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Ex-Husband of ACORN Worker Unaware of Claims He or Other Ex-Husbands Had Been Killed
ABC News (via The National Review) ^ | 9/16/2009 | Rich Lowry

Posted on 09/16/2009 11:53:36 AM PDT by fours

"Since she claimed on the video to have killed her husband, two San Bernardino police homicide detectives interviewed her at the office Tuesday. Police said they have been in contact with Kaelke's former husbands and the homicide claims do not appear accurate.

"'At this point, we can't prove that there's anything to her statement,' said San Bernardino police Sgt. Dave Dillon. 'We can't show that ever happened.'

"One of her ex-husbands, Ronald Kaelke, 66, of Newberry Springs, said he was unaware of any investigation or that his ex-wife had made any claims of murder.

"The couple divorced in 1987, but attempted to reconcile and lived together from 2002 to 2005, Ronald Kaelke said in a telephone interview. In 2007, the couple traded allegations of domestic violence and received separate restraining orders against each other, he said.

"'As far as her murdering an ex-husband, that's news to me,' Ronald Kaelke said. 'She's definitely got problems and goes off the wall sometimes.'"

(Excerpt) Read more at corner.nationalreview.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: acorn; hannahgiles; tresakaelke
When I saw the new ACORN video from CA I thought, why haven't they locked this woman up yet if she's admitting to murder on camera? As I'd suspected, she was just riffing, either to impress the interviewers or just because she's a zany kind of gal.

Like her ex-husband said, "She's definitely got problems and goes off the wall sometimes."

1 posted on 09/16/2009 11:53:36 AM PDT by fours
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To: fours

So she’s a liar. Shocking!


2 posted on 09/16/2009 11:55:32 AM PDT by SandyInSeattle (Socialism is the plundering of the productive by the unaccountable)
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To: fours

Of course those other ACORN videos, man, those people were waay too helpful with that whole “plotting to set up a child prostitution ring” thing. (I don’t think even the most hardcore libertarian would be agree with coercing El Savadorian children into sex work ...)


3 posted on 09/16/2009 11:56:17 AM PDT by fours
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To: fours

So ABC finally does some investigation, but only for the purpose of discrediting Beck and perhaps propping up this dizzy nutbars “I was just kidding with them” story! Now ain’t THAT a shock!


4 posted on 09/16/2009 11:57:42 AM PDT by Oldpuppymax (AGENDA OF THE LEFT EXPOSED)
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To: fours

Alcohol, unchecked STD’s, methamphetamine abuse and Obama worship can affect ones memory.


5 posted on 09/16/2009 11:58:09 AM PDT by Dallas59
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To: SandyInSeattle

She was embellishing/


6 posted on 09/16/2009 11:59:13 AM PDT by CPT Clay (Pick up your weapon and follow me.)
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To: SandyInSeattle

Probably a job requirement.


7 posted on 09/16/2009 11:59:25 AM PDT by 12Gauge687 (Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice)
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To: fours

Liar lair pants on fire! Ha Ha! She claimed to have been a madam too. I am guess a plain old street whore is closer to the truth.


8 posted on 09/16/2009 12:03:19 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: SandyInSeattle

she appears to be a whacko but street smart. She obviously picked up on the vibes the film makers were sending out and decided to play the game back out at them.

A Liar? no more than the film makers were liars to her.

I dispise these ACORN A-holes, but she was playing the same game and you can’t hold that against her.


9 posted on 09/16/2009 12:04:22 PM PDT by Vaquero ("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: Oldpuppymax
So ABC finally does some investigation, but only for the purpose of discrediting Beck and perhaps propping up this dizzy nutbars “I was just kidding with them” story! Now ain’t THAT a shock!

It's OK. If it gets more people interested in the story and watching the other videos, it will have served its purpose.

10 posted on 09/16/2009 12:04:41 PM PDT by justlurking (The only remedy for a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.)
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To: fours
Of course those other ACORN videos, man, those people were waay too helpful with that whole “plotting to set up a child prostitution ring” thing. (I don’t think even the most hardcore libertarian would be agree with coercing El Savadorian children into sex work ...)

