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Ed Buck was known for his abrasive behavior. But politicians still took his money
LA Times ^ | 10/17/19 | HAILEY BRANSON-POTTS

Posted on 10/19/2019 4:33:19 AM PDT by Libloather

West Hollywood City Councilman John Duran said Ed Buck once hung an effigy of him in a park.

Some municipal employees said they refused to meet alone with him, and he unnerved two political foes so much at council meetings that sheriff’s deputies accompanied them to their cars afterward.

**SNIP**

Buck’s political influence has drawn intense criticism, especially from black and LGBTQ activists who believe his status as a white Democratic donor initially insulated him from prosecution and that influential people made excuses for a man whose volatility was on public display for years.

Jasmyne Cannick, a black political consultant who pushed for Buck’s prosecution, said she believed Buck got special treatment because of his fundraising for local Democratic candidates, a charge officials have denied.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Editorial; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: buck; money; perp; schiff
“It’s more than race and class,” Cannick said after the second death in Buck’s home in January. “It is also political. This is a man protected by the Democratic Party.”

Schiffty hardest hit. Has he given back the loot yet?

1 posted on 10/19/2019 4:33:19 AM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

When you’re a Democrat you have no choice but to raise money from criminals.


2 posted on 10/19/2019 4:36:11 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: Libloather

Did Adam Shifty have a relationship with Buck?? Anyone have details?


3 posted on 10/19/2019 4:42:20 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Libloather

“Abrasive”? Didn’t two people die in Buck’s house and a 3rd was hospitalized for a drug overdose? How many people would Buck have to kill to move on up to being described as “unhinged”?


4 posted on 10/19/2019 4:45:36 AM PDT by Flick Lives (MSM, the Enemy of the People since 1898)
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To: All
Ed Buckmelter


5 posted on 10/19/2019 4:51:17 AM PDT by JonPreston
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To: Libloather

Most politicians are nothing by whores, so it’s no surprise they took Buck’s money.


6 posted on 10/19/2019 4:53:20 AM PDT by Avalon Memories (This Deplorable is not fooled by the Marxist-Stalinist totalitarians infesting the Dem Party.)
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To: Ann Archy
Did Adam Shifty have a relationship with Buck?? Anyone have details?

Who needs details when you can just make up a "parody?"

7 posted on 10/19/2019 4:54:39 AM PDT by Avalon Memories (This Deplorable is not fooled by the Marxist-Stalinist totalitarians infesting the Dem Party.)
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To: Libloather

No mention of the old white guy drugging raping and killing young black men, keep that money rolling in, Epstein jr


8 posted on 10/19/2019 5:08:10 AM PDT by ronnie raygun (nic dip.com)
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“Did Adam Shifty have a relationship with Buck?? Anyone have details?”

I’ve read he visited Buck’s house around 16 times. Who knows what went on there; maybe they were playing checkers.

IIRC Trump also trolled him once by calling him “liddle Schiff”; that was probably a reference to “Liddle Kiddies”, a group that has been allegedly responsible for pedophilia.


9 posted on 10/19/2019 6:01:32 AM PDT by CondorFlight
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To: Avalon Memories

“He was extremely volatile, angry, irrational, mean, a bully, all those things.”

In other words, he was a typical Democrat.


10 posted on 10/19/2019 7:37:42 AM PDT by JGPhila
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To: Libloather

The guy sounds like a typical Democrat donor. What’s the big deal here?


11 posted on 10/19/2019 8:34:19 AM PDT by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart - I just don't te Don'tll anyone.)
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To: Ann Archy; Libloather

Did Adam Shifty have a relationship with Buck?? Anyone have details?

Details? Adam Schiff takes a nap —

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PORzc4wIXk


12 posted on 10/20/2019 2:18:00 PM PDT by a little elbow grease (... to err is human, to admit it divine ...)
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