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Title: Texas Republican (MY congresscritter!!) Spent Over $30,000 In Campaign Cash On Chocolates And Ham
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URL Source: http://www.buzzfeed.com/evanmcsan/t ... 000-in-campaign-cash-on-chocol
Published: Apr 25, 2014
Author: staff
Post Date: 2014-04-25 18:03:25 by X-15
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WASHINGTON — Texas Rep. Ralph Hall, the oldest serving member of Congress, spent more than $33,000 in campaign funds on orders from Honey Baked Foods and Godiva Chocolatier, campaign filings show. Federal Election Commission records show Hall’s campaign spent a total of more than $14,000 at the Honey Baked Foods company around the holidays in 2012 and 2013. The campaign spent an additional $19,000 at Godiva in December 2013. “These are gifts that the congressman has been giving out for years to constituents,” said Ed Valentine, one of Hall’s campaign advisers. “They’re Christmas gifts. They’re birthday gifts. That’s how Ralph works. He likes Christmas.” Campaigns routinely spend thousands of dollars on holiday gifts — frequently congressional Christmas ornaments, for instance, or holiday cards — to send to supporters. Hall is locked in a Republican primary runoff with former U.S. Attorney John Ratcliffe. The race has become a tea party primary to watch, with Ratcliffe picking up endorsements from the Club for Growth and the Madison Project. A spokesman for Ratcliffe noted Hall sent a 7-pound ham to Ratcliffe after Ratcliffe announced he was running against the 90-year-old incumbent. “After six votes to increase the debt ceiling, and support for bloated farm bills, cash for clunkers and billions in earmarks, this level of questionable spending from Ralph Hall is unfortunately not surprising,” Ratcliffe spokesperson Daniel Kroese said. Ratcliffe is wealthy and is largely self-funding his congressional bid. Hall sent his opponent a ham a week after the campaign filing deadline as a holiday greeting. Poster Comment: Words fail me........
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#1. To: X-15 (#0)
Don't tell me that Ralph failed to get you a Honey Baked and some Godivas! Burn, baby, burn “The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken
chocolate ham. sounds intriguing.
The old bastard could have at least sent me a few bricks of .22 LR !!!!!!!!
#2. To: X-15 (#0)
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams 
#3. To: Lod (#1)
-Alex Kurtagic
#4. To: X-15 (#3)
The douche-bag has been there since 1980...I thought that it was longer than that...at least it seemed like it. Please hang it up Ralph, just hang it up. Dear God, stop.
“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken
#5. To: Lod (#4)
That's not the half of it: he gets a state pension of $60,000 PER YEAR from his short stint as a Texas state senator. That's in addition to his other holdings/investments/etc. NOT counting his current salary/benefits from U.S. Congress. How much is enough for a 90-year old man???
-Alex Kurtagic
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