[Antoninus]

I don't care how good his views might be. When you consider that he wrote over $100,000 in bad checks, during the "House Bank Scandal" it becomes clear the doesn't have the character we need in a President.

That seems like the best hammer to beat Hunter with. Trouble is, it's inaccurate. He didn't write any bad checks--they were all covered by the House Bank. Overdraft protection was a perk offered to the members and one, thankfully, that Newt and the GOP wave in 1994 abolished.

That said, what Hunter did was not illegal. No one ever received a dishonored check and he was cleared of any wrong-doing. And to the best of my knowledge he paid off all his debt to the House Bank. Do you have evidence to the contrary? If so, please present it.

[3niner]

He didn't write any bad checks--they were all covered by the House Bank.

A better way of saying it is that he wrote over $100,000 in overdrafts, which did not result in bounced checks or overdraft charges. I know how the House Bank worked.

The scandal was that Americans found out what was being done for Congresscritters, that would never be done for ordinary Americans.

By the way, I used the term "bad checks" (which you copied) not bounced checks. A check written for money that is not in the account is still bad, even if it doesn't bounce.