Comments on: FEC to politicians: Feel free to report yourself http://sistertoldjah.com/archives/2006/11/30/fec-to-politicians-feel-free-to-report-yourself/ Don't dis or dismiss this miss! Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:28:30 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Dana http://sistertoldjah.com/archives/2006/11/30/fec-to-politicians-feel-free-to-report-yourself/comment-page-1/#comment-604567 Dana Fri, 01 Dec 2006 13:37:01 +0000 http://sistertoldjah.com/archives/2006/11/30/fec-to-politicians-feel-free-to-report-yourself/#comment-604567 It actually does make some sense: the regulations can be so screwed up that someone could have a technical violation or something caused by a poorly trained campaign worker. You say, "We found this, and are reporting it, and have taken X steps to prevent a such from happening again." This way people think you are honest, simply had a mistake made, corrected it internally, and reported it properly. It's hard for an opponent to make much of an issue of that. Look at it this way: if George Bush had admitted to his ancient history DUI arrest back when he said he had stopped drinking because alcohol was ruining his life, would the Democrats have been able to use it as an October surprise? My guess is that he'd have won the popular vote as well, which was what the polls showed was going to happen right up until the revelation. It actually does make some sense: the regulations can be so screwed up that someone could have a technical violation or something caused by a poorly trained campaign worker. You say, “We found this, and are reporting it, and have taken X steps to prevent a such from happening again.”

This way people think you are honest, simply had a mistake made, corrected it internally, and reported it properly. It’s hard for an opponent to make much of an issue of that.

Look at it this way: if George Bush had admitted to his ancient history DUI arrest back when he said he had stopped drinking because alcohol was ruining his life, would the Democrats have been able to use it as an October surprise? My guess is that he’d have won the popular vote as well, which was what the polls showed was going to happen right up until the revelation.

]]> By: Melissa In Texas http://sistertoldjah.com/archives/2006/11/30/fec-to-politicians-feel-free-to-report-yourself/comment-page-1/#comment-603460 Melissa In Texas Fri, 01 Dec 2006 03:06:27 +0000 http://sistertoldjah.com/archives/2006/11/30/fec-to-politicians-feel-free-to-report-yourself/#comment-603460 You have <em><strong>got</strong></em> to be kidding! ST, I do believe you are correct in your question of functioning brains. You have got to be kidding!
ST, I do believe you are correct in your question of functioning brains.

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