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Exclusive Video: Andrew Breitbart’s Evolving Position on Race And James O’Keefe’s Pimp Costume

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At last year’s CPAC convention, Andrew Breitbart and I had a much-publicized dustup over conservative dress-up artiste James O’Keefe (he of the undercover NPR “sting” video), concerning the racial overtones of O’Keefe’s choice to wear a pimp costume in the intro to his ACORN videos. That encounter didn’t go so well, but this year’s CPAC offered a fresh chance to discuss the issue. During a long lunch with Breitbart, liberal filmmaker Lee Stranahan, and liberal blogger Mike Stark, I finally got an answer to my question.

At CPAC 2010, James O’Keefe was something of a hot topic, having just been busted trying to run a scam on Sen. Mary Landrieu. When I approached Andrew Breitbart, he was fresh off of a heated encounter with liberal journalist Max Blumenthal over a story Blumenthal had written about O’Keefe. Blumenthal makes a habit of such run-ins, having previously tangled with John Ziegler and Michelle Malkin at prior CPACs.

Since Blumenthal and Breitbart had argued over allegations that O’Keefe is a racist, I decided to ask Andrew to respond to the criticism that O’Keefe’s choice of a pimp costume was racially charged. He was still pretty keyed up from his argument with Blumenthal, and I was struggling to be heard over the crowd of several hundred CPAC attendees that had formed around us, so the result, while entertaining, was not very illuminating:


The choice of the pimp costume served multiple purposes in the ACORN videos, one of which was to bait a trap for liberal defenders of ACORN, who would surely point out the symbolism of coupling such a stereotype with a primarily black organization. O’Keefe could then turn the tables and accuse them of being racist (as his friend Christian Hartsock did with me) for equating “pimp” with black man. Unfortunately for O’Keefe, he exposed his own pimp equation when he told Fox & Friends that he couldn’t believe anyone would think he was a pimp because “I’m the whitest guy I know.”

At this year’s CPAC, I had the rare chance to redeem my previous encounter with Breitbart, and finally get an answer to the question that ended our last interview. Breitbart, Mike Stark, Lee Stranahan, and I all had lunch at a crawfish place, and did about an hour-long interview, most of which I accidentally deleted while transferring it to my laptop. Fortunately, I was able to recover some of the footage, including our exchange over O’Keefe. While he doesn’t exactly agree with me, Breitbart does concede that a reasonable person could infer racial overtones if they “took it the wrong way.”


Mike Stark brings up an interesting point, the idea of a conservative “blind spot” on race. This is what I believe leads Breitbart to think I’m taking O’Keefe the “wrong way,” because he’s not factoring in O’Keefe’s history of racial antagonism. While in college, O’Keefe famously held an “affirmative action bake sale,” selling baked goods to minorities at low prices, while charging whites exorbitantly. Abstract object lesson, or expression of racial resentment?

Then, there was his satirical objection to Lucky the Leprechaun, a hideous equation of a character from Irish folklore with dehumanizing Sambo stereotypes. The fundamental problem with this sort of mockery of “political correctness” is that it trivializes very real, very reasonable grievances.

There are other hints at O’Keefe’s racial issues, such as his removal from a college dorm after he was accused of using racial slurs. O’Keefe said the accusation was a lie, but his writing about the subject contains some illuminating inconsistencies. He says he “volunteered” to move out of a room with a gay roommate, and was transferred to an “all-black floor,” yet he describes his two roommates on that floor (in strictly racial terms) as “an Indian who smelled like shit,” and a “Greek kid” named Paul. Finally, he bemoans the fact that he must defend himself to the dean, saying he was “forced to go in front of a black man,” the implication being that a black man couldn’t possibly act impartially in such a situation.

None of this is conclusive proof of what’s in James O’Keefe’s heart, but it does provide reasonable people with a means to judge statements like O’Keefe’s “I’m the whitest guy I know,” and decide whether it’s being taken “the wrong way.”

The other takeaway, of course, is that it is possible to disagree strongly with someone, yet still get along, and Breitbart certainly deserves credit for being willing to surround himself with liberals, and let the cameras roll. If there’s one thing we do agree on, it’s that a world where everyone agreed would be a very boring place.

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  • Religion of Peace

    Can you imagine somebody like keith olbermann sitting down and giving an interview to a couple of “conservative” bloggers? Yea, me either.

