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December 06, 2007
Friends
Larry Mitchell from the E-R wrote about Congressman Wally Herger’s $5,000 donation to Congressman John Doolittle’s legal defense fund in “Herger justifies donation to Doolittle fund.”
According to press reports, Herger is the first and only sitting California Congressional representative to donate to Doolittle’s legal defense fund.
Herger rarely goes on a limb, unless you call supporting almost every Bush policy as risky, so this step to help defend Doolittle seems unusual except these two men clearly have a strong personal relationship.
And that’s what friends are for, right?
Even though Herger says he donated because Doolittle is a “longtime friend,” Herger made his donation from his campaign account instead of his own personal funds.
I guess it's okay to take all the lobbyist campaign money and transfer some of those dollars over to help a friend.
Doolittle is the only Congressional representative embroiled in both the Jack Abramoff and Duke Cunningham campaign finance and lobbying scandals.
Only a Republican who believes he’s in a politically safe district, like Herger, would go on a limb at this time to defend Doolittle against mounting allegations.
Doolittle deserves his day in court, but all indications point to a possibly very bad political and personal fallout for Doolittle when justice is served.
Today’s Scrabble word is lade, burden.
Posted by dan_nt at December 6, 2007 12:00 AM