Posted on 06/10/2011 8:01:23 PM PDT by smoothsailing
by Henry Reske
June 10, 2011
A Delaware man has pleaded guilty to illegally funneling more than $200,000 to political campaigns. Those benefitting from the illegal contributions apparently include the failed presidential campaign of now Vice President Joe Biden...
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Prosecutors said the campaign finance scheme involved fake fundraisers, free alcohol for candidates and supporters at events...
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The complaint does not allege any wrongdoing by the candidates and does not identify them by name. However, the Post reported that dates and other information in the court documents “strongly suggest that Biden and Sen. Thomas R. Carper, D-Del., were among the candidates who received straw donations from Tigani.”
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Vice President Biden’s spokeswoman, Amy Dudley, said, “We had absolutely no knowledge of these activities.”...
(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...
Wow, talk about Dumb and Dumber!
Why is it so important for Democrats to win these political jobs? They lie, cheat and steal in their campaigns so they can lie, cheat and steal while in office. Democrats - consistently corrupt.
LOL! Carper and Biden, the dynamic duo!
We wanna see Biden’s emails. Even if they only had the usual Democrat corruption, they’d probably be good for many laughs.
An honest President might be shopping for a new VP right about now, but Obama probably considers this a resume enhancement for Sheriff Joe.
Yeah, right! This sounds really familiar.
Astonishingly similar words of Murtha's spokesperson regarding PMA's head honcho Paul Magliocchetti's illegal donations.
Absolutely! Wheel them all out and stack them up in front of the New York Times building for a photo op!
I wish these people would quit pleading IGNANCE and brain damage as excuses for this stuff.
I guess they all get the same little "Denials for Dummies" handbook! :o)
Oh oh, is the establishment is throwing obiden under the bus?! Perhaps they reckon the stale ol’ bumba needs some fresh face, some new excitement and all that jazz for the second go around!
True, he does go all the way back to those televised FDR fireside chats. The man is brilliant!
It took them long enough to put this out.
Copyright restrictions kept e from posting about this yesterday.
Where did the money come from?
What was the intention of such contributions?
What kind of favors were expected?
Real reporters would ask the obvious questions
Lift the rock and watch ‘em scurry!
Unfortunately, in this case, the diminished mental capacity defense might work!
Before anyone goes too nuts with this, note that Newsmax mentions the Biden/Carper side, but not that it seems most went to Republicans.
Joe was busy girding his loins and patriotically rounding up money to pay his taxes
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