A Ron Paul Finance Scandal?

American Spectator ^

[mnehring]

As reported by Mark Levin yesterday.

It seems the recent 'double billing' taxpayers for expenses isn't an isolated situation but has been going on for a while. Don't forget Ron Paul was basically kicked out of the Libertarian party (and one of his staffers went to jail) over an embezzlement scandal back in 1988.

Snip....On Election Day scores of Lawyers, and Accountants raided the Ron Paul for President Campaign Headquarters and closed down the campaign operation. Campaign Manager Nadia Hayes was arrested by the Nassau Bay, TX Police Department and later convicted for embezzlement of roughly $140,000.

American Libertarian magazine November 1988 described the situation: "�a bizarre twist tough-talking campaign manager Nadia Hayes was sacked the day before the election. And the much awaited last minute campaign media blitz largely failed to materialize�. Paul campaign chair Burt Blumert and Paul campaign ghostwriter and direct mail fundraiser Lew Rockwell showed up... unannounced and unexpected (at HQ). Staff were told that they should leave... locksmiths turned up late in the day to change the locks on the office doors."

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks mnehring.

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[svcw]

Ron Paul is a fraud - it’s that simple.

[WellyP]

Agree with only one exception, he’s right on the FED.

[Eaker]

Give it a few minutes and the bots will be here spinning and parsing this information.

It will probably turn out that according to them that stealing the money was the fiscally responsible thing to do.

[woofie]

I cant endorse stealing unless I do it

[CarmichaelPatriot]

Submitting the same receipts for reimbursement twice?

He’s either ;

a) Corrupt

b) Suffering from Alzheimers

Either way, he’s done.

[Eaker]

As chairman of the House Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy what has he actually, ACTUALLY accomplished?

[woofie]

I hope you are right but if it goes down that way I dont know what that does to the primary race

[ApplegateRanch]

Let’s hope this puts him where he belongs...or at least out of public life & office.

[okie01]

As chairman of the House Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy what has he actually, ACTUALLY accomplished?

Wellllllllllllll.... He bitched a lot.

[okie01]

As chairman of the House Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy what has he actually, ACTUALLY accomplished?

Wellllllllllllll.... He bitched a lot.

[rmlew]

Submitting the same receipts for reimbursement twice? He’s either ; a) Corrupt b) Suffering from Alzheimers Either way, he’s done.
"Either/or" is the wrong function. Both are true. You also forgot "lazy", a "poor administrator" and "contemptuous of laws".

[American Constitutionalist]

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/feb/17/questions-surface-gingrich-campaign-travel-payment/

[Jack Burton007]

Let me guess, you’re a Paulbot.

[mnehring]

Except you forgot the rest of the story- nothing became of this on Newt because he was using his own plane and reimbursing the expense from the campaign as required by law (otherwise, it would be considered a donation and exceed the $2300 limit).

This is way different than double billing taxpayers and a PAC for the same expense (for apparently over five years).

(simplified just in case you are a Paul fan- Newt was renting his plane to his campaign. Paul double billing for expenses. Not even in the same category).

[SatinDoll]

I believe that is why the “newsletters” have his name on them - he is an incompetent manager who did not keep control over published items with his name on them.

[SJackson]

Not his fault. The newsletter author does his expenses too, he knows nothing about it, just cashes the checks.

[jboot]

I hope you are right but if it goes down that way I dont know what that does to the primary race

Hopefully the liberal Paulbots will stop crossing over to vote in our primaries and not bother with politics anymore-at least not until their messiah runs again in another election.