Oh Ted! It Looks Like You Stepped in Something

[douglas9]

Poor Ted Cruz, everybody’s always picking on him. Now they’ve found he’s buying copies of his worst-selling book and paying for it from his campaign account. Wanna know what’s not allowed? Hummm … buying your book from money in your campaign account, thereby enriching yourself.

https://juanitajean.com/oh-ted-it-looks-like-you-stepped-in-something/

[Cirque du So-What]

1. Consequences schmonsequences

These stories merely infuriate me, as repugs never pay for their misdeeds.

[BobTheSubgenius]

20. Same!

[secondwind]

2. Throw the book at him!!!!

[Ferrets are Cool]

6. I see what you did there

[The Wielding Truth]

13. Yes!!!!!!! Guilty. The deceit has to stop!

[colorado_ufo]

15. You win!

[Mme. Defarge]

21. Took the words right outa my mouth,

I wish.
I say, “Book ‘im, Danno!” (If you’re old enough to remember that line, you’re really old.)

[ShazzieB]

30. I'm really old!

[George II]

3. Unfortunately that's not the first time a campaign has bought up copies of their candidate's book...

Seems to be a loophole in the FEC regulations.

[My Pet Orangutan]

4. "I wrote a best-selling book".

"I wrote a best-selling book. If you write a best-selling book, you can be a millionaire, too."

Bernie Sanders: I'm a millionaire
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2019/04/10/bernie-sanders-author-millionaire-es-romans-vpx.cnn

[edhopper]

11. Are you saying Bernie

did what Cruz did? Or are you criticizing him for making money off of a book he wrote?

[My Pet Orangutan]

26. ...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287389762

[edhopper]

27. Thanks

didn't know that.

[George II]

28. In 2015 his campaign spent $445,000 of campaign funds on his own books.

[NurseJackie]

7. You're correct. It's shameful behavior. Unfortunately just because something is "legal"...

You're correct. It's shameful behavior. Unfortunately just because something is "legal" and can slip through a loophole... that doesn't mean it's ETHICAL or RIGHT.

Personally, I believe we should expect more (and demand more) from our elected representatives, no matter which party he or she belongs to. It's this type of behavior that typifies the reasons that many Americans do not trust our elected representatives.

[BobTheSubgenius]

22. Right!

It's not just that "x" needs to be avoided. Even the appearance of "x" is too much.

[Soxfan58]

5. Lawless assholes

I

[yellowdogintexas]

8. Who here remembers the book scandal which took

out Jim Wright as Speaker of the House. If I recall correctly, it wasn't much different from what Cruz is pulling now. The next Speaker, Newt Gingrich pulled the same stunt and was eventually stripped of his Speakership. What goes around comes around.

Texas 12 lost a legendary and highly dedicated Congressional representative as a result, and now we are stuck with #KremlinKay Granger the only House member on that July 4 flight to Russia

Speaker Wright did not run in the next election mostly for health issues. He suffered 3 rounds of oral cancer before his death. I still miss his marvelous voice and the education he gave us on what serving his district really meant to him and to us. He was the representative from TX 12 for many years and would be so disappointed in the condition of Congress today. I would caution the residents of Weatherford where he is buried, that any earth tremors out there are caused by Jim Wright rolling over in his grave.

I met him at our church and we became friends. When Speaker Pelosi was elected the first time, he was just delighted. He had seen her grow from a young woman to what she is today; he was immensly proud of her.

[broiles]

10. +1

[flying_wahini]

23. I had the pleasure of meeting Jim Wright several times. A wonderful person and true gentleman.

They did him dirty and even they knew it it was wrong then.

[Delmette2.0]

9. Thank you for the link for Juanitajean.

I lost track of her with all the Dipshot chaos.

[JohnnyRingo]

12. Grey area.

I think he can buy copies if he trades them for votes. ie: Giving away (or selling) autographed copies at campaign events

[George II]

18. We have a Senator who caucuses with the Democrats who has done the same thing in 2015/2016....

...and again in 2019.

I have a copy of Where We Go from Here that I received "free" for a campaign contribution.

[sandensea]

14. Piece of Cheat

[Nitram]

16. Not only is he directly enriching himself by buy-in copies with campaign money, he is also inflating

the seeming popularity of the book. That sounds like fraud to me.

[Oldem]

17. The RNC did the same thing for dump's book.

Herman Cain did it, too. Ordinary, garden variety graft.

[orangecrush]

19. Another edition

From the pages of infamy.

[Mollyann]

24. Shortage

Maybe he is stocking up for the next toilet paper shortage.

[caraher]

25. He's done this before

From 2015: "Why Did Ted Cruz Spend $122,000 on His Own Books?"

[Blue Owl]

29. Ted buys his own book while he sniffs his own farts