Don’t do drugs and politics
Posted by Moonage on 20 Jun 2007 | Tagged as: 2008 Presidential Race, Idiot of the day, The Media
This is embarrassing to more than the perp:
Now, my thought is Ravenel’s never going to be buddy-buddy with Rudy again. In fact, if I were Rudy, I might be just a bit vengeful over the embarrassment Ravanel had caused me. It’s not like Rudy’s supposed to be the hardest against drugs of all the candidates running. If Ravanel had teamed up with, let’s say someone like Marion Barry, no one would have cared if he had dipped into the campaign stash. Hell, he could have gotten stoned out of his mind, crashed his car into a bunch of non-suspecting innocent people, and the media would hardly have noticed. But, he’s not protected by the media. He’s your average white Republican millionaire. And, he’s hanging out with the perceived Republican presidential front runner. In other words, he’s EVERYTHING the Democrats and media are looking for all wrapped into one. So, he should have known he had to keep his nose clean ( bad pun intended ). What boggles me is this apparently occurred in 2005, the charges were just filed yesterday apparently. In other words, he had to have KNOWN he would have been an embarrassment to Rudy. He ran, and won, a statewide election KNOWING this was coming down. Bottom line, if I were Rudy, I wouldn’t be taking this too well. The media I doubt will take the angle that Rudy was fooled by the unscrupulous Thomas Ravenel. They’ll hang Rudy to dry for making yet another bad decision in who he chooses to hang out with. And, I doubt there’s much Rudy can say about it that the media will buy. So, for that reason, Thomas Ravenel is my political jerk of the day.
6 Comments »
on 11 Jul 2007 at 8:50 pm 1.Everything is fine said …
Everything is FINE! It’s fine, really, it’s fine. I’m not kidding…it’s fine. No, I’m not joking… everthing is fine. really….
Don’t pay attention to the campaign finance violations, or the suspended treasurer indicted for cocaine distribution or emails indicating ethics violations, or the State Budget and Control Board in disarray, or employee’s bolting out of the Treasury Agency, or The DOT, or The SBCB. Don’t pay attention to the suspended Treasurer that is in Rehab, everything is fine at the Treasury Dept. LISTEN TO ME! LISTEN! EVERYTHING IS FINE!
on 11 Jul 2007 at 10:24 pm 2.Moonage
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Sounds like you’ve got all kinds of stuff to expose to the world. Elaborating what you’re talking about would be soooooo cool! Being as I don’t live in South Carolina, I really don’t have a clue what you’re talking about or why it even matters in relation to this post.
on 16 Jul 2007 at 4:03 pm 3.You can run said …
..but you can’t hide.
If Ravenel is convicted of distribution of cocaine, he can serve as much as 20 years in prison. I would say that it is more likely that he will cut a “plea deal” to serve a short amount of time behind bars along with probation.
If Ravenel cuts a “plea deal”, in other words, “pleads guilty” then the Feds should insist that he roll over on a “Bigger Fish” If he does not roll over, then he should do some serious jail time with the rest of the “Cocaine Distributors”.
on 16 Jul 2007 at 8:03 pm 4.Moonage
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My guess is he rolls straight into jail. The only plea he’ll have a shot at is how little time he has to serve. No conspiracy theory here. Just as I really don’t think because ANOTHER candidate’s worker got caught offering gay sex means the candidate is gay as well. Been around politics to know how little moral and ethical connection there is between the candidate and people who volunteer for them. Often times intentionally trying to hide shady activities.
- when worlds collide, when worlds collide.
on 16 Jul 2007 at 8:13 pm 5.Stormwarning
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Doesn’t all of this suggest (at least a little bit) that candidates should do a better job of vetting their staff people, even down to the state levels?
on 16 Jul 2007 at 10:51 pm 6.Moonage
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I don’t see how it can be done or even really why they would. Most people don’t really attach the actions of an individual to the actions of a candidate. When it becomes an overwhelming pattern, then things tend to look kind of fishy. One time incidents don’t usually create a stigma. Secondly, most of these people are volunteers. As such, it’s difficult to demand much from them. More often than not, as in this case, they don’t even work for the campaign. They’ve just basically endorsed the candidate and make plugs during speeches. There’s not much a candidate can do about that. If the candidate does try, they run the risk of alienating the supporter and possibly losing them to another candidate. So, it’s a tough position to put yourself in as a candidate. Now, once they are an official and someone is wanting to work for them as an employee of the entity they’re representing, the ballgame changes. But, in all the situations, you have to be careful how you’re vetting volunteers and staff. Asking them if they’re gay can get you sued in a heartbeat. Asking them if they do drugs can get you in the headlines for violating their civil rights. Asking them if they’re Muslim could get nasty. So, it’s best to vet them as best you can through informal channels and make the best all you can as to whether they’ll be an asset or a liability. And, in all the cases we’ve seen the last few days, the candidates had no chance whatsoever to know what was impending. And, I doubt, given an application, any of them would have volunteered that information.