James O’Keefe, the ‘videographer’ in recent news who did not mother a child of former Senator John Edwards, today was named as the defendant in an intellectual property and defamation suit filed by the 70s Preservation Society.
“Everything this Mr. O’Keefe does either invokes the most negative stereotypes or puts a negative spin on otherwise positive icons and images from the era the 70s Preservation Society and its members hold dear,” according to Freedom Wasserman, a former Glass Head distributor whose law firm represents the plaintiffs. “The dude’s either in a time warp from the 70s while on a bad trip, or more likely, as the suit alleges, he is trying to defame the most recent decade when most of the country embraced the sort of liberal views he so despises. Whatever the cause, every time a video of ‘Skippy’ in one of those over-the-top seventies costumes appears on television, there’s a measurable upswing in really un-cool flashbacks among Society members.”
When asked to elaborate on how Mr. O’Keefe’s attire could evoke such a strong, negative response from baby-boomers with afros, Wasserman responded, “First, he dresses like a pimp from a Richard Roundtree movie and goes into ACORN offices. Then, he dresses like the construction worker from the Village People and tries to ‘bug’ a Democratic Senator’s headquarters. If that’s not a negative depiction of the ’70s’, I don’t know what is. The only explanation for such behavior is that the defendant is either maliciously defaming the decade of the 1970s, as the suit alleges, or he’s some crackpot living in a bygone era with delusions that he’s both Woodward and Bernstein at the same time.”
Against advice of counsel, Mr. O’Keefe greeted reporters in the basement of his parents’ Westwood, New Jersey home. Clad in a powder-blue polyester leisure suit and earth shoes, he described himself as, “… a proud member of the silent majority who could remain silent no longer,” adding, “I am the man who would risk his neck for his brother man.”
Surrounded by lava lamps and black-light posters while playing a game of ‘Pong’ in his self-described ‘comfort zone’, the Fox News wunderkind went on to talk of his inevitable vindication once he reveals the truth of what he described as, “a vast left-wing conspiracy that doesn’t merely involve community activists and Senate Democrats, but a cover-up that leads directly to the Committee to Re-Elect the President, and, I believe, the White House itself.”
Mr. O’Keefe concluded the proceedings with a challenge to the reporters present. “You all think I’m some nut with a 70s fixation who’s looking for any opportunity to take down liberals. But I’ll bet both my mood ring and my L.E.D. watch that when I get to the bottom of this story, the President will resign. And to whoever takes the bet, all I have to say is this:” Then, breaking into a falsetto voice, he sang, “When you lose, don’t ask no questions why.”
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"The government has now confirmed what has always been clear: no one tried to wiretap or bug Senator Landrieu’s office. Nor did we try to cut or shut down her phone lines. Reports to this effect over the past 48 hours are inaccurate and false.As an investigative journalist, my goal is to expose corruption and lack of concern for citizens by government and other institutions, as I did last year when our investigations revealed the massive corruption and fraud perpetuated by ACORN. For decades, investigative journalists have used a variety of tactics to try to dig out and reveal the truth.I learned from a number of sources that many of Senator Landrieu’s constituents were having trouble getting through to her office to tell her that they didn’t want her taking millions of federal dollars in exchange for her vote on the healthcare bill. When asked about this, Senator Landrieu’s explanation was that, “Our lines have been jammed for weeks.” I decided to investigate why a representative of the people would be out of touch with her constituents for “weeks” because her phones were broken. In investigating this matter, we decided to visit Senator Landrieu’s district office – the people’s office – to ask the staff if their phones were working.On reflection, I could have used a different approach to this investigation, particularly given the sensitivities that people understandably have about security in a federal building. The sole intent of our investigation was to determine whether or not Senator Landrieu was purposely trying to avoid constituents who were calling to register their views to her as their Senator. We video taped the entire visit, the government has those tapes, and I’m eager for them to be released because they refute the false claims being repeated by much of the mainstream media.It has been amazing to witness the journalistic malpractice committed by many of the organizations covering this story. MSNBC falsely claimed that I violated a non-existent “gag order.” The Associated Press incorrectly reported that I “broke in” to an office which is open to the public. The Washington Post has now had to print corrections in two stories on me. And these are just a few examples of inaccurate and false reporting. The public will judge whether reporters who can’t get their facts straight have the credibility to question my integrity as a journalist.The government has now confirmed what has always been clear: No one tried to wiretap or bug Senator Landrieu’s office. Nor did we try to cut or shut down her phone lines. Reports to this effect over the past 48 hours are inaccurate and false.
As an investigative journalist, my goal is to expose corruption and lack of concern for citizens by government and other institutions, as I did last year when our investigations revealed the massive corruption and fraud perpetrated by ACORN. For decades, investigative journalists have used a variety of tactics to try to dig out and reveal the truth.
I learned from a number of sources that many of Senator Landrieu’s constituents were having trouble getting through to her office to tell her that they didn’t want her taking millions of federal dollars in exchange for her vote on the healthcare bill. When asked about this, Senator Landrieu’s explanation was that, “Our lines have been jammed for weeks.” I decided to investigate why a representative of the people would be out of touch with her constituents for “weeks” because her phones were broken. In investigating this matter, we decided to visit Senator Landrieu’s district office – the people’s office – to ask the staff if their phones were working.
On reflection, I could have used a different approach to this investigation, particularly given the sensitivities that people understandably have about security in a federal building. The sole intent of our investigation was to determine whether or not Senator Landrieu was purposely trying to avoid constituents who were calling to register their views to her as their Senator. We video taped the entire visit, the government has those tapes, and I’m eager for them to be released because they refute the false claims being repeated by much of the mainstream media.
It has been amazing to witness the journalistic malpractice committed by many of the organizations covering this story. MSNBC falsely claimed that I violated a non-existent “gag order.” The Associated Press incorrectly reported that I “broke in” to an office which is open to the public. The Washington Post has now had to print corrections in two stories on me. And these are just a few examples of inaccurate and false reporting. The public will judge whether reporters who can’t get their facts straight have the credibility to question my integrity as a journalist."