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  •  Contribution (none / 0)

    If money is given, then that is a contribution.  I don't see why they are pretending like the fact that the Virginia Republicans paid for his room in advance make his contribution alright.

    by ortcutt on Mon Sep 12, 2005 at 05:59:48 PM PDT

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    •  okay that's idiotic (none / 0)

      think about what you just said.  This is standard practice for reporters, they do the same thing with WH trips, etc  . To do  otherwise would be unethical, since the reporter would otherwise be accepting a gratuity from a political party.  I be much more upset at reporters that got free travel and hotel rooms from political parties

      Please do be thinking these things through

      Knowledge is power Power Corrupts Study Hard Be Evil

      by Magorn on Mon Sep 12, 2005 at 06:25:06 PM PDT

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      •  They shouldn't go either (none / 0)

        They shouldn't accept favors from the parties or "reimburse" them for them.  Saying that it is standard procedure doesn't make it OK.

        by ortcutt on Mon Sep 12, 2005 at 06:31:44 PM PDT

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        •  Corr: They shoudn't do either (none / 0)

          by ortcutt on Mon Sep 12, 2005 at 06:32:24 PM PDT

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        •  Political Parties Reserve Large Blocks Of Rooms (none / 0)

          For poliltical conventions, the common practice if for the party to control blocks of hotel rooms. The Virginia delegation may well have had the only rooms available at that venue, and it's quite possible that the initial allocation of rooms included those intended for the press. Similar things happen at large non-political conventions, too.

          by Realist2004 on Mon Sep 12, 2005 at 06:42:26 PM PDT

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          •  Well (none / 0)

            In that case, the WP should reserve a room at a hotel across the street.  Or the GOP should tell the hotel that they should bill that particular room to the WP and not have the reporters giving money to political parties.  The transaction should be between the WP and the hotel and money should not pass to or through the Virginia GOP.

            by ortcutt on Mon Sep 12, 2005 at 06:48:15 PM PDT

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            •  Why? (none / 0)

              You keep saying it, but you don't give any reasons why a net zero transation is so evil.

              If anything, it's marginally negative for the party, because they had to put the money up early, usually months early, for the room, when they could have collected interest for it.  Then they had the miniscule but still real transaction costs, if nothing else the time spent by their comptroller.

              I think you're focused on a little piece of bark on a single tree, and are missing the forest.

              The revolution will not be televised, but we'll analyze it to death at The Next Hurrah.

              by DHinMI on Mon Sep 12, 2005 at 06:54:01 PM PDT

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