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O Donnell being investigated for misuse of funds

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Of course she is claiming it's just a witch hunt...

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Christine O'Donnell Denies Money Misuse, 'Expects More' Accusations - ABC News

Link includes decent video of an interview with her...
 
the witch melted when someone threw a bucket of water on her

ie, her memory is not real relevent

meanwhile, OBAMA'S original car czar, steven rattner, is a CROOK

today: Rattner to pay $10 million in Cuomo case - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com

TEN MILLION DOLLARS! in FINES!

that's an awful lot of PAY TO PLAY, no?

everyone knew about rattner, i knew...

of course, like the witch from delaware, mr rattner was NOT elected by the good people of this once great nation

no, he was APPOINTED

and there's your executive judgement for you

party on, progressives
 
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Stay on topic.
 
Having been through a long campaign this year as a campaign manager, I know what it is to comply with all the accounting necessary and the proper filing of papers on all the money you took in and how it was used. And the one I was in was only a State rep office. I can imagine a Senate seat, even in a small state, is a nightmare if not done right.

This is not the first time we have heard about O'Donnell and possible spending irregularities. During he campaign there were allegations about her doing this in the past also. It will be interesting to see how this develops over time.

I love this line from her

"We were informed that the Delaware political establishment was going to use every resource available to them, including launching phony investigations ... tying me up with lawsuits to make sure I can't move forward politically,"
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A terribly lopsided loss in the midst of a GOP tsunami is hardly moving forward - no matter if they let her alone or not.
 
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haymarket said:
Having been through a long campaign this year as a campaign manager, I know what it is to comply with all the accounting necessary and the proper filing of papers on all the money you took in and how it was used. And the one I was in was only a State rep office. I can imagine a Senate seat, even in a small state, is a nightmare if not done right.

This is not the first time we have heard about O'Donnell and possible spending irregularities. During he campaign there were allegations about her doing this in the past also. It will be interesting to see how this develops over time.

I love this line from her



A terribly lopsided loss in the midst of a GOP tsunami is hardly moving forward - no matter if they let her alone or not.
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It looks to me like the past is what they are still investigating and not anything from 2010. Am I wrong?
 
Barbbtx said:
It looks to me like the past is what they are still investigating and not anything from 2010. Am I wrong?
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The article is not clear but the video says they go back to 2006. I found this interesting

Former O'Donnell campaign manager Kristin Murray said in a robocall taped for the Delaware Republican Party during the primary that O'Donnell used 2008 campaign funds for personal reasons.
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If there is anybody who knows the dirt in a campaign its the campaign manager. They usually know more about what happened than the candidate does. For a former manager of O'Donnell to come out with this is potentially very damning evidence.
 
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I just wonder why they are dredging this up now. Don't they have anything better to do? She's not running for anything that I know of and didn't they already investigate her during the election?
Besides it seems misuse of campaign funds might be a requirement for successful politicians

.Federal Grand Jury Investigating John Edwards Possible Misuse of Campaign Funds to Pay Off Mistress | Cleveland Leader
Edwards uses his campaign funds to pay off mistress

:doh
Washington -- Rep. John Conyers' campaign committee spent nearly $46,000 on travel
The campaign also bought $14,000 worth of Super Bowl tickets for the veteran lawmaker and campaign donorsFrom The Detroit News: Rep. Conyers tops in use of campaign funds for travel | detnews.com | The Detroit News

recently reviewed campaign finance disclosures to the FEC and noticed that Nancy Pelosi, via her own re-election campaign fund, made two contributions of $2,000 ($4,000 total) to Betty Sutton's campaign earlier this year. And just for good measure, the Pelosi-led Political Action Committee called PAC to the Future made two $5,000 donations ($10,000 total) to Sutton's campaigns on the same days that Pelosi's campaign made donations. The fun doesn't stop there though. Pelosi's campaign also made three more donations totaling $6,000 to the Betty Sutton for Congress campaign committee.


Betty Sutton For Congress in 2010? NO WAY!: Did you know? Nancy Pelosi is funding Betty Sutton's 2010 campaign

NY Congressman Charles Rangel pays parking tickets with campaign funds

Political Page | www.qgazette.com | Queens Gazette
Bloomberg possible misuse of campaign funds.


Just don't get why the concern over O'Donnell. Oh well, I hope she's innocent of paying her rent with funds that I thought she was cleared of. Didn't she use the apartment as her campaign headquarters back then?
 
haymarket said:
Having been through a long campaign this year as a campaign manager, I know what it is to comply with all the accounting necessary and the proper filing of papers on all the money you took in and how it was used. And the one I was in was only a State rep office. I can imagine a Senate seat, even in a small state, is a nightmare if not done right.

This is not the first time we have heard about O'Donnell and possible spending irregularities. During he campaign there were allegations about her doing this in the past also. It will be interesting to see how this develops over time.

I love this line from her



A terribly lopsided loss in the midst of a GOP tsunami is hardly moving forward - no matter if they let her alone or not.
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This is politically motivated. The complaint was filed by a group connected to Joe Biden. Smart tactic. I think we'll adopt this tactic for use against the left. The left invents tactics and we adopt them for the next election cycle. Tie up defeated enemies and crush them. I like your attitude boy.
 
Albert Di Salvo said:
This is politically motivated. The complaint was filed by a group connected to Joe Biden. Smart tactic. I think we'll adopt this tactic for use against the left. The left invents tactics and we adopt them for the next election cycle. Tie up defeated enemies and crush them. I like your attitude boy.
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Actually the material came from people from McDonnell's own campaigns.

