Jul 29, 2010

“[Blumenthal] Says The Gathering [In Vancouver] Wasn’t A Fundraiser For Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.  But It Was–And For Blumenthal, Too.  How Could He Not Have Known That? … Blumenthal Had To Have Known That The Committee For A Better Future Was Formed Specifically To Raise Money For Him And Those Other Democrats.  It Says So In The Documents Filed With The Federal Elections Commission In May.”

Daily Ructions

Bundling Blumenthal

Daily Ructions Blog
By Kevin Rennie
Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, Democratic candidate for the United States Senate, says he went to Vancouver this month to talk to some lawyers about the problems of ordinary people.  He could have done that in Connecticut.  Gathered in Canada, however, was a remarkable collection of political donors and bundlers working under the auspices of a new fundraising committee, Committee for a Better Future, a political action committee formed in May to raise money for Blumenthal and others.  Since the past has been dogging Blumenthal, the five term attorney general would probably travel far for a chance to look ahead.

What a lot of got-rocks Democratic contributors Blumenthal crossed the continent to hob-nob with.  Blumenthal loses his way trying to explain the event in this interview with WTNH’s Mark Davis.  He says the gathering wasn’t a fundraiser for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.  But it was–and for Blumenthal, too.  How could he not have known that?  The invitation to a July 11th fundraising event at the Vancouver Convention Centre reveals its a festival of big-money donors gathered to benefit Blumenthal and 11 other Democrats running for the Senate. Blumenthal had to have known that the Committee for a Better Future was formed specifically to raise money for him and those other Democrats.  It says so in the documents filed with the Federal Elections Commission in May.

The top ticket price was, brace yourself, $43,200.00 to attend the 90 minute event.  Here’s pdf of the invitation from Committee for a Better Future. What problems of “ordinary people” do you think they discussed?  Blumenthal’s share of the loot was precisely 7.07%.  Reid receives 20%.

Among the other recipients bundled with Blumenthal is Illinois Democrat Alexi Giannoulias.  He’s the sort of dodgy figure Blumenthal usually condemns not conspires with.  Giannoulias is a financial pirate who worked for his family’s bank when it made millions in bad loans to disreputable figures.  The FDIC took over the mismanaged bank in April.  Total cost to taxpayers is not yet known.  Blumenthal is keeping some very bad company by divvying up dough with Giannoulias.  Perhaps he asked the grasping young millionaire what he knows of  the concerns of “ordinary people.”  That could have made the 3000 mile sociological jaunt worthwhile for Blumenthal.

What Blumenthal went very far out of his way to avoid revealing was that he embarked on a long fundraising trip to participate in a short event that put him and other candidates in the same room with big donors writing enormous checks.  Why can’t Blumenthal be honest about it?

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