Republican Congressman scandal much worse than Rep. Weiner, far less reported

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Craig234

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I generally think that violations of the public trust involving policy or violating the rules of democracy are far worse than adultery scandals.

Anthony Weiner had sexting with strangers; and he lied about it.

The Congressman in this link has a rare FEC complaint this week because he grossly violated election laws to 'buy' his election, laundering money through employees at his car dealerships, over and over, to pretend large donations were coming from the employees, while they were ordered to make the donations and reimbursed.

He, too, has lied. I don't think he's had 1% of the media coverage.

http://floridaindependent.com/33493/rachel-maddow-vern-buchanan
 
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MovingTarget

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Craig234 said:
I generally think that violations of the public trust involving policy or violating the rules of democracy are far worse than adultery scandals.

Anthony Weiner had sexting with strangers; and he lied about it.

The Congressman in this link has a rare FEC complaint this week because he grossly violated election laws to 'buy' his election, laundering money through employees at his car dealerships, over and over, to pretend large donations were coming from the employees, while they were ordered to make the donations and reimbursed.

He, too, has lied. I don't think he's had 1% of the media coverage.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/
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Honestly, one story is more sensationalist than the other, which is why the media covers it more. Sex stories in the news? Of course the public laps it right up. FEC ethics investigations....zzzzzzzzzzzz.....

The nature of these two are different. One is directly related to the performing of duties of public office....the other is not. The public's attention and outrage are very misplaced.
 
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MovingTarget said:
Honestly, one story is more sensationalist than the other, which is why the media covers it more. Sex stories in the news? Of course the public laps it right up. FEC ethics investigations....zzzzzzzzzzzz.....

The nature of these two are different. One is directly related to the performing of duties of public office....the other is not. The public's attention and outrage are very misplaced.
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That's show biz. The public demands they be the models of propriety and forgives their other transgressions so long as they meet that demand and continue to put on a good performance like any football or baseball star. The media isn't just sensationalizing the story; the public demands that one story get more attention then another.
 
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Everyone knows that the Republican party is your party of sexual pervs and ethical dirt bags. They are like the Catholic church, full of scum who pray on the innocent with their moral authority. Filth will always gravitate there.

But that dirt bag Weiner is a progressive and he sullied the name. They need to hound that turd till he resigns or throw his ass out in a manure bag.
 
Zebo

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Nothing worse than what gingrich did...cheating on faithful wife while in hospital w the cancer.. that's like murder to someone that frail. mIght as well pull IV and suffocate her with pillow.
 
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dali71

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Zebo said:
Nothing worse than what gingrich did...cheating on faithful wife while in hospital w the cancer.. that's like murder to someone that frail. mIght as well pull IV and suffocate her with pillow.
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She didn't have cancer (the tumor was benign), and they had decided to get a divorce before she was hospitalized. I don't like Gingrich, but there are better reasons to dislike him than for this falsehood that keeps getting repeated.
 
Brainonska511

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It isn't a contest where we kick out the "winner". Both behaviors are reprehensible in their own way.
 
CADsortaGUY

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Craig234 said:
I generally think that violations of the public trust involving policy or violating the rules of democracy are far worse than adultery scandals.

Anthony Weiner had sexting with strangers; and he lied about it.

The Congressman in this link has a rare FEC complaint this week because he grossly violated election laws to 'buy' his election, laundering money through employees at his car dealerships, over and over, to pretend large donations were coming from the employees, while they were ordered to make the donations and reimbursed.

He, too, has lied. I don't think he's had 1% of the media coverage.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/
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link is crap, have one that works? you know... like goes to the actual story instead of some crazy bitch's main page?
 
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cubby1223

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Craig234 said:
I generally think that violations of the public trust involving policy or violating the rules of democracy are far worse than adultery scandals.

Anthony Weiner had sexting with strangers; and he lied about it.

The Congressman in this link has a rare FEC complaint this week because he grossly violated election laws to 'buy' his election, laundering money through employees at his car dealerships, over and over, to pretend large donations were coming from the employees, while they were ordered to make the donations and reimbursed.

