Republicans don't look after their own money, either
When it comes to the nation’s finances, Republicans in Washington have shown, shall we say, a certain lackadaisical attitude. Deficits, debts, expensive tax giveaways, lax regulations on the financial industry, Enron-omics — when it comes to looking after our money, GOP officials don’t exactly inspire confidence.
But what about when they’re tasked with looking after their own money? Well, it’s a funny story, actually.
The accounting scandal now haunting the National Republican Congressional Committee was preceded by a series of decisions over the past decade to relax internal financial controls at the committee, according to numerous Republican sources familiar with the NRCC’s operations during those years.
Under Virginia Rep. Tom Davis and New York Rep. Thomas Reynolds, who chaired the committee from 1999 until the end of 2006, the NRCC waived rules requiring the executive committee — made up of elected leaders and rank-and-file Republican lawmakers — to sign off on expenditures exceeding $10,000, merged the various department budgets into a single account and rolled back a prohibition on committee staff earning an income from outside companies.
And wouldn’t you know it, the lack of oversight led to abuse — and apparent felonies.
As Josh Patashnik concluded, “House Republicans can be accused of many things, but at least inconsistency isn’t one of them: They adhere to the same low standards of ethics and competence in their own affairs that they expect of the federal government as a whole.”
perfect. they not only steal from the american people; but they are so corrupt and greedy they steal from each other.
what utter pigs.
The GOP is going to fall like a house of cards this year, thanks in large part to their own doing. I only hope to see them relegated to third-party status sometime in the next two decades or so. Then a genuinely progressive party could move in, and the Democrats could be the right-of-center party that they're becoming under this administration.
:-) hilarious...
Republican Party - Thieves selling shit to idiots.
Shocking. Grover Norquist was on NPR this morning spouting off about cutting taxes and cutting spending like the last 7 years never f'ing happened. Why don't more people call gopers on their bullshit? They had all 3 branches for six years, and they deregulated everything they could. Take into account the fear factor, and they got to run things exactly as they pleased. Can we say now definitively that their way doesn't fucking work?
Wow....everytime....their 'magic' with fiscal responsibility....whew...
Honor amongst theives?
They just keep showing us who they are and what matters most to them... ca$h!
Check this out... it's frightening. US quietly breaks UN treaty.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022608A.shtml
Time to get rid of these repiglicans and as said by 2 RueMorgue, it's time they were out of the business of politics. They can't be trusted... not a single one of them.
They'll say...
"Just another reason we should have a flat tax. The tax codes have become so complicated that it's much harder to keep them all straight."
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY ALWAYS SAY....
live by the sword.... die by the scum-sucking GOP money grubbing sword
-------------- any GOP Republican who trusts THEIR party with money should try to learn from the lyrics of this Al Wilson classic.......
On her way to work one morning
Down the path along side the lake
A tender hearted woman saw a poor half frozen snake
His pretty colored skin had been all frosted with the dew
"Oh well," she cried, "I'll take you in and I'll take care of you"
"Take me in oh tender woman
Take me in, for heaven's sake
Take me in oh tender woman," sighed the snake
She wrapped him up all cozy in a curvature of silk
And then laid him by the fireside with some honey and some milk
Now she hurried home from work that night as soon as she arrived
She found that pretty snake she'd taking in had been revived
"Take me in, oh tender woman
Take me in, for heaven's sake
Take me in oh tender woman," sighed the snake
Now she clutched him to her bosom, "You're so beautiful," she cried
"But if I hadn't brought you in by now you might have died"
Now she stroked his pretty skin and then she kissed and held him tight
But instead of saying thanks, that snake gave her a vicious bite
"Take me in, oh tender woman
Take me in, for heaven's sake
Take me in oh tender woman," sighed the snake
"I saved you," cried that woman
"And you've bit me even, why?
You know your bite is poisonous and now I'm going to die"
"Oh shut up, silly woman," said the reptile with a grin
"You knew damn well I was a snake before you took me in
"Take me in, oh tender woman
Take me in, for heaven's sake
Take me in oh tender woman," sighed the snake
The invisible hand did it!
