Posted on 09/10/2014 11:33:21 AM PDT by george76
Mark Udall, who yesterday had to apologize for his use of beheaded Americans as a political shield in his weekend debate with Republican opponent Rep. Cory Gardner, has been hit with an accusation of a campaign finance violation.
What Senator Mark Udall did, which was caught on camera by Revealing Politics, is a rather blatant violation of the Federal Elections Commission rule which bans the practice of federal candidates soliciting non-federal funds. While a named guest at a fundraising event for State Representative Crisanta Duran, Chairwoman of Colorado’s powerful Joint Budget Committee and rumored contender for House Majority Leader, Udall took to the stage and promptly reminded the attendees to pull out their checkbooks to help send Rep. Duran back to the Colorado State Legislature.
Compass Colorado used the recording of Sen. Udall’s violation as the basis for a complaint with the Federal Elections Commission. Kelly Maher , Executive Director of Compass Colorado, said in a press release, “It’s ironic that the same man who is trying to pass new laws about campaign finance can’t seem to follow the law currently on the books.”
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While Alex and Team Gardner are much too nice and professional to say it, I am not. This particular hypocrisy is punctuated by the fact that the news of this FEC violation comes just one day after Sen. Udall voted to restrict free political speech of law-abiding corporations in America.
Progressives scream loud and often of all the boogie men who intend to buy and steal our elections, but the real boogie men are those like Senator Udall. Instead of finding new ways to use the government as a means to silence his political opponents, Senator Udall should just stick to not violating Federal Election law himself.
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Election rules are meant to apply to Republicans only.
[ What Senator Mark Udall did, which was caught on camera by Revealing Politics, is a rather blatant violation of the Federal Elections Commission rule which bans the practice of federal candidates soliciting non-federal funds. ]
Hey, here is an idea, let’s go after a filmmaker and throw the book at him.....
But hey a politician, they are ABOVE the Law...
Watching Gardener’s ads, I am having a hard time trying to figure out which one is the Democrat and even if there is a Republican in the race.
Therefore you would vote for Udall?
Or not vote; that is almost the same?
We will mark you as favoring Udall.
Since I am a resident of Arizona, I for sure will not be voting for either of these two. I was merely commenting on Gardener’s pathetic attempt to show how liberal he is. But like many here, you seem to think the Be all, End all is to elect Republicans. Sad
Long ago Mark Udall was my climbing partner(rock mt.ice).
Perhaps I could recall something conservative he said.
Would that make him a tea party type?
How do conservatives gain by disparaging Gardener?
Half a loaf, or even one bite is better than NO LOAF.
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