Posted on 10/21/2011 10:49:24 AM PDT by 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."
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I’m not going to get banned just out of spite. I’m gratified that you got the message, though I had my doubts as some of you Texans are all mouth and no brain.
Traveling???!!!
With Jews????!!!!!
To Israel?????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG...we better get on the La Raza Rick bandwagon right away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I haven’t met a celebrity yet who doesn’t use a ghost writer. The problem with Perry is that he has no compelling story to tell, and he is so inarticulate that it would take a year and a team of translators just to get chapter one on paper.
It’s not playing the race card when the signs are there. And I’ve noticed you haven’t issued a denial.
Ah, another Democrat ploy, accuse someone of something outrageous for which you have not a shred of evidence and then demand a denial. Obama would be proud of you.
The Texas doofus, a career politician, that has always been for sale to the highest bidder, should be honored to be on the stage with an honest man like Herman Cain. And the hate refers to you perrywinkles and your continued attacks against a good man because you have a dried turd for a candidate. You have lost, get over it!!!
the guy is abusing his privileges on Free Republic.. this site wasn’t created for him to promote his own personal Perry Campaign.. I wouldn’t vote for Perry now if my life depended on it and I assume he’s alienated thousands on here to never consider Perry in the future too.. he’s poisoned the well and fomented hatred by his non ending threads and posts.. it’s pathetic
What are you talking about?
Perry’s two books...most recent was
“Fed Up” about the Feds power grab. The other one was in praise of Boy Scout values...don’t have its name handy.
Does’nt Cain’s empowerment zones includes detroit and other inner city black ghetto areas.
Having separate tax zones..is it even constitutional.
I thought you were describing Palin and Cain people here who have in packs and gangs run roughshod over everyone else...
Yep. Gardisil.Very impressive.
Hanging with La Raza. Very impressive.
Public prayer meetings. Very impressive.
Working for Al Gore. Very impressive.
Texas with the lowest percentage of high school grads of all the states. Very impressive.
The TTC. Very impressive.
In-state tuition for illegals. Very impressive.
So impressive that I think he would be a lousy nominee, never mind president.
If so, I guess I'll have to write in Mickey Mouse.
Call me what you will. Coming from a loud mouthed Texas Perry-bot, it means nothing.
there was never ONE person in here starting dozens of threads a day promoting their candidate and smearing all the others.. get it now?
Oh, they're available in the English translation now? How long did it take to transcribe them from the original Spanish?
So the campaign pays for books to pass out. The book is about Herman Cain and why he would be the best candidate. He passes the books out in the hope that the readers will also come to believe that he is the best candidate for the office.
I sent him money. If every dime goes to giving away books for people to read, it was exactly what I gave him money to do: that is get elected. Since when did these books grow on trees?
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