Shhhhh…. Hush.
So if you form a political action committee (PAC) named Secretive Politics, it only makes sense that you never tell the FEC anything. Ever.
(Click the little one to get the big one.)
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The address in Sugar Land comes back to an address not far from Tom DeLay’s house. It’s the office of a local lawyer. Who appear to take her secretive stuff very seriously.
Secretive Politics, indeed.
Thanks to Alfredo over at the Dairy Queen for the heads up.
Anyone care to wager that the lawyer will claim that the identity of the donors to “Secretive Politics” is protected by attorney-client privilege?
1Attorney-client privilege? That would definitely be a stretch! But I wouldn’t put it past some shyster to try it!
2And they wonder why the IRS looks at these groups as closely as they do.
Wanna bet whether or not they filed for their tax exemption?
3Might I suggest that the NSA use Alfredo of the Dairy Queen’s method of getting info? He seems to be quite effective and uses legal means at that?
4Next you are going to be implying that my Up To No Good PAC is suspect.
5Some secret, since this PAC was registered with the Federal Election Commission last August as a Super PAC, stating that it would not make direct or in-kind contributions to federal candidates or committees.
http://images.nictusa.com/pdf/753/12030872753/12030872753.pdf#navpanes=0
It may be defunct, since apparently its website domain name expired on August 9.
http://secretivepolitics.com/?nr=0
6Oh yeah. After registering as a PAC, this outfit never filed a single quarterly disclosure report. The FEC letter of August 22 is only the latest. Must be some kind of lawyer, June Walton is. Wouldn’t want to hire her to defend me on so little as a jaywalking citation.
7It would be funny if it weren’t. Oh well, bizarro I guess.
8Humm, makes you wonder if a. they collected any money and b. did they report it to the IRS? Or are they just going to do the usual and whine about being picked on?
9In Praise Of Equality: Let them suffer the justice of The United States Of America.
FEC to Justice, we’ve got a hot one for ya!
10What were they thinking when they named that PAC??? While it aptly portrays what the Repugs do, it’s like a flashing neon sign saying, “We Are Crooks”. (And Idiots Too)
11Remember when Republican Alaska legislators had hats made that said “Corrupt Bastards Club”? It was after someone else called them corrupt bastards, but it shows their lack of shame.
12Someone ought to call the 800# that UmptyDump provided. see what they have to say for themselves. I’d do it, but I’m at work.
However, the way this set-up sounds is more like its a money laundering scheme. Not just in the sense that every SuperPAC is, but in the normally criminal sense of the word.
13June Walton is probably not an attorney; she is not listed on the State Bar website. Several attorneys are listed as having offices at that address, however.
14Could there really be a lawyer dumb enough not to know that you can’t keep PAC’s in a drawer waiting for a client the way you can keep corporations? This could get funnier yet.
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