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« Not What He Had In Mind | Main | Talk is Cheap. » February 26, 2008Dirty MoneyMy post earlier today regarding former Tennessee Democrat Party chairman Bob Tuke entering the race for the U.S. Senate prompted a reader to remind me of a story involving Tuke, the TDP and dirty money. Back in 2006 the Tennessee Democratic Party accepted more than $50,000 from a corporate CEO who was busy looting retirement funds managed by his company, 1Point Solutions. Tuke expressly refused to return the money - no surprise, given the company had deep ties to the Bredesen administration, the Bredesen 2006 re-election campaign and Tennessee Democratic Party. Tuke's successor at the TDP has, likewise, refused to return more than $50,000 accepted from convicted felon Norman Hsu, who earned the money through various scams. Hsu wrote the TDP the checks while a fugitive. Posted in Campaign Season
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Wonder what Tuke had to say about the Abramoff scandal? I'm sure he hammered Republicans for that. Oh well, I'm sure there is a good reason why this money is perfectly acceptable to keep. Maybe it was part of the donated money for the underground bingo hall going in at the Executive Residence? Posted by: Scott at February 26, 2008 3:41 PMPost a comment
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