The campaign will be donating any funds received in this cycle from the Northern Lights PAC to childhood cancer research. The Senator believes firmly in a presumption of innocence. But it is clear our political opponents will attempt to use this issue as a distraction…
…and then they ironically talk about distractions.
I don’t think it’s a distraction at all. Minnesotans deserve to know about the kinds of groups Coleman gets his money from, especially when it’s upwards of $20,000 and it comes from another Senator’s PAC, especially when that senator is arm and arm with companies that want to drill in the ANWR. Coleman’s still keeping the money from Veco executives such as CEO Bill Allen and VP Rick Smith though. This donation, of course, doesn’t include money before this cycle which totals at least $10,000.
I wonder what really caused him to change his mind? Remember that the first statement, less than 24 hours ago was:
Coleman called the indictment “a very, very serious matter,” but added, “Under our system of justice, people are presumed innocent until proven guilty. I look at that principle before making any decisions about returning any contributions.”
Perhaps he’s trying to get off the hook.
Good for him … so stop whining, will ya
Coleman’s doing most of the whining. It’s terrible when people force politicians to do the right thing.
Sean2: Aaron is just trying to recover after picking on the mother featured in Coleman’s ad who talked about her son’s battle with cancer. Landry labeled her as “weepy.” After I called him out on it, he changed the text, citing a “grammatical error.”
You must feel pretty special about that Mikey. Hopefully it’ll keep you entertained while the rest of us focus on the real issues affecting this Senate race.
Another day goes by with the Democrats talking about something besides health care, education or the environment. Issues which they are consistently trusted by the public on more then Republicans. Instead the liberal blogs have hijacked the agenda once again.
Keep it up. You just might save the GOP!
My question is this: if money from Ted Stevens is corrupt, why would any charity want to accept corrupt money?
dumb,
I don’t agree with you. Problems like this contributed significantly to the GOP demise in 2006. Stevens should do the right thing for the country and his party by resigning from the Senate.
@ Dumb: Are you Chris’s twin brother? Just asking…
So does this mean that Norm Coleman is only half corrupt?
amuseinc,
Norm Coleman is just as corrupt as the charities who are accepting whatever donations he’s making to them from Stevens’ money.
Sean2: Aaron is just trying to recover after picking on the mother featured in Coleman’s ad who talked about her son’s battle with cancer. Landry labeled her as “weepy.” After I called him out on it, he changed the text, citing a “grammatical error.”
You constantly bitch about people not commenting about the post at hand, and then you go out and do the exact same thing on other people’s blogs. Where is your credibility man? HACK HACK HACK….. You sure waste a lot of your time in the Minnesota political blog-osphere for not getting a dime from it.
I wonder who served on the ‘committee’ that decided what charity to give the dirty money to . . .
Virtually Speaking,
I wonder what self-respecting charity would accept “dirty” money.