From Michelle Malkin. Here's a sample:
And then there were Locke's not-so-squeaky-clean fundraising trips to a Buddhist temple in Redmond, Wash., which netted nearly $14,000 from monks and nuns — many of whom barely spoke English, couldn't recall donating to Locke, or were out of the country and could never be located. Of the known temple donors identified by the Locke campaign, five gave $1,000 each on July 22, 1996 — paid in sequentially ordered cashier's checks. Two priests gave $1,000 and $1,100 respectively on Aug. 8, 1996. Three other temple adherents also gave $1,000 contributions on Aug. 8. Internal campaign records show that two other temple disciples donated $2,000 and $1,000 respectively on other dates. State campaign finance investigators failed to track down some of the donors during their probe.
Malkin has much more, as you might expect.
And there is the curious case of the live-in brother-in-law.
It is troubling that so many of our "mainstream" news organizations now find these parts of Locke's history unfit to print.
Cross posted at Jim Miller on Politics.
Posted by Jim Miller at February 27, 2009 08:37 AM | Email ThisBill Clinton accepts millions of foreign (i.e.: illegal) campaign contributions - no problem. He accepts highly questionable millions for his "library" - no problem. Harry Reid arranges for millions in taxpayer dollars to build bridges to property he owns in Hemorrhoid, NV, thereby quintupling (at least) the value of said property - no problem. Dianne Feensteen steers BILLIONS of dollars worth of government no-bid contracts to her husband's corporations - no problem. (Cunningham stole a million - he's in jail?) Nancy Pelosi shoves through a minimum wage raise for everybody in the US, except for people working for Starkist Tuna (in her district) and for her husband in AMerican Samoa - no problem.
And somebody's worried about something a republican did that isn't even the price of a new car?
Posted by: jj on February 27, 2009 09:11 AMEither way you look at it. Most people in the Obama team are crooked. Yes even locke.
Posted by: Medic/Vet on February 27, 2009 10:10 AMCiting Locke as "the best appointment" Obama has made only re-affirms the disgracefully low caliber of his previous cabinet appointments.
And P/I, Times, etc.: Michelle Malkin is demonstrating how to commit journalism. Features such as this are referred to as investigative reporting...otta try it sometime...sure beats bankruptcy.
Posted by: Saltherring on February 27, 2009 12:44 PMWow, #1 , throwing your girl, the SOS, under the bus already? I must say I'm pleasantly surprised by that admission.
Posted by: Rick D. on February 27, 2009 01:32 PMFace it, the Republicans have lost alot of cred (Bob Brinker echoed that statement on Money Talk today) after their out of control spending when they controlled the White House and Congress. They had 6 years to change that, but did not and unfortunately, that is part of the reason that this country is in deep doo-doo. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction; The Dems are doing what it was perceived that the Republicans got away with in those six years, only they are making a more concerted effort for big government and we the people get screwed.
Posted by: KDS on February 28, 2009 11:01 PM