Tawdry little story of republicunt "ethics."

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/30/ca...y-scandal/

Quote:Campaign manager for Mitch McConnell resigns over Ron Paul bribery allegations

Quote:Benton was the spokesman for the libertarian Paul’s unsuccessful 2012 presidential campaign when, during the Republican primary season, a supporter of a rival candidate was secretly paid by a Paul staffer to publicly switch sides.

Former Iowa state Senator Kent Sorenson pleaded guilty this week to concealing $73,000 he was paid to endorse Paul over U.S. Representative Michele Bachmann.

Don't get me wrong. I'd sell out Bachman for a lot less that $73g but then I would have never supported the silly twat in the first place.

(August 31, 2014 at 3:22 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Tawdry little story of republicunt "ethics."

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/30/ca...y-scandal/

Quote:Campaign manager for Mitch McConnell resigns over Ron Paul bribery allegations

It's a close race. I can only hope this puts Alison over the top. Turtleman has got to go home.

Episode #75

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/09/03/sc...-evidence/

Quote:Scalia once called lethal injection ‘enviable’ for death row inmate cleared by DNA evidence

Quote:upreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia once singled out a North Carolina death row inmate as an example of someone who deserved to die – but his conviction was overturned Tuesday after he was exonerated by DNA evidence.

Henry Lee McCollum and his half-brother, Leon Brown, both of whom are mentally disabled, were cleared in the brutal rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl 30 years ago.

Scalia wrote a 1994 opinion in an unrelated case that cited McCollum as a reason to keep the death penalty, reported the Huffington Post.

No one will ever confuse this fuckhead with Oliver Wendel Holmes.

Jon Stewart explains Eric Cantor's new job in terms that even the dumbest republicunt can understand.

http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/t2papb/wealthy-choice

Headline: Mitch McConnell's Campaign Manager Resigns After Iowa Bribery Scandal Deepens

Quote:Jesse Benton, the campaign manager for U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, will resign his post as a bribery scandal from the 2012 presidential campaign threatens to envelop Benton and become a major distraction for McConnell's campaign.

The web page provides the details of the Iowa scandal.

Quote:Jesse Benton is not named in court documents, but according to a November 2011 email exchange later made public by Iowa Republican activists, Benton played a personal role in recruiting former Iowa state Sen. Kent Sorenson from Michele Bachman's presidential campaign to Ron Paul's.

In his guilty plea, Sorenson said the Paul campaign gave his wife a $25,000 check, which he did not cash, and then paid him $8,000 a month in payments concealed from the Federal Election Commission through a film production company. The money totaled at least $73,000 throughout calendar year 2012.

Sorenson switched allegiances to Ron Paul in December 2011.

Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2014/08/29/34025...rylink=cpy

Oh please, oh please, let this scandal put Grimes over the top.

Wait, wait... he had to bribe someone to get them to abandon Bachman's campaign???

Hard to believe, eh?

This isn't so hard to believe.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/09/03/il...imum-wage/

Quote:Illinois GOPer admits $100,000 wine club fee as Dem opponent tries to live on minimum wage

Quote:While Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn was participating in a challenge to live on the Illinois minimum wage of $8.25 an hour, WMAQ on Tuesday asked Rauner if he belonged to the Napa Valley Reserve because he was pictured with a bottle from the exclusive winery in a recent profile.

“Do you belong to a wine club that cost $100,000 to be a member of?” the reporter asked.

“I have many investments, I’m a member of many clubs,” Rauner laughed, waving his hand dismissively.

“So, that is a yes?” the reporter pressed.

“Yes,” Rauner stuttered.

Pretty easy to see which side this cunt is on.

Another republicunt crook bites the dust.

http://apnews.excite.com/article/2014090...d3c08.html

Quote: RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife were convicted Thursday of taking bribes to promote a dietary supplement in a corruption case that derailed the career of the onetime rising Republican star.

A federal jury in Richmond convicted Bob McDonnell of 11 of the 13 counts he faced; Maureen McDonnell was convicted of nine of the 13 counts she had faced. Both bowed their heads and wept as the court clerk read a chorus of "guilty" verdicts.

Widely considered a possible running mate for Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential campaign, McDonnell was all but abandoned after the scandal, and lived alone in a church rectory during the trial. Now he and his wife face up to 30 years in prison on most counts. Sentencing was scheduled for Jan. 6.

The couple's defense strategy depended in large part on persuading jurors that their marriage itself was a fraud and that they were unable to speak to each other, let alone conspire to accept bribes. They left the courtroom separately — first Bob and then Maureen, who hugged one of her daughters and wept loudly on the way out.

Bob McDonnell seemed ashen as he was mobbed by TV cameras before climbing into a waiting blue Mercedes.

"All I can say is that my trust remains in the Lord," he said quietly.

Looks like jesus said "fuck you," pal.

(September 4, 2014 at 5:08 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Another republicunt crook bites the dust.

"Bob McDonald went to jail, e i e i o."

Just a reminder, this is "governor ultrasound", the governor that brought forced vaginal ultrasounds to women as a hoop women had to jump through to get an abortion.

I don't wish rape on anyone but if governor ultrasound happens to drop the soap at an unfortunate time while serving in prison, I hope he takes a moment to reflect on how all the women he indirectly mechanically raped through all those forced trans-vaginal ultrasounds must have felt.