Is Carol Moseley-Braun a Crook? [Slate!!]

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[AppyPappy]

Former Illinois Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun yesterday entered the Democratic presidential fray. Her one-term Senate tenure was plagued by scandals, highlighted by a fracas over whether she misspent $249,000 in campaign donations. What, exactly, was Moseley-Braun accused of?

Though she was never indicted or punished, Moseley-Braun had some close calls with the law. The first occurred during her 1992 Senate campaign, when it came to light that three years earlier, she had deposited a check for $28,750 into a personal money-market account. The check in question actually belonged to Moseley-Braun's mother, who owned a property in Alabama on which she'd sold the timber-harvesting rights; the $28,750 was a royalty payment. Edna Moseley was staying in a Chicago nursing home at the time and relying on Medicaid to cover her expenses, something ostensibly reserved only for the near-indigent—not people with $28,750 checks to their name. The royalty should have been used to reimburse Medicaid; instead, Moseley-Braun divvied up the money with her two siblings. When the situation came to light, she apologized and paid Medicaid $15,240. The Illinois Department of Public Aid declined to launch a criminal probe.

[AppyPappy]

I did a search and it wasn't posted

[Just mythoughts]

Another one who can say to media, we can discuss my sorted past when you talk about "Kennedy", "Clintons", "algore", etc.........

[grobdriver]

Another one who can say to media, we can discuss my sorted past when you talk about "Kennedy", "Clintons", "algore", etc.........

They should discuss her sordid past before the morons she represents elect her again - if they care.

[LauraJean]

Even the libs at work have no use for her. And these are people that think fear Bush more then Saddam. In Illinois her run for the presidency is a big joke.

[Conspiracy Guy]

I wouldn't give her the "Criminal" title. "Stupid Criminal" seems more appropriate. Let's not soil the much respected Criminal brand.

[AppyPappy]

There is more to this than meets the eye. Slate is a fax rag for the DNC. They obviously see her as a threat who must be stopped.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

I am thoroughly convinced that the Democrats are putting out candidates for 2004 purely for comic relief.

[Just mythoughts]

I do agree it should be discussed, but shouldn't they all be treated equally?

Now that Al don't ask me about "hoax" has told media to give him the same cover as other dims, won't Braun be able to scream racism if media starts asking her "hot" questions.

[Citizen Tom Paine]

She reminds me of an old country saying, "Dumb as a stump"

[Wil H]

Is Carol Moseley-Braun a Crook?

Is the Pope a Catholic?

[Conspiracy Guy]

I think even the Demon's are laughing.

[Just mythoughts]

The libs worship at the altar of Bill and Hillary Clinton, people who support them have no credibility in casting stones at a fellow dim who wants a bit of the lime-light.

Now who knows maybe Braun is broke and needs cash, media exposure.

Slate becoming a media watchdog for crooks is a joke, when for the most part they have spun so many stories in favor of the biggest "crooks".

This is not the liberal "affirmative action" way to pick on someone who needs a hand-out.

Someone should call for a lawsuit for "discrimination" of Braun by liberal news outlets. This isn't fair, you know the liberal way.

[Sangamon Kid]

Carol Mostly-Fraud was her moniker years ago.

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[Blood of Tyrants]

"Is Carol Moseley-Braun a Crook?"

Does a one legged duck swim in a circle?

Is a frog's butt watertight?

Do wild bears poop in the woods?

Are hillary's ankles fat?

[mamarainsberry]

So she is a thief who does what is right when she is caught? Seems like this would make her a favorite of the dems. Of course Bill and Hil never bothered to fess up when they were caught. So the DNC probably does see her as a threat.

[Ronnie Radford]

There is more to this than meets the eye. Slate is a fax rag for the DNC. They obviously see her as a threat who must be stopped.

I agree with you, Slate is trying to force Moseley-Braun out of the race before she makes the democrat party even more of a laughing stock. I think she is a threat to the democrats in that she could turn people away from their party.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Good observation.

[ken5050]

I thought the conventional wisdom ( if such a thing can be applied to Dems) was that this M-B's candidacy is the brainchild of Donna Brazile and others at the DNC who want to marginalize Sharpton.

[thegreatbeast]

Who cares about the motivation? This is all damned entertaining! You go, girl!