JAILBIRD NOE SAYS BUSH CAMPAIGN PRESSURED HIM TO RAISE MONEY

[powergirl]

Don't you just love it when Republicans get in trouble. They always have someone else to blame. I'm surprised this one wasn't Bill Clinton's fault. Also, notice, the Repubs won't let that money slip away from their grip either.

Tom Noe, the GOP fund-raiser at the heart of Ohio’s biggest political scandal in a generation, claimed that pressure from the
Bush-Cheney campaign led him to commit the campaign-finance crimes for which he was sentenced yesterday to federal prison.
U.S. District Judge David Katz ordered Noe, 52, to spend 27 months in prison and to pay $136,200 in fines for giving two dozen friends and associates money to attend a high-priced luncheon with President Bush in 2003 in Columbus.

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The former coin dealer made two statements during the hearing. He twice read excerpts from a written statement he gave to court officials prior to sentencing in which he acknowledged his illegal role. But he blamed it in part on pressure from unnamed campaign officials to become a Bush “Pioneer,” someone who raises more than $100,000 for the campaign.


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A spokesman for the Republican National Committee said there was no pressure on Noe to raise the money or break the law.
Aaron McLear said he didn’t know if Noe’s comment was a parting shot at the Bush-Cheney campaign because the U.S. Department of Justice pursued the case against him.As he has said before, the RNC will return the conduit money if authorities order it to do so. (but of course, the RNC still hasn't returned it!! powergirl)

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060913/NEWS02/609130428
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[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

1. Oh please.

Give it 10 minutes or so and some frother pundit will suggest that the blame lies squarely on Clinton's Penis, unique identifying marks and all.