Posted on 08/13/2013 9:35:15 AM PDT by bkepley
The chairman of Ron Paul’s 2012 presidential campaign is refusing to answer questions about allegations the campaign paid for endorsements before the Iowa caucuses last year. Jesse Benton, a longtime Paul aide who is now campaign manager for Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell, has not replied to requests for comment after an audio recording surfaced whereby an Iowa state senator, Kent Sorenson, admitted he had received a $30,000 check from high-level Paul campaign official, accepting the money in exchange for switching his support from Michele Bachmann to Ron Paul. Sorenson also said that Benton was aware of the transaction
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Did they run this story due to the neocon Cristie battle with Rand Paul?
Attack the messenger...
I didn't know Christie was Jewish...
The phrase “politics as usual” comes to mind.
years ago I had a monthly subscription to Weekly Standard. When Bush ran the first time for president, the Standard was bash Bush every magazine...I dropped them cause I could read that in the MSM for free. Oh wait, I stopped getting the newspaper before then....
How else would the earmark king get a vote? He probably figured out how to get some of the millions he got in earmarks back. Or else the KKK kicked in.
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