Very Serious Allegations Made Against 2012 Ron Paul Campaign Manager Jesse Benton

[Cowlesy]

I stopped reading at "economicpolicyjournal.com" aka the mysterious "Robert Wenzel."

 

[Inkblots]

The establishment tries to sow discord within the Liberty Movement, and as usual, Wenzel takes the bait, hook, line and sinker. At least the guy's consistent

 

[fr33]

Here's a link to the blogger that actually wrote the story: http://theiowarepublican.com/2013/the-payoff-details-revealed-on-sorensons-deal-with-ron-paul/. It has a lot more detail.

When this all happened, we called Michele Bachmann a liar for saying it. Now it looks like we may owe her an apology.

That link should be the OP. It appears Wenzel deleted his page. I'm sure it wasn't very enlightening.

In the article it says Benton bought an email list of Iowa homeschoolers. He's probably kept our emails to use for McConnell.

 

[erowe1]

My two thoughts on this -

1- Wasn't Bachmann's campaign on the decline at this alleged point in time anyway?

2- It's noteworthy how much money Romney spent donating to legislators across New Hampshire. I think (almost) every NH Republican legislator got a check from Mitt Romney or his Campaign.

Thanks for sharing this.

The fact that not even you are making any attempt to pretend there's a chance the allegations are false is a good hint that they aren't.

 

[HOLLYWOOD]

The taste of dirty/filthy/bribery campaign politics. The entire system is based on bribery/corruption at all levels.

But stupidity needs to be called-out... leave no trails, use the designer loopholes politicians insert in the criminal election laws they reenforce, and always remember, Cash is King!


What's the NSA say? They record every single electronic/financial transaction

 

[pcosmar]

Don't put words in my mouth that I never wrote.

No,, you just alluded to that.

I disagree..
There were many actions and individuals involved with the Campaign that I disagreed with.

That is all water under the bridge.

 

[thoughtomator]

My beef with Benton is that he expected to lose, acted like it, and I find that inconsistent with the job he was hired to do.

 

[angelatc]

My two thoughts on this -

1- Wasn't Bachmann's campaign on the decline at this alleged point in time anyway?

2- It's noteworthy how much money Romney spent donating to legislators across New Hampshire. I think (almost) every NH Republican legislator got a check from Mitt Romney or his Campaign.

It's noteworthy because it was illegal in Minnesota, duh.

 

[cajuncocoa]

Yes, this is politics.
Yes, everyone does it. And that's why so many of us abhor politics.

 

[angelatc]

I stopped reading at "economicpolicyjournal.com" aka the mysterious "Robert Wenzel."

I don't like him either. Why do you call him mysterious?

 

[angelatc]

Yes, this is politics.
Yes, everyone does it. And that's why so many of us abhor politics.

Something wrong with politicians supporting other politicians?

 

[FrankRep]

This is missing one small thing.

Proof.

 

[cajuncocoa]

Something wrong with politicians supporting other politicians?

Nope; not as long as it's done ethically. And I realize there is no proof to the story in the OP...but those kind of stories are all too common, even if that one isn't true.

 

[pcosmar]

This is missing one small thing.

Proof.

That is why it is called an allegation.

 

[pcosmar]

I stopped reading at "economicpolicyjournal.com" aka the mysterious "Robert Wenzel."

The EPJ did not even add much other than a small comment.

Note: These are extremely serious allegations. There is no indication that Ron Paul was aware of any of this. As for Jesse, there is certainly not enough in the TIR report to bring any charges against him, however, if the FBI is investigating, they can certainly dig much deeper. If there is anything to find, they have the ability to find it.

File under: Getting very interesting.

They simply posted what was reported in The Iowa Republican.

 

[Matt Collins]

The fact that not even you are making any attempt to pretend there's a chance the allegations are false is a good hint that they aren't.

No, not at all, I wasn't there, I wasn't involved in any way.


I would ask this question though, if a political worker is on a losing campaign and they want to go to another campaign, especially one that might be winning, shouldn't they be allowed to do that? Shouldn't they also be allowed to get compensated in the same manner that they were on the previous campaign?

According to what I read in the OP, that is all that happened. The only question really posed is whether or not this violated any sort of obscure ethics rules specific to the Iowa state Senate.


I really don't have an opinion on the matter.

 

[VBRonPaulFan]

No, not at all, I wasn't there, I wasn't involved in any way.


I would ask this question though, if a political worker is on a losing campaign and they want to go to another campaign, especially one that might be winning, shouldn't they be allowed to do that? Shouldn't they also be allowed to get compensated in the same manner that they were on the previous campaign?

According to what I read in the OP, that is all that happened. The only question really posed is whether or not this violated any sort of obscure ethics rules specific to the Iowa state Senate.


I really don't have an opinion on the matter.

If they're on an obviously losing campaign, why would they want to stay regardless? Wouldn't campaign workers be drawn to successful campaigns just by the fact that they'll learn what works?

 

[Carlybee]

Maybe its an ethics issue..that person would be privy to inside information that could be used for unfair advantage? Maybe there was some sort of non compete clause in his contract?

 

[TaftFan]

Fusaro also released the same information to a nationally syndicated radio host who is close to Sorenson, but that individual chose not to break the story.

Steve Deace?

 

[Antischism]

Wouldn't surprise me. Benton has always come off as a snake, so this is pretty much nothing out of the ordinary. I'm sure he's done worse in order to further his political career. He's the exact kind of person that turns me off of the process.