Great Work, California Republican Party

Palin's Closet (0.00 / 0)

Not only is the CRP heartless, it's also clueless.

Perhaps the first year lawyer who drafted that Complaint should take a refresher course in campaign finance laws. Obama using his plane to travel to and from official campaign events (from a campaign event in Indiana to Hawaii and from Hawaii to a campaign event in Nevada) is not "personal use." Roundtrip air travel is permitted to campaign events. By definition, then, one end of the trip is allowed to be personal. McCain using his campaign plane to fly home to his mansion in Arizona every weekend isn't "personal use," and neither is Obama flying to Hawaii.

But ya wanna know what is personal use?

2 U.S.C. 439a(b) (2) Conversion.

For the purposes of paragraph (1), a contribution or donation shall be considered to be converted to personal use if the contribution or amount is used to fulfill any commitment, obligation, or expense of a person that would exist irrespective of the candidate’s election campaign or individual’s duties as a holder of Federal office, including—

     (A) a home mortgage, rent, or utility payment;

     (B) a clothing purchase;

Or, another way of sayin' it: Giving your vice-presidential candidate the campaign Mastercard to take to Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue so she can fulfill her dream of reenacting the shopping spree scene from Pretty Woman. You bet'cha, that's "personal use."

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by: Be_Devine @ Mon Nov 03, 2008 at 23:36:26 PM UTC

Could you indicate when a Link is to... (0.00 / 0)

...dKos or OpenLeft or TPM. I do not want to traffic at those sites for quite obvious reasons.

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by: A.Citizen @ Mon Nov 03, 2008 at 23:40:07 PM UTC

Can I suggest a book for you to read (0.00 / 0)

The Internet for Dummies.  It's yellow and black and should help you out.

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by: Be_Devine @ Mon Nov 03, 2008 at 23:46:57 PM UTC

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Fine tooth comb? (0.00 / 0)

Is there some way to organize a group look at the CRP campaign disclosure reports after the election?  We know how much they value exact compliance with the law.  Maybe we can help them.

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by: smoker1 @ Tue Nov 04, 2008 at 02:04:04 AM UTC