DarrylS

From Captains Quarters this AM some advise for the NRCC, stop taking donations from known terrorists.. might be bad for the party, file this under all politicians are donation whores...

http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/

The National Republican Congressional Committee took donations over several years from someone representing himself as Michael Mixon. Mixon donated over $15,000 to the NRCC before his actual identity as Abdul Tawala Ibn Ali Alishtari became known -- and before Alishtari got indicted as a terrorist financier. Now the GOP campaign group has to decide what to do with the money, and so far, they seem to be getting it all wrong:

A New York man accused of trying to help terrorists in Afghanistan has donated some $15,000 to the House Republicans' campaign committee over three years.
Abdul Tawala Ibn Ali Alishtari pleaded not guilty Friday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan to charges that include terrorism financing, material support of terrorism and money laundering.

From April 2002 until August 2004, the man also known as "Michael Mixon" gave donations ranging from $500 to $5,000 to the National Republican Congressional Committee, according to Federal Election Commission reports and two campaign donor tracking Web sites, and Jessica Boulanger, a spokeswoman for the NRCC, said if Alishtari is found guilty, the organization would donate the money to charity.

"We are extremely concerned and disturbed by these charges, but we need to be careful not to rush to judgment as the judicial process moves forward," Boulanger said.


Well, that's just not going to cut it. The NRCC should have acted immediately to distance itself from Alishtari, just on the basis of his deception. Assuming a false identity while making campaign contributions is illegal, and that should be enough for the NRCC to determine that the $15,000 won't cover the damage to its reputation.

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patsfan13

I agree the money should be donated to charity right away. Your title is quite deceptive, since when the funds were donated it was done under an alias. Your title made it appear they were accepting the funds after his identity was known this is not the case.

THis article also points out the integrity of right wing blogs like captian quarters, something not typically seen in LW blogs

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DarrylS

That is why I read both sides, to get a better perspective.. have to disagree with the LW blogs exclusionary stuff though, most of what I read is pretty critical to all of the fools on the hill.

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