Friday, April 28, 2006
Downie Drops Out of Rhode Island Senate Race because of Corruption; Nancy Pelosi Has No Comment
Here's a scenario for you: a Downie in the US Senate is down in the polls, and all the Republicans need do is put up a good candidate and they can capture the seat. They find one - and he has a great shot of taking the seat. Downies are mortified - but, wait! Alas, alack! The Republican is caught with his hand in the cookie jar, and has to withdraw from the race. Can you imagine the press corps in this country and their headlines? "Republican Corruption Loses Opportunity for Senate Pick-up," one could say. The NY Times would rail against another Republican who was part of Nancy Pelosi's "culture of corruption."
Now, imagine the complete opposite - and take notice how Downies make not a sound, nor the media, when one of their own gets caught being a crook.
The silence is deafening. But it is hilarious.
R.I. Democrat Drops Out of Senate Race
Nancy Pelosi (D-Nutjob) had no comment.
Here's a scenario for you: a Downie in the US Senate is down in the polls, and all the Republicans need do is put up a good candidate and they can capture the seat. They find one - and he has a great shot of taking the seat. Downies are mortified - but, wait! Alas, alack! The Republican is caught with his hand in the cookie jar, and has to withdraw from the race. Can you imagine the press corps in this country and their headlines? "Republican Corruption Loses Opportunity for Senate Pick-up," one could say. The NY Times would rail against another Republican who was part of Nancy Pelosi's "culture of corruption."
Now, imagine the complete opposite - and take notice how Downies make not a sound, nor the media, when one of their own gets caught being a crook.
The silence is deafening. But it is hilarious.
R.I. Democrat Drops Out of Senate Race
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Matt Brown, Rhode Island's secretary of state, abandoned his bid Wednesday for the U.S. Senate seat occupied by Sen. Lincoln Chafee after questions surfaced over his fundraising practices.
Brown, a Democrat, cited money problems and endorsed his opponent for his party's nomination, former Attorney General Sheldon Whitehouse.
"I simply will not have the resources in the final stretch to run successfully," Brown told reporters.
In the Republican primary, Chafee faces Cranston Mayor Stephen Laffey.
While Brown had a strong showing in a poll conducted by Brown University early this year, he has since acknowledged asking his most generous donors to contribute money to state Democratic parties in Hawaii, Maine and Massachusetts after those parties gave his campaign $25,000. The donors had already contributed the maximum amount allowed by law to Brown's campaign.
Critics accused Brown of trying to circumvent campaign finance laws, and the Republican parties in Hawaii and Rhode Island sent a complaint to the Federal Elections Commission asking for an investigation.
Brown denied the allegations — which seemed to undercut his platforms of clean government and campaign finance reform — but returned the money.
Nancy Pelosi (D-Nutjob) had no comment.
