Meet Congressman Buyer & His Phony Scholarship Foundation

[democracy1st]

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Rep. Buyer Flounders In CBS Interview About His Iffy Foundation

Rep. Steve Buyer (R-IN) sat down for an interview with CBS Evening News about his charity, but struggled to answer basic questions about the Frontier Foundation, which collects big donations from industry sources trying to influence Buyer but gives out no money for its putative mission of supporting Indiana students.

Buyer abruptly ended the interview with CBS, which aired last night, literally rushing out of his seat to make a meeting.

Among the questions he couldn't answer: why the foundation, which as recently as last month shared space with Buyer's campaign office in Monticello, Indiana, no longer has a physical address

"I was so focused on making sure that we were legal, that I probably didn't pay as close attention as I should have on, quote, appearances," the congressman said.


http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/steve_buyer/

[Angry Dragon]

1. I see no reason for congress people need a foundation

expect to skirt the law to take bribes.

[tomm2thumbs]

2. and this is just one foundation - and one Congressman

Maybe they ought to give rewards (ie. scholarships) to reporters who uncover these things using grants from fines levied against the corruption they uncover. We'd see lots of real reporting going on I betcha.

[Enthusiast]

7. Tomm, I think that is a

wonderful suggestion.

[bluestateguy]

3. Wow

That anchorwoman at the beginning is very striking.

[bjobotts]

4. He was lying his ass off you could see it in his eyes and the fake rushing off for a mtg.

[bjobotts]

5. Bribery doesn't get any more obvious.,Buyer's remorse is that he's been exposed peddling influence

[Beams1969]

8. "Buyer's Remorse"--man that is funny!! n/t

[dmr]

6. Loved his response to the empty offices - they moved out that night

rigghhhhhhhhtttttttttt .........

He had half-assed answers for just about everything, as well as, Obama this ... and Obama that ....

:crazy:

[fasttense]

9. RepubliCONS will fall for anything.

Why would he take illegal bribes when we have a perfectly good legalized bribery system called campaign financing?

[hmorehead]

10. The guy sure left in a hurry, didn't he? What a crooked piece of work!