Well, This is Strange
Alfredo over at the Dairy Queen say down with this mother yesterday and they thumbed through campaign finance reports. Some people work crossword puzzles, some knit or sew, others look at campaign finance reports because that’s far more fun.
Well, come to find out the “US-Cuba Democracy Political Action Committee” (Isn’t that the one Lee Harvey Oswald founded?) gave a hunk o’ cash to Senator Ted Cruz to help retire his campaign debt.
That’s nice. I mean, they are based in Hialeah, Florida, which is kinda close to Texas, well, in global mapping terms.
The only problem with giving Ted Cruz money to retire his campaign debt is that he doesn’t have a campaign debt. (PDF file opens at the link.)
Schedule B of your report discloses one or more contributions to RAFAEL EDWARD TED CRUZ for the retirement of debts incurred by the 2012 Primary election campaign; however, it appears that the recipient committee(s) had insufficient debts to warrant such a contribution. Please note that a committee may only designate contributions to retire a candidate’s debts if those debts exist. (11 CFR §§ 110.1(b) and 110.2(b))
So they have to get a refund or else Fidel Castro will live forever just to piss them off. Okay, okay, I just made that up. Either they get a refund from Ted or they get fined. I imagine that getting a refund from Ted will be on the same difficulty level as teaching a mermaid to do the splits.
Thanks to You Know Who for the heads up.
No, no wait! Don’t give up yet, this could be a strategy! See, if Cruz has to pay back the donation, that’ll create a debt. Then, with a debt to pay, the PAC would need to send the money to pay it. Only, as soon as they do, *there’s no debt again*. Yet when it’s paid back….
It’s an infinite loop! It’ll make ’em crazy! Like watching a tennis match on fast forward (or two 5-year-olds arguing): Debt! No debt! *Debt*! *No debt*! DEBT, dammit!!! NO DEBT, fool!!!
Heh.
1I imagine that getting a refund from Ted will be on the same difficulty level as teaching a mermaid to do the splits.
LOL … Maybe ole Fish Face Ted will just live it up on those donations and then lie about ever receiving such funds … seems like that is how they deal with stuff!!
2And……there is “questioning” by “the media” as to why the IRS looked at all these groups?????
I think the basic is simple. If you are a legitimate charity, you pay no taxes.
If you are not….. you do.
3Rest assured, the scam is fully underway.
4If they would just give a donation to retire Ted Cruz instead of his campaign debt I’d make a generous donation.
5“Senator Cruz probably doesn’t mind the title that’s been hung on him — most hated man in the Senate. I suspect he also relishes being called a “wacko bird” (John McCain’s term) because, for now, it’s the avian wing that dominates his party.”
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/12/e-pluribus-me/
6Fidel will live forever just to piss of Cruz.
7“Fair Play for Cuba Committee”. But I had to check my membership card just to be sure.
8What is this? Florida is helping Texas. BUT..the crooked helping the crooked… Let’s see; I have been trapped between 2 Shrubs (Jebbie and Georgieboy), and now Baldo and Goodhair… Rubio and Cruz are the next pair?
9Scary bunch… a couple of old Bay of Pigs guys on their board. Apparently they’ll throw a thousand bucks at any congress-critter who sits on a committee relating to harassing the present Cuban government, but they tossed 15K to Cruz (but then, he’s family)
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