The Huffington Post leans left, but also has a decidedly trashy-tabloid-celebrity addiction that many other news and/or opinion sites have. I think Arianna Huffington is pretty serious in her views, but her site is a little cutesy and trite for me to embrace, no matter the opinions within it. To the story at hand. If the allegations of wrongdoing are true, and let's assume they are, then it is a pretty sleazy attempt at another undercover sting operation. You'll recall O'Keefe from his role as the pimp who went to ACORN offices for tax advice on running underage brothels, and, in fact, received advice on just that. The whole ACORN episode was ridiculous from top to bottom. From O'Keefe's Bootsy Collins look
to the unbelievable response from ACORN counselors... it had the look of an SNL skit... one that goes on six minutes too long where no one ever laughs. The beauty of this article in the Huffington Post is that they quote the Twitter feed from ACORN saying: "Couldn't have happened to a more deserving soul." Did I mention that is the official twitter feed from the organization? Tacky? Yes. Unprofessional? Yes. Come on! Grow up. Move on (dot org). Also, there's a boatload of irony there that I can't begin to sort through. (The following is taken from the article... and yes, they use 'allegations' twice in the same sentence separated by only two words.) The allegations quickly inspired allegations of a "Louisiana Watergate" from state Democrats and claims of vindication at ACORN... I'm all for vast right-wing conspiracies, but for now, I think we just have an over-motivated Alex P. Keaton trying to make his mark in an environment that is all too fertile. CONCLUSION: O'Keefe, as evidenced by this arrest, is a huge goober who may get ten years for his latest exploit, but that doesn't alter what he exposed in his first grand public stunt.
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