In 1990 Mike Pence used campaign funds to pay his mortgage and other personal expenses

[wishstar]

Washington Post has just posted this article about Mike Pence's past abuse of campaign donations:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mike-pence-used-campaign-funds-to-pay-his-mortgage--and-it-cost-him-an-election/2016/07/15/90858964-49ed-11e6-bdb9-701687974517_story.html

"Mike Pence was a young lawyer on the rise, challenging a longtime Democratic congressman in a Republican-leaning Indiana district.

And then, scandal.

Campaign finance records from the 1990 effort showed that Pence, then 31, had been using political donations to pay the mortgage on his house, his personal credit card bill, groceries, golf tournament fees and car payments for his wife.

The spending had not been illegal at the time. But it stunned voters — and undermined Pence’s strategy to portray the incumbent, Rep. Philip R. Sharp, as tainted by donations from special-interest political action committees".


Such a perfect match for Trump

[uponit7771]

1. Yeap, so they're both greasy people

[Thinkingabout]

2. Hum, maybe he can pair up with Trump really well.

[jpak]

3. Maybe they can trade cellie grifter secrets

[gratuitous]

4. OPM addicts

Other people's money.

[Hortensis]

5. Very righteous people are not uncommonly found to

be behave very immorally, breaking all the rules they virtuously propound to others. It's as if they think their righteousness puts them on a higher plane where they're not subject to the rules.

In any case, whether Pence is one of those or a cynical, amoral thief, this was very wrong. They should get along, all right, if Pence can keep his pious "god willings" in check.

[Kingofalldems]

6. Crooked Mike.

[bucolic_frolic]

7. Bottom of the barrel

Worst choice available, worst than many mentioned over these months

Worse than Ted Cruz and that's saying something

Can't imagine Pence making decisions about anything

[mountain grammy]

8. He's creepy.

[tavernier]

9. Not illegal at the time.

We are a litigious society, but does everything have to have a sticker on it marked LEGAL or ILLEGAL in order for the perpetrator to know it's just plain wrong? Even a three year old with their hand in the cookie jar has enough decency to act guilty when mom catches them.

[wishstar]

10. His unethical spending was impetus for FEC to make such spending illegal

His and 3 other Republicans' blatant misuse of campaign funds in 1988 to 1990 was the direct cause for the FEC to clamp down and change the finance rules.

So you could say Mike Pence was a very inspirational public servant.

[tavernier]

11. That should be a tv ad

Very inspirational, indeed.