House GOP Group May Be Fraud Victim

[bobthedrummer]

Source: AP via Guardian

"The House Republican campaign arm may be a victim of fraud by a former employee, and it has asked law enforcement officials to investigate 'irregularities in our financial audit process.'"

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,,-7275502,00.html

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When it comes to financial fraud there is no "may be" about it-the Republicans are #1.

[NanceGreggs]

1. This is an ongoing problem ...

... for all GOP organizations. They have to hire their own - which means odds are most of their employees are crooks.

[bobthedrummer]

2. As a sidebar to that, here is something CREW published today, NanceGreggs

"Senate Ethics Panel in Midst of Five Investigations" (CREW 2-1-2008)
http://citizensforethics.org/node/30928

[NanceGreggs]

3. Interesting read ...

... thanks for the link!

[underpants]

7. They may not be reasoned or well founded but god knows they are disciplined, organized, and

WELL funded--lots of money flowing around. I am surprised that this doesn't happen more. Actually come to think of it it is amazing that those buffons discovered that this happened.

[angstlessk]

11. I have ALWAYS said,.,you want your bookkeepers to be Democrats and your salesmen to be Repukes

I will believe that till the day I die!

[NanceGreggs]

12. That's a GREAT expression ...

... and so true!

[Rebellious Republican]

19. You must live in Florida, thats exactly what we have.......

Charlie Crist (R) for a Governor and he chose Alex Sink (D) as our CFO. Guess ole Charlie knows his party all to well. What a hoot, Good one angstlessk.

:toast:

[Ian David]

20. Sales people steal, too.

At one company I worked at, sales people had a monthly "budget" of discounts they could give their customers. One sales guy used to try simply alter the prices on the spreadsheet to try and avoid having the final price show-up as being discounted. It didn't work (at least not on MY watch) but as far as I know, he was never disciplined for it.

Another sales guy in China called all the other Asian-region sales reps and distributors to tell them they had all been fired, and that our company was only dealing with HIM now. And the crazy thing is, we decided to let him get away with it, too!

Sales people can do some pretty creative things.

I say, the only job a Republican is good for is Organ Donor.

[superconnected]

13. hahahahhaa, rofl rofl rofl, hahahahahhahaha, good one!

[SpiralHawk]

18. republicon "family values" -- theft, graft, deviancy, propaganda

bloviation...

[BadGimp]

4. stealing from Satan could have some real nasty reprocussions..

I'd rather steal from the mob. Oh wait..

[aquart]

5. Karma?

[fasttense]

6. Stealing from their own.

Is their no honor among thieves anymore?

[FATCATs]

8. Correction, The GOP House is a Fraud

[Heywood J]

16. "House GOP group may be fraud: victim"?

[Dr.Phool]

9. The GOP actually wants to investigate something other than Clinton?

Nah, that's absurd.

[appleannie1]

10. It involves money, their God

[donkeyotay]

14. For a moment I thought maybe it could be Delay,

but he's not an employee.

``We are aggressively and thoroughly investigating the matter and, while we determine the details, we have terminated our relationship with a former employee who was engaged as an outside vendor,'' Cole said.

[petronius]

15. Let me guess - this 'unknown fraudster' also just happened to delete

a whole bunch of e-mails as part of the scheme? (I'm channeling tomorrow's headlines... :tinfoilhat:)

[Heywood J]

17. This reminds me of a Law and Order episode,

where the Mob get swindled in a stock scam and goes to the DA's office looking for restitution...

[Orsino]

21. Do they mean investigate, or "investigate"?

It's important to understand that in Republican, "investigate" means to cover up.

[Tippy]

22. GOP Group may be a Victim of Fraud?????

Last night I watched Rep. Henry Waxman w/ Bill Moyers on PBS....with out a doubt every member of the Bush/Cheney Administration is a fraud and should be behind bars for what they have done to no only Americans but to people they alowed to be made slaves of

Check out the PBS scedule in your area it will be worth your time to see this.....

[meow2u3]

23. I guess the GOP got a taste of their own medicine

nt

[Kber]

24. Something about lying down with dogs and getting up with fleas

But if you are running a kennel, I guess these things happen.

KB