Kerry endorses Ciro Rodriguez (TX-28)

[rox63]

And he's helping out his campaign with some cash too. :)

http://www.swingstateproject.com/2006/02/tx28_kerry_endo.php

[nolies32fouettes]

1. question...

what ever happened to the FEC ruling? What were the final results for John Kerry?

[TayTay]

6. Which one Nolies?

There were several things that the FEC ruled on about the '03-'04 campaign. Most complaints, that I know of were dismissed. I might be able to help track down a specific one if I may request some details. (These FEC complaints get filed a lot. There were a lot of things for the FEC to look over and decide to do nothing about. In a lot of ways, the FEC is a joke.)

[nolies32fouettes]

12. I'm thinking of the one that they protested him mortgaging his house.

I think he paid it back right away, but I don't remember the details.

[TayTay]

14. Here is the press release

FEC ANNOUNCES FINAL ACTION IN TWO COMPLIANCE CASES
US Fed News 02-21-2006

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following news release:

The Federal Election Commission has recently made public its final action on two matters previously under review (MURs). This release contains only disposition information.

1. MUR 5421

RESPONDENTS:

(a) John Kerry for President. Inc., Robert Farmer, treasurer

(b) Teresa Heinz Kerry

(c) Mellon Trust of New England, N.A.

COMPLAINANT:

Thomas J. Fitton, Judicial Watch, Inc.

SUBJECT:

National bank contribution/bank loan made outside the ordinary course of business and on the basis that assures repayment; excessive contribution (in the form of guaranteed loan); failure to accurately report loan

DISPOSITION:

(a) Reason to believe, but took no further action*

(b) No reason to believe*

(c) Reason to believe, but took no further action*



The complaint alleged that the Committee may have accepted, and the Senator's spouse Teresa Heinz Kerry may have made an unreported and excessive contribution " to the extent (Mrs. Kerry's ) property rights in the Kerry family home or any other jointly-held property were pledged as collateral for any or all of the secured loans received by the Committee. Publicly available information raised several questions as to whether the Mellon Trust loan constituted an excessive or prohibited contribution and whether the loan was accurately reported. In order to obtain the information necessary to resolve these questions, the Commission found reason to believe that the Committee and Mellon Trust Bank may have violated the law. Information obtained from the Respondents established that Senator Kerry did not borrow in excess of his share of the collateral property; that the Mellon Trust loan was a standard loan product offered to a number of other customers during the relevant time period and the Committee's reporting of the loan in most respects accurately reflected the flow of funds from the bank to Senator Kerry and from Senator Kerry to the Committee. The Commission decided to take no further action against the Committee and Mellon Trust and find no reason to believe Teresa Heinz Kerry violated the law and close the file.

DOCUMENTS ON PUBLIC RECORD:

Documents from this matter are available from the Commission's web site at http://www.fec.gov by entering 5421 under case number in the Enforcement Query System.They are also available in the FEC's Public Records Office at 999 E St. NW in Washington.


*THERE ARE FOUR ADMINISTRATIVE STAGES TO THE FEC ENFORCEMENT PROCESS:

1.Receipt of proper complaint

2."Reason to believe" stage

3."Probable cause" stage

4.Conciliation stage

It requires the votes of at least four of the six Commissioners to take any action. The FEC can close a case at any point after reviewing a complaint. If a violation is found and conciliation cannot be reached, then the FEC can institute a civil court action against a respondent.

[ProSense]

2. Great a Texas Democrat for the House.

I know Kerry is providing funding and support to Democrats across the country. Is Rodriguez the first candidate Kerry has endorsed?

Rodriguez certainly has a lot of Congressional support.

[rox63]

3. I believe he has endorsed a few others

But I'm not certain who. I thought I'd heard about a guy in Colorado that he's recently endorsed.

[FreedomAngel82]

4. Yay!

I'm so excited Kerry is still so popular with democrats. :D

[sandnsea]

5. Taking out Henry Cuellar

Woohoo!! This is exciting stuff and looks like a message to the Bush loving Dems...

we won't put up with you forever!

[TayTay]

7. That is good.

Cuellar was the recepient of the Joe Lieberman Memorial State of the Union kiss this year. This kiss is bestowed by Bush on some butt-kissing Dem every year, just because Bush thinks it's cool to kiss Dems at the SOTU and he likes to show off. (I can kiss a Dem if I want to, I've had my shots.)

Thankfully Sen. KErry only had to shake the Prez's hand. (Industrial strength 'Evil-be-Gone' must have been applied later that night to get creepy * germs off the hands. Sigh!)

[karynnj]

8. That is too awful to think of

"Thankfully Sen. KErry only had to shake the Prez's hand. (Industrial strength 'Evil-be-Gone' must have been applied later that night to get creepy * germs off the hands. Sigh!)"

Even if he was Bush's intended target, Kerry's height and speed of movement would have stopped it. That is way to awful to think of. It seems in the pictures they're in together that Bush seems slightly intimidated. (which is kind of strange)

[TayTay]

9. I would be intimidated too if I were The Befuddled One

Kerry *is* everything that Bush pretends to be. War hero, statesman, a man of principle, proficient in English as a first language. All that stuff.

[ginnyinWI]

10. Kerry clearly "out -Alphas" the chimp

I could see that at the first debate handshake. * had to look away and pull away first--lol.

Kerry's older but so much more good lookin'. He's real in every way that * is a phoney. And has a better wife, too! (I miss Teresa, the best First Lady we didn't get.)

[whometense]

11. Check it out:

http://cirodrodriguez.com/ciro_endorsements.php

Place of honor, top Member of Congress on the list!

It's lovely to know that even in hostile Texas there's a democrat who is proud to have JK's endorsement.

[karynnj]

13. That's really impressive

He could have simply alphabetized "Kerry" or put him after the Congressmen.