I do not understand why you would excuse criminal behavior?
 
haymarket said:
Actually the material came from people from McDonnell's own campaigns.

I do not understand why you would excuse criminal behavior?
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Conservative media is reporting that the information came from O'Donnell's staffers, but they didn't file the complaint. The complaint was filed by a nonprofit group headed by a former Biden staffer.

I don't condone criminal behavior like violating campaign laws or illegally crossing the border. The only people who condone criminal behavior to my mind are the residents of Harlem in NYC. Why is Charlie Rangel still in Congress?
 
I love the way some people, when their poster child gets accused of something, immediately say "Well the other person did it too, and they got away with it".

Who cares what the other person did? Rangel should be in jail, that's what I'm saying.

If a politician does something illegal, they should be punished, period. If she used campaign funds illegally, she should be prosecuted.

Now.

Extraordinary as it is, that these allegations were not brought to light until her campaign, it doesn't mean they didn't happen, nor does it mean that she should not be investigated IF there's evidence.

If it's just an allegation, without proper proof, then those haters can bugger off, I'm not O'Donnell fan, but neither am I a fan of false allegations, it's disgusting.

But anyone looking to excuse this behaviour if its true, by pointing the finger elsewhere, should be ashamed of themselves.
 
O'donnell is being investigated... She is guilty of nothing. It's a shame to see the partisan circle jerk of rejoicing over an investigation of a conservative woman's campaign fund use. What other politicians do does not excuse bad behavior. However, many are treating O'donnell as if she is automatically guilty out of partisan hatred for her as a conservative.
 
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Jetboogieman said:
But anyone looking to excuse this behaviour if its true, by pointing the finger elsewhere, should be ashamed of themselves.
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who's excusing?

if you wanna get the defeated republican senate candidate from delaware, go get her

bottom line---she's a pretty low get

she's not occupying a position of public service and trust

others are
 
The Prof said:
who's excusing?

if you wanna get the defeated republican senate candidate from delaware, go get her

bottom line---she's a pretty low get

she's not occupying a position of public service and trust

others are
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If you took peoples money with the intention of using it for one purpose, and use it for another, that's fraud.

The law is the law.

I don't care about the politics behind it. Those who break the law must be held accountable, so that it is an example for future candidates.
 
Jetboogieman said:
If you took peoples money with the intention of using it for one purpose, and use it for another, that's fraud.

The law is the law.

I don't care about the politics behind it. Those who break the law must be held accountable, so that it is an example for future candidates.
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fine by me

get em all---the treas secty, the vet chair of ways and means, the friends of angelo, the still sitting gub of new mexico, the labor secty, the gub and comptroller of new york, the senator from CT, the mayors of sacto and sf, the congressman from detroit, the congressman from newton...

or, instead, one can reserve one's outrage for individuals who, by virtue of their having been soundly defeated on tsunami tuesday, are today mere private citizens

cheating is cheating, after all
 
Jetboogieman said:
If you took peoples money with the intention of using it for one purpose, and use it for another, that's fraud.

The law is the law.

I don't care about the politics behind it. Those who break the law must be held accountable, so that it is an example for future candidates.
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Politicians do it allllllllll the time and no one is ever prosecuted over it.

Why is it so important to go after O'Donnell?

The real question is: are they going after someone that broke the law, or just making an example of someone that dared take on the establishment?
 
apdst said:
Politicians do it allllllllll the time and no one is ever prosecuted over it.

Why is it so important to go after O'Donnell?

The real question is: are they going after someone that broke the law, or just making an example of someone that dared take on the establishment?
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That has not been my experience. I just managed a successful political campaign and I can tell you with 100% accuracy that not one dollar was raised illegally nor spent illegally and every dollar was accounted for on the proper forms filed at the proper time with the proper people according to the law. We spent lots of time and effort making sure we were squeaky clean. Anybody who would do otherwise is a fool or idiot.

oooops - I forgot... or a witch.
 
haymarket said:
That has not been my experience. I just managed a successful political campaign and I can tell you with 100% accuracy that not one dollar was raised illegally nor spent illegally and every dollar was accounted for on the proper forms filed at the proper time with the proper people according to the law. We spent lots of time and effort making sure we were squeaky clean. Anybody who would do otherwise is a fool or idiot.

oooops - I forgot... or a witch.
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But, you can only account for that single campaign. Right?
 
apdst said:
But, you can only account for that single campaign. Right?
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Yes and no. This was the campaign I managed this year. In the past I have given advice and written literature for others. Sometimes I was paid, sometimes for free.

To prepare us for this campaign, we went to a two day seminar conducted by a veteran democrat of the state political wars and one two hours bloc was devoted to campaign finance reports. The thing they kept telling us over and over again was "learn this process as well as you know your own name" or "reach down into your pocket to pay somebody who does". I would bet that republicans have similar resources to train them.

There is really no excuse for somebody accused of the things that O'Donnell's own people blew the whistle on except laziness or criminality. I can't see how it could be any other way. And with 7 million dollars coming in, you can buy the services of some really first class professionals.
 
apdst said:
Politicians do it allllllllll the time and no one is ever prosecuted over it.

Why is it so important to go after O'Donnell?

The real question is: are they going after someone that broke the law, or just making an example of someone that dared take on the establishment?
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So O'Donell is doing what every politian does and we're all supposed to believe she wants to take on the establishment? Haha somebody is a little contradictory. Does Superman kill people the way Lex Luthor does?
 
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