Comments on: Swiftboating the Congressman http://blogs.csbj.com/csbjdaily/2007/09/04/swiftboating-the-congressman/ Colorado Springs Business Journal Daily News Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:07:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: CSaction.org http://blogs.csbj.com/csbjdaily/2007/09/04/swiftboating-the-congressman/#comment-403 CSaction.org Sun, 09 Sep 2007 02:40:00 +0000 http://blogs.csbj.com/csbjdaily/2007/09/04/swiftboating-the-congressman/#comment-403 I think the jury is still out on whether or not he cashed the check, but FEC records show he recieved and accepted the check, as shown in the scans on Colorado Confidential.org. <br/>n the Denver Post, Scott Gessler a Denver attorney who works for GOP candidates says that FEC regulations require contributions made to political campaigns must be deposited or returned to the sender within 10 days. Lamborn took between 6 to 8 months, and the FEC still has no paperwork on the return. <br/>If the FEC finds out about Lamborns failure to obey the law and I am sure it will have to with the publiciity surrounding Lamborn's threat against the Barthas, the FEC could impose a $6,500 fine on Lamborn for failure to obey the law. Gessler also says, “If he held the physical check and didn’t deposit it, it could be a violation." <br/>This clown, who also recently voted AGAINST stiffer penalties for dogfighting, was also the ONLY rep to take a donation from a casino owner, Marc Murphy, for $500, since to do so would be an obvious violation no candidate would want to risk. He claims, about this contribution from IGT, "I never accepted a contribution from this company or any similar company", BUT you can see the scan of the FEC form he used to REPORT the check to them, on Colorado Confidential.com. The FEC regulation is that a contribution must be "marked as such" when it is returned, and they have NO record of this still. All this in the week his largest contributor, Club for Growth, settles out of court for $355,000 in fines for corruption in that very election.<br/>LAMEborn expained that Marc Murphy paradox by saying they were both against further gambling in Colorado. I think the jury is still out on whether or not he cashed the check, but FEC records show he recieved and accepted the check, as shown in the scans on Colorado Confidential.org.
n the Denver Post, Scott Gessler a Denver attorney who works for GOP candidates says that FEC regulations require contributions made to political campaigns must be deposited or returned to the sender within 10 days. Lamborn took between 6 to 8 months, and the FEC still has no paperwork on the return.
If the FEC finds out about Lamborns failure to obey the law and I am sure it will have to with the publiciity surrounding Lamborn’s threat against the Barthas, the FEC could impose a $6,500 fine on Lamborn for failure to obey the law. Gessler also says, “If he held the physical check and didn’t deposit it, it could be a violation.”
This clown, who also recently voted AGAINST stiffer penalties for dogfighting, was also the ONLY rep to take a donation from a casino owner, Marc Murphy, for $500, since to do so would be an obvious violation no candidate would want to risk. He claims, about this contribution from IGT, “I never accepted a contribution from this company or any similar company”, BUT you can see the scan of the FEC form he used to REPORT the check to them, on Colorado Confidential.com. The FEC regulation is that a contribution must be “marked as such” when it is returned, and they have NO record of this still. All this in the week his largest contributor, Club for Growth, settles out of court for $355,000 in fines for corruption in that very election.
LAMEborn expained that Marc Murphy paradox by saying they were both against further gambling in Colorado.

]]> By: The 80906 Mavens http://blogs.csbj.com/csbjdaily/2007/09/04/swiftboating-the-congressman/#comment-400 The 80906 Mavens Thu, 06 Sep 2007 18:36:00 +0000 http://blogs.csbj.com/csbjdaily/2007/09/04/swiftboating-the-congressman/#comment-400 Seamingly harmless teacup chihuahuas can be vicious ankle biters when confronted - apparently not unlike Congressman Lamborn. <br/><br/>We told you that you should have publicaly supported Jay Fawcett. Seamingly harmless teacup chihuahuas can be vicious ankle biters when confronted - apparently not unlike Congressman Lamborn.

We told you that you should have publicaly supported Jay Fawcett.