  • rr98411

    “While he doesn’t exactly agree with me, Breitbart does concede that a reasonable person could infer racial overtones if they “took it the wrong way.” ”

    A person could infer almost anything their feeble minds could conjour if they “took it the wrong way”

    What???

  • rr98411

    Here’s my feeble mind at work…

    A white guy walks into my office doing the worst impression of Superfly I have ever seen with a “sista” that looks like a character from an Ivory Soap commercial… and I actually answer his questions?

    Take it wrong… hmmm….

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Michael-Adam/1471630141 Michael Adam

    Who knew racist pieces of monkey dung ate at Red Lobster? Learn something new every day.

  • Big Eddie

    Breitbart is awesome .

    Right , Tommy ?

  • lonestar77

    Tommy, you and your merry band of liberals are your own gang of McCarthyites. You go around the country trying to find “racists”. Of course, in your minds, “racist” equals not being a bleeding heart liberal. Keep up the Crusade! Root out every perceived, “racist”, one thought at a time!

    Dude, you’re such a punchline. I used to know kids like you. But, then we all graduated from elementary school. Unfortunately, your maturity seems to have peaked sometime around 4th grade.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Michael-Adam/1471630141 Michael Adam

    jdubbleu said:
    Just because Tommy thinks a black man can’t compete with him without help from the government, doesn’t make him a “racist”.

    Sky is blue.
    Water is wet.

    Breitbart and Co. are racists. There is a long list of facts that support this.

  • BadGenome

    Michael Adam said:
    Sky is blue.
    Water is wet.

    Breitbart and Co. are racists. There is a long list of facts that support this.

    Especially the part where Breibart became a conservative because of liberals’ treatment of Clarence Thomas. He might as well have been constructed in a lab from the DNA of Hitler, Nathan Bedford Forrest, and Harry Reid as far as I’m concerned.

  • tatboy

    “While in college, O’Keefe famously held an “affirmative action bake sale,” selling baked goods to minorities at low prices, while charging whites exorbitantly. Abstract object lesson, or expression of racial resentment?”

    Answer: abstract object lesson… what is your objection to his pointing out the actions of Affirmative Action in a simple and blunt demonstration? It is the soul purpose of Affirmative Action to elevate/prefer one group above another. His demonstration points that out. If you have a problem with his demonstration than you have an inherent problem with Affirmative Action itself… right?

    “f there’s one thing we do agree on, it’s that a world where everyone agreed would be a very boring place. “… TRUE.

  • Tommy Christopher

    tatboy said:
    Answer: abstract object lesson… what is your objection to his pointing out the actions of Affirmative Action in a simple and blunt demonstration? It is the soul purpose of Affirmative Action to elevate/prefer one group above another.

    That’s not correct. Affirmative action doesn’t “elevate/prefer” one group above another, it attempts to correct the fundamental disadvantages of one group, versus another group that is not disadvantaged so.

  • tatboy

    Good interview BTW… wish you could post more.

  • tatboy

    Tommy Christopher said:
    That’s not correct. Affirmative action doesn’t “elevate/prefer” one group above another, it attempts to correct the fundamental disadvantages of one group, versus another group that is not disadvantaged so.

    That is how you look at it. Others see it different.

  • tatboy

    Tommy Christopher said:
    That’s not correct. Affirmative action doesn’t “elevate/prefer” one group above another, it attempts to correct the fundamental disadvantages of one group, versus another group that is not disadvantaged so.

    Tell me how (where I come from) a rural poor white kid whose using old, taped together, schoolbooks thrown away in Kansas City and St. Louis is “advantaged” over a middle class black family in DC? Look up the decision of a Kansas City judge (one man) to divert funding to Kansas City charter schools to “attempt to correct the fundamental disadvantages of one group, versus another group that is not disadvantaged so” and what it did to the funds for education in rural Missouri. All the facts I can find about AA is that it is mostly benefiting middle class black familys… not the poor. Are there no poor white kids deserving of a chance out of the cycle of poverty? Why not base AA on need not race?

  • Pablo

    Tommy Christopher said:
    Affirmative action doesn’t “elevate/prefer” one group above another, it attempts to correct the fundamental disadvantages of one group, versus another group that is not disadvantaged so.

    By elevating/preferring one group over another. by preferences in hiring, contracting, school admissions, etc…

    But the important question is what are the racial implications of the pimp costume?

