NYC Comptroller John Liu’s (D) campaign disclosure problems.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  October 13th at 10:15 PM  | 

“Irregularities.” That’s such a fun word to hear in newspaper stories about elected officials, particularly ones from political parties that aren’t yours. So it is here, with regard to Democratic/Working Families Party Member John C. Liu: this NY Times article reports that a survey of Mr. Liu’s most recent campaign finance reports resulted in allegations of: “…instances in which people listed as having given to | Read More »

WFP wants you to “MAKE A DIFFERNENCE” for #OWS?

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  October 10th at 02:30 PM  | 

Mean of me to note the bad spelling in this let’s-just-screenshot-this-now Craigslist post from NY’s Working Families Party advertising for… well, it’s actually a bit hard to figure out just what open job position WFP is advertising for. Many people are assuming (or at least speculating) that it’s for warm bodies for the Occupy Wall Street protests themselves, but I’m not buying that: when you | Read More »

Actually, Patrick Gaspard IS affiliated with ACORN.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  September 29th at 06:38 PM  | 

Matthew Vadum had precisely the same reaction that I did when I read the Ben Smith Politico article that published ACORN founder Wade Rathke’s denial that White House Director Political Director Patrick Gaspard was affiliated with his group: Umm.  No.  It’s not Ben’s fault – this is all deliberately designed to be confusing – but there are a clear set of links.  It goes like | Read More »