January 13, 2009
How Do You Like Your Brown-Skinned Pol [Dan Collins]

Harry Reid?

In fact, unpaid debt to contributors is not legal if they fall outside of contribution limits. Campaign finance regulators treat that as cash contributions when the candidate reneges on the loan. Otherwise, candidates across the nation would simply take loans from the rich for their campaigning and “forget” to repay them. The Telephone USA “loan” is nothing less than a $1.2 million contribution, less the $6,000 Burris repaid of it, and if Illinois has contribution limits less than $1.2 million or prohibiting corporate donations, then this unpaid loan would definitely be illegal.

If Burris has not repaid this loan, he might be subject to prosecution for campaign-finance violations. If so, Harry Reid might have one more card to play before Burris takes his seat in the Senate — if he wants to play it. Certainly, either the Ethics or Rules committees should take note of this extremely large contribution to Burris to determine whether he owes the money back to the lender.

It may not be enough to keep the Senate from holding up Burris’ seat, but it could make it difficult for Burris to stick with the appointment. Perhaps the Democrats will bail out Burris by paying off the loan, but it’s an inauspicious start for an embarassing appointment if the Examiner has its facts straight.

NB: I denounce Ed Morrissey for using the verb “to renege” in this post.

12 Comments  :::   Post a comment »

  1. Comment by serr8d on 1/13 @ 8:04 am #

    Hsu him, will he?

  2. Comment by Techie on 1/13 @ 8:10 am #

    Is there ANY politician in that state that isn’t as crooked as the day is long?

  3. Comment by Pablo on 1/13 @ 8:24 am #

    Speaking of which, one of Obama’s first acts is going to be sending 30,000 of our children into a senseless war.

    President-elect Barack Obama intends to sign off on Pentagon plans to send up to 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan, but the incoming administration does not anticipate that the Iraq-like “surge” of forces will significantly change the direction of a conflict that has steadily deteriorated over the past seven years.

  4. Comment by serr8d on 1/13 @ 9:03 am #

    Washington, a red tide is coming in. Better watch out.

    This influx of pure leftists, so-called ‘progressives’, the “Unicorn Socialist Party” (formerly known as Democrats), the party of O!topia, is bringing much hilarity and little change. I can hardly wait.

    Got popcorn?

  5. Comment by DarthRove on 1/13 @ 9:26 am #

    I’d like popcorn, but all I can get is U.S. Gov’t Maize-based Exploded Snack Product, S/N 39471856387JB, Dep’t of Health, Approved Adult Inter-Meal Quantity. Glad it only costs 873.32 Obadollars.

    Sorry, it isn’t 2011 yet.

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  7. Comment by MarkD on 1/13 @ 9:43 am #

    Where’s my stimulus?

  8. Comment by Cowboy on 1/13 @ 9:45 am #

    “…Mr. Death”?

  9. Comment by Jeffersonian on 1/13 @ 11:56 am #

    …renege…

    Isn’t that the whole point of the Burris appointment?

  10. Comment by Roger on 1/18 @ 2:27 am #

    Прелесть! Я тоже мечтаю) Возьму – и сделаю… У меня получится. Спасибо, очень глубокая и позитивная статья.

  11. Comment by Арнольд on 1/26 @ 7:54 am #

    Здорово, тоже хотелось бы писать на эту тему, жаль литературного дара нет

  12. Comment by Сергей Савченко on 9/2 @ 7:36 am #

    Я считаю, что Вы не правы. Я уверен. Давайте обсудим.

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