Wingnut O'Keefe Loses Round in Court

Right-wing dirty trickster James "G. Gordon Diddy" O'Keefe loves to dress up and videotape encounters with his political enemies, and then selectively edit them to put the worst face on his victims. He did that with ACORN and with National Public Radio's VP Ron Schiller, he tried it with CNN correspondent Abby Boudreau, and he famously was caught trying to tap the phones of Dem Sen. Mary Landrieu. He got 3 years probation and a $1,000 fine for that last one. Reading about this low-life's activities can make you angry and nauseous at the same time.

Yesterday, a Federal District Court Judge denied G. Gordon Diddy's motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by one of his ACORN victims for breach of privacy. As is his style, Diddy posed as a pimp trying to get information on tax rules so that he could smear the community activist organization. He was sued for disseminating an edited video of the conversation, which he promised to keep private. We'll see where the case leads when it's heard in October, but the days of Diddy's producing vile propaganda pieces for the far right are getting numbered.

(photo: G. Gordon Diddy in his Sunday best)