Republicans are Thieves and are Ruining the World!

For at least four years, Christopher J. Ward, who is under investigation by the FBI, used wire transfers to funnel money out of the NRCC and into other political committees he controlled, then shifted the funds into his own personal accounts

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Thats right- our big Democratic Party Scandals concern people who pay their own money for prostitutes, pay them a living wage and then have the good sense to be embarassed about their sexual habits and try and take the business out of town.

Republicans, on the other hand, just steal from each other.  This guy was putting together fake audits and then keeping the money for himself- the NRCC hasn't been actually audited in five years!

In a 2006 diary entitled WhoTF is Christopher J. Ward? htere is evidence of just how many PACs he was treasurer for.  Ward was the treasurer for 83 GOP committees since 2000, which collected over $400 million in contributions.  

I like the phrase "diverted" as a new name for stole.  I find it diverting indeed.

In other disturbing nonprimary related news, the Pacific Salmon Fisheries are under collapse.  That is right- people will be out of jobs and the ocean may be out of fishes?  Why?  Well, the Bush administration refused to believe earlier warnings that there were problems in the streams and rivers the salmon spawn in.  
New York Times Story

And in other disturbing news, your digital toys like I-Pods, may come with viruses capable of stealing your passwords, installed accidently or on purpose while the items were being manufactured in China.  link

So should we be glad this Christopher J. Ward stole from the Republicans and tried to keep them from being elected?  Or do we figure he spent his ill-gotten gains on wild-caught salmon and an I-Pod and just contributed to the mess the world is in after all.

•  Greed is ruining the world...

  and I still haven't figured out a way to regulate it.

  by jbou on Thu Mar 13, 2008 at 07:51:00 PM PDT

•  wait...

  hedonistic sex is ruining the world, and i don't want to figure out a way to regulate it.

  by jbou on Thu Mar 13, 2008 at 07:51:44 PM PDT

•  You think this is a tip jar....

  but the tips are being funneled into my private accounts.

  This is why this election matters and we should oay attention to something other than prostitution and primaries.

  The Republican crooks in Washington are so awful and corrupt they even steal from themselves.  And because we are off-shoring our jobs and then importing dangerous crap.  And we are flushing crap into the ocean and streams and overfishing and then lookee- the fish die.  

  by murrayewv on Thu Mar 13, 2008 at 07:52:06 PM PDT

  •  And we murder by the hundred thousand ...

    ... There are worse things than thievery -- but when it come to criminality, Republicans are fractal:  the same structure of malfeasance is replicated at all scales.

    by Yellow Canary on Thu Mar 13, 2008 at 07:55:30 PM PDT

  •  Also diaried below....

    http://www.dailykos.com/...

    by murrayewv on Thu Mar 13, 2008 at 07:58:58 PM PDT

•  They steal from themselves cant be trusted with

  the peoples money

  by DFutureIsNow on Thu Mar 13, 2008 at 07:58:52 PM PDT

•  broken record here

  We, as a nation spend one third of our yearly budget dedicated to killing people. The rest of the world combined spends an equal amount, and is fed up with us.

  Democrats are not much better: don't fool yourselves into thinking that until we stop spending a trillion dollars a year to kill, things will just get worse.

  by shpilk on Thu Mar 13, 2008 at 08:00:58 PM PDT

  •  And our candidates....

    refuse to talk about important issues like gun control and crime and the environment and the economy.  If John McCain gets elected, the extinctions will accelerate and the consumer protections will decelerate.  I hope anyone who votes for these crooks gets a virus on their cheap chinese electronics.    

    by murrayewv on Thu Mar 13, 2008 at 08:09:42 PM PDT

•  They Stole Trillions from you too

  These greedy asshats are not content to steal the merchandise they also cut a hole in the back wall and are stealing the shelves the fixtures and the flooring in essence making it impossible for you to recover enough to even making a living anymore. That they also steal from each other is no surprise. This war is nothing less than the biggest robbery ever commited, and Sheriff Nancy refuses to arrest the gang leader Bush because he has plans to take the booty and leave town. Thanks a whole F***ing lot Nancy. Let them just keep up the plundering it's doing wonders for our economy. Impeach Bush and Cheney to set an example for future presidents. Duh!

  by barbybuddy on Thu Mar 13, 2008 at 08:52:55 PM PDT

  •  the worst legacy of the Republicans....

    is their horrible partison behavior with Newt Gingrich.  They impeached Bill Clinton over his Monica lies, which effectively took impeachment off the table for the Democrats who missed the pulse of the nation.  Democrats lack boldness and the ability to go for the jugular.  Maybe that is good though.

    by murrayewv on Thu Mar 13, 2008 at 09:15:10 PM PDT