Monday, July 30, 2012

The PCO Insurgency's troubling lack of transparency. So, who's writing the checks? Follow the money.

Have to wonder: why isn't the PCO Insurgency transparent as to their funding?

We've seen their rather bizarre signs all over the place.  They're not cheap... and somebody is paying for them.... a "somebody" the insurgents don't want us to know.

I mean, after all, they're only doing this for the purest of reasons, right?  The phrase "follow the money" shouldn't apply here, should it?

So, what do the insurgents have to say about it?  Well, they're not only NOT going to tell us, they're PROUD of the fact that they're not going to tell us:

Public Disclosure PCOLA is exempt from WA State Public Disclosure Commission requirements.

The PCO Liberty Alliance has discussed its operations with the Washington State Public Disclosure Commission per their written protocols, and has confirmed that it is exempt from filing as a political committee and exempt from their disclosure requirements since the PCO Liberty Alliance’s main purpose is the support of PCO Candidates.
Below is the controlling RCW in this matter. Please direct any questions or concerns you may have about this matter to Clark.WA@LibertyPCOs.com
RCW 42.17A.200

Application of chapter — Exceptions. (Effective January 1, 2012.)

The provisions of this chapter relating to the financing of election campaigns shall apply in all election campaigns other than (1) for precinct committee officer; (2) for a federal elective office; and (3) for an office of a political subdivision of the state that does not encompass a whole county and that contains fewer than five thousand registered voters as of the date of the most recent general election in the subdivision, unless required by RCW 42.17A.135 (2) through (5) and (7).

So, why is that?

Reading their talking points, there's nothing horrific about their efforts to take over the entirety of the GOP down here to exclude everyone who doesn't desire to further the aims of the Paulistinian effort. There's a certain element that likes a Boss Hogg approach to politics... as long as he's THEIR Boss Hogg.

Gotta wonder: why are they hiding their financier? I know who it is, of course... he's heavily involved in an election right now, come to think of it.

All of which begs the issue: Why are the PCO insurgents hiding their funding?

Oh, I know that they CAN. But does that mean that they should hide the name of the guy writing the checks?

Of course not. But what's ethics, integrity and courage have to do with any of this?

In the discussion of ideas, there's just certain core issues they... do not.... want to... talk about!

So, since these guys seem riveted to my modest little effort here, I've got to wonder:

Why are these people hiding the source of their money?

4 comments:

Lew said...

Gee, you don't think Campaign for Liberty or some other fringe Paulbot group, fat with money donated to Ron Paul could be behind it, do you?

K.J. Hinton said...

Nah. Their altruism is as pure as the driven snow.

That they're being manipulated like children?

Well, that's par for the political course.

Anonymous said...

In terms of funding, they are as pure as the driven snow, since they are funding themselves. This may be why they don't print the funding on their site, in much the same way that you two geniuses don't post the funding for your websites or other aspects of your lives on your sites.
As for Kelly thinking that he knows some secret information regarding funding, this has got to be a bitter disappointment in a life full of them. Get a life, guys.

K.J. Hinton said...

Actually, I have a life. Ferreting out the corruption and dishonesty of the PCO insurgency is just a small part of it.

But whoever it is (very courageous in not identifying yourself) you CLAIM they are self-funding. I know better.

And all of that said... if they ARE self-funding... then why aren't they transparent?

That you make this claim and provide zero proof to back it up is typical of Paulbots generally and this Boss Hogg takeover specifically.

Arrogance, the major platform plank of these children, doesn't really sell all that well in the general populace.

All they have to do to prove me wrong is list the guy who has been paying the bills. I already know where a lot of that money has been spent... thus, the connection is easy to determine when it comes to who has been spending it, you see.

Which leads me to one of two possible conclusions; either you truly believe what you wrote and you're as in the dark as the rest of those people being manipulated here, or you know better and you're lying.

Either way...

And by the way... this is the last response of any kind to attack me instead of sticking to the issue at hand.

Otherwise?

That's what the delete icon is for, you playground punk.