"Hey Frank, What's in the Bank?"

It was like, (0.00 / 0)

"Uhhhh... pay no attention to the man behind the curtain! Look at this! Shiny thing, shiny thing!!!"

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by: palamity @ Wed Oct 13, 2010 at 05:16:34 AM CDT

"Hey Frank, What's in the Bank?" (0.00 / 0)

"Hey Frank, What's in the Bank?"  
"Hey Frank, What's in the Bank?"  
"Hey Frank, What's in the Bank?"  
"Hey Frank, What's in the Bank?"  

Debate vis chant!

"Hey Frank, What's in the Bank?"  
"Hey Frank, What's in the Bank?"  
"Hey Frank, What's in the Bank?"  
"Hey Frank, What's in the Bank?"  

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by: Jack Mitchell @ Wed Oct 13, 2010 at 05:27:28 AM CDT

You know, where the money came from is no longer the issue. (0.00 / 0)

The issue is the candidate's inability to be honest and forth-coming and, in effect, taking the 5th Amendment.
The issue is also using the money, whether as a decoy or to flood the media with distracting and annoying advertising, to obscure the candidate's lack of qualifications.  If Frank can keep everyone fixated on the dollar sign over his head, the fact that he's a font of disinformation will be ignored and the clock will run out.  There's a reason why there's a time clock in basketball and football.
There should be a penalty for wasting the voters time during an electoral campaign.

Should Frank Giunta be penalized for failing to be frank and wasting the voters' time?

For that matter, should obstreperous Senators, who waste the American people's time be penalized?
Did you know that there is no appropriation for the Pentagon because the Senate refused to approve it?  Did you know that the reason for the refusal was the inclusion of a repeal of DADT?
Did you know that the provision which would permit military personnel covered by Tricare to include their children on the policy until age 26 has also not been approved because the repeal of DADT was attached?

Why are Republican candidates ranting about homosexuals?  Because they're trying to distract from the fact that our troops and their families are being held hostage by people who are hell bent on depriving homosexual public servants of their human rights.

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by: hannah @ Wed Oct 13, 2010 at 05:49:38 AM CDT

It came from China (4.00 / 2)

Or Saudi Arabia, or the Taliban. It's a personal donation from the head of BP, in exchange for a vote. It's money from a military contractor that would like it's testing process "expedited".

See, the funny thing is we don't know.

My guess is it came from his parents and he is hiding that because it's potentially a felony. But frankly, that's the most CHARITABLE conclusion. This is why we have campaign finance law in the first place, and why we have to take Guinta's Magic Bank Account very seriously.

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by: Mike Caulfield @ Wed Oct 13, 2010 at 06:48:46 AM CDT

What are the legal implications? (0.00 / 0)

Do we know?  

We know that Frank lied, which, as pointed out by Hannah, is a breach of public trust.  This is the most serious of issues.

But down the road, does Guinta think this just gets dropped?  I don't see that, and he probably doesn't either.  What's the end game here?

"Physical concepts are free creations of the human mind, and are not, however it may seem, uniquely determined by the external world." A. Einstein

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by: StraffordDem @ Wed Oct 13, 2010 at 06:59:40 AM CDT

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Guinta is holding his breath (0.00 / 0)

Someone should tell Frank that Nov.12th won't be the end of this ordeal for him.

Should he swear in, next January, wouldn't there be grounds for a House investigation? How does this work? Campaign finance allegations are kinda serious.

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by: Jack Mitchell @ Wed Oct 13, 2010 at 07:16:44 AM CDT

Election Day is Nov 2nd (0.00 / 0)

Don't pay attention to the date above. Oops.

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by: Jack Mitchell @ Wed Oct 13, 2010 at 09:53:50 AM CDT

[ Parent ]

Puff Daddy Frank Guinta (4.00 / 2)

In the NHPR piece, Guinta says he was in "real estate development". That is puffery, to be kind.  The only record of his involvement in real estate, other than his personal residences, is buying a one unit residential rental property, and then selling it to buy a three family residential rental property. That is not real estate development. Real estate development involves actually developing real estate.  

"When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."  Franklin D. Roosevelt    

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by: Kathy Sullivan 2 @ Wed Oct 13, 2010 at 07:32:54 AM CDT

he looked more like (4.00 / 4)

a slumlord to me.

Frank needs to come clean. We should all bring bars of soap to the next debate.  

member of the professional left  

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by: susanthe @ Wed Oct 13, 2010 at 07:48:17 AM CDT

That is an excellent idea n/t (0.00 / 0)

"When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."  Franklin D. Roosevelt    

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by: Kathy Sullivan 2 @ Wed Oct 13, 2010 at 08:11:56 AM CDT

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Soap (0.00 / 0)

A truly great idea. The media loves props like that. It will quickly and effectively communicate the message.

When and where is the next debate?

No'm Sayn?

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by: BurtCohen @ Wed Oct 13, 2010 at 08:32:17 AM CDT

Be sure to us Ivory (4.00 / 3)

Unlike Frank, it's 99% pure.  

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by: susanthe @ Wed Oct 13, 2010 at 10:24:41 AM CDT

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Come clean Frank (0.00 / 0)

It's an excellent idea, and it may be just what it takes to get real press coverage. NHPR has too small an audience to affect an election.

Come clean Frank signs and Ivory soap have enough to hand to the press as they arrive would get attention. Stick a mailing label with a short query - Come clean. Where did the money come from Frank? - on the back of the bar of soap.

The press loves props like this. The picture is too good to resist.

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by: calvin @ Wed Oct 13, 2010 at 11:29:17 AM CDT

Come clean Frank (0.00 / 0)

Don't know why I got a line through part of a sentence. Didn't mean to cross it out.

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by: calvin @ Wed Oct 13, 2010 at 11:30:32 AM CDT

A job for Strafford Dem? (0.00 / 0)

A nice bar of soap with Frank's picture?




"When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."  Franklin D. Roosevelt    

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by: Kathy Sullivan 2 @ Wed Oct 13, 2010 at 12:50:42 PM CDT