Ex-Florida GOP chief Jim Greer in jail: confused, defiant

[SecularMotion]

Jailhouse recordings reveal a different side of former Republican Party boss Jim Greer.

BY MARC CAPUTO
Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau

On the day Jim Greer was jailed for alleged fraud, the former Republican Party of Florida chairman found himself in a strange world as he scrambled to find a bail bondsmen, his lawyer, a suit for his first court appearance and his kid's tennis coach to cancel a lesson, according to recordings of his phone calls from the Seminole County Detention Center.

The recordings, which have received scant attention in the press, reveal a bewildered Greer, who had garnered a reputation as a high-rolling party boss. In jail, Greer often didn't know the time, had little clue about the specific charges against him and acknowledged that jail was ``tough.''

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Greer is charged with one count of organized fraud, four counts of grand theft and one count of money laundering. He allegedly funneled $125,000 in Republican Party donor money through a secretive shell company, called ``Victory Strategies'' into his personal account plus another $40,000 from a political committee he used to secure his re-election as chairman. His alleged co-conspirator, former party executive director Delmar Johnson, has agreed to testify against Greer to avoid jail time.

Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/07/29/1751243/jailhouse-recordings-show-a-different.html#ixzz0vfJvb7uJ

[Scurrilous]

1. Poor him. n/t

[gratuitous]

2. Jail isn't nearly as much fun as doing what got you there

But then, Mr. Greer was ripping off fatcat Republicans, so I'm experiencing mixed feelings about his plight.

[hobbit709]

3. "had little clue about the specific charges against him"

That's probably true. After all the republicon belief is that all the money is theirs to do with as they please.

On my sympathy meter he rates about -1000.

[myrna minx]

4. K&R n/t

[mitchum]

5. Sociopaths are like that

[lpbk2713]

6. "But all I did was act like a rethuglican!?"

BWAHAHAHA ... Somehow I can understand his confusion if he looked
around and emulated the conduct of his rethuglican peers and idols.





:rofl: