. All of America should be watching this unfold. And all of America should be outraged that this organization has been funded by our tax dollars for so long.