The Clarion-Ledger's Sam Hall brought back memories of actual journalism that once took place at the newspaper as he published a thorough article on Bishop Ronnie Cruddup's PAC:
The campaign finance report filed by All Citizens for Mississippi PAC conflicts in numerous ways with what the organization's leader said last week in an interview.
All Citizens filed their July quarterly reports with the Federal Election Commission on Tuesday. The report, which covers campaign finance activity from April through June, is the first filing for All Citizens....
While the fundraising may have been done legally and ethically, Crudup's claim of raising $200,000 from several sources doesn't at all match what All Citizens reported to the FEC. According to that report, All Citizens raised all of their money from only one source — Mississippi Conservatives PAC.
All Citizens reported four contributions from Mississippi Conservatives PAC totaling $144,685, which is the total sum of their contributions....Read the article, there's more.
Did anyone see this article posted over at Y'all Politics? The newspaper did publish a second story that included a response from the good Bishop:
Crudup said Wednesday in an interview that he stands by his earlier statement that the PAC he started has raised approximately $200,000. He said the report filed with the FEC doesn't list all contributions and expenditures because some occurred in July.Meanwhile over at the American Spectator, Jeffrey Lord made an interesting observation.
However, asked how he would respond to those who question whether his earlier statement about his funding source was misleading, he said, "I never said they (Republicans and Mississippi Conservatives) weren't a major source of funding, but we raised some money from other sources as well."
Crudup said there was fundraiser in Terry that he hosted along with Jackson attorney Bob Owens which prominent African-Americans and some whites attended, but he didn't say how much was raised at the fundraiser and it wasn't included in the FEC filing.
The FEC wouldn't comment on whether All Citizens for Mississippi has complied with filing requirements....Article
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Is this at all illegal? Or just something people don't particularly like (especially McDaniel supporters)? Thanks in advance.
To the untrained eye, it might appear as though a black preacher is being accused of telling a falsehood. Surely that is not the case.
churches are making too much money now and operating as businesses-sadly their objectives are not what God had intended for them to be. just remember when Christ was angered when the tax collecting and money was being thrown around in the house of God. what goes around will eventually come back to all parties either giving contributions or receiving contributions for politics...... maybe in another lifetime. it is so sad that are preachers and churches have lowered their standards just for a part in politics. but I was made aware of these practices since the 70's in my area -its just coming to light now.
Is that the same fundraiser that Dan Akroyd attended?
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/07/17/upshot/money-and-names-behind-ads-for-thad-cochran-are-revealed.html?_r=1&referrer=
So, let me get this straight, a third party supporter did something that is appears unethical and may in fact be illegal? I hope McDaniel et al. makes a big deal about this because none of his money came from suspicious groups and none if his supporters did anything questionable throughout the campaign.
So a story about a restaurant not letting someone eat cake gets 75 comments but a story about the Republican leadership spending thousands of dollars to paint fellow conservatives as racist and members of the KKK at best and at worst outright buying votes gets a handful of comments. Man our priorities are straight in this state.
We like cake. We don't like Chrissie.
"Let them eat cake"
All of this makes me sick at my stomach. Is this really what Mississippi Republicans have come to? Have we forgotten so soon how hard fought the battle was? I am embarrassed at the snide sarcastic comments that accompany any article that even hints at improprieties. We all know this was not a good campaign and was damaging to all concerned.
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