"We anticipate filing some amendments"
Ladies and Gentlemen,
"And we anticipate filing some amendments..."
...is an exact quote from a July 20th, 2007 letter from the Republican Party of Minnesota to the Federal Elections Commission.
“SOME" amendments?
How about SEVENTY amendments!!!
One for each month of 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and the months of January through November of 2007.
Is that “some”?
Ladies and Gentlemen, under Ron Carey’s “stewardship” in leadership roles, the RepubliCan Party of Minnesota has been paying fines to the FEC, going back to 2001 and a fine of $16,000. Since 2002, the FEC has repeatedly and continually asked for clarification of those monthly reports because, well, they simply don't add up nor make sense.
And since Ron Carey began criticizing Al Franken’s bookkeeping problems, demanding Franken answer questions, republiCon Ron began ducking questions and re-filing amended monthly reports to the FEC for a period covering almost SIX YEARS. And who knows? There may be even more amended returns coming up. After all, what’s republiCon Ron gonna say about the latest batch of amended returns – “Well, sure, we’ve amended a bunch of previously amended reports, but THIS time, we got ‘em “right”!!!”
Hey – if they didn’t get ‘em “right” the first time, nor the second, why would anyone believe republiCon Ron got ‘em "right", this time?
Think about that - since 2002, the Republican Party of Minnesota has not gotten a single month's report done correctly. Not a single one.
How's THAT, for a track record?
Now, one thing to remember, is this: the whole time republiCon Ron was in front of a microphone, piously criticizing Franken's paperwork, he KNEW that those seventy amendments to the previously amended reports were going to be filed.
He KNEW.
Yet he hypocritically ripped Franken anyway.
Why?
Unfortunately, that’s a question that can’t be asked, because although republiCon Ron is fond of demanding Franken answer questions, answering questions isn’t something Ron likes to do, himself.
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Not a single one? Are they just doing delaying tactics, hoping that the bureaucracy moves so slowly, that this gets delayed until after the election?
Yes, Carey has problems, but what's Norm saying???
It sure looks as if now is the time for Norm Coleman to distance and dissociate himself from, and even denounce the false or at least questionable accounting and fiscal practices of Carey and his party functionaries. If Norm Coleman will not step up as part of the solution, then the man is simply more of the problem and that would be more reason, beyond his voting record, to replace him with Franken, Nelson-Pallmeyer, even Ciresi who is still a player, whichever of them the DFL endorses.
Each of those three is a gentleman. Each, in Norm's place, would not want to have his reputation tarnished by the tawdry fiscal mischief these GOP-Carey folks are into - up to their armpits in bogus bookkeeping - all that false reporting, then massive mop-up, but with no real hint that the same pattern has been checked and will not continue.
How do you expect they will handle the books for the Pawlenty convention this summer?
Other than by keeping the bars open later, knowing who they are dealing with.
NO - not a non sequitur. I think part of their problem is they do their bookkeeping in bars, something like that as explanation.
But so far that bar-break timing is all I have seen of their convention intent.
With McCain and his Budweiser dependencies, I guess the bar-break is quite important.
What a bunch.