Comments on: Do Texas Campaign Finance Laws Have Any Teeth?

By: MD

MD — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 05:10:59 +0000

me, me, me! I want to break the tie.

and the winner is:

The LEFTIES!!!!

Glenn and Mark make good points. Wick, despite how immensely rich and disconnected you are from anyone who is neither, you clearly put your gloves on before getting into this ring. I read the article and your quotes carefully, looking for a chink in your liberal armor, and as an anarchist/centrist/humorist/chemist/fist, I have to give it to you on this one.

Beware, however of Glenn’s right cross. It’ll put ya’ down sometime if you sleep on it. Also, just because Perry parts his abundant mop and you slick yours to the rear, you shouldn’t pick on him for that.

Good work by all, until we meet again.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:58:35 +0000

Wick, “hiding” implies some sort of active concealment on the part of Perry or his staff. I don’t think such a conclusion is supported by the article. In fact, Bob Perry’s previous contribution over $350k to Perry’s campaign, in his own name, and the fact that the campaign reported (incorrectly, but probably innocently) a donation from a GOP Governor’s association PAC shortly before the election supports the opposite conclusion. Of course, you’re entitled to your opinion, but delivering it as if it were fact seems irresponsible. No authority has determined that there was any criminal wrongdoing on Perry’s or his campaign’s part, nor has any authority determined that Perry should be “liable” for any civil penalites.

By: Wick Allison

Wick Allison — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:29:26 +0000

Glenn, when he got the money he didn’t know he was going to win by 10 points (with a 39 percent plurality, btw). The money came via the GOP Governors Association, which was not reported before the election. So nobody knew Bob Perry had put up the dough, using the association as a blind. And then the guv didn’t reveal it, as required by law.

By: Sean

Sean — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:03:10 +0000

Of course no. And Nixon had nothing to do with the Watergate break-in, no matter how much of a shoe-in he was for re-election.

By: Glenn Hunter

Glenn Hunter — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:52:42 +0000

Wick, in an election where this dough came from the likes of longtime GOP backer Bob Perry–and where the governor wound up whipping his nearest opponent by almost 10 percentage points–I doubt if the governor was trying to “hide” anything.