It's not easy being green ... or ... sanction Santorum

posted by The Vidiot @ 5:32 PM Permalink

Rick Santorum (R- ManOnDog Homophobic and lube magnet) is 14 points behind his Dem challenger and has the highest disapproval rating of any senator is actually supporting another candidate in his senate race.

Santorum donors give to Green Party

When Sen. Rick Santorum (R., Pa.) encouraged everyone in state politics to help the Green Party earn a spot on the November ballot, at least one group answered the call: Santorum donors.

Fourteen Santorum supporters gave $40,000 to fund a petition drive that has allowed Carl Romanelli to collect about 100,000 voter signatures to qualify for the Senate race.
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But Romanelli and the Green Party of Luzerne County, which collected the money, might have violated federal election law in the process.

In his latest campaign-finance reports, Romanelli listed $66,000 as an in-kind contribution from the Green Party. Such donations cannot exceed $5,000, said Ian Stirton, a Federal Election Commission spokesman, who spoke generally about election law and not about this specific case.
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The petition drive, which involved a mix of volunteers and paid workers, was funded with $34,000 from a dozen individuals who contributed to Santorum's reelection campaign. An additional $6,000 came from individuals who lived at the same addresses as Santorum donors.

The Taylor family of Salinas, Calif., was the most active. Steven and Kathryn Taylor and two others at the same address who listed their occupation as students contributed $10,000 to the Green Party; five Taylor family members have contributed $20,700 to Santorum's reelection campaign.

Ahh, I fondly remember my days as a student ... but I never had a spare $10k to donate to a man running against the man I had already donated to ... and didn't live within 2500 mile of my district!

These sure sound like a good reasons for the FEC to investigate.