Okay, so if it was simply a matter of paying the tips for his peeps, and it was such a small amount ($3300), why not simply pay out of pocket in the first place? Why dip into the campaign fund, and then "mislabel" the transaction as "salary."
> I ask that question at least once a week, so I totally disagee, > however I don't know the specifics of this case. The whole reason > corporations and businesses have legal departments is to answer these > kinds of questions. doesn't make the results any more palatable. a lot of decisions seem to be, well, it's only illegal if we get caught. > If Reid asked the question it shows that he was concerned and if he's > willing to make amends I don't see the problem. I'll remember that for when I'm in office... > If he was nailing a 16 year old staffer and asking about legality, > that's a different thing. why? because one thing is _more_ illegal? more reprehensible? more immoral? > But rewarding your key players is a great > trait to reward. It's hard to get worked up because he didn't dot all > it i's. It's only a small bribe. It amounts to nothing really, in the big picture...people do it all the time. Stealing cable, Marge, it's a victimless crime... Gosh, officer I was only speeding a little bit. What's the big deal? I only fleeced the Injuns a little bit... Arctic Refuge Drilling will have no significant impact on the surrounding eco-system. I guess one has to pick what they're willing to put up with. I'm fed up. I don't like the idea that if I do something illegal and get caught, I do time. Congress regularly gives the american people the shaft and not only does nothing happen when they get caught, we get the privledge of paying for it, too. All right, tell you what, how about if we not only re-elect this jackass (and his cohorts), we also let him vote himself anouther pay raise, too? -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable." - Carrie Fisher ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:217805 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
