MN Bloggers File Ethics Complaints Against Republican Michele Bachmann

[Amerigo Vespucci]

MN Bloggers File Ethics Complaints Against Republican Michele Bachmann

By Logan Murphy Friday Jul 31, 2009 4:00pm

http://crooksandliars.com/logan-murphy/mn-bloggers-file-ethics-complaints-ag



Minnesota Republican Michele Bachmann has given us plenty of comedic fodder over the past few years. She's established herself as one of the most extreme, far right-wing members of Congress and is a constant source of embarrassment for both her party and the nation. Now, a group of Minnesota bloggers has filed an ethics complaint against her for partisan use of taxpayer money:

ST. PAUL, MINN – Jul. 29, 2009 – Minnesota bloggers Dusty Trice, Brian Falldin, and Aaron Landry filed an ethics complaint with the House Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) requesting an investigation into whether Rep. Michele Bachmann’s office has violated House franking rules pertaining to proper e-mail usage.

The complaint points out that an e-mail sent by Representative Bachmann’s office on May 26, 2009, advocates for the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA), a political organization, which is in violation of the House Franking Rules.

Aaron Landry, who first began investigating the story said, “Michele Bachmann is no stranger to NADA, they’ve been a strong donor to her congressional campaign committee.” According to campaignmoney.com, Rep. Bachmann has received approximately $13,000 from NADA since 2006. Thus, Rep. Bachmann’s ties to the organization establish a potential quid-pro-quo scenario.

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1. Quid Pro Quo? Nonsense!

See, Rep. Bachmann just happens to believe deeply in the National Automobile Dealers Association. So much so that she's willing to give them free publicity on her franking nickel. It's not her fault that NADA is stupid enough to give her $13,000 when she'll vote their way anyway. See? It all makes sense. Nothing unethical here. See? See?

[TahitiNut]

2. Once upon a time, I had a lot of respect for Minnesotans, being of Norwegian descent myself.

I always enjoyed my visits to Minneapolis-St. Paul and enjoyed my post-Vietnam motorcycle trip, part of which traversed Minnesota from the Thousand Lakes region down to the southeast corner of the state. Following a meandering route, I never had a bad experience with anyone there and the state was beautiful, especially in the southeast.

After Jesse Ventura, Norm Coleman, Michele Bachmann, and Tim Pawlenty ... my respect for the people of that state has fallen dramatically.

If 'stupid' and 'corrupt' were packaged, their pictures would be on the label.

[Turborama]

3. "a constant source of embarrassment for both her party and the nation"

That's putting it mildly!

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