What's Joe Lieberman hiding? (Update on the lieberman petty cash scandal)

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What's Joe Lieberman hiding?

Why won't the Lieberman campaign allow reporters to inspect his records and check how the 387,000 is "petty cash" was used?

The Lieberman campaign is steadfastly refusing to allow reporters to inspect documents related to a $387,000 disbursement of petty cash before the primary election. By law, the campaign is required to keep a petty cash journal.

According to the Federal Elections Commission, a campaign can make payments of under $100 through "petty cash" as the campaign said it did with "volunteers" in the field during the days leading up to the primary, paying them between $50 and $100 a day.
Joe Lieberman dished out 387,000 is cold hard cash 12 days before the primary. This was the same time the Liebergoons came out in force and disrupted various Lamont events.

The rest of the piece details the lieberman camp's recent obfuscations, lies, and spin - a definite must-read!

This question must be answered: what did lieberman spend almost $400,000 in petty cash on in a 12-day period? Who received the money? Why is his campaign refusing to obey the law (something we expect from the Republican party) and turn over the books as required?

What the hell is going on? Did lieberman buy signatures for his "screw the voters" run? WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MONEY?

(For the lieberman fans out there, all half-dozen of you: this will NOT be dropped, even if he somehow wins. We hold all accountable, or we hold none accountable.)

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1. 387,000?

that's a lot of cab fares and late night pizza deliveries.

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3. At $100/volunteer, that's 3,000+ in 12 days...

...which would be fine, if they'd OBEY THE LAW and open the books to answer the questions!

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2. Joe Lieberman looks on his goons as petty violence perpetrators

:wtf: Lieberman is getting his neocon on-the-job training lessons from this campaign

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5. ...and it looks like his thuggery and misappropriation is being ignored.

Why?

This is important!

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4. A sample of the shady nature of lieberman's campaign:

Then she promised she'd produce the journal detailing petty cash expenditures - one that is required by FEC law:

She said the money was used to cover salaries, food, lodging and transportation for hundreds who were hired to do statewide canvassing. The daily rates ranged from $60 to $75 to $100 for the work, Sun said. She said she would attempt to find the petty cash report by Monday. (NH Register, 10/22)

Then she was "unable to say" why the young workers who assumedly got all this cash weren't listed by name and salary in the FEC report, while their lodging and transportation was:

Sun was unable to say Saturday why the workers, some of whom appeared to have stayed for days or weeks in dormitories at the expense of the Lieberman campaign, were not listed by name and salary. (Courant, 10/22)