Discussion: Sen. Ron Johnson Going To Use Campaign Funds To Pay For Obamacare Lawsuit

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Haha! Clearly Johnson and ‘someone’ at the Institute know how to funnel campaign funds into private hands - really, you cannot make this up.

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Conceeding the fact that his one term is near done, why keep the money around.

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Ron Johnson looted his company to pay for his campaign. What a jerk.

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From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:

“The two were responding to a news release from the liberal group One Wisconsin Now that said it had reviewed Johnson’s campaign finance reports but found no indication of payments to or obligations for WILL.”

Of course it took a ‘liberal group’ to investigate this and actually check Johnson’s previous claims with his actual campaign finance records. At least the Journal-Sentinel bothered to report on the work done by One Wisconsin Now. I suppose this way the Journal-Sentinel can claim some sort of journalistic integrity, while the Journal-Sentinel editorial board can claim this is just an example of petty muckracking from a ‘liberal group.’

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OK, let me guess why a place called the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty doesn’t worry about its billing - they have a Scrooge McDuckian sized vault full of Koch money?

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Bingo! Johnson doesn’t have to worry too much about his campaign funds because he can count on the Koch Bros. for support.

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Is this legal?

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I don’t see how, Oh wait I forgot about our current SCOT1%.

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I think I dislike Wisconsin’s 2010 Tea Party senator more than I dislike Wisconsin’s 2010 Tea Party governor. Actually, I dislike each of them worse than the other.

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Campaign funds may only pay legal bills when they are related to the Senator’s official duties.

Charlie Rangel got into an ethics pickle for using campaign funds to pay for his legal fees.

Also, the FEC sued Larry Craig for using campaign funds to pay for his legal fees but that case has yet to be decided.

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Whoa!

If Sensenbrenner calls this a “political stunt” …

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That should make him Mr. Popular on Capitol Hill.

Hey, Ronnie, if I were you, I’d keep a careful eye on my staffers. I have a feeling you are going to have a few who would love a chance for a well-aimed stab at your back.

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Aha! In that case – please proceed, Senator.

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Koch money, perhaps?

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Johnson never struck me as too bright, but this is so obviously verboten that I’m surprised that his staff hasn’t told him that this can’t be done.

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You think after the kinds of things he’s said about his staff, that they’re gonna stop him from doing something stupid?

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I suspect the staff are just going about their days, while copying the paper trail and waiting for the subpoenas. Or maybe that’s just what I would do…
Because I would definitely never go down for this mouthbreathing POS.

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Sounds ethical.

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And this is the guy they replaced Russ Feingold with? Wisconsin hasn’t embarrassed itself so much since they sent Joe McCarthy to the Senate.

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