Keeping the trust is the first order (Minutemen-Simcox)

Jewish World Review ^ | July 28, 2006 | Wesley Pruden

[Anti-Bubba182]

The first thing a Minuteman has to learn is to keep his powder dry. The bigger the powder magazine, the bigger the risk of getting it all wet.

This is the lesson that Chris Simcox, the president of the volunteers on the border, who have almost single-handedly aroused the nation's conscience about the tide of illegal immigration, seems to have missed in basic training.

The "powder" is the hundreds of thousands of dollars that Americans have contributed to the Minutemen, who have been exceedingly helpful to the U.S. Border Patrol. The careful, rigorous reporting of Jerry Seper in The Washington Times reveals that the Minutemen management has not made its records of fundraising and finances public in more than a year, raising the hackles and suspicions of several top Simcox aides. Some of them have resigned, protesting the loose management of the money...."[snip]

"... All the more reason that Chris Simcox and his lieutenants must account for the money and explain what the Declaration Alliance, the grandly named political public-relations firm in Herndon, has done with the money it has collected and disbursed in the name of the Minutemen. The Declaration Alliance is the creation of Alan Keyes, the smooth-talking conservative activist and sometime pol, and is meant to provide mass mailings, public relations and "a fully accredited and independent audit." So far no one in the Minutemen management has said how much has been paid to the Declaration Alliance, and what the Minutemen got for the money...."

[Rex Anderson]

LOL...yeah, right. Sorry, Howlin, I'm not in the fundraising business.

Your Own Personal Org. Is Here, and you ask for donations.

[Howlin]

Whoops.

[Howlin]

Because of the constant harrassment and coast to coast stalking of people like you and your antifreeper fellow travelers.

So now asking questions about people you CHOSE to associate with is harassment?

Have you already forgotten that when you were first ask about that web page, you insinuated that you didn't do any work for him and wasn't sure why your name was there?

It seems to be me if you name was there for an HONEST reason, it would still be there.

It appears you are "scrubbing" your internet persona.

It isn't safe for my family any more.

Are you now accusing people who question your integrity of stalking your family?

Quit being such a drama queen.

[MikefromOhio]

If you want to use this conservative site to do proctological exams on conservatives, that's your business.

It's in everyone's interest to prove that the Minutemen are on the up and up. They've been accused, yet have as yet shown no evidence to the contrary, just rhetoric from their FR shills....

Personally, I'm not interested.

Personally, no one cares if you're not interested.

Don't feel a calling to that branch of medicine...

Don't lie, yes you do. Only when and if it suits you.

[gondramB]

>>This is preposterous! All of the sudden, the fact that our borders are wide open to anyone with willpower and the legs to walk - is deemed superfluous to how a few thousand dollars was spend by a volunteer organization?<<

Hopefully, that's not the way people are seeing this - hopefully, the question at hand is whether this guy and his group are worthy representitives on the issues.

[Howlin]

hopefully, the question at hand is whether this guy and his group are worthy representitives on the issues.

You nailed it!

[editor-surveyor]

This hit piece proves that Simcox has been effective and is worrying the open-border NAZI.

[editor-surveyor]

"This is simply another attack against a group trying to keep America strong."

Absolutely!

[gondramB]

"This hit piece proves that Simcox has been effective and is worrying the open-border NAZI."

Who is the "NAZI?"

[Czar]

Thanks, I'm withholding my comments until all of the facts are in.

[Registered]

My comment:However,EV, it's clear there is a conflict of interest that a professional in your field shouldn't cross. Like when you were posting in the Cox threads, clearly it is an ethical lapse of judgment to have done what you did.

Your reply: More ridiculousness. I don't even support Cox, much less work for him. Can you find a single post of mine where I advocated for John Cox? No? What a shock...

I have a final question regarding your posting ethics here on FR. Were you posting pro-Gilchrist articles/comments while working for his campaign or the MM organization that he started? I know the answer. The answer is yes. You have no objectivity, you only have agenda.

[EternalVigilance]

I have a final question regarding your posting ethics here on FR. Were you posting pro-Gilchrist articles/comments while working for his campaign or the MM organization that he started? I know the answer. The answer is yes. You have no objectivity, you only have agenda.

I was a volunteer.

And my agenda has never been a secret.

[Registered]

Were you a paid volunteer?

[EternalVigilance]

No. I'll await your apology.

[EternalVigilance]

http://www.dailypilot.com/front/story/21665p-30649c.html

"Obviously, his main focus as founder of the Minutemen has been immigration law enforcement, and that's going to continue to be a very big issue with Jim Gilchrist," said Tom Hoefling, a campaign consultant who's volunteering for Gilchrist.

[EternalVigilance]

You still haven't shown any proof that I worked for Cox either, or advocated for him on FR.

[EternalVigilance]

Gosh, I'm sure glad I didn't decide to hold my breath, awaiting your apology...

[EternalVigilance]

Are you outraged that one of the dozen or so of Simcox's primary attackers here on FR is closely tied to the open borders lobby in DC, the main DC press organ that is pushing these attacks on Simcox, and in fact runs one of the PACs that supported John Campbell?

I'm sure there are others, but they're firmly ensconced behind their FR anonymity.

Come on, Registered, don't play the hypocrite.