Wade bribed Goode (R-Va.) and Katherine Harris (R-Fla.)

* in an earlier post about Wade, I wrote: "of all the corruption cases we are seeing, i wonder how many will have nothing to do with either National Security and/or Election Fraud."

in the comments, viget says:

"Just to clarify, the criminal info DOES NOT imply that Wade had something to do with whatever potential fraud might have occurred in the 2004 elections. The elections fraud count has to do with scheming to violate FEC donation limits to two congressmen (I wonder who they are, one I'd bet is Duncan Hunter, but I have no clue as to the other) by reimbursing his MZM employees for personal contributions to these congressmen's campaigns in exchange for "earmarks" for MZM.

Any clue as to who Rep A and B are?"

Correct - I was thinking more about DeLay's money laundering and Hastert's 'fundraising' and Ney and all the rest. sorry for any confusion.

The plea says:

"Wade also made about $80,000 in illegal campaign contributions to the campaigns of two sitting Members of Congress. Wade targeted these two Members of Congress because he believed that these representatives had the ability to request appropriations funding that would benefit MZM."

According to rollcall:

"Wade also steered $78,000 in illegal contributions to the re-election campaigns of Reps. Virgil Goode (R-Va.) and Katherine Harris (R-Fla.) during the 2003-04 and 2005-06 election cycles. Neither lawmaker was aware that Wade was reimbursing other donors for making those contributions, according to the criminal information document."

Francis Fukuyama

* emptywheel tears apart Fukyama:

"Francis Fukuyama, you can't disavow Neo-Conservatism while trying to help someone avoid the consequences of the lies and politicization that disgraced Neo-Conservatism. You can't claim to disavow Neo-Conservatism if you're still investing money and your good name in defending Scooter Libby.
Before, you may have been too naive or credulous to understand that the democracy myths were just that, myths. An ignoble lie. But now, only self-deception prevents you from understanding that. Your ongoing support of Neo-Conservatism--in money and name--now comes with the culpability of knowing better. You've forsworn these lies, but not forgone them." (link)

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* in the comments at EW's, viget says:

"Not only was (Fukyama's) a non-apology apology, but rather I'd say this is the first salvo in a Great Euphemization of the neocon label.
Like death and taxes, linguistic euphemization is as close as we can get to near certainty in this world. If you've got a controversial, repugnant or otherwise negatively-connotated philosophy or idea that you refuse (or in some cases the ugly practicalities of society refuse) to let go of, just dress it up in a brand-new, shiny linguistic form, and voila, you've reinvented yourself."

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