From Little ACORNS Big Scandals Grow. . . .

If you haven't seen the video that James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles have shot at ACORN offices in various parts of the country, you really should. Today's installment is especially entertaining.

It's a curious time in our nation. Conservative outlets publicize things, Congress acts upon what they publicize and the MSM can't be bothered to cover any of it. Consider the reaction of outgoing ABC News anchorman Charlie Gibson, discussing his ignorance of what is happening with Don and Roma at Chicago's WLS radio:

Don: Okay, here’s my news question. A Senate bill yesterday passes, cutting off funds to this group called ACORN. Now, we got that bill passed and we have the embarrassing video of ACORN staffers giving tax advice on how to set up a brothel with 13-year-old hookers. It has everything you could want – corruption and sleazy action at tax-funded organizations and it’s got government ties. But nobody’s covering that story. Why?

Gibson: HAHAHAHAHA. HEHEHE. I didn’t even know about it. Um. So, you’ve got me at a loss. I don’t know. Uh. Uh. But my goodness, if it’s got everything including sleaziness in it, we should talk about it this morning.

Roma: This is the American way!

Gibson: Or maybe this is just one you leave to the cables.

Roma: Well, I think this is a huge issue because there’s so much funding that goes into this organization…

Gibson: I know we’ve done some stories about ACORN before, but this one I don’t know about…

Roma: Jake Tapper did some blogging on it. I know he’s blogged at least once on this scandal.

Gibson: You guys are uh really up on the website.

Emphasis mine. Either Gibson has completely dropped the ball or he doesn't want to know. And that's passing strange, considering he's in the very recent past wanted to be seen as authoritative. Recall that this is the same Charles Gibson who put his glasses on the end of his nose, peering and sneering at Sarah Palin for being out of touch. Perhaps he's decided to start his retirement early?

The ACORN scandal matters because they have managed to get a lot of money from the federal government over the years, even though they have been working essentially hand in glove with the Democratic Party. And the scandal matters because President Obama has worked with ACORN over the years.

But I'll drop it now, because we aren't supposed to talk about it. As you were....