Tuesday, August 02, 2005

Schmidt's Coingate Corruption Close to Campaign

OK, 1st the facts: 1) Jean Schmidt's campaign manager is Brett Bureck. 2) Bureck has been linked ( Aug 04 Wash Post article) to improper fundraising & self dealing to Ohio's GOP State Speaker of the House, Larry Householder. 3) Bureck is married to Jessica "Scottie" May, the Vice Pres of Hicks Partners consulting. 4) Scottie testified before a Grand Jury last year in connection w/ Tom Noe and Coingate. 5) Brian Hicks runs Hicks Partners. 6) The Bush/Cheney team hired Hicks Partners to coordinate the now-notrorious 2003 luncheon w/ Pres Bush, where he addressed the party faithful at the Hyatt Recency in Columbus, OH. 7) That fundraiser, at which Noe was a "table sponsor" netted $1.4 million for the Bush/Cheney reelection war chest. 8) Hicks is also under investigation for "renting" Tom Noe's home in FL for a fraction of market rates. 9) Schmidt (as we have all fact checked by now) lied and said that she has never dealt w/ or even met Tom Noe... well, she has met him and/or dealt w/Noe, and she has also allowed close associates of Noe's (Brett Bureck & Scottie May) to be intimately involved in her campaign. Well, I am lighting novenas for Hackett and praying fervently for a Hackett victory Tues night. Please- regardless of what you believe in or don't believe in- please wish victory Hackett's way. But in the meantime, check out Tim Tagaris' post on what he discovered when he Googled Schmidt... YIKES... and if your stomach is strong enough, please check out Atrios' pix of Schmidt/Hackett. I have to go bleach my eyes now...
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