So, the problem is not exceeding the campaign limits, but HOW you do it?
So, why have the campaign limits at all, if all you have to do to get around them is spell your name differently on the checks?
I take it you have no problem with exceeding the campaign limits?
We aren't talking about "why", or what my personal views of campaign finance law are. I didn't write the laws.
Of course we aren't,
Because Obama's administration followed the letter of the law, and just happened to imprison a government critic.
Using a law that is rarely enforced.
And you have no problem with that.
HOw very self serving of you.
If a republican president had done this, you would be utterly outraged.
And rightfully so.
You've got a couple of your facts wrong.
First, laws against straw donors are consistently enforced. It's just that they're rarely broken.
Got it. So, it's not about what the law is about, ie limiting contributions, but the letter of the law in HOW the donors get around the law. If they just spell their names differently, that makes it ok.
D'Souza was arrested because he's a ******* moron, not because he was being persecuted. There are countless ways he could have gotten more money to Wendy Long that didn't require him to flagrantly break the law, but he chose to do so anyway.
What ways?
Second, D'Souza wasn't "imprisoned". He was sentenced to probation, community service, a fine and eight months in a half-way house - a surprisingly lenient sentence for the crime.
Considering that he was locked up nightly for doing something that no one seems to think is actually wrong, I think "imprisoned fits the bill nicely.
D'Souza was caught because Wendy Long (the candidate he was donating to) turned him in - after he initially lied to her about it, then finally admitted it to her, claiming that she shouldn't worry about it because she didn't know about it at the time.
NOt sure how this is relevant. But ok.
I know how much D'Souza's painting of himself as a persecuted victim appeals to you guys, since constant victimhood seems to be the new mantra of the American right - but it's really pathetic to watch.
See, on the one hand, you poo poo the idea that there could be anything to the idea of a republican being persecuted by a dem administration.
On the other, your deep hostility, which is obviously shared by so many of your side, makes it very believable that people like you would abuse any power they had to harm their enemies.