  • lonestar77

    My parent’s worked 3 jobs between the 2 of them and we frequently did our school clothes shopping at 2nd hand stores. I paid for college by working and taking out loans which totaled $50K when I graduated. We applied for darn near every grant there was but continually got denied. BUT, according to Tommy I was priviledged because my skin color was more pale than that of others. Once again, Tommy is talking out of his arse. People like Tommy care more about skin color than they do anything else. They think that being black means your inferior. Tommy, & those like him, believe that if your skin color is darker than his, then you need HIS help in order to succeed. Were you raised to believe you were superior, Tommy? Or, did you learn it all by youself?

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    jdubbleu said:
    Just because Tommy thinks a black man can’t compete with him without help from the government, doesn’t make him a “racist”.

    Hey, you did know that Tommy’s slogan is “Proud to be offended for everyone.”

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    Tommy Christopher said:
    That’s not correct. Affirmative action doesn’t “elevate/prefer” one group above another, it attempts to correct the fundamental disadvantages of one group, versus another group that is not disadvantaged so.

    LOL, and you believe that? LOL

  • BadGenome

    gordonbloyershow said:
    Hey, you did know that Tommy’s slogan is “Proud to be offended for everyone.”

    I thought it was, “Racial double-agent for hire.”

  • writer

    Don’t quite get it, Tommy. If pimps didn’t actually dress that way, how could there be any overtones to it? I mean, if O’Keefe dresses flamboyantly, and you immediately think of a black guy, isn’t that an overtone in itself?

  • BadGenome

    writer said:
    Don’t quite get it, Tommy. If pimps didn’t actually dress that way, how could there be any overtones to it? I mean, if O’Keefe dresses flamboyantly, and you immediately think of a black guy, isn’t that an overtone in itself?

    Oh shit. He’s a racial triple-agent?!?!

  • tgk

    Big Eddie said:
    Breitbart is awesome .

    Right , Tommy ?

    No Big Eddie, awesome is reserved for use by Tommy when “blogging” about liberals.

  • http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

    “Unfortunately for O’Keefe, he exposed his own pimp equation when he told Fox & Friends that he couldn’t believe anyone would think he was a pimp because “I’m the whitest guy I know.”

    Can you show me where in that video you linked to on Media Matters, where he says, he couldn’t believe anyone would think he was a pimp because “I’m the whitest guy I know.”

    I listened to it a few times, and don’t find it in the clip.

  • http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

    I don’t see how people thought O’Keefe wore the pimp get up into the offices. You can clearly see him walking into the offices sans pimp get up.

    That was just another big distraction to divert attention away from the good content they actually got. More *Joe the Plumbering*.

    O’Keefe and Giles were inexperienced kids who had no media, investigative or (very limited) journalism experience, and got blasted for what they uncovered. Making such a big issue over his costume was a huge diversion. Doocy was wrong, and O’Keefe didn’t correct him – was he intentionally misleading, or a dork kid on a national tv show for the first time? I don’t know. Did it in any way change what they captured on tape? No. And Hannah was still dressed as a prostitute.

    Either way, I was never confused about what he wore in the offices because I saw the tapes. (and read the entire transcripts that were posted online).

  • http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

    Tommy – I forgot to direct this towards you:

    sarainitaly said:
    “Unfortunately for O’Keefe, he exposed his own pimp equation when he told Fox & Friends that he couldn’t believe anyone would think he was a pimp because “I’m the whitest guy I know.”

    Can you show me where in that video you linked to on Media Matters, where he says, he couldn’t believe anyone would think he was a pimp because “I’m the whitest guy I know.”

    I listened to it a few times, and don’t find it in the clip.

  • Color Me Badd

    Tommy you do realize that all these internal media catfights that you guys engage in make you guys look like little children right?

  • OxyCon

    Yesterday, Tommy took a swing at O’Keefe and failed miserably, so today he whips out the old Leftist, tried and true, McCarthyite “prove you’re not a racist” card in order to attack O’Keefe again.

    Just for those keeping score, that’s TWO SCHILLERS now fired from NPR as a result of O’Keefe’s sting. If NPR gets defunded as a result, that’s a Trifecta, baby!

    So, Tommy, I’m sure O’Keefe is the least concerned with your annoying biting of his ankles. He get’s results, you attempt to smear and character assassinate.

    And what the hell are you doing hanging out with the guy who is famous for stalking Bill O’Reilly at his home? If you’re going to try to pretend that you’re better than those you attack, you at least have to pay attention to the company you keep.

