Figures, Acorn’s Bertha Lewis Among the WH Visitors Days Before Acorn Scandal Broke

The “Friday news dump” is nothing new. Most administrations prefer to release news that could be damaging on slow news days – Fridays, weekends, the day before holidays. But with the Obama administration, a habit seems to be forming.

I noticed a headline during the day or early evening on memeorandum yesterday: White House releases 25,000 visitor names. I made a mental note to check back when I have a little extra time, which is in short supply these days. But lo and behold, a little later, memeorandum linked to a post by Big Government drawing attention to the fact that Acorn’s Bertha Lewis had a Saturday visit to the White House just days before the Acorn scandal broke. No wonder the White House wanted to release the visitor list in the middle of the holidays.

According to the visitor logs, on September 2nd Bertha E. Lewis made an appointment on to visit the White House on September 5th at 12:30. (We usually need to plan further ahead to get our hair cut.) On the evening of the 4th, that appointment was cancelled so Bertha could move her appointment earlier, to 10am.

And it doesn’t seem to have actually been a work visit, as her appointment indicates she was visiting the Residence within the White House. Also, September 5th was a Saturday. Nice.

In addition, the record notes that she was to receive a STAFF TOUR, which are different-and more special-than the regular Group Tours available to others.

Ms. Lewis doesn’t seem to have returned to the White House after this visit. Of course, just 5 days after this visit, James O’Keefe would release the first video of his undercover journalism on the systemic corruption within ACORN.

After the firestorm that erupted from O’Keefe’s reporting, President Obama was asked by Fox News for his opinion on the scandal. Despite long-standing ties to ACORN, Obama acted almost as if he’d never heard of the group.

Of course, at that point, it had been…several…days…since ACORN’s CEO was in the Residence at the White House. Who can keep up?

The Big Government piece goes on to note that, of course, it could be a different Bertha Lewis who visited the White House on a Saturday. Kind of like the Jeremiah Wright who visited. You know, they said that Jeremiah Wright wasn’t the same Jeremiah Wright who preaches “God D@^n America!”

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