#hayesscandal: Still swimming in DENIAL

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Seeing his future employment prospects grow dimmer by the moment, Dallas Woodhouse is puffing up his chest and talking tough:

 

[…] The executive director handles the day-to-day operations of the party staff. Woodhouse said the office is already moving on from Hayes’ indictment.

 

“The party is functioning and running as it’s supposed to. It’s bigger than one man and frankly its rules are set up in a way to protect itself from errors made by any one elected officer,” he said. “Those rules and protocols worked very well here.”

 

If the party is bigger than one man, why not send Hayes packing?  If the party is functioning and running as it’s supposed to be, why are you sending out emails begging for pocket change?  Could it be based on the fact that you had $7700 (and change) in the bank at the end of the year, and have only raised about $15K more than you’ve spent so far this year? 

 

 

MORE:

[…] Woodard and Woodhouse said they do not expect any other party officials to be charged. The federal government does not expect the party to return any money, Woodhouse said. […] 

 

The folk with badges WILL NOT tip you off on any future plans to charge any other party officials  They just won’t.  That’s not their style.

 

Um, no expectation of a return of funds?  It  might be a good time to refer to the section of the indictment entitled “Notice of Forfeiture and Finding of Probable Cause,”  starting at the bottom of page 21:

 

 


The indictment said $500,000 was put in NCGOP coffers,  $250,000 was wired to Causey.  THAT amount is mentioned.  I’m willing to bet they’ll want the other $250,000, and I’m also willing to bet that amount is included in the $2 million referenced in   section 94.   And there are also media  reports about NCGOP taking “at least $2 million” from Lindberg.

Yeah, I’m betting some money will be “given back” to Uncle Sam.

MORE:

[…] Woodhouse said his testimony before the grand jury showed steps that the party took to stay in compliance, including pushing back on some of the requests from Lindberg and his associates to funnel money directly to statehouse candidates or accept training from specific companies.[…]

 

Pushback?  I didn’t see ANY evidence in the indictment of ANY pushback against Lindberg’s requests / demands.  For example:

 

 

Pushback?   That sounds more like an ‘Ol’ Porch Dog’ rolling over and showing his tummy — looking for a good scratch.

 

Oh,  and what kind of “training” was Dallas so fastidiously refusing?

 

One wonders if he shared with the grand jury the track record of the party’s treasurer, who has been fined and reprimanded repeatedly for his handling of the Harnett County GOP’s finances — but is allowed to remain in charge of the much more complex state party finances?

 

Why am I wasting my breath?  These people will figure out a way to give Dallas  a pay raise, A PROMOTION, and a contract or some other form of job security.