In a former life I spent a lot of time in the inner city, and that kind of totally amoral behavior is very common and routine. Anything that screws over Mister Charley and his laws is not only permissible but almost mandatory to retain membership in the blood.

11 posted on 09/16/2009 12:04:47 PM PDT by Dumpster Baby (Truth is called hate by those who hate the truth.)
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To: fours

She be baracking (lying).


12 posted on 09/16/2009 12:05:47 PM PDT by OB1kNOb (Citizens should not fear their government. Government should fear its citizens. - V)
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To: fours
Certifiable.
13 posted on 09/16/2009 12:08:09 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: fours

I’d say Ms. Bobblehead has gotten good at spotting a sting operation.

Well, we can now expect Ms. Bobblehead to be trotted out by the MSM to discredit Brietbart/Fox/Beck/o’Keefe/Giles.


14 posted on 09/16/2009 12:08:10 PM PDT by hsrazorback1 (Seek truth.)
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To: fours

It’s not THIS husband!!! There was a FORMER HUSBAND before this one.


15 posted on 09/16/2009 12:08:25 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: fours

She’s a kook. Also said she ran a house of prostitution, didn’t she?

The real point is the kind of operation they have at Acorn. I don’t think your average bank let’s say, would have its loan officers routinely countenance child prostitution and tax evasion.


16 posted on 09/16/2009 12:08:41 PM PDT by Williams (It's The Policies, Stupid.)
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To: fours

Here’s the audio of her from TownHall.com:

http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/MediaPlayer/AudioPlayer.aspx?ContentGuid=8e38a801-07a5-41be-b6a1-fac443716e71


17 posted on 09/16/2009 12:10:32 PM PDT by ETL (ALL the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: Ann Archy

The husband’s name is Duane Berhow. Threy married when she was 15 and he was 18 from another thread. Son died in 1992.


18 posted on 09/16/2009 12:10:53 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: OB1kNOb

She be hidin’ some husbands.


19 posted on 09/16/2009 12:11:25 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: fours

Just exhibiting her street cred.


20 posted on 09/16/2009 12:11:45 PM PDT by exit82 (Sarah Palin is President No. 45. Get behind her, GOP, or get out of the way.)
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To: Williams

Didn’t she mention in the vid that Heidi Fleiss was her hero?


21 posted on 09/16/2009 12:12:40 PM PDT by tflabo (Truth or Tyranny)
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To: fours

I doubted her “murder” story. I also doubted her claim that she had been a prosititute. Perhaps she could have earned $100, but it would have taken 1,000 desperate guys lined up and paying more than they thought she was worth for her to reach that total.


22 posted on 09/16/2009 12:16:33 PM PDT by TurtleUp (I believe that America is good and that human life is good, so I'm a conservative.)
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To: Ann Archy
"Since she claimed on the video to have killed her husband, two San Bernardino police homicide detectives interviewed her at the office Tuesday. Police said they have been in contact with Kaelke's former husbands and the homicide claims do not appear accurate.

It sounds as though they've been able to debunk. My hub said when we first started watching this videotape, even before she got to the *confession* part, that she was saying this stuff to impress, he's heard people, women, do this kind of talk before. When we got to the killing story, he said, "No way, no one is stupid enough to confess to pre-meditated murder to people she doesn't know like that."

23 posted on 09/16/2009 12:17:40 PM PDT by MozarkDawg
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To: CPT Clay

It was a rhetorical flourish.


24 posted on 09/16/2009 12:18:03 PM PDT by GnuHere
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To: TurtleUp
I also doubted her claim that she had been a prosititute.

I wasn't clear on her claiming to have actually done that, but understood her to have run an escort service, sort of like the Mayflower Madam. That's why I thought her hero would be Fleiss, that one didn't go out, she made a ton of money sending other girls out.

I'd like to know how her supervisor feels, having this ding-a-ling let the world know she's a pole dancer, and "may do it on the side" as well. Hmmm ...

25 posted on 09/16/2009 12:21:19 PM PDT by MozarkDawg
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To: Ann Archy
Ran that Duane Berhow name right back to Iowa to an area with KNOWN Church of the First Born settlers (Ames Iowa ~ remember that place?).

