Herman Cain's campaign paid his company to buy his books [zot]

CBS News ^ | Oct 18, 2011 | Lindsey Boerma

[Clairity]

Herman Cain's case against pundits who claim he's running a book tour rather than a presidential campaign just got a bit more complicated.

Federal Election Commission records show that the former Godfather's Pizza executive paid more than $64,000 of his presidential campaign funds to his motivational speaking company, T.H.E. New Voice Inc., for copies of his own books, and for lodging, airfare, and resources, Bloomberg News reports.

Previous rulings by the FEC have allowed candidates to use their campaign funds to buy their own books, as long as the purchase is at market value and the money goes to charity rather than to personal profit. But Bill Allison, editorial director at the Washington, D.C.-based Sunlight Foundation, told Bloomberg that Cain's case should raise some eyebrows.

"All candidates publish books and they offer them as a premiums to donors, but most candidates aren't buying them from their own companies," Allison said. "It raises the question of his campaign contributions ending up in his own pocket."

[GeronL]

I am on the Zot ping list!

[Jim Robinson]

I see a tree with your name on it, troll.

[GeronL]

I don’t agree with anyone. I also do not think they were banned for being pro-Perry but reposting deleted threads and “racebaiting” have been mentioned as causes upthread.

[beandog]

You’re correct, and this is very disturbing. Don’t worry though, once they get rid of everybody that doesn’t agree with them, they’ll start eating each other. Some people just can’t help themselves.

[buccaneer81]

A lot of us anti-Perry’s are from Texas too

I know, and I appreciate that. It's a distinct minority of really loud-mouthed, mostly female FReepers almost all from Texas who are making things confrontational to the extreme.

[GeronL]

The gals must like the hair.

heh

[Stonewall Jackson]

Well said. I'll support whichever conservative candidate wins the nomination. I don't think I can hold my nose long enough to vote for Rino Romney, but I'll take any of the others.

[Norm Lenhart]

A reading from the Book of ZOT!

Confusion reigns amongst the faithful brethren and we are left to wonder why.

Should it come as a shock to those proclaiming the Conservative virtues that when they turnith to words liberal and speakith falsely that Divine justice should fall from the skies of Asgard?

As the Norns foretold long ago brethren, to thyine own selves one must be true. And so it came to pass that two more amongst the faithful, Clarity and Polybus, did forsakith their conservatism and so speak falsely amongst the realm.

But their lies did not go unnoticed by the Kittith, whose eyes are everywhere! In ceilings, in basements and across the fruited plain!

And so did the Kittith show the mercy of the Great Cat himself and stay their sword and claw, for the two were brethren of some reknown. They were given the chance to repent their ways and rejoin the true way of conservatism. Yet they didith forsake such mercies and spitith upon their would-be saviors!

And so it did come to pass that the two didith escelatith their liberalism, and one did adopt the ways of the fell Gobbels, propagandist from another realm! Clearly the Plague of Stupidicus hadith indeedith befallen him!

And so, like the assassins of old, did the Lord thy Mod come, stealing their digital lives like a thief in the night...and there was much rejoicing! For we are a merry people. Yet some amongst the faithful question such wisdom!

Why? These lands are a place for those who believe in truth and integrity! It does not take a long study in the science and engineering of rocketry and other high magics to comprehend that liberal actions and words false havith no place in the realm!

What do YOU believe in brother and sister? Do you too welcome the Holy Amperage that comes with such Democrat words and deeds? Would it shock you , as would said amperage to discover that as the burning light of truth and honor breaks across the horizon of Asgard, that yet more who have done such should find their names chiseled into the fell Pillars of Trollhenge ?

I think ZOT!

For the Viking Kitties loathith such who losith sense and reason and shall open upon their bits and bytes new and improved orifi to drain from them the very corruption which flows unchecked through their veins! Mercifully, and with great violence!

And so the Book of ZOT! Records that the names of those corrupted and corrupting were forever stricken from the lands and that fuzzy little Valkyries did indeed decendith from Valhalla to drag their diseased essences back to Trollhenge, where we who remain faithful, do pass final judgment upon them... mercifully, and with much poopith!

Perhaps someday soon another will speak false. Or perhaps they will evacuate such thoughts of liberal dissent from the bowels of their minds. Or perhaps the longboats shall once again return to these shores, carrying with them cute and fuzzy digital death......

Book of ZOT!

Chapter 66; Section 2; Verse 1-12: “A moment of Clarity”

Normie – Chief Druid of Trollhenge

[Netizen]

i am not relishing the banning of a fellow freeper.

i am relishing the banning of LIARS and trolls. People who’d moved past the point of normal disagreement.

I have NO problem with an honest, intelligent debate. As a matter of fact, I love it.

But when people post outright lies, get corrected with cited sources a dozen times - them start another thread with the same lie, over and over again -

THAT is troll behavior.

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EXACTLY!

[altura]

I hadn’t read any of the posts when I made that bet.

And I was right.

[altura]

I agree. I was under the impression there would not be a Perry purge or a purge of anyone unless that person is supporting Romney.

I think it’s digusting that some of you are laughing like hyenas because a decent person has been banned from this forum.

[magritte]

You really didn’t expect any different, did you? You’ve read their posts.

[Norm Lenhart]

Funny...
I wouldn’t call someone who has a long history of trolling, posting absolute BS and finally resorting to what sure looks just like anti-semitism, a decent person. It’s not about supporting Perry. Plenty of people here support Perry and do not resort to liberal tactics. He did.

He chose unwisely. He deserved it. Period.

[rbmillerjr]

I cautioned Clairity just yesterday I think.

Losing Clairity is actually good for Perry Freepers lol, because Clairity was doing no good for the Perry campaign....addition by subtraction.

[altura]

Thank you for a sane and reasonable post.

Something sad is happening on this forum. I’ve been attacked by people I’ve known around here and liked for years because I don’t support their candidate.

I make no secret of my support for Perry (see my tagline)

I might have gotten a little snarky on occasion but I will stand by my posting history. It has stayed well within the guidelines of Free Republic.

I cannot say the same for many of you.

[buccaneer81]

The gals must like the hair.

They remind me of female Clinton voters who admitted in 1992 that they chose based on looks.

[Marie]

O.M.G.

That needs to be it’s own thread so bad...

(please?)

[onyx]

LOOK HERE

[buccaneer81]

Look who’s talking...a paid RNC operative.

[Marie]

You can blame the likes of Clairity and Ploybus for that. There are about a dozen Perry supporters who haven’t shown the restraint that you have. It’s gotten to the point where “Perry supporter” is becoming synonymous with ‘troll’.

Welcome the banishment of these people. Hopefully the air will clear and we can continue with a civilized debate.