'Amateur' (campaign finance) filing dents image of latest Hil foe

[brooklynite]

BY MICHAEL McAULIFF
DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU

WASHINGTON - The election filings of Sen. Hillary Clinton's latest opponent certainly aren't par for the course, revealing a political novice claiming golf outings as campaign costs, in apparent violation of the law.

Papers examined by the Daily News revealed that GOP society matron Kathleen Troia (K.T.) McFarland has spent $844 in campaign money to take ex-Mayor Rudy Giuliani golfing at least twice at the exclusive Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, L.I. That cash also paid for Giuliani to bring his wife along once and for caddies.

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Those regulations specify that campaign funds can't be spent for entertainment or club fees - with a reference expressly barring caddies - unless it is part of a fund-raising event.

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"This screams amateur," said one Republican, joking that the party may be wishing Westchester County District Attorney Jeanine Pirro hadn't quit the race.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/story/397701p-337047c.html
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You know, folks, you can't expect New York to keep coming up with screwball candidates endlessly; some of you are going to need to start providing your fair share.

[ncrainbowgrrl]

1. Ooops.

:eyes:

I'm so sure that they didn't know that this wasn't okay to do...

[EST]

2. "Amateur" must mean that a professional criminal and con artist

should be expected to be a lot slicker at hiding their crimes.

[RazzleDazzle]

3. We've got our fair share -- they just don't make the news

:P