Popcorn time!!!
Okay folks, you need to read this scandal carefully because it promises to be a doozy. First, let's introduce the players so we can keep this straight:
1. Mark Kirk: Teaconer Senator from Illinois
2. His Ex-wife: Kimberly Vertolli, and baby momma--I call Lil Kim
3. His boo: Dodie McCracken - I'll affectionately call D-money.
4. Kirk's Momma
5. Kirk's Momma-in-law
First, let me tell you "what had happened" according to the Chicago Tribune:
"Soon after Mark Kirk's ex-wife announced she would no longer support his 2010 run for the U.S. Senate, he brought her onto his campaign team, then quietly paid her after his victory.
But Kimberly Vertolli, a lawyer who received $40,000 from the campaign, again is at odds with her ex-husband, filing a complaint with the Federal Election Commission alleging that Kirk and his then-girlfriend may have broken campaign finance law.
The girlfriend, Dodie McCracken, who works in public relations, has acknowledged receiving more than $143,000 in fees and expenses for her campaign work. A former live-in girlfriend, she is no longer romantically involved with Kirk, according to a campaign aide."
Let me simply this for those of you who are in a hurry: all of the women in Kirk's life got "bank" from his campaign coffers. He paid Momma Kirk and his Boo's momma straight-up with disclosures to the FEC. Might be sleazy but legal.
What would have happened if Obama had paid his mother-in-law a couple hundred "Ks" to um, do stuff for the campaign? Fox News of the World would be going nuts.
The problem is with his two X's. He created a shadow company to give Lil Kim 40K after the election.
1. Why not just pay her straight-up like he did for her momma?
2. Why hide the payment from the FEC through a shadow company?
3. Did he pay her to shut-up during the campaign but promised her more so she's
singing like a canary now?
4. Is she bribing him?
5. And what about D-Money?
6. Why did he create a shadow company to pay her when everyone else was enjoying
his slush fund?
7. Why did D-money get three times more than Lil-Kim?
8. Was she a better negotiator, campaign worker or better "lay?"
9. Why is Lil Kim filing a federal complaint now?
10. Why is D-money singing too?
And finally, why is Kirk "making it rain" all over Downtown Chicago?
Somehow there is a hysterical laughter growing inside of me as I continue being amused by these good ole family values republicans.
Isn't this the exact same thing that has Edwards sitting in a courtroom today?
At any rate, extra butter please.