    Lastly, since Tommy failed to mention this fact because it would totally destroy his race based attack on O’Keefe, I’m sure Tommy knows that O’Keefe has publicly stated (it’s all over the internet) that his motivation for setting up his NPR sting was NPR’s loathsome treatment of Juan Williams, who is Black (if you haven’t noticed).

  • writer

    Huggy Bear used to wear those neat shoes with the goldfish in them. Tommy was probably miffed that O’Keefe left those out.

  • Darwin Akbar

    Another attempt by liberal shill Tommy Chirstopher to try to change the focus of the story. The ACORN story is about ACORN, not O’Keefe’s “racist hat” or Brietbart. The NPR story is not about O’Keefe but NPR and the two Schillers. So far, O’Keefe has exposed ACORN as a criminal enterprise and confirmed what NPR and its apologists have been denying for years – NPR is a highly leftist organization whose taxpayer-funded employees have nothing but contempt for at least 40% of those that pay their salaries. Meanwhile, Tommy, you just keep worrying about O’Keefe’s hat….that’s a good boy.

  • writer

    I think O’Keefe got it in the racist hat section of Wal-Mart.

  • notsofast

    Tommy, journalists are not suppose to become part of the story.

    Oh, that’s right, you ain’t a journalist, you are a lib shill.

  • Religion of Peace

    sarainitaly says:
    March 9, 2011 at 12:55 pm sarainitaly(Quote)
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    I don’t see how people thought O’Keefe wore the pimp get up into the offices.

    ———–

    That’s where the whole “doctored video” meme comes from. Pathetic, I know.

  • gar

    This is the 3rd article this mental midget has done on O’Keefe trying to distract from the NPR sting. No matter how much success you think you might get from cutting down O’Keefe you have one fundamental problem. You can’t change the words out of Ron Schiller’s mouth. Nice try ”One Trick Pony”.

  • http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

    Tommy – Have you found that bit in the clip you linked to via Media Matters, yet? You quoted it twice, to support your point that O’Keefe was acknowledging pimps are black because of his “I’m the whitest guy I know” comment, yet it is not in the video you linked to that MM posted.

    “None of this is conclusive proof of what’s in James O’Keefe’s heart, but it does provide reasonable people with a means to judge statements like O’Keefe’s “I’m the whitest guy I know,” and decide whether it’s being taken “the wrong way.”

    “Unfortunately for O’Keefe, he exposed his own pimp equation when he told Fox & Friends that he couldn’t believe anyone would think he was a pimp because “I’m the whitest guy I know.”

    He may have said that line, but it isn’t in that video, and I can’t find any video of him saying it, or any transcript?

    All I find are reposts of the MM story, none of which provide any proof or context.

  • Religion of Peace

    http://www.fanpop.com/spots/seinfeld/images/424721/title/kramer-photo

    Remember this? Hey, where’s our friend aka George C.?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Michael-Adam/1471630141 Michael Adam

    Best comment I’ve seen so far.

    “Clarence Thomas is black”

    May I suggest asking some actual black people if they think Clarence Thomas is black.

  • Religion of Peace

    Michael Adam said:
    Best comment I’ve seen so far.

    “Clarence Thomas is black”

    May I suggest asking some actual black people if they think Clarence Thomas is black.

    Classy.

  • http://MsUnderestimated.com MsUnderestimated

    Tommy Christopher said:
    That’s not correct. Affirmative action doesn’t “elevate/prefer” one group above another, it attempts to correct the fundamental disadvantages of one group, versus another group that is not disadvantaged so.

    Oh, come on, Tommy! That’s TOTAL B.S.! I’m former law enforcement, and we had white officers who were turned down for hire because we didn’t have enough minorities on the force. Excuse me, but especially in jobs like firefighting and law enforcement, it should ONLY be the BEST PERSON FOR THE JOB – PERIOD! A black firefighter isn’t going to save me any faster than a white one, especially if he was hired BECAUSE of his race. This is such nonsense that it reminds me of the recent story/report that our military was too unbalanced, and contained too many white men. Please.

  • http://MsUnderestimated.com MsUnderestimated

    Pablo said:
    By elevating/preferring one group over another. by preferences in hiring, contracting, school admissions, etc…

    But the important question is what are the racial implications of the pimp costume?

    That’s what I wanna know, Pablo. What about O’Keefe wearing a cheesy pimp costume makes it the least bit “racial?” I’m still struggling to understand that concept Tommy apparently believes.

  • Pablo

    Then, there was his satirical objection to Lucky the Leprechaun, a hideous equation of a character from Irish folklore with dehumanizing Sambo stereotypes. The fundamental problem with this sort of mockery of “political correctness” is that it trivializes very real, very reasonable grievances.

