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What's with Sen. Menendez
Posted: Feb 6, 2013
Haven't found any updates; the media is strangely silent. Dems circling the wagon? ;
Saw this, this morning - investigation ongoing
[ In Reply To ..]When Robert Menendez arrived in the U.S. Senate in 2006, he was a relative pauper in a chamber often called a millionaires’ club. The New Jersey Democrat ranked 97th out of 100 senators in terms of his personal wealth, according to financial records filed that year and compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics.
So Menendez’s decision last month to use his personal funds to reimburse a prominent political contributor $58,500 for two flights to the Dominican Republic came at a major cost. The repayment amounts to between 32 percent and 87 percent of the assets Menendez reported holding in bank accounts and stock, according to his latest financial-disclosure form, which was filed last year.
Menendez repaid Florida eye doctor and political donor Salomon Melgen only after his free flights aboard Melgen’s plane became public and the subject of a Senate ethics complaint. A local New Jersey Republican group filed a complaint last November, alleging the senator had broken Senate rules by “repeatedly flying on a private jet to the Dominican Republic, and other locations.” Menendez reimbursed Melgen the $58,500 two months later, on Jan. 4, according to his office.
http://www.nationaljournal.com/daily/senator-bob-menendez-spent-up-to-87-of-his-savings-to-repay-donor-for-dominican-republic-flights-20130205
"strangely" silent? When a Democrat is the evil-doer? - You find this strange?
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Remember Weiner? The media jumped on him like - white on rice
[ In Reply To ..]And they covered the Menendez story yesterday on MSNBC fyi.
It's about time. The story is already a week old. - They must have been forced.
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ABC News January 31 - (must have been forced)
[ In Reply To ..]inexplicable paranoia.
NY Times - 5 days ago.
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NPR - January 31st
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And again - On February 1st
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They even forced NPR? - doh!
[ In Reply To ..]I give up. When will it end?
They forced NPR numerous times, - apparently!
[ In Reply To ..]http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=170947535
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=171106984
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=171131634
:) I love NPR for good reporting, unaffected by - profit motives. nm
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LOLOL - NPR gets gument money. - nm
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Yes, but pales in comparison to other sources - bootstraps
[ In Reply To ..]This is my favorite excerpt from this article, and a very good description of the person to whom you responded and everyone else on this board who relies on NPR for information.
"Sponsorships: Halo Effect
Corporate sponsors are interested in exposure to the well-educated, relatively affluent NPR audience (both on-air and online), which can be difficult to reach through other media. Selective sponsors also value association with the NPR brand. Messages acknowledging our sponsors are presented on-air in short announcements, and are presented visually and in audio on NPR.org and other digital services. Over the last ten years, NPR's sponsorship program has enjoyed strong growth.
NPR's digital sponsorship revenue continues to grow in spite of the weakened advertising and sponsorship market.
Corporate sponsors tend to stick with NPR as they find value in the "halo effect" of a positive association with the NPR brand."
rather unbiased NPR article - sm
[ In Reply To ..]just for fun.
is there a reason the right won't read? - odd
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Yes, you guys were off your game. Maybe some genitals pix - would have helped? nm
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are you addressing me personally? - nm
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Probably not. Don't sound like a new-awakened Zombie. :) Just posted - under the last comment by mistake.
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It is my understanding you cannot use the word "evil" - so sorry
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Big media silent because no facts yet. Here's "Five Things to - Know About the Robert Menendez Scandal"
[ In Reply To ..]"New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez is facing two potentially career-threatening (and very complicated) scandals. Hereâs your guide to the tangled web of prostitutes, interns, and Florida ophthalmologists."
"5) How reliable are all these reports?
This story should be approached with extreme caution. By far the most important thing to know about Menendezâs dueling scandals is that hardly any of the information floating around is confirmed, nor has it been verified by sources who are willing to be named. As the FBI investigation continues, more concrete facts can be expected to surface, but at this point the most incriminating accusations against Menendez have come from tipsâmostly anonymousâto blogs, at least one of which makes no effort to hide its political leanings. And the other, meanwhile, is starting to doubt its sources. "This unnamed source said he has had this information about Sen. Menendez as early as 2008, yet he didn't come forward until four years later, right before Sen. Menendez was up for reelection," CREWâs executive director, Melanie Sloan, told CNN of the tipster responsible for the emails. "Further, this source refused to ever speak by phone to us, with other news organizations, or with the FBI, so those two facts combined to seriously undermine his credibility."
Editor's Note: Emails from Peter Williams were first published on an anonymous blog. A previous version of this article incorrectly said that the emails had first resurfaced on the website of the Center for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. The article has been updated with the correct information."
Entire article, with 1-4, at link below.
Latest update - Menendez ethics probe
[ In Reply To ..]Two FBI sources have told The Daily Caller that the bureau’s inquiry into Democratic New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez is now based in New Jersey, not Miami. One added that pressure is mounting from the highest levels of the Justice Department to pursue the investigation.
The change of focus away from the bureau’s Miami field office indicates that the government is focused primarily on Sen. Menendez — and not on his longtime donor Dr. Salomon Melgen, as political observers have speculated.
Menendez is embroiled in a scandal sparked by allegations that he slept with underage prostitutes in the Dominican Republic. (RELATED: Handwritten account recalls sex with Menendez “when I was 16 years old”)
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2013/02/06/fbi-sources-menendez-investigation-moved-to-newark-nj/#ixzz2K9cKrmYq
If FBI agents talked to Daily Caller, they're now being - investigated themselves... NM
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Oh? How so? - ?
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