They get married a lot ~ and I mean a lot ~ back in Brown County Indiana there were 50 families who had 250 divorces in 50 years time ~ possibly a record outside of Saudi Arabia.

The Iowa contingent moved up there circa 1885 - 1905, and the Alaska contingent moved to Wasilla etc. from 1920 to 1935.

Yup.

BTW, that looks to be a Norwegian spelling

26 posted on 09/16/2009 12:21:21 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: CPT Clay

She was probably embarrassed at her “cred” compared to this couple that wanted to set up a child prostitution ring,

and had to “one up” them.


27 posted on 09/16/2009 12:22:58 PM PDT by MrB (Go Galt now, save Bowman for later)
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To: fours

ABC execs probably know more about ACORN than Beck does. They have to in order to be ready to defend it.


28 posted on 09/16/2009 12:23:21 PM PDT by Brugmansian
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To: fours

When I saw the video, I swore this women was on coke or crack or some drugs or drunk. She was definately LIT on something. You can’t believe much from addicts but they do tell great stories.


29 posted on 09/16/2009 12:26:21 PM PDT by VastRWCon (Drill Baby Drill - Sarah Palin 2012)
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To: fours

Lots of freepers had a gut reaction this woman was off the reservation :)


30 posted on 09/16/2009 12:28:52 PM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: fours
Ex-Husband of ACORN Worker Unaware of Claims He or Other Ex-Husbands Had Been Killed

Sorry Fellow FReepers but you're all wrong.

It's the EX-HUSBAND THAT'S LYING!!!

31 posted on 09/16/2009 12:31:00 PM PDT by paulycy (Screw the RACErs.)
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To: fours
But I'm not dead yet! (I'm surprised it hasn't been used on this thread yet.)

My husband had a feeling this woman was full of it when he saw the video last night.

32 posted on 09/16/2009 12:32:32 PM PDT by Hoosier Catholic Momma (Arkansas resident of Hoosier upbringing--Yankee with a southern twang)
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To: MozarkDawg

Was she lying about being a WHORE also??? I think maybe the PIMP is dead!!


33 posted on 09/16/2009 12:32:53 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Oldpuppymax
So ABC finally does some investigation, but only for the purpose of discrediting Beck and perhaps propping up this dizzy nutbars “I was just kidding with them” story! Now ain’t THAT a shock!

Hate to disappoint, but I just noticed that the ABC blog entry that the Rich Lowry links to (saying "from ABC") is really just a cut-and-paste job from the investigation that the local San Bernardino paper did. So no actual ABC News investigation here ...

http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_S_webtape16v2.406d524.html
34 posted on 09/16/2009 12:35:55 PM PDT by fours
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To: Hoosier Catholic Momma

Ex-husband... “Im feeling better!” Sorry dont know how to put a Python pic up.


35 posted on 09/16/2009 12:37:58 PM PDT by Enigo54 (Never back down, never surrender)
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To: Hoosier Catholic Momma

Or maybe Mark Twain’s line: “The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.”


36 posted on 09/16/2009 12:45:31 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Ann Archy
Going further into the bowels of Church of the Firstborn peculiarities, some of these congregations marry an awful lot, so the cops shouldn't stop just because they found TWO ex-husbands. There could be 20 of them around.

Plus, COTFB women, looking through those divorce records revealed this, sometimes marry more than one guy at a time.

I'd look for some connection here between this woman, and maybe others at ACORN in that area, to the FLDS ~ remember, Warren Jeffs' poppa is readily tracked back to the COTFB as well as to a variety of quasi-Indian peyote using/dealing organizations throughout the Desert South West, and we can even rope in David Koresh' grandmother (the one in Tulsa) if we need to.

This is just more of the same stuff ~ neatest deal was the COTFB in Texas that was stealing appliances and selling them in Mexico. They regularly had shootouts. Same bunch of people though ~ schemers, scammers, religious ripoff artists, and now the apparent ex-hooker with a string of former husbands who's running a more formal racket that targets poor black people.

Oh, my goodness, who will we find to defend this sort of thing.

My prayer that these people be brought into the 21st century and modern times simply didn't imagine that so many of them would be found involved in this sort of thing.

37 posted on 09/16/2009 12:53:09 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: paulycy

He does have a stake in no one finding out doesn’t he.