He, too, has lied. I don't think he's had 1% of the media coverage.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/
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Weiner's story was absolutely fucking hilarious!

That's why it got the media coverage. It's nothing to do with Democrat versus Republican. Get over it. Just because you personally like Weiner, doesn't mean the news coverage was unjustified.

Let your news story stand on its own merits.
 
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dali71

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CADsortaGUY said:
Is this the story? http://www.boston.com/news/local/ma...uption_trial/?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Local+news
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I think this was the story: Dems target Rep. Buchanan over car dealer donations

I didn't see the Maddow piece, but I'd be surprised if she brought this up:

The FEC suit is directed at Sam Kazran, Buchanan's former business partner.

The Buchanan camp called the Democrats' ad a "laughable attack."

"It was Buchanan who first reported these questionable donations to the FEC two and a half years ago," the campaign said in a statement.

"And the FEC obviously found that Buchanan had no involvement because the fine was issued against Sam Kazran, not Buchanan or the Buchanan campaign. Buchanan sold his ownership in the Hyundai of N. Jacksonville store to Kazran in 2005."
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Found the story - http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box...arget-rep-buchanan-over-car-dealer-donations-

The FEC suit is directed at Sam Kazran, Buchanan's former business partner.

The Buchanan camp called the Democrats' ad a "laughable attack."

"It was Buchanan who first reported these questionable donations to the FEC two and a half years ago," the campaign said in a statement.
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Yeah, it's a political story and should be taken on it's own instead of people like the OP (and I assume a video somewhere on that horribly developed website linked in the OP) using it as a deflection.
 
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Zebo said:
Nothing worse than what gingrich did...cheating on faithful wife while in hospital w the cancer.. that's like murder to someone that frail. mIght as well pull IV and suffocate her with pillow.
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Nothing? How about what Edwards did?
 
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cubby1223

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If we break it down to non-partisan terms:

Person A's lack of judgment was raising campaign funds.
Person B's lack of judgment was sending naked photos of his junk to random people across the internet.

hmmm... if given *just* that information and *nothing* else, I'll take Person A's representation over Person B.


See, if I try to answer these questions - "Do I want someone who spends his free time showing off his junk... determining the quality of my health care? Negotiating treatings with international leaders? Spending my taxes?"
 
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ProfJohn

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Let's not forget that the media skirts around fundraising stories because so many people are guilty of looking bad that is becomes a double edged knife.

Al Gore raising money from Buddhists?
Bill and Hillary getting money from Chinese dishwashers?
Obama removing the fraud protection from his web sites so people can donate using false names.
etc etc etc.
 
UberNeuman

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I believe the OP's post was this: if you want to be moral, then be ready to face the hypocrisy when it comes to town...
 
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lupi

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this should rank nicely in the epic lulz of the year op category.
 
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cubby1223

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UberNeuman said:
Nope... the point was quite clear.. save for those that are so anger driven that they close off their ears to it..
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Says the guy who's post history contains far more anger than mine :D


Craig has on multiple occasions stated that all Republicans are evil, and anything that can promote progressives over Republicans is in the best interests of the country. Weiner is being unfairly treated, his service is more important than this scandal. His ideology is more important than this scandal. Whereas the Republican's scandal is more important than his service, his ideology.

In other words, vote progressive.



Where is the hypocrisy on my part? That you claim this thread is all about? I'll criticize Weiner because of his showing his junk across the internet. For me to be a hypocrite, that would mean that I would be in full support of a Republican who showed his junk across the internet. And that's just not the case.
 
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UberNeuman

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cubby1223 said:
In other words, vote progressive.
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This is why I love the internets sooo much... *que the picture of the kitty with the big ball of thread.

\please - show me how the Cragger's is imparting the message "vote progressive" in this thread..
\\cubby1223 - instead of bringing a jankass bag of pointless hurt feelings to a thread - bring something new...
 
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