Is Carol Moseley-Braun a Crook? [Slate!!]

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[AppyPappy]

Former Illinois Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun yesterday entered the Democratic presidential fray. Her one-term Senate tenure was plagued by scandals, highlighted by a fracas over whether she misspent $249,000 in campaign donations. What, exactly, was Moseley-Braun accused of?

Though she was never indicted or punished, Moseley-Braun had some close calls with the law. The first occurred during her 1992 Senate campaign, when it came to light that three years earlier, she had deposited a check for $28,750 into a personal money-market account. The check in question actually belonged to Moseley-Braun's mother, who owned a property in Alabama on which she'd sold the timber-harvesting rights; the $28,750 was a royalty payment. Edna Moseley was staying in a Chicago nursing home at the time and relying on Medicaid to cover her expenses, something ostensibly reserved only for the near-indigent—not people with $28,750 checks to their name. The royalty should have been used to reimburse Medicaid; instead, Moseley-Braun divvied up the money with her two siblings. When the situation came to light, she apologized and paid Medicaid $15,240. The Illinois Department of Public Aid declined to launch a criminal probe.

[AppyPappy]

The Sharpton and Braun runs are probably both problems for the DNC. The DNC would prefer that the black issues keep their head down until the election so the DNC can concentrate on other issues. DNC to blacks: "You show up on election day, we pay you and you go away". As long as these two are in the race, Kerry and the front runners will have to show up at controversial points and take stands. They don't want to do that. They don't want to go to Cincinnati amd take stand against the police. They don't want to take a firm stand on Affirmative Action. They want to cater to moderate voters and soccer moms who aren't crazy about people getting pulled out of cars and beaten because some criminal got shot. Soccer moms don't care what happens to THOSE people; they just don't want to be affected.

When John Edwards has to go to the Projects and say "We need to stop police from hassling you", the soccer moms hear "I'm soft on crime". The Democrats hate this stuff. They hate to take stands. They HAVE the black vote and I imagine they would prefer it just keep quiet until Election Day.

[Nonstatist]

They obviously see her as a threat who must be stopped.

I thought she was the counter to Sharpton, whose price for being silent is much,much higher than her's ?. .. Shutting her down would leave Sharpton the field for the substantial Dem Primary Black vote, especially down South.

[Protagoras]

I'm fairly certain that the money left over after a failed campaign in most cases can be kept. It was the first thing I thought of when I saw this doofus announce her candidacy. There are probably other reasons as well, none of them about actually getting elected.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Does the Pope wear a big hat?
Does it get dark at night?
Does a BullFrog bump his rear end when he hops?

[Onelifetogive]

Is Mosley-Braun is Crook?

Most of OUR guys are crooks. Mosley-Braun is a lot worse than that!!!

[Brian Allen]

Is Carol Mostly Brown a Crook?

Is the Pope Polish?

[strider44]

You're correct, most of our guys are crooks too. I think her infraction was pretty minor. How many people do you know with wealthy parents that are transferring assets to avoid estate taxes or did so in the past? Tons of people do this so MEDICAID can pay the bills. I hate Miss Carol for more important reasons.

[connectthedots]

Is Carol Moseley-Braun a Crook?

Ding, ding, ding; we have a winner. Rhetorical question of the month.

[Paleo Conservative]

[ErnBatavia]

I am thoroughly convinced that the Democrats are putting out candidates for 2004 purely for comic relief.

Are you going to run for office again? I would pay the big bucks just to have a bumper sticker that says "Vote for Hillary's Lovely Legs"...Colmes might even run a picture of it, clueless as he is.