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Michael J. Gaynor has been practicing law in New York since 1973. A

former partner at Fulton, Duncombe & Rowe and Gaynor & Bass, he

is a solo practitioner admitted to practice in New York state and

federal courts and an Association of the Bar of the City of New York

member.

Gaynor graduated magna cum laude, with Honors in Social Science,

from Hofstra University's New College, and received his J.D. degree from

St. John's Law School, where he won the American Jurisprudence Award in

Evidence and served as an editor of the Law Review and the St. Thomas More Institute for Legal Research. He wrote on the Pentagon Papers case for the Review and obscenity law for The Catholic Lawyer and edited the Law Review's commentary on significant developments in New York law.

The day after graduating, Gaynor joined the Fulton firm, where he

focused on litigation and corporate law. In 1997 Gaynor and Emily Bass

formed Gaynor & Bass and then conducted a general legal practice,

emphasizing litigation, and represented corporations, individuals and a

New York City labor union. Notably, Gaynor & Bass prevailed in the

Second Circuit in a seminal copyright infringement case, Tasini v. New York Times,

against newspaper and magazine publishers and Lexis-Nexis. The U.S.

Supreme Court affirmed, 7 to 2, holding that the copyrights of freelance

writers had been infringed when their work was put online without

permission or compensation.

Gaynor currently contributes regularly to <a href="http://www.michnews.com/">www.MichNews.com</a>, <a href="http://www.renewamerica.com/">www.RenewAmerica.com</a>, <a href="http://www.webcommentary.com/">www.WebCommentary.com</a>, <a href="http://www.postchronicle.com/">www.PostChronicle.com</a> and <a href="http://www.therealitycheck.org/">www.therealitycheck.org</a>

and has contributed to many other websites. He has written extensively

on political and religious issues, notably the Terry Schiavo case, the

Duke "no rape" case, ACORN and canon law, and appeared as a guest on

television and radio. He was acknowledged in Until Proven Innocent, by Stuart Taylor and KC Johnson, and Culture of Corruption,

by Michelle Malkin. He appeared on "Your World With Cavuto" to promote

an eBay boycott that he initiated and "The World Over With Raymond

Arroyo" (EWTN) to discuss the legal implications of the Schiavo case. On

October 22, 2008, Gaynor was the first to report that The New York Times had killed an Obama/ACORN expose on which a Times reporter had been working with ACORN whistleblower Anita MonCrief.

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http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/gaynor/111026

October 26, 2011

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By <a style="color:#003C84" href="http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/gaynor">Michael Gaynor</a>

Anita remains a problem for Obama and how big a problem depends upon how generally known her story becomes.

Whittaker Chambers incurred the wrath of the Far Left for exposing Alger

Hiss in particular and communism in general as well as the appreciation

of those who share traditional America values. For the details reaad

his book, Witness.

Likewise, ACORN whistleblower Anita MonCrief incurred that wrath and

appreciation for exposing ACORN and Project Vote beginning in 2008.

Unfortunately, MonCrief then was an idealistic radical who believed that

Obama himself was a great guy and exposing ACORN and Project Vote would

free him to be a great President.

Laura Ingraham interviewed Moncrief in late October 2008 on her national

radio show and Fox News then offered to have MonCrief on "Fox &

Friends" on the Friday before Election Day 2008 and the following days

up to Election Day.

Luckily for Obama and tragically for America, MonCrief did not trust Fox

News, declined, voted for Obama and blogged about trudging through the

rain with her daughter to cast that vote.

MonCrief watched as the Obama Administration was put together and

eventually realized what Obama really was all about, became conservative

and told her inside story that connected Obama to ACORN and his

presidential campaign to improper involvement with Project Vote.

Conservatives appreciated the importance of MonCrief's testimony.

MonCrief accompanied Heather Heidelbaugh when she testified about ACORN

before a House Judiciary subcommittee in 2009 and then appeared several

times on Fox News. She spoke to standing ovations at CPAC 2010 and 2011

and has been traveling around the country telling an abbreviated version

of her story and promoting election integrity.

