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tbyg52 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 08:01 PM
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Hmmm.... They reject the good ones and embrace the creeps - surprise, surprise!
Emphasis mine.

The White House today withdrew the nomination of “holdover” FEC Commissioner David Mason to serve as a Commissioner on the FEC.

The White House dumped Mason after President Bush had twice proposed Mason for the FEC in the last two and a half years, in December 2005 as a recess appointment and in January 2007 as a nominee to the FEC for Senate Confirmation.

The only apparent reason for President Bush to drop Commissioner David Mason at this stage, an FEC candidate he had twice proposed for the Commission, is to prevent him from casting an adverse vote against Senator McCain on important enforcement questions pending at the Commission. The questions deal with Senator McCain’s request to withdraw from the presidential primary public financing system and the consequences of a loan the McCain campaign took out and the collateral provided for the loan.


The nomination of Don McGhan for confirmation to serve on the FEC simply affirms that the White House and Senator Mitch McConnell have little interest in the enforcement of the nation's campaign finance laws.

Mr. McGhan, who has served as counsel to the NRCC and as a campaign finance and ethics lawyer for former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, has shown disdain for the FEC and for the nation’s campaign finance laws in his previous actions.


More:
http://democracy21.org/index.asp?Type=B_PR&SEC={91FCB139-CC82-4DDD-AE4E-3A81E6427C7F}&DE={F6450916-58CE-4581-A2BC-C03BC8428480}

Credit for the heads-up:
http://www.kissmybigbluebutt.com/#may7tomdelay



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tbyg52 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 11:53 AM
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1. Three recs and no comments?
Well, I guess I'll do a self-kick and see if two more recs turn up.... ;)
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yowzayowzayowza Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 12:04 PM
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2. ...and another as what I feel like saying...
wouldn't be atall productive. :hi:
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tbyg52 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 12:24 PM
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3. Does leave you kinda speechless, doesn't it?
:hi:
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dmr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 02:07 PM
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4. This sheds sunshine on how ethical they all are, doesn't it?
McGhan - Mr. Ethics himself.

We need to capitalize on these ethics this summer, not only with McCain, but for any Republican running for office - in any capacity.

This definitely is what change is all about.
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pacalo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 02:15 PM
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5. It's only the creeps who will go along with the program, we've learned during the last 7 years.
These creeps have no respect for this country. They are the ones who "hate America". The laws that have served our government for the past 200 years have been twisted & negated strictly for these drunken-with-power creeps' political purposes.
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