My take: Corruption in the news -> more corruption stories.

Post #270,443 by Another Scott 10/16/06 9:54:40 AM Reply	My take: Corruption in the news -> more corruption stories. IOW, it's another example of the newsgathering herd mentality. From the CNN story (Beep's link): The inquiry focuses on lobbying contracts worth $1 million that Weldon's daughter, Karen Weldon, obtained from foreign clients and whether the congressman helped steer them, they said. They spoke on condition of anonymity because of the confidentiality of the criminal investigation. Weldon, a 10-term Republican from the Philadelphia suburbs, long has denied any wrongdoing, and his top aide said Saturday no one had notified him of an investigation. Emphasis added. Thus, it seems that it's not a new story - it's only new that the FBI is looking into it. For instance, [link\|http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1316/is_4_36/ai_n6006936\|here's a story from 2004 about some of her lobbying efforts], and another from [link\|http://www.harpers.org/sb-curt-weldon-kim-employment.html\|April 2006]. Whether anything new will, or should, happen as a result of the FBI inquiry, I have no idea. It may be a big deal, or it might not. On the surface, it looks like influence pedling and coupled with the Abramoff scandals, it looks bad. FWIW. Cheers, Scott.
Post #270,447 by bepatient 10/16/06 10:31:24 AM Reply	Actually, try this quote Over the past few days, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has mailed fliers to voters in Weldon's district accusing Karen Weldon of getting help from her father on lobbying projects. Of course, there are those that think 2 plus 2 actually equals 5. I can't help that. Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry._{Adrian Belew}
Post #270,450 by Another Scott 10/16/06 10:47:06 AM Reply	It's in the news. Politicians use information in the news in their fliers. There doesn't have to be a nefarious plot by the Democrats to cause information to be in the news. I doubt that the DCCC has a mole in the FBI who's been waiting to spring this on an unsuspecting Weldon. One can get more information about the race, from a biased perspective that gives cites, at [link\|http://www.pa7watch.com/\|http://www.pa7watch.com/] if one is interested. Cheers, Scott.
Post #270,463 by a6l6e6x 10/16/06 2:30:31 PM Reply	Another example. [link\|http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/10/30/8391681/index.htm?source=yahoo_quote\|CNN Money]: If the recent plunge in gas prices is the result of a conspiracy by President George W. Bush to help the Republicans retain control of Congress, as 42 percent of Americans believe, according to one Gallup poll, a lot of Wall Streeters wish they'd been in on the plot. According to the article it's the hedge fund speculation that collapsed when the hurricane season didn't show up as predicted. The market corrected! :) But, the talk of Bush manipulating gas prices to effect the elections took hold. Alex When fascism comes to America, it'll be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross. -- Sinclair Lewis
Post #270,467 by Ashton 10/16/06 3:42:20 PM Reply	Pshaw - obv. it's manipulated by al-Q, fellow arabs - this regime being the most effective jihad recruitment tool imaginable. Though by the evidence, they surely did have an inkling of how it would go with these PNAC loonies -- which is a fuck of a lot more than the Murican Consumer ever had; inkling? they didn't even have a penciling.. Twice! What's.. Let's Keep Those Repos in Power! in arabic?

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