The New Hampshire democrat party–in a typical game of misdirection–is all lathered up about some tenuous connections between Senator Gregg–leaving the Senate, John Sununu–no longer in the Senate, and Kelly Ayotte–not even in the Senate, accepting contributions from two billionaires from Texas who have been charged with securities fraud. The operative word is "charged" not convicted, but the NHDP is already calling them ‘Hypocrites.‘ They are hypocrites for compaining about Hodes and his Rangel cash, while the GOPers apparently have taken "thousands of dollars" of their own. Remember the word "Thousands" as we try to take a look at the cry babies complaint.
Hodes is on the hook for what $13 to $17K from a guy who wrote tax law, while violating tax law, and using his postion to enrich himself at the expense of the people he was representing. Rangel was dirty before Hodes hit the House, but Hodes still took his money. He took, tens of thousands of dollars from Rangel. And that’s just Rangel. Hodes has other dirty money but let’s stay focused for now.
And what about those "billionaires?" Sam and Chuck Wyly are "under investigation" by the SEC for securities fraud. And apparently back on March 31st 2003, one of them (Charles) gave Judd Gregg $3000– back in 2003. That is ‘thousands’ but it’s what, seven years ago? (Link may not work) Make another mental note.
The NYT article announcing the investigation of the billionaires just came out on July 29th, 2010. It’s been two days and the NHDP is crying about a 3000.00 dollar donation from seven years ago. (I was lucky to get that info by the way.) Still with me?
There’s loads more fun on the jump.
Next up is Ayotte. She apparently accepted money from a Senator who took money from these guys. No mention of the Senator by the way and no link. We can’t confirm any of it so this must be an editorial we are reading. It is their opinion then? Of course if they want to play the who took money from who took money from who I’m on board. I’ve got a nice long list of every Campaign and PAC that has donated to Hodes and Seiu-Porter. Let’s rumble.
That aside, I can’t find links between the accused and Sununu and the NHDP did not make it easy so I can’t comment on him just yet but the odds are good it’s not nearly as much as Hodes took nor nearly as recent. With any luck they can find it and share it.
More problems? They are democrats. You can find five problems just looking at one.
The site link they include–to find the dirty money–requires a subscription. Awfully hard to verify it that way. How convenient for them. I did find the lousy three grand to Gregg, that was before the server discovered I was not a subscriber and kicked me out. If there was more I could not locate it.
The press release does not mention the names of the Billionaires, nor does it mention the name of the "Senator" who took money from the accused and donated to Kelly Ayotte–no link provided, not even one with a paywall. If you read the Times article you find out who they are but you find out some other good stuff too.
That NYT article dated July 29th 2010 includes a comparison to the recent SEC investigation of Goldman Sachs when discussing the Texas Billionaires. Goldman gave a fortune to Obama who never returned a dime, and continues to give to Mr. Hodes? So if we play by NHDP rules…
Today, the New Hampshire Democratic Party called on the New Hampshire Republican Party to stop their disgraceful hypocrisy and return all the dirty money collected by their candidates and elected officials in recent years.
….then Paul Hodes needs to give back the $13,000.00 he got from Goldman this campaign season as well, (Seven years more recent and in the tens of thousands), seeing as the complaint seems to be about donors and securities fraud charges. The difference of course is that Goldman admitted fault, the Texas guys are accused of wrongdoing. If that’s a reason to sqawk it opens things up quite a bit, and I appreciate the NHDP giving me that much more latitude.
So at this point the Ayotte attack is some kind of joke, Judd Gregg gives up 3 grand, Sununu–I’ve no idea, and Paul Hodes coughs up close to 30 grand,(Goldman plus Rangel) and we can call it a day? Does that sound about right? I can live with that and everyone that has a conscience can have a clear one.
But what about the fact that the NHDP failed to mention that Hodes took tainted money from SEC violators Goldman Sachs and kept it, even after Goldman did a plea deal on SEC violations and paid a massive fine? Wouldn’t that now be double hypocrisy, you know, if we follow the NHDP rules?
I’m just asking.
