ACORN Smear Collaborator Claims Persecution to Raise Money for Her Legal Troubles

[struggle4progress]

AlterNet / By Liliana Segura

In a bizarre fundraising appeal, James O'Keefe's co-conspirator Hannah Giles claims ACORN is trying to 'destroy' her -- and invites you to donate $35 to $5,000 to her legal fund ... The letter contains a number of inaccuracies, large and small. She claims to be a humble college student who cannot afford to defend herself. She is not ... She claims that "Congress is on the verge of pulling ACORN's funding for in (sic) federal funding -- delivering a mortal blow to this corrupt and evil taxpayer funded organization." In fact, Congress's cynical Defund Acorn Act, which was passed last fall, was declared unconstitutional by a federal judge in December ... Giles wildly over-exaggerates Obama's ties with ACORN -- she refers to it as "Obama's ACORN" -- not to mention her role in "exposing" it ...

http://www.alternet.org/rights/145588/acorn_smear_collaborator_claims_persecution_to_raise_money_for_her_legal_troubles

[lxlxlxl]

1. acornacornacorn

poor girl has it soooo bad. i never even heard of acorn until the GOP decided to make a sideshow of it. fuck em...

[katandmoon]

2. Eat squirrel poop, Hannah

[Xenotime]

3. Sorry Hannah. You thought you sweet little ass wasn't going to get burned...

[JoeyTrib]

4. Maybe Hannity will pay for her legal expenses.

He should. He got lots of ratings out of her.