Candidate's Alleged Mob Ties Won't Keep Him Out Of Congress

Wow... Nmsys is right! It is fun just to comb the website and copy-and-paste outrage-of-the-day stories!! (And there are so many to choose from!)

GOP Candidate's Alleged Mob Ties Likely Won't Keep Him Out Of Congress

How big of a scandal does it take to make a congressional candidate unelectable? This year, if you're a Republican, it has to be pretty darn big.

Take GOP House candidate Tom Marino in Pennsylvania's Tenth District, located in the northeast corner of the state. As a US attorney, Marino gave a reference to his "close friend" Louis DeNaples, a convicted felon his office investigated for potential mob ties. When the Department of Justice reportedly launched an investigation into the reference, Marino resigned, and got a job working as DeNaples' in-house lawyer.

Since then, Marino has offered several different stories about whether he was authorized to give DeNaples the reference in the first place. (He wasn't.) But the scandal, which Marino's Dem opponent, Rep. Chris Carney, has harped upon in ads and speeches, seems to have had little impact on Marino's chances of ousting the two-term incumbent Blue Dog Dem. Nate Silver, the New York Times' polling guru, gives Marino a stunning 74 percent chance of winning on Tuesday. DeNaples, who was convicted of defrauding the government of more than half a million dollars in the 1970s, needed a reference so he could obtain a license from the state gaming commission to operate slot machines at the Mount Airy Lodge, a resort he owns in Eastern Pennsylvania. In 2005, Marino provided that reference.

http://motherjones.com/politics/2010/10 ... cs-problem


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THE STORIES ARE ALL OUTRAGES!!! ... AND THEY'RE ALL TRUE!!!

LadyJazzer wrote: Wow... Nmsys is right! It is fun just to comb the website and copy-and-paste outrage-of-the-day stories!! (And there are so many to choose from!)

Y'know, There's a fine line between proving your point and becoming just as annoying an idiot as the person you're trying to prove a point about.

You crossed that line at least 24 hours ago.

This thread is interesting ....it appears the republicans would vote for the devil himself just as long as he had an R after his name.

it appears the republicans would vote for the devil himself just as long as he had an R after his name.

And the democrats have already proven they will do the same (with a D of course).

jf1acai wrote:

it appears the republicans would vote for the devil himself just as long as he had an R after his name.

And the democrats have already proven they will do the same (with a D of course).

awww jf1, you're better than a "you do it too" post.

The mob tie sort of reminds me of John F Kennedy.

Mob ties to politicians?





I'm absolutely shocked!!!




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jf1acai wrote: Mob ties to politicians?





I'm absolutely shocked!!!




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You can hear the surprise in *MY* voice...or something like that.

Nobody that matters wrote:

LadyJazzer wrote: Wow... Nmsys is right! It is fun just to comb the website and copy-and-paste outrage-of-the-day stories!! (And there are so many to choose from!)

Y'know, There's a fine line between proving your point and becoming just as annoying an idiot as the person you're trying to prove a point about.

You crossed that line at least 24 hours ago.

Yes... It is annoying...isn't it... Glad you're enjoying it as much as I am... And, trust me, I'm enjoying it... :pop

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