James O'Keefe, another wingnut Welfare Queen with his hand out

[marmar]

from Vanity Fair:




Here, James O’Keefe: an NPR Segment About Managing Credit Card Debt

by Juli Weiner
March 23, 2011, 2:50 PM


Screen shot via Talking Points Memo.


James O’Keefe, the combative auteur responsible for that string of “sting” videos, needs your help. Well, your money, technically: specifically, $50,000, or $100,000, or $1,000,000—really, however much you want to give. Every $10,000 counts. As it turns out, misleading editing, shoddy production values, and a staff-wide lacuna of intellectual honesty don’t come cheap. The NPR video alone cost $50,000, and O’Keefe has now found himself in something of a financial bind and is attempting to settle “major credit card debt.”

In an e-mail to supporters, subject line: “I’ve received death threats…”, he petitioned: “If you help us raise over $50,000, it will go toward our next video—after we pay off our credit cards, of course. If you help us pass $100,000—we can do two new videos … And, if by some chance, we raise $1,000,000—we could expose 20 disturbing cases of government abuse and corruption.” He adds, “But, all I’m worried about is $50,000 right now.”

O’Keefe joins millions of Americans in trying to handle seemingly insurmountable credit card debt. The great thing about common problems is there are lots of sources for suggested solutions. For example, this informative NPR Talk of the Nation segment from 2008, “How to Manage Credit Card Debt.” As it happens, “send a melodramatic e-mail” was not a suggestion NPR provided. “Retirement savings needs to still be the top priority for most people,” finance columnist Liz Pulliam Weston advised listeners. People aren’t going to fall for those silly videos forever.


http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2011/03/here-james-okeefe-an-npr-segment-about-managing-credit-card-debt.html

[Taverner]

1. And those stupid fucks will give him all kinds of cash

I would love to give him a swift kick in his taco

Yeah, you read that right

[Proud Liberal Dem]

2. Why doesn't he just sell that awesome pimp outfit

I'm sure that it would go high if he put it on, say, eBay? :shrug: "This is the outfit that I used to bring down ACORN!" :eyes: :puke:

[Webster Green]

3. Why don't the big shots help him out?

He's done a lot of damage for them. Why does he need to beg for money?

The fact that this smug little punk destroys Acorn, taps legislators phones and walks free to fuck with whoever he wants, shows what a 2-bit shit-hole the US has become.

[quinnox]

4. with that outfit he could be a pimp

Sounds like its time to hustle for money, but for real this time.