Weldon's Phony Paranoid Denial: Another Conspiracy Against Curt
Curt Weldon spent yesterday adding to his list of people that are in a conspiracy against him. Particularly amusing are his attempts to spin a 2-year long-overdue investigation into "suspicious timing three weeks before an election".
Here are excerpts from Weldon's Official Statement with my inserted/satirical translations.
I look forward to providing law enforcement personnel with any and all documents and information that they may seek to review. Gee, I hope Charlie, Karen and Itera have already shredded or hidden all the damaging documents. I will cooperate 100 percent with the inquiry. I will fight them tooth-and-nail.
I am confident that investigators will reach the same conclusions as the House Ethics Committee Um.. well.. the committee reached no conclusion. They just let the matter drop, just like they did with my buddy, Tom Delay.
The timing of this situation is deeply concerning. I'm already getting my ass kicked with recent revelations about my donation from Mark Foley, Iraq, Able Danger and my years of cheerleading the failed presidency of George W. Bush. Now, I'm getting in trouble for influence peddling I did over 2 years ago.
The interests of local residents have always been my main priority in Congress particularly if I was related to them, policital allies, or raising money.
But what's really disappointing to me is the politics of personal destruction that left wing liberal activists like CREW have engaged in. CREW, for those of you who don't know, is the group that requested the Justice Department look at this issue two years ago. Darn than Justice Department for acting so swiftly (two years later). My friends in the Republican leadership ignored the warnings about Mark Foley for more than two years. Doesn't the Justice Department know how to drag things out anymore?
It is no coincidence that the Vice President of CREW, Philadelphia trial lawyer Daniel Berger and his law firm are among the single largest contributors to my opponent Joe Sestak's campaign.Gee, a group, that thought I was so corrupt that they turned me into the Justice Department two years ago, has backed my opponent's campaign. Maybe, if I act like it's a "conspiracy" I can distract the voters and try to smear Sestak.
This is a group that is closely tied to my opponent Joe Sestak and now, just weeks before my reelection [defeat] word that the inquiry is occurring has mysteriously trickled out. That is dirty, partisan politics at its absolute worst. Well, not really its worst. The Delco GOP has raised it to an art-form. Just wait until you see my next negative attack on Joe Sestak!
I look forward to the completion of the inquiry so that my name can be cleared.I hope this dies from lack of evidence so I can spin it as acquital. I intend to return to the campaign trail to continue my discussion of the issues facing our region, such as job creation, improving education, and reducing taxes on the middle class.Please, dear God, let me talk about something else besides my own record that landed me in list of 20 Most Corrupt in Congress. Sob. Sniff.
Due to the ongoing nature of the inquiry, neither I, nor my official or campaign staff will provide any further statements on the matter at this time."We're taking the Fifth! We want this story to go away and we need time to get our stories straight. Denying the existence of the investigation already blew up in our faces, so best to keep quiet and hope the voters don't have TVs, radios or newspapers.
If Curt decides to "retire to spend more time with his family", he better do it quick, before the voters retire him.
Here are excerpts from Weldon's Official Statement with my inserted/satirical translations.
I look forward to providing law enforcement personnel with any and all documents and information that they may seek to review. Gee, I hope Charlie, Karen and Itera have already shredded or hidden all the damaging documents. I will cooperate 100 percent with the inquiry. I will fight them tooth-and-nail.
I am confident that investigators will reach the same conclusions as the House Ethics Committee Um.. well.. the committee reached no conclusion. They just let the matter drop, just like they did with my buddy, Tom Delay.
The timing of this situation is deeply concerning. I'm already getting my ass kicked with recent revelations about my donation from Mark Foley, Iraq, Able Danger and my years of cheerleading the failed presidency of George W. Bush. Now, I'm getting in trouble for influence peddling I did over 2 years ago.
The interests of local residents have always been my main priority in Congress particularly if I was related to them, policital allies, or raising money.
But what's really disappointing to me is the politics of personal destruction that left wing liberal activists like CREW have engaged in. CREW, for those of you who don't know, is the group that requested the Justice Department look at this issue two years ago. Darn than Justice Department for acting so swiftly (two years later). My friends in the Republican leadership ignored the warnings about Mark Foley for more than two years. Doesn't the Justice Department know how to drag things out anymore?
It is no coincidence that the Vice President of CREW, Philadelphia trial lawyer Daniel Berger and his law firm are among the single largest contributors to my opponent Joe Sestak's campaign.Gee, a group, that thought I was so corrupt that they turned me into the Justice Department two years ago, has backed my opponent's campaign. Maybe, if I act like it's a "conspiracy" I can distract the voters and try to smear Sestak.
This is a group that is closely tied to my opponent Joe Sestak and now, just weeks before my reelection [defeat] word that the inquiry is occurring has mysteriously trickled out. That is dirty, partisan politics at its absolute worst. Well, not really its worst. The Delco GOP has raised it to an art-form. Just wait until you see my next negative attack on Joe Sestak!
