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Did Senator Durbin Violate Senate Ethics Rules?
NoAgenda.org ^ | 8/5/07 | Matt Margolis

Posted on 08/07/2007 10:33:28 AM PDT by No Dog

It appears that Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) broke Senate ethics rules by improperly using the Senate seal on a campaign video.

By visiting Senator Durbin's YouTube channel, you will see that it is titled "Dick Durbin For Senate," gives his campaign website (not his Senate website) as its URL, and even describes the channel as "All the latest videos from Senator Dick Durbin's re-election campaign."

Posted on Dick Durbin's YouTube channel is a video he recorded for the YearlyKos Convention, which we all know is a gathering of liberal bloggers/activists, otherwise known as the "netroots."

Seen on the video is the U.S. Senate seal superimposed in the right corner... which, given the nature of the YouTube channel (a tool for his campaign) and the videos purpose (pandering to liberal activists who are intent on electing and reelecting Democrats) calls into question the appropriateness of Durbin using the seal on what can reasonably be deemed a campaign video.

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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: corruption; ethics; ethicsviolations; senatordurbin
Post script to this story: Senator Durbin has now removed the unethical video from his YouTube page.
1 posted on 08/07/2007 10:33:29 AM PDT by No Dog
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To: No Dog
I loathe Senator Durbin but this seems like a rather petty offense.
2 posted on 08/07/2007 10:35:27 AM PDT by Jaysun (It's outlandishly inappropriate to suggest that I'm wrong.)
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To: No Dog

Durbin IS a violation of anybody’s ethics rules.


3 posted on 08/07/2007 11:01:35 AM PDT by Freedom'sWorthIt
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To: No Dog
Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket His middle name is "Head".
4 posted on 08/07/2007 12:22:31 PM PDT by rfp1234 (Nothing is better than eternal happiness. A ham sandwich is better than nothing. Therefore...)
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