This is disturbing:
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/McCain_has_edge_over_Clinton_Obama_0227.html
That 61% of Democrats have a favorable opinion of St. McCain speaks volumes.
What should be a Democratic tsunami is being played by the MSM that McCain is in the lead. Do Americans really want 4 more years of Republican rule? Does America really have a death wish?
Gotugye @ 12:
Remember Rudy's early lead among Repukes? Remember Fred Thompson?
Like them, McCain has nowhere to go but down.
Corruption! The GOP is nothing but a party of Corrupt people looking for a way to con anyone foolish enough to follow them.
Joementum @ 14:
The point is the MSM is trying to shape public opinion with bits like this. Elections are won not with knock out blows but with the drip by drip of irrelavent issues and polls that begin to shape public opinions and perceptions. Look what they did to Al Gore in 2000. Irrelavent issues, (Gore invented the internet, he liked earthtones, etc.) turned people away from the man that should have been a shoe in towards the man the MSM said Americans wanted to have a beer with.
This is so deliciously, this just dessert...
Is there a word for schadenfr...oh.
As for St McCain, my younger brother is a perfect example. In a phone conversation he excitedly said to me, "It's great that McCain is the Republican candidate, this will be a good race! He's the most moderate of those guys so I'm glad it was him." I had to explain to him that the image of McCain is completely contrived, but he didn't buy it...It's a rough road ahead.
from someone who woke up
http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=9778
Gotugye @ 13:
yes!yes they do!! americans brains are in thier colon!
you can't have oversight if you have to pay for election theft and dirty tricks
linda @ 1:
Yes they should enjoy their fine meals of kobe beef and champagne before we gut them in public in front of their children for the rape of our country.
What I thought was funny was that even under the original rules, they only needed approval for expenditures over $10,000.00. Like $9000 is petty cash?!? People should think twice about giving money to this outfit.
Fortunately for them, all news stations will never cover this, so we will just continue down the death trap that has been laid for us by the devil. The religious right could care a less about saving themselves because they are too embarassed to admit they have been wrong for 7 years.
pigs at the trough.
as for maccain well he has money problems of his own, now doesn't he?
http://us-presidential-election.blogspot.com/2008/02/mccain-campaign-int...
OCBruce @ 4:
The TSSTI. Join your local chapter. Make a donation now! (We like blood best. Got kids? We've got plans for those! Donate! Got eggs? We need 'em, so don't waste 'em! Your eggs can keep THE DRAFT OUT. Keeping the DRAFT OUT is all that keeps the people from marching toward D.C. so PLEASE DO YOUR PART.)
Wish I could find this story funny. The question is why did they stop proper accounting procedures? Same reason they won't turn over their e-mails....they've been breaking the law.
Connect the dots...remember the missing $8BB in cash in Iraq? That cash being handled by vetted Republicans only in the CPA and oversighted by a company with a PO Box in the Cayman Islands? This occurred in Spring of 2004...just in time for the 2004 election. I suspect that the phenomenal fundraising in 2002-2004 of Republicans was just a money laundering scheme to get the stolen cash into their campaigns. They don't have legit receipts or expenses to justify the cash they've processed. So...stop the audits.
Whatever happened to Organized Crime? They morphed into the Grand Old Party.
Carly Corday @ 25:
PS:
Be the "I" in TSSTI!
(Your emblem can be uh...I know! A FLAG PIN. It's already recognized.)
This is about the Oregon GOP, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's going on all over the country:
were you surprised these are the same congress critters that kitted checks and do you think this was not intended they know they're crooks they'll take money out of the treasury anyone's treasury
Eric Almighty @ 5:
They oughta put ole Grover in a 99.98% tax bracket, retroactive to the day Reagan took office.
Bush and boys are just realy busy stealing all the money (ie) US dollars that are worth nothing absolutly 000000000000 nothing !!!! This just proves how stupid the repurb party realy is, they all have IQ's of 68 or less which puts them all at morron status!!!!!!
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