FEC: Bachmann’s campaign finance errors a “serious problem”

And she calls herself a “tax attorney.” With sloppiness (if not outright cheating) like this, she wouldn’t attract much business as a tax attorney. No wonder she’d rather be a tv star.

She is a crooked tax attorney who should be in jail for violating the law.

No Democrat can get away with violating the tax laws without punishment, why should MB still be walking free?

You’d think “Nostradamus” would have been able to predict that.

I know, that’s just Big Government getting in the way of her campaigning for office. Speaking of Big Government, how are those farm subsidies workin’ for ya, Michele?

I don’t get it. God told her to run for Congress, but he didn’t tell her to obey the campaign finance laws?

Nostradamus reference: http://www.startribune.com/blogs/89083827.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUgOy9cP3DieyckcUsI

That’s how she thinks – God directed her to run for office – God elected her – she answers only to God – therefore Man’s laws or ethics are not important because she is doing the Lord’s work.

Time to divide America Geographically.

Oh my these are serious accusations. But I guess it is ok to lie on your tax returns or not even file.

Ambrose, I think you are confusing her with Sarah Palin. LOL

Her logic: “It is always ethical to perform unethical activities if it is for an ethical good.”

Does anyone seriously think this is going to matter one whit to the cultists who support her? Of course it won’t–they will see this as part of a conspiracy manufactured to silence the voice of true Americans. She could do nothing wrong.

The only question for them is, who is behind this evil conspiracy? ACORN? Muslims? The Bilderberg Group? All of them working together? We’ll have to check with NewsMax and Free Republic to find out.

I blame public schools and the New Math

Franken received a similar letter last week. Can we expect a story on him as well?

http://query.nictusa.com/pdf/258/10030271258/10030271258.pdf#navpanes=0

Jimmy, the letter Franken received was not “similar.” Do the math: The letter Rep. Bachmann received set out aroud 70 violations. The letter Sen. Franken received set out one (excessive contributions). One is not similar to seventy.

Besides, the letter to Senator Franken was just a part of the overall conspiracy. It’s to make it look like They are not targeting Rep. Bachmann. Don’t let them distract you, Jimmy.

Andy, do you want to field this one? If not, I can address Randy’s math errors.

In any case, Randy, scroll back up and read the second paragraph of this article. That paragraph appears in both letters (Bachmann’s and Franken’s, dated 2/18/2010 and 3/18/2010 respectively.)

i wonder what god really thinks about being hi-jacked,
by bachmann,& palin?

@Brix: Franken will be up for defeat in 14.

Yes, Jimmy, I read the letters. The letter to Bachmann identified many more potential problems.

I should have said nothing, frankly. The “when are you going to report about everything else that happened?” comment is so ludicrous that it defies response.

Andy, it would be intellectually honest to change the title of this article to:

FEC: Bachmann’s and Franken’s campaign finance errors a “serious problem”

since the FEC is quoted as writing “serious problem” to both of them.

Randy: Regarding item #1, which the FEC refers to as a “serious problem”, Franken had 7, Bachmann had 8.

Item #2 of Bachmann’s letter lists 19 entries, easily corrected by updating the ECTD amount. The FEC does not refer to this item as a “serious problem”. Bachmann’s staff should obviously be chided for their sloppiness.

Bachmann is either one of the worlds best con artist,or someone who has some missing screws that’s not fit to be a legislator.

“Bachmann’s staff should obviously be chided for their sloppiness.”

Let’s leave the good Representative out of it. Yessir, nothing like personal responsibility and accountability.

At least she pays her taxes. Unlike Franken.

It’s easy to pay unpaid taxes. How do we undo the damage wrought by Rep. Bachmann?

Crazy ain’t free.