]]> By: John Hazlehurst http://blogs.csbj.com/csbjdaily/2007/09/04/swiftboating-the-congressman/#comment-399 John Hazlehurst Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:55:00 +0000 http://blogs.csbj.com/csbjdaily/2007/09/04/swiftboating-the-congressman/#comment-399 I checked "the facts", and they're as I reported. Lamborn didn't cash the check-it was returned, if after several months. Lamborn blames it on confusion and inefficiency at his office. Having dealt with his office several times, I'm inclined to believe him.<br/><br/>Lamborn obviously has a lot of enemies-and he's earned most of them. But that doesn't mean that he accepted gambling industry contributions, and then tried to conceal them. <br/><br/>And his telephone messages may seem shrill, even bizarre-but threatening? Anyone who'd actually feel threatened by Doug Lamborn would flee from a snarling teacup chihuahua. I checked “the facts”, and they’re as I reported. Lamborn didn’t cash the check-it was returned, if after several months. Lamborn blames it on confusion and inefficiency at his office. Having dealt with his office several times, I’m inclined to believe him.

Lamborn obviously has a lot of enemies-and he’s earned most of them. But that doesn’t mean that he accepted gambling industry contributions, and then tried to conceal them.

And his telephone messages may seem shrill, even bizarre-but threatening? Anyone who’d actually feel threatened by Doug Lamborn would flee from a snarling teacup chihuahua.

]]> By: CSaction.org http://blogs.csbj.com/csbjdaily/2007/09/04/swiftboating-the-congressman/#comment-398 CSaction.org Wed, 05 Sep 2007 03:34:00 +0000 http://blogs.csbj.com/csbjdaily/2007/09/04/swiftboating-the-congressman/#comment-398 Come on John. This is not Swiftboating. For one thing they're both from the same party. This is not about the definition of Purple Heart and the fact that a guy who has all his limbs blown off gets the same medal as a guy shot in the butt with a 22. This was a hypocritical donation, the FEC can find NO record of being returned. It will be now. Then there's the twisted wink wink, nudge nudge, secret hand shake, "let's talk as brothers and sisters in Christ", in other words, you can't criticize a fellow Christian, it's not Christian, and I'm going to use that shame-base guilt trip on you to stop you from pointing out my hypocrisy. It's almost as bad as his "apology" that his wife was dealing with a sick mother and that's why the check was not in FEC records. Come on. He got caught. CREW is on the case now, this threat of "consequences" the IDIOT left on an answering machine is a violation of half a dozen statutes and House rules. The same guy that Hefley would not support threatened someone who caught him. They're not unbiased and I'm not either, but that doesn't change the facts of the case. Making apologies for him is about as twisted and the GAGzette, who has so far NOT reported the story at all. Their readers are not allowed to decide for themselves. Come on John. This is not Swiftboating. For one thing they’re both from the same party. This is not about the definition of Purple Heart and the fact that a guy who has all his limbs blown off gets the same medal as a guy shot in the butt with a 22. This was a hypocritical donation, the FEC can find NO record of being returned. It will be now. Then there’s the twisted wink wink, nudge nudge, secret hand shake, “let’s talk as brothers and sisters in Christ”, in other words, you can’t criticize a fellow Christian, it’s not Christian, and I’m going to use that shame-base guilt trip on you to stop you from pointing out my hypocrisy. It’s almost as bad as his “apology” that his wife was dealing with a sick mother and that’s why the check was not in FEC records. Come on. He got caught. CREW is on the case now, this threat of “consequences” the IDIOT left on an answering machine is a violation of half a dozen statutes and House rules. The same guy that Hefley would not support threatened someone who caught him. They’re not unbiased and I’m not either, but that doesn’t change the facts of the case. Making apologies for him is about as twisted and the GAGzette, who has so far NOT reported the story at all. Their readers are not allowed to decide for themselves.

]]> By: Anonymous http://blogs.csbj.com/csbjdaily/2007/09/04/swiftboating-the-congressman/#comment-397 Anonymous Wed, 05 Sep 2007 02:15:00 +0000 http://blogs.csbj.com/csbjdaily/2007/09/04/swiftboating-the-congressman/#comment-397 Hazelhurst, <br/>You're the one ignoring the facts. Check out this article to learn more - http://spencerspeaks.com/2007/09/04/gambling-money-comes-back-in-plain-white-wrapper/ Hazelhurst,
You’re the one ignoring the facts. Check out this article to learn more - http://spencerspeaks.com/2007/09/04/gambling-money-comes-back-in-plain-white-wrapper/

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