38 posted on 09/16/2009 12:54:50 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: exit82

LMAO


39 posted on 09/16/2009 12:56:34 PM PDT by Dallas
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To: SandyInSeattle

Next Barbara Boxer will say she doesn’t know the woman.


40 posted on 09/16/2009 12:56:58 PM PDT by sportutegrl (If liberals could do math, they would be conservatives.)
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To: SandyInSeattle
So she’s a liar. Shocking!

Maybe there was a second husband! With these kind of low-lifes, there's just no telling!

41 posted on 09/16/2009 12:57:52 PM PDT by ReleaseTheHounds ("The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.")
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To: fours

Gosh, I never saw this coming! /sarc


42 posted on 09/16/2009 1:01:55 PM PDT by LaybackLenny (Sarah Palin can see the left's heads explode from her house!)
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To: fours
Brings to mind;

Lady Astor to W.Churchill at a dinner,

"If you were my husband I would poison your wine!"
Churchill: "If you were my wife I'd drink it!"

43 posted on 09/16/2009 1:03:39 PM PDT by AU72
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To: Ann Archy; Protect the Bill of Rights
There are maybe at least two more ex-husbands; Donald & ??? Berhow.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2340666/posts?page=273#273

There is more:
California birth records show there is another sister named Tamara

Children:

Duane A Berhow (Deceased)
Lorie L Berhow
Michael L Berhow (Deceased)
Tamara S Berhow
From daughter/niece Lorie's facebook:

(HT: Protect the Bill of Right)

Comments from Lorie to Tammy on myspace

Tammy : cousin or sister? cousin and sister?

Comments from Lorie to Tammy
Oct 8, 2008 8:49 PM
Boy! Is that all you are gonna write to me? I wish you would e-mail me or something! Fill me in on you and yours and how you are doing these days. By your pictures I can tell you have been keeping yourself pretty busy. You sure are doing a great job raising those 3 boys of yours. They are growing up so fast and what lil’ hunks they are. You should be very proud of yourself Tammy. I know I am. Although I have always believed in you and your unconditional loving heart. That is very much a Berhow quality as well as a Parten. So you have twice as much compassion and joy than most. Keep up the great work and keep in touch with your oldest and favorite cuz’! If that is still true than don’t be such a stranger. I miss you so much my heart hurts. But the abundance of unconditional love I have for you is what keeps me strong enough to cope with the distance we have between us. Cause I would give anything to be in your life everyday. The memories we could have and be able to look back on. We both love to laugh and make others laugh. That is a quality I am so thankful for. Anyway, you think my comment is a bit over done? Ha! Ha! Soooooo! I have a lot to comment on! Especially when it’s so few and far between. I love you with all my heart Tammy Sherree! I think about you everyday. Take care and God Bless your beautiful family. And please keep in touch with me even if it is through my space only, that would be enough for me. Remember, I am the oldest grandchild in this family now and get to do some bossing around just cause I can. Ha! Ha! And you have to listen, don’t you? LOL... Gotta go for now but I will keep in touch with you as much as possible. C-ya Cuz’
Lorie Berhow

Sep 2, 2008 9:15 PM
Hey my favorite cuz’! How the hell have you been? I am good living in paramount. My dad uncle Duane says hello and to call him sometime at the shop ***-***-****. I really miss you ya know? How are those beautiful boys? I see you have found your sister April, that’s cool! Well hurry and get back to me. Oh! your pics are cool

44 posted on 09/16/2009 1:04:18 PM PDT by maggief (He had a dream. We got a nightmare!)
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To: Oldpuppymax

Cue the DUmmies...3,2,1...


45 posted on 09/16/2009 1:07:03 PM PDT by LaybackLenny (Sarah Palin can see the left's heads explode from her house!)
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To: fours

ABC is just doing their part to calm the masses.


46 posted on 09/16/2009 1:27:43 PM PDT by vpintheak (4-times an extremist)
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To: maggief

I think she just forgot to add a comma....My dad, Uncle Duane........


47 posted on 09/16/2009 1:34:13 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: maggief

Tamara has a sister, April.....has to be cousins of Lorie.


48 posted on 09/16/2009 1:35:30 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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