Well, I plan on doing you left-of-center, socialist-supporting Minnesotans a favor in November. After I cast my vote for every fiscal/moral conservative I can, I plan on moving my family and company (along with the jobs it offers)to a Red, 10th Amendment-loving state where I know my “input” to the state will be appreciated and not expected.
When the beautiful State of Minnesota, driven by her misguided, financially irresponsible socialists, is forced to file bankruptcy and beg mercy from the slave masters in Washington…I will sadly shake my head. Good luck to you, but as a farming state, remember that you reap what you sow.

YELLOW CARD! I wonder how many irregularities it takes to get chucked from an election?

Franken:
1 Excess/prohibited campaign contribution.
6 excess/prohibited recount legal fund contributions, 5 from PACs.

Bachmann:
8 Excess/prohibited campaign contributions, 2 from PACs. (Pricewaterhouse Coopers PAC seems to be a big contributor)
17 discrepancies, 2 PACs, 1 corporate ‘club’, 1 individual from the ‘excess/prohibited’ list.

The Verizon Comm, Inc. Good Gov Club contributions explain why she lies about Net Neutrality – she is paid by one of the players trying to take over the Internet.

While the issues are classified as ‘serious’, these were warning letters giving the opportunity to correct the mistakes without penalty.

Franken’s people seem to have had a momentary lapse during the recount, but Bachmann’s problems seem more ongoing – which is what I would call more serious in the usual sense of the word.

[...] congresswoman’s campaign ran into similar filing problems last year, due to errors in her campaign finance reports. The inquiry was later addressed without [...]

The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights. The amendment prohibits the making of any law “respecting an establishment of religion,” impeding the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of the press, interfering with the right to peaceably assemble or prohibiting the petitioning for a governmental redress of grievances.

Only Congress can violate the 1st Amedment and they have with Federal Campaign laws.

The left says corporate money biases politics and should not be permitted. But professional media, newspapers and broadcasters, are corporations and thanks to the federal press exemption these liberal communications are not bound by federal election laws that limit how much citizens, candidates and grass roots organizations can spend and require them to document and report contributions.

Campaign laws have taken the rights of individuals protected by the 1st Amendment, given them to the royal corporate media and limited citizens, candidates and grass roots organizations participation to second class citizenship. In other words the corporate press can spill ink by the barrel but candidates and citizens must buy by the bottle and account for each drop.

Michelle, acknowledge your oath to protect and defend, restore citizens 1st Amendment birthright; anonymous speech, press and assembly. End to contribution limits and reporting requirements.

I suggest the easiest way to restore the 1st Amendment is to define any citizen or citizens group that makes political statements as the media. This would extend the press exemption to all living citizens as intended and not require repealing unconstitutional legislation. This would effectively gut the power of the Federal Election and BCRA which create regulated and unregulated classes and ignore equal rights of all citizens under the law.

During the first 184 years of our nations history “We The People” enjoyed “Inalienable” speech and press “Rights” the same “rights” that newspaper and broadcast businesses enjoy today.

In 1974 in a smoke filled room in Washington D.C. that all changed!

Now we have a “State Approved Press” like “Pravda” and “We The People” no longer enjoy “Inalienable” speech and press “Rights” we now have limited “Rights” determined by “government” and exercised through “collectives”, “PACS” if you have any doubts read 2 USC 431 (9) (B) (i).

Their is an elegant solution to restoring our “Inalienable Rights” under threat of not reelecting members of “congress” and

it will allow citizens to “Force Congress To Act In Good Faith” and start restoring limited constitutional government.

Federal Election Finance laws shall be revised to include the following definitions:

(1) “Press” means any citizen of the United States that engages in any form of public communication.

(2) “Media” means any citizen of the United States that engages in any form of public communication.

(3) “Newspaper” means any form of printed material that includes any advertisement or other information for the purpose of

public distribution, including information printed on paper, billboards, signs, fliers, web pages, and other electronic

print material.

[ Instructions for the court and the Federal Election Commission:

The purpose of this legislation is to clarify that the speech and press rights of the flesh and blood residents of the

United States are no less than the speech and press rights of legal persons taking the form of newspaper and broadcast

businesses operating in the United States.]