Justice?

The Campaign Finance Director for Conrad Burns has been served with a cease-and-desist order, as well as legal charges concerning shady business dealings under the Montana codes of Securities exchange.  Let's let that sink in for half a second here ...

Campaign Finance Director for Conrad Burns.  Hmmmmm...

No, really, Conrad is cool.  After all, Davison was a volunteer (and when it comes down to matters of fiduciary responsibility, that matters exactly ... why?)  Besides, Davison resigned the position a month ago ... apparently without telling anybody ... or having such a move noticed by anyone at all.  But Jason Klindt said it, so obviously it.must.be.true.  Yeah, I know, I'm laughing my ass off at that as well.  That's just one more lie on the Klindt resume.

But, see, here's what I want to know:  The guy (allegedly) defrauded at least two people for sums totaling over a million dollars.  I've read the complaint and the cease-order, and I suggest you do the same.  So, we have a guy, who at the very least lied his ass right off for control of enormous sums of money ... and yet Montana code calls for no threat of prison time?  What the F, Matilda?  No jail for ripping people off to the tune of 6 or 7 figures?  How is this justice?  Come on, legal dudes and dudettes!  At least give us the satisfaction of a picture of Davison being frog-marched down to county lock-up for a hour or two.  I think that's only fair ...

On the plus side, Montana AG McGrath is shunting questions to the FBI.  That bodes well for justice, because the crimes they investigate (no matter how menial) don't tend to end with a rolled up newspaper slap, and the ever stern "Bad Dog!".

Now, here's the thing.  This guy was, at least until about a month ago, a member of Burns' campaign staff.  Jason Klindt, and ohhh how I revile him for this, can try with all his might to shield Conrad from the blowback.  That shouldn't happen.  How many of Conrad's staffers are being investigated as crooks now?  The bottom line is a choice of view; either Conrad knows he hangs out with an insidiously criminal crowd, or he's too clueless to know that many of the people he surrounds himself with are corrupt.  His choice, of course, but yours as well.  He's the Senator who works for you ... 'member?  So, if your choice is support of Conrad Burns, which do you favor?

A)  Support for a man who favors corruption?  or ...
B)  Support for a man too ignorant to see it all around him?

Either way, Conrad is a poor choice to return to the US Senate.  We can do better, Montana.  And any time you get those shaky quivers that tell you "Oh My God! I'm voting for a 'Demoncrat' ..."  just remember, Conrad's boys got to illegally attend the Super Bowl, and you didn't.  Conrad's boys get to illegal play with other people's money and you don't.  If that ain't enough to piss you off and fill you with desire for change, then I'm afraid that there just isn't any help for you.

Comments

[Eric Coobs]

The liberal concern about stopping corruption is truly touching.

NOT!

It looks to me like the Davison corruption news is just another straw for the liberals to grab ahold of in their quest for negativity.

[Ed in Montana]

According to the IR State Bureau article in the newspaper on Tuesday, August 29th, one of the defrauded parties terminated their investment accounts with the company Davison worked for and filed their formal complaint against him on July 27th. July 27th is supposedly when Davison resigned as Mr. Burns Campaign Finance Chair.

It's the republican culture of corruption. They just can't restrain themselves when there's a large sum of mony involved, especially when it's not theirs yet.

Hopefully there is a cell right next to Jack Abramoff's for Mr. Davison.