Cruz-in’ for a bruisin’
Man, it sucks to be Bustamante today, huh?
- A California judge on Monday ruled Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante, the front-runner to replace Gov. Gray Davis in a recall vote, must return to Indian tribes large donations that skirted state campaign laws.
However, Sacramento County Judge Loren McMaster said that there was no basis for finding that Bustamante’s campaign had “intentionally violated the law,” an opinion that his supporters said cleared his name.
Judge McMaster’s decision blocked Bustamante from using $3.8 million in donations from seven Indian tribes to either fund his current campaign or to underwrite another ad campaign featuring the candidate in opposition to a ballot measure.
So how much longer do you think Cruz will be able to hold on to his “frontrunner” status before the Chickenshit Movie Star outspends his way into the lead?
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hey, he did the crime.
mabey it’s time democrats started holding thier “leaders” to the same standards they hold republicans to.
if you really want to get rid of the green or indipendant “spoiler” vote, stop supporting dems who act like republicans.
Comment by josh — September 23, 2003 @ 8:23 am
What’s funny to me is that Bustamante has already spent the cash.
Comment by Earnest — September 23, 2003 @ 8:57 am
hey, he did the crime.
mabey it’s time democrats started holding thier “leaders” to the same standards they hold republicans to.
I agree. Campaign finance laws are so murky, I’m willing to give Bustmante the benefit of the doubt (as the court did) that he probably didn’t realize he was breaking the law. Cruz lucked out that the election is almost certainly happening in Oct., since he’s gone from rich to broke overnight.
I think the double standard that hasn’t been addressed enough is the tarring of Bustmante as “bought and sold” by the Indian Gaming Industry when the federal government is being run by energy company whores.
Bustamante is as good as Davis as far as I’m concerned. I’m not a big fan of either one at this point, but I’d still rather have them than hand over our state to a Republican. The last time we had a Republican governor, we got energy deregulation. And we all know how well that turned out…
Comment by greg — September 23, 2003 @ 10:55 am
You should see what energy is like here…. You can choose from myriad energy providers, shopping for the cheapest energy prices, and ConEd acts as their conduit… the same way the Bells have to provide access to their lines to any competitors. The problem is that shopping for energy providers is very confusing, and being an educated shopper could save me lots of money, but let’s face it– I’m not an educated consumer where this is concerned.
Comment by Earnest — September 23, 2003 @ 11:22 am