Monday, February 2, 2009
Legislature / Politics / Woods Price of Comptroller Job: $36,500
Posted by Jeff Woods on Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 5:52 AM
Republicans are making the usual denials that Wilson bought his job with campaign cash, but they're just trying to outdo each other in our next "Whopper of the Month" contest. Republicans promised a new and open process to select the constitutional officers. (Let the sunshine in!) And they required all kinds of disclosures from the candidates. But as Theo Emery points out in his story, nobody asked about campaign contributions, the elephant in the room. Wilson's legal bribery was so audacious he even recorded his occupation prematurely as state comptroller on the form for one donation. He knew what he was buying.
Update: GOP flack Bill Hobbs responds in an email to Pith in the Wind. "A Republican donating to Republican legislators, and filling out the required disclosure forms, is a form of 'bribery,' according to you, but the Democrat incumbent in the job sought by the Republican goes out and campaigns for and raises untold amounts of money for Democrat legislators - that's not?"
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Blagojevich was just impeached for expecting similar campaign payments for political appointments. Of course, pay to pay is standard operating procedure in legislatures and executive mansion across this great nation. Did the Bloggo circus act not penetrate the dull wits of Tennessee pols? At all? Of course not.
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Classic deflection from Hobbs. But... but.. but ... your guy did "X". Why not address the obvious fact that Wilson bribed his way in? Because that makes the GOP look bad.
Also, there is a huge difference between fundraising for candidates and giving your own money. But Hobbs knows this. The gasps of a dying political party...