See, for example, the three-part video at <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgGEqaV2bz8">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgGEqaV2bz8</a>,

accompanied by this message: "Anita takes the gloves off in this expose

of ACORN's dirty tricks, lies, and corruption. As a former insider, she

experience[d] the false promises and duplicity that is allowing poverty

& misery to run rampant in even the nation's capitol. This brave

lady believes in the power of integrity and good will. She wants to help

others to fight for our country and against ignorance. This video is

the first of 3 parts You can reach Ms. MonCrief at

bolt.libertylinked.com."

A bit more than three years ago I introduced MonCrief to the public

arena in this article titled "ACORN WHISTLEBLOWER: OBAMA'S THIRD STRIKE?

(October 22, 2008) (<a href="http://www.webcommentary.com/php/ShowArticle.php?id=gaynorm&date=081022">www.webcommentary.com/php/ShowArticle.php?id=gaynorm&date=081022</a>);

It's been an exciting presidential campaign.

A rookie United States Senator with no military experience, no service

in the Peace Corps or Vista, no executive governmental experience and no

major legislative accomplishment (Obama) ran on "the fierce urgency of

now," hope and change and beat a former two term First Lady of the

United States and a re-elected United States Senator (Clinton) for the

2008 Democrat presidential election.

But after the national conventions, the Republican ticket (McCain-Palin) took the lead in the polls.

Then the financial crisis reversed that and again McCain's presidential aspirations were pronounced dead by many.

It would take three strikes to strike out Obama under the circumstances.

There have been two: (1) Obama came to Joe the Plumber's neighborhood

and ad libbed a response that revealed where he comes from — an

admission that he wants to use tax policy to redistribute, or spread,

the wealth, and (2) Obama's running mate (Biden) assured the world that

if Obama became president, there would be a generated crisis within six

months.

Americans aren't socialists and Americans don't want a president who will invite generated crises.

But with much of the mainstream media in the tank for Obama, a third strike is needed.

Say, an ACORN whistleblower who will not only expose ACORN, but ACORN's ties to Obama and the Obama campaign.

I posted an article titled "Blame Obama's ACORN for the Financial

Crisis" at the end of September and followed up with more articles on

Obama and ACORN.

Enter ACORN whistleblower, from Stage Left.

This person had read articles of mine on ACORN and Obama at

www.webcommentary.com, set up an email account under an alias and

emailed me this message on October 7, 2008: "I worked at Project Vote

and ACORN for years and can provide inside information on the

connections with Obama and FEC violations, IRS 501 (c)3 violations and

the threats and intimidation that ACORN has used to keep me quiet. I am

willing to submit to a polygraph and turn over Obama's 2nd quarter donor

list with was obtained by Project Vote Development Director Karyn

Gillette directly from the Obama Campaign. I also have a DNC list that

was forwarded to Project Vote along with donor lists for Kerry and

Clinton."

The idea that ACORN really is an arm of the Democrat Party and the Obama

campaign was far from inconceivable to me, but was this a hoax or for

real?

I immediately emailed back:

"I'm paying attention and looking forward to checking any illuminating material.

"What did Project Vote do with the lists?

"Please identify yourself and provide contact info and proof of your

Project Vote and ACORN history. If you have a resume, please send me a

copy.

"Please tell me specifically what you can prove as to Obama that the voters should know."

The next day, the person responded:

"I am a little nervous about sending you my resume. I have been black

listed by ACORN, fired from my new job for bogus reasons and threatened

daily. I turned to you because with whistle blowers, sometimes the media

is the best protection. I am not sure how you would protect your

sources.

"Project Vote used the list in violation of FEC rules for fundraising.

Obama is in very deep with ACORN and Project Vote and I have knowledge

of meetings between the campaign and Senior ACORN members."

I immediately responded:

"Thanks for emailing me again.

"I was worrying that you had set up a gmail account to pose as a legitimate source and trap me into posting bogus info.

"I was fooled into posting the substance of a bogus email once and it's not something I intend to have happen again.

"Apparently your name is in your email, so you don't ordinarily hide, which is encouraging to me.

"Here's my contact info....

"If you haven't googled me, please do."

The person replied:

"David is not my real name, just my alias. I am looking for help and did

not know how else to contact you. I did google you and I was happy to

see that you are a lawyer. I do have a lot of internal docs for ACORN

and Project Vote. I took a call from the Obama campaign while working

there and was privy to a meeting where information between the two camps

was discussed. I was told by PV that we were working with them and that

I was to de-dupe the Obama 2nd Quarter list and get to work contacting

donors. We also received help from the DNC, Clinton and Kerry (in 2004).

