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GOP asks Dems for beer money (Hold muh beer!)
The Charleston Post & Courier ^
| 08/06/05
Posted on 08/06/2005 10:08:22 AM PDT by smoothsailing
SATURDAY, AUGUST 06, 2005
GOP asks Dems for beer money
Republicans threaten lawsuit over $5,000 misdirected donation
Associated Press
GREENVILLE--South Carolina Republicans say the Democrats need to stop dragging their feet and return the beer money they are owed. Democrats say the check's in the mail.
The latest dispute between the two political parties began in April when St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch Co. wrote a $5,000 check intended for the South Carolina Republican Party.
Instead, the envelope was addressed to the state Democratic Party, which promptly deposited the money.
Katja Zastrow, Anheuser-Busch's regional director of governmental affairs in Washington, said in an e-mail statement that the check went astray "through a series of administrative oversights."
She said they are working with both parties to resolve the situation.
Democrats say that they have sent a refund check to Anheuser-Busch.
"Nobody should expect us to write a check to the Republican Party," said Lachlan McIntosh, the Democratic Party's executive director.
The GOP said the refund came only after it threatened a lawsuit.
State Republican Party Chairman Katon Dawson said they want the money back and that any further delays are unacceptable.
But McIntosh said a July 27 letter from Dawson to Democratic Chairman Joe Erwin was the first time the matter had been brought to the party's attention.
In the letter, Dawson wrote that "this careless error was made over three months ago and has yet to be rectified."
McIntosh wrote Dawson on Tuesday, saying party officials "are in the process of refunding the money directly to the company," which would then send the Republican Party another check.
Zastrow did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment Friday.
TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: beer; thisbudsnotforyou
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To: upchuck; SC Swamp Fox; dixie sass
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posted on
08/06/2005 10:11:01 AM PDT
by
smoothsailing
(Qui Nhon Turtle Co.)
To: smoothsailing
I thought that it was illegal to sign your name on a check made out to somebody else, and then deposit the check. Isn't that forgery?
3
posted on
08/06/2005 10:12:03 AM PDT
by
wyattearp
(The best weapon to have in a gunfight is a shotgun - preferably from ambush.)
To: wyattearp
4
posted on
08/06/2005 10:14:57 AM PDT
by
ncountylee
(Dead terrorists smell like victory)
To: ncountylee
Not if you're a DEMONcRAT.
5
posted on
08/06/2005 10:16:16 AM PDT
by
OSHA
(I've got a hole in my head too, but that's beside the point.)
To: smoothsailing
DUDE!
Never mess with the BEER money!
6
posted on
08/06/2005 10:19:44 AM PDT
by
JOE6PAK
(Make somebody happy. Mind your own business.)
To: wyattearp
It's not clear in the article who the check was made out to,only that it was intended for the Republicans.
I don't think depositing the check would have required a signature so forgery may not be involved.
7
posted on
08/06/2005 10:20:01 AM PDT
by
smoothsailing
(Qui Nhon Turtle Co.)
To: JOE6PAK
LOL! Some things are just off limits! ;^)
8
posted on
08/06/2005 10:22:54 AM PDT
by
smoothsailing
(Qui Nhon Turtle Co.)
To: smoothsailing
If it was simply stamped on the back for deposit only (as I am sure it was), the bank taking the deposit would have responsible for ensuring that the check was indeed made out to the depositor before taking it. I think that the bank, therefore, is responsible to make good on it. Obviously, A-B does not want this to be a big stink, and the Dems have got nothing at all to lose to make this into a big 'brew-ha-ha"...
A-B can resolve this by going to the bank and stating the bank misappropriated the deposit; they should have a copy of the cashed check in their records...
9
posted on
08/06/2005 10:34:48 AM PDT
by
Amalie
(FREEDOM had NEVER been another word for nothing left to lose...)
To: smoothsailing
Make the Dems issue a check straight to the republicans so it looks like the Dems are supporting us.
10
posted on
08/06/2005 10:45:26 AM PDT
by
handy old one
(It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims. Aristotle)
To: smoothsailing
If a check made out to my neighbor was sent to me and was cashed by me I suspect I would be arrested and charged with theft. rats must be so proud of their party.
11
posted on
08/06/2005 10:50:01 AM PDT
by
Once-Ler
(16 months til Byrd is ousted from office, and Kennedy ain't getin younger)
To: smoothsailing; upchuck
A thread on the same article from a different source is posted
here.
12
posted on
08/06/2005 10:51:35 AM PDT
by
SC Swamp Fox
(Aim small, miss small.)
To: SC Swamp Fox
13
posted on
08/06/2005 10:53:38 AM PDT
by
upchuck
("If our nation be destroyed, it would be from the judiciary." ~ Thomas Jefferson)
To: upchuck
I don't think it's the issue of the dems not wanting to give a check directly to the Republicans, it's that the dems don't have the money. The state democrat party is broke. Also explains why they would cash the check.
To: wyattearp
I thought that it was illegal to sign your name on a check made out to somebody else, and then deposit the check. Isn't that forgery? Nothing is illegal anymore....... Murder....rape.....child abuse......treason......etc.
You just have to be a celebrity, a Democrat or a member of the MSM and you can get away with anything!
That's why liberals are so terrified of conservative judges.
They might actually one day have to face the law, rather than getting around it.
18 posted on 08/06/2005 10:09:31 AM PDT by CROSSHIGHWAYMAN
To: SC Swamp Fox
Good! More laughs for everyone!
16
posted on
08/06/2005 11:19:51 AM PDT
by
smoothsailing
(Qui Nhon Turtle Co.)
To: Amalie
A-B can resolve this by going to the bank and stating the bank misappropriated the deposit; they should have a copy of the cashed check in their records...
But that might cost them $30 or more.
17
posted on
08/06/2005 11:28:59 AM PDT
by
Mark was here
(My tag line was about to be censored.)
To: smoothsailing
HEADLINE: Democrats will steal your beer money
18
posted on
08/06/2005 11:42:14 AM PDT
by
advance_copy
(Stand for life, or nothing at all)
To: smoothsailing
Democrats say the check's in the mail. Well, I'm convinced.
To: CROSSHIGHWAYMAN
You just have to be...a Democrat or a member of the MSM and you can get away with anything!Come, now! Sandy Berger was given a very nasty slap on the wrist!
20
posted on
08/06/2005 12:06:13 PM PDT
by
expatpat
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