Questions surface on Gingrich campaign travel payments

The Washington Times ^ | February 17, 2012 | Lou Rosiak

[no dems]

Oh crap! Here we go again. A Brokered Convention is looking better every day.

[TexasFreeper2009]

I am not attacking Gingrich (honestly I am not)... but he does seem to have a long history of doing this type of thing.

In the end he seems to always be “technically” correct, because he is good at reading the fine print of a law and skirting it “just enough” to be legal.

But the impression left with those made aware of the situation is that he did something illegal or unethical. Sometimes you have to avoid even the appearance of impropriety.

[Principled]

I am not attacking Gingrich (honestly I am not)... but he does seem to have a long history of doing this type of thing.

I think a revision is in order:

I am not attacking Gingrich (honestly I am not)... but the press does seem to have a long history of doing this type of thing to him.

Just sayin'

[mmanager]

Sounds like my expense reports. I’m always forgetting to put something on them and then I have to go back a couple of months later and recoup.

[TomGuy]

The campaign would not explain how the candidate forgot about $45,000 in receipts,

Calista had a birthday last week.

I'm just saying ...

Quit throwing things at me!!!!!

[2111USMC]

I wonder what kind of investigation Lou did on Obama’s 2008 campaign finances.

[Jonty30]

But when you’re dealing with a multi-million dollar campaign, where small acts can contribute to throwing your message off the mark,...

..., is it really worth pursuing a couple of thousand dollars so that you squeeze every last dime from your campaign?

I think, unless it’s going to be big money involved, let it go if you neglected to dot all your i’s and crossed your t’s when you should have had the first time around.

[TexasFreeper2009]

good point.

[no dems]

Your Post #2 is spot on. As a matter of fact, I read something like that Somewhere. “Abstain from all appearance of evil.” (I Thessalonians 5:22).

I’m back in Newt’s Camp. (See my tagline.) I guess it’s good that we’re getting all this out there now before people, other than us political junkies, start paying attention and before the GE.

[no dems]

LOL! Love your wit and humor.

[WVKayaker]

... The Obama campaign said 98 percent of January donations were $250 or less. Federal Election Commission filings show Obama's campaign alone pulled in more than $5 million in unitemized contributions, usually less than $200 apiece.

Many of those donors, however, are repeat contributors, meaning that their aggregate donations over the past year would exceed $250. Still, the nonpartisan Campaign Finance Institute, which analyzes contributions, found that small donors, those whose aggregate contributions amounted to less than $200, accounted for 48 percent of Obama's campaign income in 2011.

That more than doubles the small donor contributions to his campaign in 2007, as he mounted his first campaign for president. What's more, the institute found that small donors accounted for only 9 percent of 2011 fundraising for Republican Mitt Romney, who is battling for front-runner status in the GOP presidential primary and is the top fundraiser in the Republican contest. ...

Hmmmm...

Last time, Zero hid the names of these small donors (absolutely forbid their release), but research found tons of "cash cards" being used and donor names like donald Duck and Snoopy. It was/is suspected this is either Middle Eastern monies or Soros-type interference with the "system".

...The January numbers were being reported as Obama concluded a three-day swing of California and Washington that included eight fundraisers, most of them high-dollar events. All told, the president was expected to raise more than $8 million during the trip.-US News

-"C'ya suckers"

[harpu]

The author of this article, Luke Rosiak, not LOU Rosiak, is not really a legitimate reporter (if there is such a thing anymore) but rather he's an investigative source for The Sunlight Foundation which is basically funded by liberal foundations to whine about 'open government'.

Just another cheap shot fired across the bow of Pubbie candidates. Desperation is; "looking for fly fecal matter in the pepper."

[Vinnie]

I would love to see who’s paying for Zer0’s flying around the country campaigning. Should I even wonder? Us!

[drjimmy]

Grifters gotta grift.

[BobL]

If Newt didn’t want to be attacked because of this massive amount of petty cash, he could have itemized it on his expense forms.

It was his choice to put that ammo out there. It is not the media’s fault for reading his report and telling the country what’s in it.

[skaterboy]

newt would never do anything unclean...he has changed and admitted his shortcomings and given glory to god and stuff

[skaterboy]

ahhh yes the mean old press doing it to him..

[RedMDer]

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[sheikdetailfeather]

The Washington Times must be for Romney just like Drudge, WSJ, Coulter, NRO and Fox. I remember the bogus 84 ethics charges David Bonior slapped on Newt and how the IRS exonerated him. I question those who are bashing Newt right now. Even so called conservative media. I furthermore question what they try to pin on Rick Santorum. The so called conservative media are now more suspect in my eyes than the candidates they are bashing because they want Romney so much they are willing to sell their credibility down the drain.

[conservativejoy]

Gingrich will be exonerated...after the campaign.

If they really want to spend some quality time, I’d like a gander at an itemized list of Moochelle’s expenses since Obama took office.