I will take a polygraph and turn over what I have. I am in DC. Obama's

camp was contacted by the NYT about the documents and they claim that PV

got it online from published document and more questions led to a

screaming match between the reporter and the campaign. Two days after

that PV began contacting old references and friends in an effort to

discredit me. That's why I agreed to the polygraph because I am not

lying, they are."

I focused on this part — "Project Vote used the list in violation of FEC

rules for fundraising. Obama is in very deep with ACORN and Project

Vote and I have knowledge of meetings between the campaign and Senior

ACORN members" — and emailed, "The sooner this is demonstrated, the

better. If Obama wins, he will appoint the next United States Attorney

General."

But I lacked confirmation, so I also emailed:

"I think you are sincere and your information is newsworthy. As an

anonymous person with an Internet alias, I can't check you out. You

would have to contact me. Time is short. Please call me tonight."

Minutes later, I read this: "Anita MonCrief. Google me. Please do not

use my name with anyone until we connect. I also emailed Michelle Malkin

but she scares me."

I responded: "I googled that name and hope it's the real you. If it is,

you should have plenty to prove that should be publicized. Please call

me at or after 9 PM: 631-757-9452. I will be home by then and free to

talk."

Anita emailed: "I am really terrified. When I say threats and

intimidation, I am not kidding. We (my 2 year old) are moving and I have

had union pressure to make me be quiet. I am on linked in. If you still

have doubts add me and I will confirm you."

I checked Linked In and then emailed:

"One, call me at or after 9 PM.

"Two, and more importantly, email Martha.J. Raddatz@abc.news.com. As you

probably know, Martha is ABC's Chief White House correspondent. You can

google her if you are unsure about her. I think you'd be more

comfortable with her that Laura Ingraham or Stuart Taylor, others to

whom I might have referred you. I chose based on what I thought would be

best for you. I have NOT told Martha your name, since you wanted it

treated confidentially, but I got her permission to have my 'source'

email her and her commitment to deal with you totally off the record if

that is what you want. Use you alias email account first, but you have

documents for Martha to examine, so the two of you are likely to get

together and the more you reveal, the more credible you will be. Andthe

sooner, the better."

Anita's response was to mail me her resume.

It shows that Anita is a University of Alabama graduate who focused on

political science and history and won a University of Alabama faculty

and staff award for academic excellence.

It shows that in 2002, she interned in Washington, D.C. with the

American Bar Association Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative as

a legislative assistance and research program intern early in 2002.

It shows that later that year Anita served as an election observer with

the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, in which

capacity she assessed the conduct of the election in the context of

domestic legislation and international standards and practices,

interviewed members of local election commissions and executive bodies

regarding the conduct of the election and documented human rights

abuses, media-related incidents and vote fraud during and after the

campaign period.

No wonder ACORN recruited Anita!

The resume shows that Anita simultaneously joined ACORN and Project Vote

in Washington, D.C. in October 2005. With ACORN, she was a strategic

writing, research and design consultant. With Project Vote, she was a

development associate. She designed ACORN's 2005, 2006 and 2007

political operations year end PowerPoint presentations.

Anita did not call at 9 PM that night, but she called later that night and provided many documents.

It had to be very hard for a "progressive" who supported Obama to come forward.

But before Anita emailed Michelle Malkin and me, she had been working with New York Times national correspondent Stephanie Strom, but what ended up published as Ms. Strom's ACORN articles were so "watered down" that Anita decided to turn elsewhere.

Wisely so.

Yesterday, Anita advised me, Ms. Strom apologetically canceled a meeting for today and explained that New York Times policy was not to publish what might be a game changing article this close to the election.

I think that should be in a footnote to The Times' "All the news that's fit to print" motto.

Joe the Plumber was attacked to distract from Obama's revealing answer to his respectful and relevant question about taxes.

If Anita is accused of being a racist, I invite anyone who thinks it's

true to google her and especially to check her art posted online, with

some text, before this year.

To the list of Obama's "A" problems (Alinsky, Ayers, ACORN), add Anita.

Anita remains a problem for Obama and how big a problem depends upon how generally known her story becomes.

Fortunately, this time she isn't fooled by Obama's hope and change hoopla.

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