Unabashed Greed
20-12-2005, 23:15
It's amazing how some still cling to the notion that the democrats are rich elitists with no connnection to the "common man", while republicans do shit like this...
From the Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/20/AR2005122000714.html)
"As Tom DeLay became a king of campaign fundraising, he lived like one too. He visited cliff-top Caribbean resorts, golf courses designed by PGA champions and four-star restaurants _ all courtesy of donors who bankrolled his political money empire.
Over the past six years, the former House majority leader and his associates have visited places of luxury most Americans have never seen, often getting there aboard corporate jets arranged by lobbyists and other special interests.
Public documents reviewed by The Associated Press tell the story: at least 48 visits to golf clubs and resorts with lush fairways; 100 flights aboard company planes; 200 stays at hotels, many world-class; and 500 meals at restaurants, some averaging nearly $200 for a dinner for two.
Instead of his personal expense, the meals and trips for DeLay and his associates were paid with donations collected by the campaign committees, political action committees and [a] children's charity the Texas Republican created during his rise to the top of Congress."
The bold is by me. It seems that conservatives are more upset about alleged charges of Air America doing something similar, though it was without their knowledge, AND despite the fact that they actually promised to pay the money back.
From the Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/20/AR2005122000714.html)
"As Tom DeLay became a king of campaign fundraising, he lived like one too. He visited cliff-top Caribbean resorts, golf courses designed by PGA champions and four-star restaurants _ all courtesy of donors who bankrolled his political money empire.
Over the past six years, the former House majority leader and his associates have visited places of luxury most Americans have never seen, often getting there aboard corporate jets arranged by lobbyists and other special interests.
Public documents reviewed by The Associated Press tell the story: at least 48 visits to golf clubs and resorts with lush fairways; 100 flights aboard company planes; 200 stays at hotels, many world-class; and 500 meals at restaurants, some averaging nearly $200 for a dinner for two.
Instead of his personal expense, the meals and trips for DeLay and his associates were paid with donations collected by the campaign committees, political action committees and [a] children's charity the Texas Republican created during his rise to the top of Congress."
The bold is by me. It seems that conservatives are more upset about alleged charges of Air America doing something similar, though it was without their knowledge, AND despite the fact that they actually promised to pay the money back.