Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Double Standard

I remember several years ago when the Democrats published a recording of material somebody accidentally had access to, maybe from picking up a stray cell phone signal, can't remember the exact details. Oh, how the Republicans waxed indignant. I think charges were brought, on the same or similar ground that Acorn is using in its suit. But in that case, the Democrats weren't deliberately enticing and entrapping some Republicans to misbehavior, it was just Republicans being themselves.


http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/category/1021.aspx

"ACORN, the embattled anti-poverty advocacy group, took another hit today. Joining the Census Bureau, the Internal Revenue Service announced it is severing its ties with ACORN, which had been included in a volunteer tax assistance program that offered free advice to about 3 million low- and moderate-income taxpayers. The IRS said ACORN, embroiled in a scandal after employees were captured on hidden-camera video giving advice to a couple posing as a prostitute and her pimp, provided help on about 25,000 returns. This afternoon, ACORN released a letter, dated Monday, from CEO Bertha Lewis to the IRS saying that it was suspending its tax assistance activities."

ACORN though filed a lawsuit "suing conservative filmmakers James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles for secretly videotaping in their office." (Maryland, by the way, is what's called a two-party consent state when it comes to recording audio. In other words, both sides have to agree to allow recording to happen.)

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