Lindsey’s Money
Sen. Graham sent out a press release touting his cash on hand and if he’s in trouble, you certainly can’t tell it by his money.
He is one of the top Republican fundraisers this cycle and reports an astounding $4.22 million cash on hand. In the past three months he has raised close to $500k and has collected $2.25 Million since January.
There were some problems in Sen. Graham’s numbers that we covered earlier today. These reports have been amended to correct problems dating from as far back as 2002. Sen. Graham’s campaign went through an “intensive internal review of the campigns financial records which revealed numerous unauthorized disbursements made by a former employee. The unauthorized disbursements totaled approximately $215,000 over the past four years.”
Earlier this week, Senator Graham mailed a letter to supporters discussing the internal review and unauthorized disbursements made by a former employee.
“Our campaign recently conducted an intensive internal review of our financial records. During this review we uncovered numerous unauthorized disbursements made by a former employee. While we are still conducting the review, it appears the unauthorized payments for personal use totaled approximately $215,000 over a period of four years.
“Our campaign contacted the Federal Election Commission upon discovering the suspected misappropriation of funds to make them aware of the situation and to seek appropriate guidance on how to proceed,” wrote Graham. “Based on their direction, we have begun filing amended financial reports and turned the matter over to law enforcement for investigation.
“Finally, the individual in question has been terminated from employment, and we have implemented strict internal controls governing all financial activities of the campaign to ensure nothing like this ever happens again,” wrote Graham.
Someone challenging Graham may feel froggy this cycle, but they may just be jumping to their [political] death.
October 16th, 2007 at 11:23 pm
Money certainly gives Lindsey the ability to pay for slick ads that attempt to remake his image. As citizens across the state realize that Lindsey’s liberal positions are more than just wanting to provide amnesty to 30 million illegal aliens, it is more than wanting to give them social security benefits and medicare benefits, it is more than his arrogantly calling us bigots. His record includes voting against port security, against protecting American citizens from being sued for reporting suspicious behavior, attempting to tie the hands of our terrorist interrogators, against supporting the troops by calling on the Iraqi government not to provide amnesty to terrorists who have killed our soldiers.
View all of his liberal positions at http://www.carnesforsenate.com/
Money won’t make us forget and after he has spent 4.22 million dollars trying to get us to forget, money won’t pay for the citizen who goes into the booth and has a choice. With a choice and a quick click … Lindsey will be sent home.
Money is important but it is not the final word.
October 17th, 2007 at 11:33 am
I don’t think a challenger for the seat exposed these problems. The FBI recently rattled Lindsey’s cage about some other bribes in the state that he refuses to acknowledge. Maybe that is how they found these irregularities too. I know our local Columbia SC ” officials” take bribes.