2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumRomney Backer Under Fire For Involvement In Ancient Canine Cookout
Mr. Malek, who was 22-years-old at the time, was one of five men arrested in August 1959 after police in Peoria, Illinois found them around a grisly scene in a public park where a dog had been skinned, disemboweled and barbecued on a spit. Charges against Mr. Malek were eventually dismissed after one of his companions testified they were solely responsible for killing the animal and attempting to cook it. In 2006, Mr. Malek told Washington Post columnist Colbert King he and the other men arrested at the site of the canine cookout were drunk out of their minds at the time and that he merely watched the proceedings and was in no position to stop them. This explanation has not satisfied Dogs Against Romney.
Malek just watched. What is it with Mitt Romney and animal cruelty? the groups statement said.
Mr. Romney s alleged mistreatment of animals has been a persistent issue for him on the campaign trail since the publication of a 2007 Boston Globe profile that revealed he once strapped his familys Irish Setter, Seamus, into a carrier on top of the family car for a more than twelve hour road trip. Seamus responded to his roof ride by defecating and, according to our sources, running away once the family arrived at their destination.
http://www.politicker.com/2012/04/12/romney-dog-cookout/
I've been drunk before. That is no damn excuse! Malek needs to leave Public life.
xchrom
(108,903 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)xchrom
(108,903 posts)immoderate
(20,885 posts)Talk about some crazy eatin!'"
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aquart
(69,014 posts)Sorry, but when I get drunk I just say "Hello" a lot. I never kill anything.
bluedigger
(17,087 posts)THEY BARBECUED A DOG IN A PUBLIC PARK!
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)bluedigger
(17,087 posts)WI_DEM
(33,497 posts)bluedigger
(17,087 posts)Hard to say, my friend, hard to say.
yellowcanine
(35,701 posts)He gave Nixon the names of Democrats and Jews (based on their names) at the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Several people were reassigned because their names sounded Jewish. Then later he basically lied about the extent of his involvement.
He was also fined $100,000 for his part in a fraudulent scheme to invest $75 million of Connecticut state pension funds with Malek's firm in 2003.
Maybe he gets off for being young and drunk at the dog roasting. But it seems to me with his sleazy history he should be nowhere near a campaign fund raising event.
bluedigger
(17,087 posts)"Mr. Malek, who worked with Presidents Richard Nixon and George H.W. Bush and served as National Finance Committee co-chair of John McCains 2008 White House bid, is also no stranger to controversy. During his time in the Nixon administration, Mr. Malek compiled a list of ethnics, specifically Jews, in the federal government. In recordings released in 2010, President Nixon was taped instructing Malek to particularly check the Jews throughout the administration
and see what we can do about them. In 1988, Mr. Malek resigned from the Republican National Committee over questions about his role in President Nixons push to oust Jews from the federal government. Mr. Malek apologized for his involvement, but denied playing a substantial role in the scheme."
He has been and remains a Player in the Republican establishment.
ellie
(6,929 posts)What is fucking wrong with people?