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October 16, 2006

Culture of Corruption, Part 2

Harry Reid, again: (via: Insty)

Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid has been using campaign donations instead of his personal money to pay Christmas bonuses for the support staff at the Ritz-Carlton where he lives in an upscale condominium. Federal election law bars candidates from converting political donations for personal use.

Questioned about the campaign expenditures by The Associated Press, Reid's office said Monday he was personally reimbursing his campaign for $3,300 in donations he had directed to the staff holiday fund at his residence.

Reid also announced he was amending his ethics reports to Congress to more fully account for a Las Vegas land deal, highlighted in an AP story last week, that allowed him to collect $1.1 million in 2004 for property he hadn't personally owned in three years.

Just as a refresher, this is the same guy who said of Republicans that "the arrogance of power, the culture of corruption has not come to the attention of the American public as it has the past several months..."

Given his past, Reid's multiple public statements on this issue seem...oh, what's that word again?

Oh yeah - hypocritical.

Posted by slublog at October 16, 2006 07:33 PM

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