Is this seriously the person you want in charge of the entire country when McCain passes away?
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A $150,000 Illegal Mistake…
October 22, 2008
Normally I could care less about the Palin wardrobe, but Ambinder confirms I a suspicion I had this morning when I heard that she'd used $150,000 in campaign dollars had been used to buy her clothes from Saks and Nieman Marcus.
That its not a legal expenditure.
Under prohibited uses of Chapter 14 of the U.S. Code for use of contributions for certain uses we see:
(b) Prohibited use
(1) In general
A contribution or donation described in subsection (a) of this section shall not be converted by any person to personal use.
(2) Conversion
For the purposes of paragraph (1), a contribution or donation shall be considered to be converted to personal use if the contribution or amount is used to fulfill any commitment, obligation, or expense of a person that would exist irrespective of the candidate's election campaign or individual's duties as a holder of Federal office, including-
(A) a home mortgage, rent, or utility payment;
(B) a clothing purchase;
© a noncampaign-related automobile expense;
(D) a country club membership;
(E) a vacation or other noncampaign-related trip;
(F) a household food item;
(G) a tuition payment;
(H) admission to a sporting event, concert, theater, or other form of entertainment not associated with an election campaign; and
(I) dues, fees, and other payments to a health club or recreational facility.
Not that blowing $150,000 on outfits for the campaign for the presidency from the party where fiscal conservatism is supposed to matter was such a hot move anyways.
Between this and Troopergate, Palin has already committed more provable crimes in office in 2 years than can be proved than of the accusations made of George W. Bush in 8 years.
Change we can believe in.
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- Ahmnodt Heare // October 22, 2008 at 10:11 am
This is nothing new. John McCain violated the very campaign finance laws he wrote.
Edited by Iam Empathy, 23 October 2008 - 01:13 AM.