If you haven’t been following the story of ACORN workers telling two undercover investigators how to basically run a childhood sex ring, well you are probably watching CNN or reading the New York Times. For the rest of us, the story has been absolutely amazing and disgusting.
My absolute favorite part of this story though comes in ACORN’s defense. One of the arguments ACORN representatives have made is that these videos are part of a “smear” campaign targeting their organization. They say the investigators were perpetrating a scam and the evidence comes from the fact that they went to several different offices and failed before hitting the two that were documented.
Interesting defense! So let me ask you this, just how many ACORN offices would one need to go to in order to find more sex slave supporting workers as enthusiastic as the four caught on tape? We have two different locations, we know that it took more than two tries to find them. Hold on, let me pull out the abacus, OK now please tell me, how many offices did these two visit before striking gold? Three? Four? Five? Ten? Just what is the ratio here? What percentage of ACORN offices will engage in the promotion of illegal activities if one were to inquire?
Is there an acceptable percentage? If only ten percent of all acorn offices engage in giving advice on how to skirt the law or show indifference to the exploitation of minors, is that OK?
