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Mike

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Rales uses addicts at rally
By Jon Ward
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
July 25, 2006


Josh Rales, a Democratic candidate for Maryland's U.S. Senate seat, paid a drug-treatment center in Baltimore to drive its recovering addicts to last week's debate in College Park, where they held signs supporting his campaign.
About 20 patients from the I Can't, We Can (ICWC) drug-treatment and counseling center in northwest Baltimore attended the debate, said Adrian Harpool, president of the 21st Century Group, a Baltimore public-relations firm hired by the Rales campaign to recruit volunteers.
"It's not something that happens on a regular basis," Mr. Harpool said, adding that the recovering addicts were unpaid volunteers who were to help post signs but ended up holding the placards. "It was a real error in judgment on my part."
The ICWC patients told The Washington Times that they pay about $350 a month to undergo treatment at the center and that some have criminal records, including felony convictions.
Using recovering addicts as campaign supporters does not appear to be illegal, said a spokeswoman for the Federal Election Commission (FEC). Kelly Huff said campaigns can use their money for "pretty much any lawful purpose as long as it relates to the campaign."
Still, Derek Walker, executive director for the Maryland Democratic Party, said the Rales campaign's volunteer-recruiting method was unusual.
"I have not heard of it being done," Mr. Walker said. "Certainly, you get supporters to events in any way you can."
Mr. Rales, a Bethesda real estate investor and political newcomer, has spent $2 million this month on TV ads and could spend up to $5 million of his own money running for the Senate.
After last week's debate at the University of Maryland, Mr. Rales said he was "not familiar" with the treatment center but that he had no problem with recovering drug addicts holding the signs.
"If I can help people who have some drug issues ... participate in the democratic process, I think that's great," he said.
Rales campaign manager Robin Rorapaugh later said via e-mail that the recovering addicts "were recruited by one of the campaign's contractors without the knowledge of the campaign."
ICWC founder Israel Cason, a former heroin addict who said he became drug-free in the mid-1990s, said Mr. Harpool paid the center only to rent its two vans.
 

Econ101

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This may not be illegal but it sure is stupid.

Some of these politicians and their operatives belong on an island together.
 

Econ101

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passin thru said:
econ.............it was a joke.

You are starting to act like ole dis and get a bush dig in wherever you can............lighten up.

Passin, this is not a Bush "dig". The USDA and GIPSA are still around and still messing up. Bush is still ahead of the executive branch and these are executive competency issues.

Passin, have you read the OIG report on GIPSA yet or the many, many GAO reports on them?

Pres. Bush, nor Clinton should hide their dirty laundry behind being a republican or democrat. It cheapens both of them.
 

Brad S

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Econ (means A$$ clown in most languages), if you have an applicant with a magic wand, we'd all like to see him. Johanns is working hard to fix problems, but you can criticize against perfection. Wanna compare Johanns to Glickman or Johanns to a magic omnipotent geni? You are a leftist schill only occasionally masquerading as "fair minded."
 

Econ101

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Brad S said:
Econ (means A$$ clown in most languages), if you have an applicant with a magic wand, we'd all like to see him. Johanns is working hard to fix problems, but you can criticize against perfection. Wanna compare Johanns to Glickman or Johanns to a magic omnipotent geni? You are a leftist schill only occasionally masquerading as "fair minded."

Brad, you don't know anything about it. Johanns is not fixing the problems, he is going to Goodlatte and Chambliss to keep up the frauds. If Johanns wanted to get to the bottom of it, he would have held JoAnn accountable. It just so happens that he didn't. It would have been too embarrassing for the republicans.

Goodlatte and Chambliss could have held hearings on it and could have got to the bottom of it. It would not be good for their main contributors from the food industry. Again, it is their self interest over their duty. I call that another sellout politician.

You may be right, that more is going on behind the scenes than I know. I hope it is. I haven't seen evidence of that yet.

The bse issue is hurting Tyson in a comparative sense, but it is also hurting small companies that would compete for beef with Tyson which would increase the prices producers get.

If this is what you are talking about, is it too much to ask for the whole system to be fair instead of policy that punishes when the policy makers want?

I don't want to compare Johanns with any of the other people. Why compare someone to others when the goal is to be capable and competent? I always tell my kids not to compare themselves with others. The scale is subject to manipulation. It is the basis for the 10th commandmant and intrinsic in the understanding of some of the others.

Keep trying to peg me as a democrat, or a liberal, or whatever if you want. Maybe you need those names to rationalize what you believe.

I do not.
 

passin thru

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The one thing we know about econ is that when you come on here is that you want to consistently change the topic to fit your agenda. And yes it is obvious you have an agenda. Just like this lighthearted thread was changed to your agenda. That is fine, but why don't you start your own thread.
 

Econ101

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passin thru said:
The one thing we know about econ is that when you come on here is that you want to consistently change the topic to fit your agenda. And yes it is obvious you have an agenda. Just like this lighthearted thread was changed to your agenda. That is fine, but why don't you start your own thread.

Passin, when you guys do the republican/democrat game, you miss out on the issues. I know. I have done them too. It is kind of fun to do some of that ribbing. Unfortunately, we are leaving out some of the issues that affect our livlihood in doing that. Is it so bad to occaisionally remind you of that? What better agenda is there?

Go back to your fun, if that is what you want. Just ignore the real issues for producers. I happen to find more fun in the real issues than made up ones.
 

passin thru

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Econ I am all for people discussing issues. There are the right times to discuss them, and you have the choice to jump in a light hearted thread. The only thing is, I can tell you people will dismiss you when you do that.
It is too bad that you make people clam up because you are so agneda driven.
I am not even saying that I disagree with you on some issues.
 

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