ACORN

[classicman]

NEW ORLEANS – Four conservative activists accused of trying to tamper with a senator's phones were just trying to record embarrassing undercover video of her staff ignoring phone calls from constituents angry that she supported health care reform, one of their attorneys said Thurday.

"You're dealing with kids," he said. "I don't think they thought it through that far."

Instead, Jordan said, they hoped to get embarrassing video footage of Landrieu's staff handling constituent calls. Her office received complaints last month that callers opposed to her health care stance couldn't get through.

Landrieu was not impressed with Jordan's explanation.

"Attorneys are hired to spin for their clients," she said Thursday in an interview in Washington. "Good luck."

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They'll need it. This move was beyond stupid.

O'Keefe has declined to discuss what he and the others were doing in Landrieu's office. But late Wednesday he told his Twitter followers that the government "concedes no attempt to wiretap."

Thats interesting.

[richlevy]

Instead, Jordan said, they hoped to get embarrassing video footage of Landrieu's staff handling constituent calls. Her office received complaints last month that callers opposed to her health care stance couldn't get through.

They make it sound like her office has some kind of caller ID that tells them if the caller is for or against health care reform.

If you have the usual suspects whipping up the dittos, or whatever, and they call by the hundreds, of course an office is going to be overwhelmed.

The funniest thing was that Rachel Maddow brought in Allen Raymond, the Republican operative who went to jail for jamming phone lines during the 2002 New Hampshire election to explain O'Keefe's stunt. Ironic.