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markpkessinger

(8,876 posts)
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 09:17 PM 4 hrs ago

Has anyone mentioned or noticed the obvious parallel between Nick Shirly/Daycare centers and . . .

. . . James O'Keefe/ACORN?

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Has anyone mentioned or noticed the obvious parallel between Nick Shirly/Daycare centers and . . . (Original Post) markpkessinger 4 hrs ago OP
The GOP hasn't had an original idea in decades. bluesbassman 4 hrs ago #1
"The GOP hasn't had an original idea in decades." markodochartaigh 3 hrs ago #6
I thought about that a couple days ago underpants 4 hrs ago #2
Nick Shirly lifted James O'Keefe's playbook Brother Buzz 3 hrs ago #3
It's almost exactly what O'Keefe ALWAYS does AZJonnie 3 hrs ago #4
Captain's notice: Floggings will continure until morale improves...nt Wounded Bear 3 hrs ago #5
Hopefully people learned fromt his Johonny 2 hrs ago #7
There was also a day care scandal a few decades back, 80s I think. nt ShazamIam 1 hr ago #8
It wasn't fraud like these folks are being accused of. mtngirl47 1 hr ago #9
True I remember it was about wild claims the children were being abused. ShazamIam 1 hr ago #10

markodochartaigh

(4,965 posts)
6. "The GOP hasn't had an original idea in decades."
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 10:16 PM
3 hrs ago

When the rats keep eating the same old moldy cheese why bait the trap with manchego.

underpants

(194,718 posts)
2. I thought about that a couple days ago
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 09:23 PM
4 hrs ago

It’s all the rage in RW media.

There was fraud AND state officials were looking into it.

This is a spike back at Walz and -let’s not forget - George Floyd. One of theirs got caught and they don’t let that go.

AZJonnie

(2,731 posts)
4. It's almost exactly what O'Keefe ALWAYS does
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 09:58 PM
3 hrs ago

It's not similarity, it's a slavish and beta-aping of Jimmie's entire schtick.

As an aside, its also groaningly pathetic and lame

As is the addled ogre who's petulantly brought it to our collective attention and floated as a thin excuse to inflict pain on the country. You know, for not giving him "good enough ratings"

Johonny

(25,329 posts)
7. Hopefully people learned fromt his
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 10:59 PM
2 hrs ago

And sue the living fuck out of him. He's defaming on purpose for fame and money. Sue his ass.

mtngirl47

(1,208 posts)
9. It wasn't fraud like these folks are being accused of.
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 11:58 PM
1 hr ago

It was a crazy hysterical story concocted by one parent and then bad techniques interrogating children. Total malpractice by the Los Angeles DA. News media hype and non-stop speculation put it on the front page of newspapers and the lead story on the nightly news.

It was the McMartin Preschool Trial. Here's a wiki article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McMartin_preschool_trial#:~:text=The%20McMartin%20preschool%20trial%20was,charges%20were%20dropped%20in%201990.

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