I look forward to the completion of the inquiry so that my name can be cleared.I hope this dies from lack of evidence so I can spin it as acquital. I intend to return to the campaign trail to continue my discussion of the issues facing our region, such as job creation, improving education, and reducing taxes on the middle class.Please, dear God, let me talk about something else besides my own record that landed me in list of 20 Most Corrupt in Congress. Sob. Sniff.
Due to the ongoing nature of the inquiry, neither I, nor my official or campaign staff will provide any further statements on the matter at this time."We're taking the Fifth! We want this story to go away and we need time to get our stories straight. Denying the existence of the investigation already blew up in our faces, so best to keep quiet and hope the voters don't have TVs, radios or newspapers.
If Curt decides to "retire to spend more time with his family", he better do it quick, before the voters retire him.
posted by David Diano at 9:35 AM
10 Comments:
Hey David, did you get made fun of in school a lot as a kid? You sound like a fag. You also refer to the Crew's website like it came down from the hand of God. I just made a list, the "Gayest in Delco", and you took the No. 1 spot with flying colors. Go ahead, delete or change my article, that's the only way you can "win" you have no balls to challenge the points that I make. Your an internet tough guy, ya know, hiding behind that computer monitor making these ridiculous statements.
... says the anonymous troll on the internet.
Pot, Kettle.
Admin, please do not delete the posting of this Anonymous Weldon Staffer. I want everyone to see what kind of supporters Weldon has.
Gee, "fag"? So, you are:
1) making an ignorant assumption about my sexual preferences based upon my political comments.
2) advertising yourself as a bigot against gays
3) name-calling in place of a true argument (the last refuge of the inept)
4) pretty dull in math. If you just made the list and put me on, I'd have to be No 1 by default, wouldn't I?
5) not good with puns. It would have been funnier if you said "flaming colors". :-)
6) in need of work on your grammar. You wrote: "Your an Internet tough guy" instead of "You're an Internet tough guy". Oh, and it would have been "funnier" if you spelled "guy" as "gay".
7) too stupid to see the irony of your statement about hiding behind my monitor. Only one of us posted anonymously. Check the mirror to find out who.
8) unusually interested in my "balls". Maybe you should add yourself to that list?
I never indicated that CREW website came from hand of God. While Creationism is popular among the radical right, I think the hand of a webmaster is more far likely. CREW's reporting on Weldon was based upon articles from various sources, including the LA Times expose.
As for being made fun of in school, the smart ones often are (usually by intellectually challenged individuals like yourself).
BTW, I appreciate the Weldon Campaign taking valuable time away from shredding documents to post here anonymously. I feel so loved (but not in a "gay" way).
Next time you want to come on here and challenge me intellectually, bring the people you cheated off of in school to help you.
Steve-
Thanks for the defense, but hardly needed against this guy. It's like he brought a knife to a gun fight.
Do you think it's the pooper posting again?
The level of nastiness, bigotry and personal attacks are, I guess, directly proportionate to the levels of despair.
if the anonymous weldon staffers can't stand the heat, get out of the election.
Just post his IP address and be done with it.
your ridiculous...do you even live in the 7th district? curt worked his way to be the 7th district congressman, from being a firefighter to a mayor of marcus hook, to today a congressman, he got there apparantely not because of you!
ohh i just saw you live in havertown..my mistake... whats up? why all the bad conclusions for curt?
1) I don't like Curt's votes (minumum wage, healthcare, Iraq, tax-cuts to the wrong income groups, wiretapping, etc.)
2) Based upon my experiences in Delco and the people involved and the quality of the reporting, I find the allegations of corruption and influence peddling not only believable but unsurprising.
3) Weldon complains that activity on a 2-year investigation coming to light 3 weeks before an election is suspicious. But, then he claims that his daughter and a political boss getting a $1 million/year contract from Itera 6 days after he promoted it is not suspicious? Give me a break!
4) Weldon's Able Danger and WMD claims have been routinely debunked. I'm not comfortable having a congressman that is so detached from reality that everything that doesn't go his way is labeled a conspiracy.
Curt Weldon is tarnished example of everything that is wrong when one party controls too much and becomes entrenched in a culture of corruption. We need a change, and getting rid of Curt is one of many steps in that process.
While it makes for good reading, I wish the anonymous weldon staffers would lay of the kool Aid for awhile.
While this whole episode is extremely embarassing for every rRepublican wiht a Curt sign on their lawn (I've notice many folks have signs for the state rep but no weldon signs), it does not chnage the fact that all of the Sestak backers must get out there bewteen now and election day and do the work we need to do.
The mbarassmne tthat is Curt Weldon adn the R machine must be washed away so we can get new leadership and a new vision and direction.
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