How is it possible that in the United States of America, the most technologically advanced and most powerful country in the world, we can have complete flakes such as Christine O’Donnell running for a seat in the Senate? The aforementioned bimbo, along with pea-brain and fellow Republican Sarah Palin, are about as qualified for Senator and President respectively as I am to design the first manned spacecraft to land on Mars. TGO
Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press
WILMINGTON, Del. – Delaware Republican Christine O’Donnell has parted ways with yet another campaign treasurer and appointed her campaign manager to the position, making him her fifth treasurer since launching her bid for Senate last year.
Campaign finance experts say the turnover is highly unusual and could raise questions at the Federal Election Commission about her financial reporting.
Campaign treasurers, which are required by the FEC, are legally responsible for the accuracy of spending and contribution reports. O’Donnell began with relatively small donations but has seen contributions pour in from around the country since winning the GOP primary last month.
“It doesn’t prove anything but it would certainly raise a red flag with the FEC,” said Brett Kappel, a Washington, D.C., campaign finance attorney. “Treasurers frequently quit when they think they’re going to be held personally liable for something.”
Kappel noted that a watchdog group filed a complaint against the campaign last month over O’Donnell’s use of campaign money to pay the rent on her home, which doubles as a campaign office. Two former staffers have also accused O’Donnell of using campaign money for personal expenses.
The latest O’Donnell treasurer to leave is Sandra Taylor, who began in August and lasted less than two months. Campaign manager Matt Moran is now listed as treasurer in reports filed in early October.
Taylor could not be reached, and O’Donnell’s campaign did not respond to a request for comment.
O’Donnell, who is making her third Senate run, has long struggled to keep treasurers. After losing two in 2009, she listed herself as treasurer until this summer, when Taylor took over.
Jan Baran, a campaign finance attorney and former general counsel to the Republican National Committee, said he couldn’t recall a campaign with so many treasurers in such a short period of time.
He said it doesn’t necessarily raise suspicion, but “it’s not a good sign that all the accounting and filing is likely in good order.” He said the most recent departure could simply be a result of the gusher of money coming in and the heavy workload.
O’Donnell is running against Democrat Chris Coons for the Senate seat long held by Vice President Joe Biden.
A statewide poll released Thursday from Fairleigh Dickinson University-PublicMind shows Coons holding a commanding 21-point lead, with 57 percent of likely voters saying they will vote for him compared to just 36 percent for O’Donnell. O’Donnell trailed by 17 points in a similar Fairleigh Dickinson poll released earlier this month.
O’Donnell, who had raised about $4 million by the end of September, has drawn criticism for her thin resume and spotty financial history, which includes a federal tax lien, a foreclosure action on her home and allegations of unpaid debts.
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TGO its got nothing to do with technology or power. I suspect our own fore fathers were flakes themselves making this a nation of flakes so let go and embrace your flakeness. BTW In our country we are raised to believe that we can do anything we set our minds to. Obviously Palin and O’Donnell set their minds on being where they are today. Go and design some spacecraft or do whatever your mind is set on. Or is it not set on anything.