Surprise! The Florida Repugs are ripping each other off

[ngant17]

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2010-06-02/news/os-republican-jim-greer-arrested-20100602_1_victory-strategies-llc-jim-greer-mr-greer

...State agents and Seminole County deputies walked into ousted Florida Republican Party Chairman Jim Greer's Oviedo mansion Wednesday morning while he was shaving and hauled him off to jail on corruption charges, alleging that he pocketed at least $125,000 in party funds.

A statewide grand jury indicted Greer, 47, of Oviedo on six felony counts of grand theft, money laundering and running an organized scheme to defraud, charges that could carry a maximum of 75 years in prison.

According to state investigators, Greer devised a scheme to siphon off a cut of the donations from major Republican donors after he had fallen on hard financial times, despite a party salary of $130,000 a year...
(June 02, 2010|By Aaron Deslatte and Rene Stutzman, Orlando Sentinel)
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Why am I not surprised? The Florida Repugs are ripping each other off (again). Why bother investigating, let them go at it. It's a lot like the police arresting a loan shark for ripping off a drug dealer. Sooner or later, one of them will get a mafia hitman to settle the score, save the taxpayer for the court costs of a trial.

[aquart]

1. And yet, I prefer arrest and trial.

It's when nobody is arrested or tried that I begin to fantasize violent and cruel revenges.

[Scuba]

2. Ha ha ha ha ha ...... aaahhhhhhhhhhh

[peekaloo]

3. Meanwhile those who abused their party's credit cards breathe

a sigh of relief that the focus is off their misdeeds so they can continue their current campaign for higher office. (Looking at you Marco Dumbo).

[tanyev]

4. Couldn't happen to a more deserving group of people.

[marmar]

5. There's no honor among miscreants......

nt