Genie, bottle no longer intersecting

2005-04-13T21:04:25Z 2005-04-13T21:04:25Z Genie, bottle no longer intersecting 2005-04-13T21:04:25Z

And so it begins… the round of newspaper stories saying “my congressman is too as corrupt as your congressman.” First up, the <a href="http://www.benningtonbanner.com/Stories/0,1413,104~8676~2813819,0.html#"><cite>Bennington Banner</cite></a> finds U.S. Representative Bernie Sanders, <acronym title="Democrat-except-in-name">DEIN</acronym>-Vt., having a bit of a <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/07/politics/07delay.html?ex=1270526400&en=a519e728d3fb840b&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland">DeLay problem</a> of his own: <blockquote> Rep. Bernard Sanders used campaign donations to pay his wife and stepdaughter more than $150,000 for campaign-related work since 2000, according to records filed with the Federal Election Commission. Jane O’Meara Sanders, his wife, received $91,020 between 2002 and 2004 for “consultation” and for negotiating the purchase of television and radio time-slots for Sanders’ advertisements, according to records and interviews. Approximately $61,000 of that was “pass through” money that was used to pay media outlets for advertising time, Jane O’Meara Sanders said in an interview. The rest, about $30,000, she kept as payment for her services, she said. Carina Driscoll, daughter to Jane O’Meara Sanders and stepdaughter to the lawmaker, earned $65,002 in “wages” between 2000 and 2004, campaign records show. </blockquote> Frankly, I think the whole “family consulting” thing is a non-story, but if the Good Government types want to get their undies in a bunch about politicians putting their families on the campaign payroll, let’s have everyone’s cards on the table. (þ: <a href="http://www.celluloid-wisdom.com/pw/index.php?/weblog/entry/the_wages_of_socialism/">Jeff Goldstein</a>) http://blog.lordsutch.com/archives/2652 http://blog.lordsutch.com/atom.cgi/entryid=2652