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Dinesh D’Souza Is Charged With Using Straw Donors to Give to a Campaign[W:55]

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Dinesh D’Souza Is Charged With Using Straw Donors to Give to a Campaign

Dinesh D’Souza, a best-selling conservative author and filmmaker, was indicted on Thursday on charges that he used straw donors to illegally donate to a 2012 Senate campaign.

Federal prosecutors in Manhattan said that Mr. D’Souza encouraged others to give $20,000 to a Senate candidate and reimbursed them for the donations. Election law prohibits such arrangements and caps donations at $5,000 per donor to any one candidate.
 
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Good for him. Donation limits are un-Constitutional.
 
Re: Dinesh D’Souza Is Charged With Using Straw Donors to Give to a Campaign

Good for him. Donation limits are un-Constitutional.

Let's not pretend he was doing this as part of a principled constitutional protest. As wrong as donor limits may be it doesn't make someone instantly laudable for violating them.
 
Re: Dinesh D’Souza Is Charged With Using Straw Donors to Give to a Campaign

This is a travesty.. nothing but Obama intimidation at its worst.. shall we say ACORN?
 
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Dinesh is one of the biggest gasbags out there, Hitchens use to use him as a pinata.

Those who bray the loudest about their fine morals are the ones who are always falling...

Schadenfreude, bout time the law caught up with this douche.
 
Re: Dinesh D’Souza Is Charged With Using Straw Donors to Give to a Campaign

You think corporations and the 0.01% should be allowed to buy politicians?

Yes. And Constitutionally, they are.
 
Re: Dinesh D’Souza Is Charged With Using Straw Donors to Give to a Campaign

You think corporations and the 0.01% should be allowed to buy politicians?

there should be no limit on donations as long as there is disclosure

and if you have to pay millions in taxes only to have 10 freeloaders out vote you-yeah, you should be able to use that money to influence the elections
 
Re: Dinesh D’Souza Is Charged With Using Straw Donors to Give to a Campaign

Somerville said:
You think corporations and the 0.01% should be allowed to buy politicians?

Yes. And Constitutionally, they are.

I'm positive you are perfectly in line with the Founding fathers' intent on this. /sarcasm
 
Re: Dinesh D’Souza Is Charged With Using Straw Donors to Give to a Campaign

Lets not forget that Dinesh lost his post at some christian university for his adulterous shenanigans.

Hypocritical swine.
 
Re: Dinesh D’Souza Is Charged With Using Straw Donors to Give to a Campaign

Ah the best government money can buy!
 
Re: Dinesh D’Souza Is Charged With Using Straw Donors to Give to a Campaign

Ah the best government money can buy!

You vote according to who gets the most campaign money? That's an odd method.
 
Re: Dinesh D’Souza Is Charged With Using Straw Donors to Give to a Campaign

This is a travesty.. nothing but Obama intimidation at its worst.. shall we say ACORN?

Yep, looks like this is a law that Obama has decided to enforce, at least in this case.
 
Re: Dinesh D’Souza Is Charged With Using Straw Donors to Give to a Campaign

This is a travesty.. nothing but Obama intimidation at its worst.. shall we say ACORN?

Yes. A term limited President has decided that now is the time to exert energy and direct his operatives to fabricate a FEC violation and indictment against a niche conservative political commentator. Because why not. You nailed it.
 
Re: Dinesh D’Souza Is Charged With Using Straw Donors to Give to a Campaign

Yes. A term limited President has decided that now is the time to exert energy and direct his operatives to fabricate a FEC violation and indictment against a niche conservative political commentator. Because why not. You nailed it.



What did you expect from President "Pick 'n Choose?"
 
Re: Dinesh D’Souza Is Charged With Using Straw Donors to Give to a Campaign

First time I hear of this guy... did a quick search on him:

The cultural left in this country is responsible for causing 9/11 ... the cultural left and its allies in Congress, the media, Hollywood, the non-profit sector and the universities are the primary cause of the volcano of anger toward America that is erupting from the Islamic world.[29]

Sounds charming.
 
Re: Dinesh D’Souza Is Charged With Using Straw Donors to Give to a Campaign

Dinesh is one of the biggest gasbags out there, Hitchens use to use him as a pinata.

Those who bray the loudest about their fine morals are the ones who are always falling...

Schadenfreude, bout time the law caught up with this douche.
Loved Hitchens and truly lament his passing, as he was doubtless the best public speaker in this realm of his generation... but your statements here don't really go very far towards your having abilities at accurate assessment.
 
Re: Dinesh D’Souza Is Charged With Using Straw Donors to Give to a Campaign

First time I hear of this guy... did a quick search on him:



Sounds charming.
:failpail:

Very balanced assessment of his career...:roll: wow. If one were to do a quick Google comparative search on say, Obama, Hillary or Bill Clinton, Joe Biden...ad nauseam... well, you get the idea... I think ol Dinesh would hold up pretty well.
 
Re: Dinesh D’Souza Is Charged With Using Straw Donors to Give to a Campaign

You think corporations and the 0.01% should be allowed to buy politicians?

You mean like unions do?
 
Re: Dinesh D’Souza Is Charged With Using Straw Donors to Give to a Campaign

and another conservative having problems with money
Didn't see much in the way of any evidence or proof in the article... perhaps just another instance of indicting everything up to and including a ham sandwich by hopeful libs? Charges are not, obviously by any means, a declaration of guilt.
 
Re: Dinesh D’Souza Is Charged With Using Straw Donors to Give to a Campaign

Didn't see much in the way of any evidence or proof in the article... perhaps just another instance of indicting everything up to and including a ham sandwich by hopeful libs? Charges are not, obviously by any means, a declaration of guilt.

The produce a film about Obama, so I'm sure that didn't help him.
 
Re: Dinesh D’Souza Is Charged With Using Straw Donors to Give to a Campaign

Lets not forget that Dinesh lost his post at some christian university for his adulterous shenanigans.

Hypocritical swine.

I'm not sure what has happened to Dinesh D'Souza, but he has surely stumbled and lost his way, and for that I am sorry.

I am also sorry for the admitted schadenfreude.
 
Re: Dinesh D’Souza Is Charged With Using Straw Donors to Give to a Campaign

Loved Hitchens and truly lament his passing, as he was doubtless the best public speaker in this realm of his generation... but your statements here don't really go very far towards your having abilities at accurate assessment.

Nor do yours.
 
Re: Dinesh D’Souza Is Charged With Using Straw Donors to Give to a Campaign

:failpail:

Very balanced assessment of his career...:roll: wow. If one were to do a quick Google comparative search on say, Obama, Hillary or Bill Clinton, Joe Biden...ad nauseam... well, you get the idea... I think ol Dinesh would hold up pretty well.

You mean a guy who blames liberals for 9/11, thinks extremist Muslims hate us because of our freedom and sucks off colonialism is not charming? Well I for one am shocked.
 
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