Comments on: What Happened to the Other Half Million? http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/06/07/what-happened-to-the-other-half-million/ Fri, 15 Jul 2011 20:48:32 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: sojourner http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/06/07/what-happened-to-the-other-half-million/#comment-75277 sojourner Sat, 07 Jun 2008 20:22:48 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/06/07/what-happened-to-the-other-half-million/#comment-75277 <p>I do not pretend to understand all the in’s and out’s of how they raise the money and how they use it. I just wish that I had saved the so-called “survey” that I received in the mail the other day from the NRCC, that was really a request for money. It had the most leading questions — and it tried hard to instill fear about “terrorists” and “liberals.” One question that I do remember (and had a good chuckle over) was, “Do you want to ensure that our nation has a balanced budget during the next administration?”</p> <p>They must be getting short on money, though. At the end was a request that I put a stamp on the envelope to save on postage costs…</p> <p>Sounds like tough times in the GOP…</p> I do not pretend to understand all the in’s and out’s of how they raise the money and how they use it. I just wish that I had saved the so-called “survey” that I received in the mail the other day from the NRCC, that was really a request for money. It had the most leading questions — and it tried hard to instill fear about “terrorists” and “liberals.” One question that I do remember (and had a good chuckle over) was, “Do you want to ensure that our nation has a balanced budget during the next administration?”

They must be getting short on money, though. At the end was a request that I put a stamp on the envelope to save on postage costs…

Sounds like tough times in the GOP…

]]> By: freepatriot http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/06/07/what-happened-to-the-other-half-million/#comment-75264 freepatriot Sat, 07 Jun 2008 19:14:20 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/06/07/what-happened-to-the-other-half-million/#comment-75264 <p>you have to cut the gop some slack</p> <p>they’ve stolen billions in the past 8 years</p> <p>trying to track down a missing half a million must seem trivial …</p> you have to cut the gop some slack

they’ve stolen billions in the past 8 years

trying to track down a missing half a million must seem trivial …

]]> By: oldtree http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/06/07/what-happened-to-the-other-half-million/#comment-75254 oldtree Sat, 07 Jun 2008 18:14:29 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/06/07/what-happened-to-the-other-half-million/#comment-75254 <p>Remember to watch the group of representatives that oversaw this committee and were supposed to be riding herd over Ward. They are notable for the corruption involved in their votes and contributions.<br /> A slush fund is a slush fund. Wonder if there is a remaining law enforcement agency that can investigate?</p> <p>Tom Cole and Greg Walden have a lot to answer for here. They appear to be running a slush fund that has no accounting. Crime, I think?</p> Remember to watch the group of representatives that oversaw this committee and were supposed to be riding herd over Ward. They are notable for the corruption involved in their votes and contributions.
A slush fund is a slush fund. Wonder if there is a remaining law enforcement agency that can investigate?

Tom Cole and Greg Walden have a lot to answer for here. They appear to be running a slush fund that has no accounting. Crime, I think?

]]> By: darclay http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/06/07/what-happened-to-the-other-half-million/#comment-75249 darclay Sat, 07 Jun 2008 16:33:54 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/06/07/what-happened-to-the-other-half-million/#comment-75249 <p>s it just that the embezzlement Ward did from the Presidential Funds is easier to find? Or is something different going on with the NRCC than they’ve been telling us</p> <p>Getting ready for a get out of jail free card for kkkarl Rove and co. ?<br /> maybe buy off a S—— or two or three</p> s it just that the embezzlement Ward did from the Presidential Funds is easier to find? Or is something different going on with the NRCC than they’ve been telling us

Getting ready for a get out of jail free card for kkkarl Rove and co. ?
maybe buy off a S—— or two or three

]]> By: PetePierce http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/06/07/what-happened-to-the-other-half-million/#comment-75248 PetePierce Sat, 07 Jun 2008 16:09:11 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/06/07/what-happened-to-the-other-half-million/#comment-75248 <p><a href="mailto:MarieRoget@1" rel="nofollow">MarieRoget@1</a> Thanks for the links.</p> <p><em>NYT</em> has a front page story on the traditions of both Democrats and Repubicans taking soft corporate money as the infrastructure of their financing their conventions. Corporate sponsers usually abound the same way they do for a major league baseball team.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/07/us/politics/07convention.html?hp" rel="nofollow">Conventions Rake In Soft Money That Candidates Forgo</a></strong></p> MarieRoget@1 Thanks for the links.

NYT has a front page story on the traditions of both Democrats and Repubicans taking soft corporate money as the infrastructure of their financing their conventions. Corporate sponsers usually abound the same way they do for a major league baseball team.

Conventions Rake In Soft Money That Candidates Forgo

]]> By: darclay http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/06/07/what-happened-to-the-other-half-million/#comment-75247 darclay Sat, 07 Jun 2008 15:49:24 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/06/07/what-happened-to-the-other-half-million/#comment-75247 <p>OT EW finding the report SSIC report, hope I got that right, very interesting. Just have a few ? and want to know if I can ask them OT over the weekend?</p> OT EW finding the report SSIC report, hope I got that right, very interesting. Just have a few ? and want to know if I can ask them OT over the weekend?

]]> By: Petrocelli http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/06/07/what-happened-to-the-other-half-million/#comment-75246 Petrocelli Sat, 07 Jun 2008 15:29:10 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/06/07/what-happened-to-the-other-half-million/#comment-75246 <p>Prolly used it to fill up the tank …</p> Prolly used it to fill up the tank …

]]> By: emptywheel http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/06/07/what-happened-to-the-other-half-million/#comment-75244 emptywheel Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:29:55 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/06/07/what-happened-to-the-other-half-million/#comment-75244 <p>Good question. I don’t think I’ll be on it until later in the week. I’m falling behind.</p> Good question. I don’t think I’ll be on it until later in the week. I’m falling behind.

]]> By: DefendOurConstitution http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/06/07/what-happened-to-the-other-half-million/#comment-75243 DefendOurConstitution Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:25:11 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/06/07/what-happened-to-the-other-half-million/#comment-75243 <p>Oops! What’s $500k missing between friends?</p> Oops! What’s $500k missing between friends?

]]> By: PJEvans http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/06/07/what-happened-to-the-other-half-million/#comment-75242 PJEvans Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:12:59 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/06/07/what-happened-to-the-other-half-million/#comment-75242 <p>Laundered into various personal campaigns? Payoffs to state officials for ‘cleaning up’ voter lists? I don’t know, but I’d bet wherever the money went, it’s not to <em>our</em> advantage.</p> Laundered into various personal campaigns? Payoffs to state officials for ‘cleaning up’ voter lists? I don’t know, but I’d bet wherever the money went, it’s not to our advantage.

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