Paging Mr. Alinsky…

As we all know (in spite of the Media Formerly Known as Mainstream ignoring the story), ACORN workers in several states have been caught on tape advising undercover reporters on how to commit tax evasion, hide income obtained via prostitution, and turning a blind eye to child prostitution.  Several workers have been fired, and ACORN has been kicked out of the Census plan, as well as de-funded by the Congress, and the IRS is dumping ACORN in it’s tax assistance program.

The CEO of ACORN has come forward and promised reform (LOL ).  But then, ACORN has done something right out of Alinsky’s playbook; they are going after the people that exposed them!  That’s right, they have filed a lawsuit against the filmmakers, as well as the owner of the site BigGvoernment.com, Andrew Breitbart.  This from Politico:

In the complaint, ACORN alleges that the filmmakers entered into the organization’s offices in July with a “hidden camera and microphone” and taped employees Tonja Thompson and Shera Williams. Both employees are listed as plaintiffs on the complaint, filed in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City.

The crux of the lawsuit centers around a Maryland law which makes it illegal to tape someone without their consent – ACORN is alleging O’Keefe and Giles did so. ACORN is asking for $500,000 in damages to be awarded to each of the employees filmed by O’Keefe and Giles, and ACORN itself wants $1 million in damages.

So, the fired workers that ACORN seemed to throw under the bus, are named as plaintiffs?  At least on the surface, how far has ACORN really distanced themselves from these workers?  After all, they offered assistance in concealing CHILD PROSTITUTION! I guess the “bad apples” aren’t bad enough to be excluded from the lawsuit.

Does ACORN realize that filing this suit threatens to leave themselves open to discovery?  I mean, the defendants can ask for all sorts of information, and can present a ton of it in court, which makes it public, does it not?

ACORN hasn’t realized that the right has read “Rules for Radicals.”  We know what they are doing.  This is nothing more than an attempt to punish the people that exposed ACORN.  Clearly, ACORN is more upset about being caught than they are upset about any wrongdoing.  They’ll likely lose, but the general idea is to make the targets expend a ton of money in defending themselves.  It is also intended to send a message to others that would attempt to expose them. The thugs are going out with the only method they know. They’re being thugs!

I don’t think that they realize that their organization is now known for being the fraudulent joke that it is.  Each action that they take adds to that view.  In this attempt to punish the people that exposed them, they are just proving their opponents correct.  Keep it up ACORN, you’re accelerating your own downfall, which makes most of us very happy.

That being said, we have to start watching for the next group that picks up communist flag in terms of thuggery, voter registration fraud, and general Cloward-Piven nonsense.  For the left, the job needs done, and I don’t think they care who does it.  The question is, will another larger organization take over these functions, or will there be a bunch of smaller organizations?  Will ACORN break up into many smaller organizations with different names, but the same funding stream?  We will need to watch, learn, and communicate about who or what takes the place of ACORN…and expose them!