You folks from foreign states probably don’t know David Dewhurst but he’s hot snot in Texas.
Dewhurst is the Lt. Governor, known as Gov Lite around here, and ran against Crazy Ted Cruz in the Republican primary for Senate. And lost. Big time.
Now in the never ending story of Republican greed knowing no boundaries, Dewhurst’s campaign made an announcement.
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst’s campaign manager is under criminal scrutiny, suspected of stealing at least $600,000 — and possibly more than $1 million — from the Republican’s political accounts over the past several years.
Kenneth “Buddy” Barfield, a longtime GOP consultant who most recently managed Dewhurst’s failed run for the U.S. Senate, has been accused of falsifying documents to the Texas Ethics Commission that overstated the cash in Dewhurst’s state campaign committee by hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Republicans will not only steal from you, they will steal from each other.
I did find way too much amusement in some of Buddy Barfield’s tweets —
Yeah, and I’m stealing most of it.
5) Buy Buddy Barfield a new Lexus.
Buddy Barfield knows where a lot of bodies are buried and if some of Dewhurts’s state money was funneled into his federal race, this could be more fun than a sock hop.
But don’t worry about ole Buddy. He’ll come out just fine.
Barfield is a political consultant based in Austin who has advised and worked for various Republican officeholders and candidates over the past quarter-century, including former U.S. Rep. Jim Collins of Dallas and one-time GOP nominee for governor Clayton Williams.
Also a real estate investor, Barfield owns a 6,000-square-foot home in an upscale neighborhood west of the University of Texas campus in Austin. The home, purchased in 2000, is valued at more than $1.5 million by the Travis Central Appraisal District.
Texas politics – it’s a blood sport.
Thanks to Aggieland Liz for the heads up.