[Eye of Unk]

I expect a whole LOT of people are gathering up funds in much of the same manner, december 22 2012 is this year...

[PowderMonkey]

"Law enforcement suspect Maldonado was funneling some cash from the trips toward his and other political campaigns."

No need to mention political affiliation. Everybody knows those rascally Repubs and Tea Party types are but handmaidens of the cartels. Dripping. With. Sarcasm.

[ought-six]

Hidalgo County, TX is in reality not even part of the U.S. anymore; it is a province of Mexico.

Hidalgo County borders Mexico and its population (which has exploded in the last 20 years, more than doubling in that time) is about 90% hispanic (read: Mexican). It has an enormous illegal immigrant population, and it is staunchly in the camp of the Democrats. Its allegiance is unabashedly towards Mexico.

[ryderann]

For years, the dirty sheriff in my county kept the county dry because he was getting a commission from the local bootleggers. The phone for the taxi stand across the street rang inside the sheriff’s office who would then dispatch the taxi driver to deliver booze.

[mo]

there’s a Texas trooper somewhere in for a world of hurt when somebody in DC figures out that money was for a certain someone’s re-election bid....

[SwinneySwitch]

Democrat ping!

[wildbill]

Probably just ‘walking around money’ for a vote fixer.

Back in LBJ’s day, the Democrat machine could herd voters to the polls after a bar-b-q and beer rally for $1.00 per vote.

By the 70s it had gone up to $5.00.

Looks like the price has gone up—or this guy has some odd investments