Friday, October 17, 2008

More on Johanns Scandal: "Travelgate 2"

From last night's debate via the Lincoln Journal Star (h/t NNN):
...Johanns said he believes it would be "a great idea" to ban the use of taxpayer funds by the White House for such activities.
Oh boy! A great idea? I bet when Karl Rove was handing Mike Johanns his marching orders he was voicing his concern for these unethical practices.

But Mike Johanns has already broken the law. I'm going to let him in on a secret about something called, "The Hatch Act."
The Hatch Act of 1939 is a United States federal law whose main provision is to prohibit federal employees from engaging in partisan political activity. Named after Senator Carl Hatch of New Mexico, the law was officially known as An Act to Prevent Pernicious Political Activities.
It can be as insignificant as placing a Scott Kleeb yard sign in their yard or, for example, traveling across the country to campaign for various Republican candidates at taxpayer expense.

So we know Johanns is corrupt, but just who was Mike Johanns campaigning for:

  • Marilyn Musgrave
  • John Doolittle
  • Richard Pombo
  • Heather Wilson
  • Rick Renzi

  • As mcjoan over at DailyKos found, Musgrave, Doolittle, Pombo, and Renzi are four of most corrupt Congressman in 2006.

    To recap, corrupt politician Mike Johanns spent taxpayer dollars to campaign for corrupt Congressmen. Sounds like a guy I want as my U.S. Senator.

    The only question now is whether the media will actually inform Nebraskans about this scandal. As Kyle Michaelis at NNN said yesterday:
    ...this still-erupting scandal has the potential to remake Nebraska's 2008 Senate race.

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