Now Democrats Are Throwing ACORN Under the Bus
by Kyle OlsonA Staten Island Democrat is blaming her city council loss on ACORN. Apparently she didn’t know her political consultant, Scott Levenson of the Advance Group, was the same Scott Levenson that has been relentlessly defending ACORN.
Levenson has served as ACORN’s crisis communications consultant and needless to say, he’s been a busy man.
Nevertheless, Janine Materna’s loss for the South Shores City Council is ACORN’s fault. From the Staten Island Advance:
Democrat Janine Materna’s campaign is considering suing its consulting firm, the Advance Group, for $1 million, and claimed that consultant Scott Levenson’s position with the controversial ACORN group was among the reasons Ms. Materna lost the South Shore City Council race.
“It’s because of him that Janine lost the election,” said Jodi Materna, her sister’s campaign manager.
She said the campaign did not know of Levenson’s ACORN affiliation and if it had, “we never would have hired him.”
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Levenson, ACORN’s national spokesman, said it was a “true sign of political immaturity to scapegoat anyone for Janine’s loss.”
Materna is not taking her loss lying down. She’s suing Levenson’s Advance Group for $1 million. A reason is not cited in the article, but we’re guessing it’s because Materna’s embarrassed that she doesn’t read the newspapers or watch cable news. If she did, she would have seen what a colorful character she had hired to run her council campaign.
And speaking of that, there’s an old saying: if you lie with dogs, expect to get fleas. This certainly seems to be the case here. The article also reported a “heated” meeting took place between the two to the point where the police were called in to intervene.
In typical fashion, similar to his obnoxious defense of ACORN, Levenson said this of his client: “The lies and erratic behavior of the Materna family are nothing more than a scam to avoid paying their bills. It is an extreme case of sore loser.”
What a peach. It should be noted Michael Gaspard, brother of White House political director Patrick Gaspard, works for Scott Levenson. How does that old saying go again?
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Send them all to JAIL!
Throw them under, then pull them back, it's like a YOYO
ACORN is like a zombie, you think it's dead then up it pops again
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Why does this administration hate the USA so much ?
Wow. A Democrat who won't take responsibility for the failure of their own campaign. Are we really surprised? This guy is a scumbag, but I suspect she knew that before she hired him.
And commie Dunn is done today.
Sneaking out the back door.
Does anyone really believe that this corruptician didn't know who this guy was?
If ACORN weathers the storm this idiot will be back singing their praises, funny as hell to watch them beat each other to death though.
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Gee, if she had watched Glenn Beck 6 months or so ago, she would have known EXACTLY who that slimeball was!
Nevertheless, it is refreshing to see a Democrat throw that scum-sucking organization under that big ole' bus!
O/T but….very important ! Indymedia.us was just served a subpeona by Eric Holder requesting lists of all customers who visited their sight on a range of days. And how will they respond to this ? Bears watching as it might well be an infringement on the FIRST AMENDMENT. See Drudge Report.
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Maybe she lost because people are getting sick and tired of all the liberal crap that's being forced down our throats!
What a scumbag Levenson is, his demise would be a victory for America. It’s especially pleasing when a parasite gets bit by his own dog. But, like when you get crap on your shoe, you just have to keep scraping, but there’s always a little left. Keep up the pressure BG, you have many in ACORN/SEIU concerned, they may actually have to get a real job, …poetic justice.
Hope and Change!
nah .. Dope and Chains !!!
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Hey Jodi Materna ….
How about maybe thinking that the rest of AMERICA knew who this clown was so they decieded not to vote for her because of who she sleeps with …i.e. "lay down with dogs and you get fleas"
reason #738 why I could never be a democrat …..(I'm not STUPID enough)
ACORN should have been thrown under the bus years ago. Thanks to the O'Keefe and Giles videos, they finally are.
Too funny! Like wild hungry animals they turn on each other.
“It’s all your fault that I lost. Gimme a million dollars, a small slice really, from that wad you got from TARP!”
There’s no bus here. Dem lawyers, on both sides, probably a judge or two, are gonna get rich off the proceedings, or the settlement. She wants to sue ACORN? Where does ACORN get the loot for the settlement? It’s all free money and she wants a chunk.
Hey, “We won.” So shaddup.
I wouldn’t put it past them to have colluded on this.
“You make it so I lose, I sue ACORN for a million bucks, I’ll split it with ya.”
Wouldn’t put it past them AT ALL. Lotsa free gubmint money out there, under this admin, lotsa POS want some of the pie.
She said the campaign did not know of Levenson’s ACORN affiliation and if it had, “we never would have hired him.”
KIND OF SOUNDS LIKE OUR PRESIDENT
OBAMA: "You know, it’s — frankly, it’s not really something I’ve followed closely. I didn’t even know that ACORN was getting a whole lot of federal money."
2010 – 2012 , buckle up
It's my fault. Just blame me.
Guess the newer batch has to learn an old rule of Democrat politics: Never accept any corruption you cannot control.
Of course, ACORN's downfall became inevitable when they got uppity, started making too many hard demands to Democrats, even fielding their own WFP candidates who were not cross-listed as Democrat ones. The Democrat elite do not take lip from the hired help.
"And speaking of that, there’s an old saying: if you lie with dogs, expect to get fleas."
More like "don't be the last rat to fleeing the sinking ship" if we could only be so lucky.
Pssst. Someone tell her of Obama's ACORN affiliation. And SEIU.
Thank God for Breibart and Glenn Beck!!! God bless all of you for outing these scumbags!! Don't stop now…we're NOT done yet!!
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Throw al of ACORN and all the liberals under the bus! Then maybe there will be HOPE and CHANGE for the better!
ACORN = ROAD KILL ! Most appropriate…
Levenson is a scumbag, ,sleazebag, douche bag, and a tool bag!
I'm sure that ACORN did help but the fact she ran as a democrat is probably the reason, people are waking up and not happy with what they see in their Government.
ACORN and SEIU are Communist organizations. See proof here: http://www.commieblaster.com/acorn/index.html
Apparently you CAN sue the candidate for money and expect to get paid…..
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Cioppa v. Lesnick, CV 1238-07
Decided: September 30, 2009
Judge Charles Wood
WESTCHESTER COUNTY
City Court
"The defendants did not dispute that the plaintiff did work from which they benefitted, but they claimed that the controlling issue in this case is whether or not they gave personal guarantees that the bills would be paid.
[T]his Court finds [while] no one is able to guarantee that candidates for public office will pay their bills, this Court refuses to be complicit in making it easier for candidates to avoid their obligations to pay their bills with the same rules as the rest of society."