Dan T. Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 James O'Keefe's credibility crumbles further... Lusby, Maryland (CNN) -- A conservative activist known for making undercover videos plotted to embarrass a CNN correspondent by recording a meeting on hidden cameras aboard a floating "palace of pleasure" and making sexually suggestive comments, e-mails and a planning document show. James O'Keefe, best known for hitting the community organizing group ACORN with an undercover video sting, hoped to get CNN Investigative Correspondent Abbie Boudreau onto a boat filled with sexually explicit props and then record the session, those documents show. The plan apparently was thwarted after Boudreau was warned minutes before it was supposed to happen. "I never intended to become part of the story," Boudreau said. "But things suddenly took a very strange turn." O'Keefe is best known for making a series of undercover videos inside ACORN offices around the country in 2009. The 40-year-old liberal group was crippled by scandal after O'Keefe and fellow activist Hannah Giles allegedly solicited advice from ACORN workers on setting up a brothel and evading taxes. The videos led to some of the employees being fired and contributed to the disbanding of ACORN, which advocated for low- and middle-income and worked to register voters. But prosecutors in New York and California eventually found no evidence of wrongdoing by the group, and the California probe found the videos had been heavily and selectively edited. O'Keefe's next big splash ended with his arrest after he taped associates entering Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu's office in New Orleans posing as telephone repairmen. He ended up pleading guilty to a misdemeanor charge of entering a federal office under false pretenses and is now on probation. But he continues to do undercover projects through his organization, which is called Project Veritas. The incident occurred in August, when Boudreau agreed to meet O'Keefe to discuss CNN's request to be present on set for a music video shoot in which O'Keefe stars. http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/09/29/okeefe.cnn.prank/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogle_cnn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoony Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 I guess he's sort of the the Hannity crowd's answer to Sacha Baran Cohen. Except without the funny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predicto Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 Dude is a fraud and always was a fraud. He lied about everything he did. People don't care. His "ACORN was nothing but a giant criminal enterprise" lie has taken full root in the subconscious of the American public, and there is no way to dislodge that nonsense anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted September 29, 2010 Author Share Posted September 29, 2010 Dude is a fraud and always was a fraud. He lied about everything he did.People don't care. His "ACORN was nothing but a giant criminal enterprise" lie has taken full root in the subconscious of the American public, and there is no way to dislodge that nonsense anymore. O'Keefe is the M. Night Shyamalan of conservative attack videographers. His ACORN ploy was his Sixth Sense. Now he's just embarrassing himself chasing an encore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DButz65 Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 WTF would CNN even goto Lusby for? There is nothing there really LOL and most of the people are umm...SMIBS (if you know what that is, some of you do..Bang) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 We've discussed this clown here before. This guy was a conservative hero until they just decided to pretend they didn't know the guy when the truth started to come out. I don't blame conservatives for this because the guy was convincing and telling them what they wanted to here. This piece of **** cost people their jobs and slandered their character in the worst ways. I hope Karma catches up with this criminal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 This ******* is now trying to pretend it was something it wasn't. Right. http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20101004/cm_yblog_upshot/okeefe-says-he-wasnt-going-through-with-cnn-seduction-plot Too bad the truth on him doesn't get publicized more. Especially the doctored videos of his past. He needs jail time. Lots of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoot Point Really Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Dude is a fraud and always was a fraud. He lied about everything he did. I guess that means ACORN gets Predicto's seal of approval! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predicto Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 I guess that means ACORN gets Predicto's seal of approval! I don't expect you to understand (or care) what really happened. Say, remember when you used to claim to be a moderate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 This ******* is now trying to pretend it was something it wasn't.Right. http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20101004/cm_yblog_upshot/okeefe-says-he-wasnt-going-through-with-cnn-seduction-plot Too bad the truth on him doesn't get publicized more. Especially the doctored videos of his past. He needs jail time. Lots of it. That's the worst excuse I've ever heard. He basically admits he was going to do it but not that bad and not without her knowing about it... despite the fact that she went there and he didn't tell her, a person from his own organization warned the reporter at the last minute, and CNN has the entire 13 page plan. His enabler and documented fan of dishonest video editing Breitbart pops ups to show his support for his padawan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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