WP: Va. Lawmakers Subpoenaed in GOP Case

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By Chris L. Jenkins
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, August 12, 2005; Page B04

RICHMOND, Aug. 11 -- The records of some of Virginia's top GOP politicians, including the party's gubernatorial candidate, are being subpoenaed by a liability-insurance company that is embroiled in a lawsuit with the state Republican Party.

The legal action draws attention to a case that many Republicans had tried to put behind them. In December, the Republicans settled a lawsuit by state Democrats seeking damages over the party members' eavesdropping during Democratic conference calls in 2002.

The Republican Party now is suing its insurance company, Union Insurance Co. of Nebraska, for declining to cover the $750,000 settlement the Republicans paid to Democrats. In response, the company sent subpoenas to gubernatorial candidate Jerry W. Kilgore; the campaign committees of U.S. Sens. George Allen and John W. Warner; several of Virginia's congressional representatives, including Frank R. Wolf; and to House of Delegates Speaker William J. Howell (Stafford), according to an attorney for the insurer.

The subpoenas include demands for copies of e-mails and other correspondence between the politicians and the Republican Party of Virginia regarding contributions the politicians made to the party at the time it agreed to settle with Democrats. . .

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/11/AR2005081101835.html?nav=rss_metro/va

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1. What hypocrisy for crooked Repugs to sue the insurance company

These Republicans are stunning in their audacity. They are the ones always crying about unwarranted lawsuits being the cause of high insurance premiums etc, but they don't hesitate to sue whenever they don't get what they want even if it is totally their own fault due to wrongdoing.

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2. How can anyone, ANYONE think that

stupid bunch of gang-that-couldn't-shoot-straight friggin' dropouts capable of running anything more complicated than a poop scoop? Idiots can't even cheat and steal skillfully.

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3. Ha ha

This can help take down Kilgore. Kaine should be promoting this.

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4. I don't know...

...if Kaine should get involved and be accused of negative campaigning. Why not just let Jerry hang himself. He's got enough rope!