Big Bad John and Medium Tan John.
So, on September 6th John Cornyn got a pithy letter from the Federal Elections Commission.
It was a Dear John letter that went something like this:
John Cornyn
Dear John –
When you file FEC reports, you actually have to explain what you spend the money on. “Whatever” is not an acceptable explanation.
Usually these vague explanations mean the candidate has something to hide.
You aren’t cheating on us with that floozy, the Texas Ethics Commission are you John?
We’re waiting for an answer John.
The FEDERAL Election Commission.
And then there’s that other John. Boehner.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting —
The Federal Election Commission is examining whether dozens of political action committees and individuals contributed more than the legally allowed amount to House Speaker John Boehner during last year’s election cycle.
Among the groups that were allegedly overgenerous to Boehner were Coalpac and Minepac, which represent the mining industry, as well as political committees representing the Exelon, Constellation and Luminant power companies, and the Ceasars and Penn National gambling enterprises.
Good Lord, Darth Vader has better friends.
Boehner’s campaign said that he can’t be expected to keep up with all the people who give him money. After all, he did raised $22 million in the 2012 election cycle and no less that $327.67 of it was perfectly legal but does the media report that? No, they do not. They only want to talk about the 21,999672.33 that was suspicious.
It’s a bad time to a John, right?
Thanks to Alfredo over at the Dairy Queen and Brian C for the heads up.
Oh, and then there is pimp Todd, who now owns part of that fancy resort he and Sarah were vacationing at recently (remember the yacht pictures where they were posing with their arms wrapped around each other?) That was about a week before he gave her a new wedding ring to replace the one she threw in the dead lake a couple of years ago when the Shailey Tripp story broke. I guess money really does buy fake happiness. Hang in there, Sarah. The Feds may investigate your PAC next.
1By medium tan John I assume you are referring to the weeping Cheeto (as my friend Tony likes to call him)? It is a monicker that has stuck much as the cheddar-like residue residue does long after the crunch air filled puffs have vanished. It is an appellation that fits.
My grandad had a phrase he used to use that applies to these guys, crooked as a dogs hind leg.
2Pinning these reprobates down to specifics may be impossible, but it will be interesting to see what they come up with. Presumably, there will have to be documentation.
3How do you get stuff like that anyway? Just curious.
4“Hang in there, Sarah. The Feds may investigate your PAC next.”
Hey, Sally…
Palin’s PAC is now under investigation:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57602951/sarah-palins-pac-sued-over-iconic-9-11-photo/
Also:
5http://www.northjersey.com/news/Publisher_of_The_Record_sues_Sarah_Palins_PAC_over_WTC_photo.html
3,2,1 let the whining begin, Obama picking on the poor republicans!
6If there is a gayer photo of Cornyn (see photo above) on the web, I’d like to see it!
7I wonder if Randy Neugebauer ever returned the PAC contribution from HSBC…. he brags about being on the House Banking and Finance Committ ee, and HSBC was recently hit with the biggest fine on a bank EVER for money laundering for the drug cartels. He’s such an upstanding citizen you know.
8All those contributions are only illegal until the Supreme Court declares that money is people too.
9Hey, Fred…
I thought maybe Cornyn just borrowed Perry’s jacket, but I guess maybe they just shopped at the same store. What’s up with all that, anyway?
http://gawker.com/5866037/a-breakdown-of-rick-perrys-latest-most-terrible-iowa-ad
Then I remembered the Brokeback Mountain comparison:
http://americablog.com/2011/12/perrys-jacket-in-anti-gay-ad-heath-ledger-wore-it-in-brokeback-mountain.html
Too much information.
10Bleah.
Has Randy Neugebauer’s yacht sunk yet?
Boehner, Cornyn, Palin, Bachmann, Cuccinelli…. the investigations list keeps growing.
Good Grief.
11Boehner’s days as House Speaker are numbered. His caucus has gone totally raucous! There is a growing clamor for replacing him with someone else. Doesn’t matter who. They all stink.
12Kerry N Cammack, Treasurer, there’s one of the old timey Texas Karl Rove connections!
Spouse of Texas Supreme Court Justice Harriett O’Neill, who not only declined to run for a 3rd term on TX Supreme Court but quit six months early. No public reason given
Attorney, Consultant
Lobbyist, clients include Google, Boeing and numerous healthcare entities
Cammack did lobby subcontracting for indicted TRMPAC (Tom DeLay etc) aide Jim Ellis. Pretty sure that just means another set of hands in the till taking a (perfectly legal rakeoff)
Biggest scandal, he lobbied for United Health. Remember them? United Health owns/owned Evercare. Five or six years ago Evercare took millions of dollars in premiums for enrolled Medicaid patients in the Austin area without actually providing them with ANY doctors. People trying to get medical care called it ‘Nevercare’.
13Amazingly after my walk down the Nevercare memory lane I found this link today:
http://t.co/6frW8dUwwh
States Balk At Terminating Medicaid Contracts Even When There’s Fraud Or Poor Patient Care
from Kaiser Health News
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