    Sure, people are dying in the streets every day because of the dehumanizing Sambo stereotypes, which are irrelevant to O’Keefe’s satirical Irish grievances. But he made Tommy think of them, the hateful bastard!

  • Color Me Badd

    MsUnderestimated said:
    Oh, come on, Tommy! That’s TOTAL B.S.! I’m former law enforcement, and we had white officers who were turned down for hire because we didn’t have enough minorities on the force. Excuse me, but especially in jobs like firefighting and law enforcement, it should ONLY be the BEST PERSON FOR THE JOB – PERIOD! A black firefighter isn’t going to save me any faster than a white one, especially if he was hired BECAUSE of his race. This is such nonsense that it reminds me of the recent story/report that our military was too unbalanced, and contained too many white men. Please.

    A lot of people who work in law enforcement are racists.

  • Pablo

    MsUnderestimated said:
    That’s what I wanna know, Pablo. What about O’Keefe wearing a cheesy pimp costume makes it the least bit “racial?” I’m still struggling to understand that concept Tommy apparently believes.

    And in South Central, among all those brothers? Tommy believes that pimps are all black, especially the flashy ones. So, if you dress like a pimp, you’re a racist.

  • Religion of Peace

    Affirmative action is stupid. The most qualified person should get the job, period. I’ve worked along side of people who only got their positions based on affirmative action legislation. All I can say is “OMG!”

  • Pablo

    Michael Adam said:
    Best comment I’ve seen so far.

    “Clarence Thomas is black”

    May I suggest asking some actual black people if they think Clarence Thomas is black.

    May I suggest that it isn’t up for a popular vote?

  • notsofast

    Michael Adam said:
    May I suggest asking some actual black people if they think Clarence Thomas is black.

    Hey, lib, why don’t you provide us with a list of “Officially Sanctioned BlackPpeople As Determined By Lilly White Liberals”?

  • writer

    I think the whole feather in the cap thing started with Yankee Doodle. Or maybe it was Robin Hood. Of course, Native Americans also wore feathers.

  • notsofast

    Michael Adam said:
    May I suggest asking some actual black people if they think Clarence Thomas is black.

    Sorry, lib, they don’t determine a person’s skin color.

  • Pablo

    Color Me Badd said:
    A lot of people who work in law enforcement are racists.

    A lot of people who work in the DoJ are racists.

  • http://MsUnderestimated.com MsUnderestimated

    Color Me Badd said:
    A lot of people who work in law enforcement are racists.

    Dumbass, and your proof for that is what?

  • http://MsUnderestimated.com MsUnderestimated

    Pablo said:
    May I suggest that it isn’t up for a popular vote?

    HAHAHA… that’s the left’s problem with democracy…it matters only if the majority of the left beieve it. LOL

  • writer

    Not to be confused with Dennis Moore, who had lupins.

  • http://MsUnderestimated.com MsUnderestimated

    Pablo said:
    A lot of people who work in the DoJ are racists.

    Yes, mainly the PERSON in charge at the DoJ. Thanks, Pablo!

  • Mr.Papshmer

    Jesus, Tommy, you just can’t pump these pieces out fast enough since Schiller outed NPR for the bigoted and condescending outfit that it is. Most people understand that you’re a partisan apologist for the left, and the diversions might fire up your choir, but normal people can see right through it.

  • writer

    Now I guess women will be asking ‘Does this dress make me look racist?’

  • Calvin

    Color Me Badd said:
    A lot of people who work in law enforcement are racists.

    You must make Van Jones proud.

  • Tommy Christopher

    sarainitaly said:
    Can you show me where in that video you linked to on Media Matters, where he says, he couldn’t believe anyone would think he was a pimp because “I’m the whitest guy I know.”

    You’re absolutely right, I used the wrong link. I’ve fixed it, the quote is about 9 min 20 sec into the clip that I link to.

  • Tommy Christopher

    Mr.Papshmer said:
    Jesus, Tommy, you just can’t pump these pieces out fast enough since Schiller outed NPR for the bigoted and condescending outfit that it is. Most people understand that you’re a partisan apologist for the left, and the diversions might fire up your choir, but normal people can see right through it.

    Well, you’ll notice that I haven’t said anything about NPR. There’s a reason for that. I have no particular love for them, nor do they for me. Much like the Scott Walker prank call, this video is somewhat illuminating, but like Walker’s call, could’ve been a lot worse. My objections to O’Keefe have nothing to do with NPR.

