Another exchange with My Favorite Wingnut…

[Jackpine Radical]

He sent me the following link, with the his introductory comment (in italics). My reply is below the excerpt.

Democratic criminals.

http://www.ocregister.com/news/durkee-315349-campaign-county.html

FBI arrests prominent Democratic campaign treasurer

By BRIAN JOSEPH / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
SACRAMENTO – A prominent Democratic campaign treasurer who works for federal, state and O.C. lawmakers including U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Rep. Loretta Sanchez and state legislators Lou Correa and Jose Solorio has been arrested by the FBI on suspicion of mail fraud, The Orange County Register has learned.

U.S. Attorney's Office spokesman Thom Mrozek confirmed Saturday afternoon that Kinde Durkee of Burbank-based Durkee and Associates, was arrested by the FBI on a criminal complaint filed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Sacramento. Special Agent Steve Dupre of the bureau’s Sacramento office said she was arrested in connection with her position as a campaign treasurer.

State Sen. Lou Correa told the Register on Saturday afternoon that he was called by the FBI late Friday night and told that Durkee had been arrested and that he is a likely victim along with “many, many other victims.” The Santa Ana Democrat said he believes he has lost “hundreds of thousands of dollars” in campaign funds.

“This is clearly a sense of betrayal of someone I have trusted for a number of years,” said Correa, who has used Durkee as his campaign treasurer since 1995. “This is a punch straight to the gut.”

No, she was obviously a Republican plant. He stole millions that would have otherwise gone to elect Democrats.

Two facts prove she was a Republican: First, the size of her thefts (Democrats steal, but generally don't have the chutzpa to do anything this big; and 2) what she did hurt the campaigns of Democrats.

Had she been an actual Democrat, she would have worked his way into the Republican campaign contribution empire & stolen from them.

[Richardo]

1. Sorry, your 'facts' don't prove a thing

1) "The size of her thefts."

Is there some dollar threshold over which someone is forced to switch their party affiliation? Perhaps you should revisit the sordid cases of William Jefferson and James Traficant.

2) "What she did hurt the campaigns of Democrats."

So? Does the embezzler care about the impacts of her theft on the employer? If so, there wouldn't be embezzlement, would there? Maybe her prime motivation was - I don't know - money over politics. Maybe the Dems have fewer or more lax fiscal controls. Maybe her theft was more a crime of opportunity than political. It doesn't preclude her from being a Democrat.

[Jackpine Radical]

3. Satire is dead.

[Richardo]

4. You're right.

[ThoughtCriminal]

2. It's hard to get indicted when you're a Republican, but...

With so many are over the top frauds and sociopaths:

http://www.republicanoffenders.com/index.html