Posted on 06/11/2010 7:25:49 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
That's true for most conservatives, including yours truly. I would probably have sat the election out, had it not been for Sarah. She got me excited, and reinvigorated my passion.
Still does.
Palin and Romney should run away from con artist John McCain.
Do not really care about Mitt cause he is a goon but Palin shows poor judgement hanging with McShame.
Happy to see this in breaking news !!!!!
Romney is in the same league as McCain. Both are lying POS statist pigs. Palin had better watch her step or she’s going to be sucked into their filthy sewer.
Yup, I once said I would never cast a ballot for that RINO POS, but when it came down to Obama/Biden vs McCain/Palin I held my nose, looked at Palin's name and put a check-mark by McCain, not that it did any good.
I don't care if we lose Arizona. Thank you for your service, John. Now go home.
Ba Bye Johno!
/johnny
...!!!
Hope this puts JD over the top. Adios Juan!
Uh oh, McCain’s going to be in a very vengeful mood after the election and may do some serious lame duck damage.
I think that McCain was counting on everyone forgetting about that one. This should bring it back to the front.
Dittos...
Back to the top.
Rothstein has provided the government with a road map of his fraud, spending hundreds of hours with federal agents and going undercover on "multiple occasions," he wrote in a court memo filed last week. His lawyer, Marc Nurik, said Rothstein had given a play-by-play narrative "of his crimes as well as crimes of others." Rothstein didn't name names in his memo but for the first time appeared to implicate his former law partner, Stuart Rosenfeldt. "My partner and I continued to grow the firm, and continued to draw down ridiculous sums of money, though we knew the business was not there to support it," Rothstein wrote. Rosenfeldt's lawyer, Bruce Lehr, insists his client knew nothing about the $1.4 billion Ponzi scheme run out of the now bankrupt Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler firm. "What a shame when [Rothstein's] supposedly coming clean, he would gratuitously throw Stuart under the bus with allegations that are untrue," Lehr said. Others said that Rothstein's statement signals trouble for Rosenfeldt. "It would be extremely damaging," said Michael Seigel, a University of Florida law professor and former federal prosecutor. "If you're at all involved in the operation of the [firm], it's hard to be an innocent bystander." Rosenfeldt co-founded the Fort Lauderdale-based firm with Rothstein and was a 50 percent shareholder. So far, only one legal associate of Rothstein's has been charged criminally. Debra Villegas, the firm's former chief operating officer, is scheduled to plead guilty Friday to money laundering. Other members of the firm in Rothstein's inner circle include partner Russell Adler, General Counsel David Boden, Chief Financial Officer Irene Stay and attorney Steven Lippman. Caught in a broader net may be the accountants and bankers who helped Rothstein, the investors who gave him money and the politicians who accepted contributions from him and his firm. Rothstein and his associates gave more than $3 million to political parties and candidates for offices ranging from Broward County Commission to the governor of Florida and the president. Rothstein used money from the Ponzi "to corrupt the political process," his attorney wrote in a court document last week. That could be bad news for the recipients of the contributions. "The question becomes what did the politician and his staff know about it?" Seigel said. "That is something the feds would be very interested in." Rothstein would be key to implicating any politicians. "If there were conversations, he's the one who had them," Seigel said. "If he's providing evidence that this was known to the people he was dealing with, then I would suspect we'll see some indictments in that area." Political donors tied to Rothstein also may face charges. Prosecutors have said members of his law firm were reimbursed for making donations, a violation of federal and state election laws. Bill Scherer, a Fort Lauderdale attorney representing investors who lost millions with Rothstein, said he expects more indictments soon. "More co-conspirators are going to be charged criminally, and there are probably going to be more that we're going to sue civilly," he said. A lawyer for Howard Kusnick, a longtime Rothstein associate, has said he is under investigation and expects to be indicted. Financial advisor Michael Szafranski and banker Frank Spinosa have both declined to answer questions in depositions, citing their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. Federal agents Wednesday vowed to continue their criminal investigation and "relentlessly pursue" Rothstein's assets on behalf of his victims — from clients who entrusted him with money for legal work to wealthy investors. But that will likely take a long time, said attorney Bruce Reinhart of West Palm Beach. "There are a lot of people trying to get their money back," he said. "Businesses, cars, buildings have to be liquidated. There's close to $1 billion in claims." Staff writer Megan O'Matz contributed to this report. With Scott Rothstein's fate finally determined, expect more arrests that ensnare members of his former law firm, business associates and maybe even politicians, legal experts predict.
Bump
Mr. Robinson,
Sarah has already been sucked in. She was warned to not join his ticket before she met with the POS.
Her loyalty to McCain and her sense of good judgment are in question.
Hmmmm . . . so when does the investigation into illegal contributions to 0bama begin?
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