  • Tommy Christopher

    OxyCon said:
    And what the hell are you doing hanging out with the guy who is famous for stalking Bill O’Reilly at his home? If you’re going to try to pretend that you’re better than those you attack, you at least have to pay attention to the company you keep.

    Actually, Stark was hanging out with Breitbart, not me. I showed up after they were about done eating, at Breitbart’s invitation.

  • Mr.Papshmer

    Tommy Christopher said:
    My objections to O’Keefe have nothing to do with NPR.

    Then the timing is pure coincidence? Not buying it.

  • Tommy Christopher

    sarainitaly said:
    I don’t see how people thought O’Keefe wore the pimp get up into the offices.

    Because he said he did.

  • writer

    I think the objection was the hat not matching the shoes.

  • writer

    Hey, where’s the hat?

  • http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

    Tommy Christopher said:
    Because he said he did.

    sarainitaly said:
    I don’t see how people thought O’Keefe wore the pimp get up into the offices. You can clearly see him walking into the offices sans pimp get up.

    sarainitaly said:
    Doocy was wrong, and O’Keefe didn’t correct him – was he intentionally misleading, or a dork kid on a national tv show for the first time? I don’t know. Did it in any way change what they captured on tape? No. And Hannah was still dressed as a prostitute.

    Either way, I was never confused about what he wore in the offices because I saw the tapes.

    No, he doesn’t. He doesn’t say anything.

    Was he paying attention? Did he hear him?

    Did he intentionally mislead? I don’t know. He is clearly seen in the videos he put together NOT wearing the costume, so it is a stupid thing to get tripped up on.

    Tommy Christopher said:
    You’re absolutely right, I used the wrong link. I’ve fixed it, the quote is about 9 min 20 sec into the clip that I link to.

    Thank you.

  • OxyCon

    Tommy Christopher said:
    Actually, Stark was hanging out with Breitbart, not me. I showed up after they were about done eating, at Breitbart’s invitation.

    Good! But here is a little something else which doesn’t jibe with attempts to paint O’Keefe as a racist, besides the fact that alot of O’Keefe’s motivation for the sting was the shoddy way NPR treated Juan Williams:

    “My colleague Shaughn Adeleye who posed as one of the members of the Muslim Brotherhood was pretty offended with what happened with Juan Williams and he suggested looking into NPR after that incident back in the fall” – O’Keefe

    Here’s a little of Mr. Adeleye’s bio from Big Government:

    Shaughn Adeleye was born in Oyo State, Nigeria on February 13, 1974. He moved to America at the age of six. He went back to Nigeria with his parents at the age of nine, only to return at 15, making the state of Oklahoma his home. His high school and college journey spanned through many Oklahoma cities and included a brief stop in Hampton, Virginia. Eventually life brought him to Lafayette, Louisiana in 1999. He graduated from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (ULL) with a degree in Fine Arts, with a concentration in graphic design. Unable to find work as a designer, Shaughn worked in the oilfields. As a surveyor, his work spanned from deep-water rigs to the thickest of woodlands. As with so many, he suffered the wrath of a tainted unforgiving economy. But fortunately for him, it helped launch a new chapter in his life–one that finally gave him the opportunity to pursue his desire to be an entertainer. He has worked in several capacities in the film industry.

    This was also the time he began to become a lot more politically aware and active. He saw that the direction our nation was heading would leave us with nothing but a legacy of momentary indulgences and generational debt. Remembering a teacher once calling him “a waste of a perfectly good black man” for his political views, he vowed not to be silent anymore. While attending a Tea Party rally, he ran into an old college friend who eventually gave him the opportunity to meet and work with James O’keefe. He and James stayed in contact as he worked towards an acting career, while staying politically active and a contributor on Stacy Nason’s Breakdown of America (B.O.A.) website. The opportunity then arose to work with James, this time on a collaboration to be released here at BigGovernment.com.

  • TfT

    I see Tommy’s name as the author and I think I’ll just laugh and move on.

  • felixw

    I am amused the hypocrisy. O’Keefe is attacked for dressing like a pimp. But no comment from the Left when Barney Frank’s roommate actually runs a brothel in Frank’s home. And no comment from the Left when Eliot Spitzer spends his time dealing with actual pimps. I guess if O’Keefe were an actual pimp, the Democrats would rush to his defense….but he has the bad taste to merely adopt the costume.

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