Rep. Blackburn (R-TN) Misreported Over $440,000 in Campaign Funds

[babylonsister]

Blackburn funds were misreported
Lawmaker says campaign found discrepancies in review of records

By BILL THEOBALD • Tennessean Washington Bureau • April 16, 2008


WASHINGTON — Rep. Marsha Blackburn's campaign committee failed to report or incorrectly reported donations and spending totaling more than $440,000, going back to when she first ran for Congress in 2002, Blackburn revealed Tuesday.

Blackburn said her campaign discovered the discrepancies during a months-long review of its records after her bookkeeper and fundraiser raised concerns. The campaign contacted the Federal Election Commission last summer about the problems.
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The Republican from Brentwood, a stickler about fiscal matters, said the discovery would not hurt her reputation or her re-election campaign.

"If I had let it go unattended, I think it would have," she said.

The Tennessee Democratic Party immediately jumped on the report.

"It is clear that the congresswoman understands as little about our present fiscal situation as she does her own campaign account," Wade Munday, the state party's communications director, said in a written statement.

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http://tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080416/NEWS0201/804160455

[givemebackmycountry]

1. Oh No! Marsha! Marsha! Marsha!

Of all of the Bush slurping - fundy - whack jobs that I can think of, Marsha is near the top of my "makes my skin crawl" list.

Good - I hope they dump a house on her - maybe that McMansion she lives in Brentwood.

[islandmkl]

2. maybe that explains where all that extra ca$h came from....

she thought she was just having trouble balancing her checkbook...

[Supersedeas]

3. time to take off the rhetorical gloves

[Virginia Dare]

4. "Sloppy bookkeeping", Oh I'm so sure Marsha...

"unreported expenditures" to your daughter and son-in-law's company, huh?

Oh, Marsha, Marsha, Marsha....:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: