Anonymous wrote:I am a Treasurer at a Superpac. I'd expect to go to jail if I broke the law. Dem or Rep.

Anonymous wrote:All the talk about “dark money.” Another example of the Democrats projecting their misconduct onto others.......

A mystery super PAC that spent nearly $2 million meddling in the Arizona Republican Senate primary was revealed to be funded by Democrats after the group's August Federal Election

Commission report was published last weekend.

That super PAC, blandly titled "Red and Gold," was able to conceal its donors -- and thus its links to national Democrats -- and avoid disclosure until after the election with a tactic increasingly used by other Democratic super PACs this cycle.

Last May, a pair of Democratic super PACs meddled anonymously in the West Virginia Republican Senate primary using the same arrangement.
In Arizona, like in West Virginia, the super PAC avoided disclosure by forming on August 1, within a month of the August 30 primary, and electing to file monthly FEC reports. Per FEC requirements, that meant the group wouldn't file a report detailing its fundraising and spending until September 20, nearly a month after the contest took place.
By forming shortly before the contest, getting a rush of contributions from other PACs and donors, and bombarding voters with ads over the final month, the Democratic groups played a significant, and anonymous, role in the election even over a short period of time.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/24/politics/red-and-gold-super-pac-arizona-republican-primary-tactic/index.html?utm_term=image&utm_medium=social&utm_content=2018-09-24T21%3A50%3A58&utm_source=twCNN

Anonymous wrote:Only an idiot would refuse to play by the rules of the game just because the rules are screwed up.

Anonymous wrote:All the talk about “dark money.” Another example of the Democrats projecting their misconduct onto others.......

A mystery super PAC that spent nearly $2 million meddling in the Arizona Republican Senate primary was revealed to be funded by Democrats after the group's August Federal Election

Commission report was published last weekend.

That super PAC, blandly titled "Red and Gold," was able to conceal its donors -- and thus its links to national Democrats -- and avoid disclosure until after the election with a tactic increasingly used by other Democratic super PACs this cycle.

Last May, a pair of Democratic super PACs meddled anonymously in the West Virginia Republican Senate primary using the same arrangement.
In Arizona, like in West Virginia, the super PAC avoided disclosure by forming on August 1, within a month of the August 30 primary, and electing to file monthly FEC reports. Per FEC requirements, that meant the group wouldn't file a report detailing its fundraising and spending until September 20, nearly a month after the contest took place.
By forming shortly before the contest, getting a rush of contributions from other PACs and donors, and bombarding voters with ads over the final month, the Democratic groups played a significant, and anonymous, role in the election even over a short period of time.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/24/politics/red-and-gold-super-pac-arizona-republican-primary-tactic/index.html?utm_term=image&utm_medium=social&utm_content=2018-09-24T21%3A50%3A58&utm_source=twCNN

Anonymous wrote:Glad to hear you are against dark money in politics, OP. I agree with you that we should ban that sort of money and ban superpacs. Thanks for bringing this topic up. Our country would be far better off without all the money in politics.

Anonymous wrote:So you agree with McCaskill. I do too.

Commission report was published last weekend.

That super PAC, blandly titled "Red and Gold," was able to conceal its donors -- and thus its links to national Democrats -- and avoid disclosure until after the election with a tactic increasingly used by other Democratic super PACs this cycle.

Last May, a pair of Democratic super PACs meddled anonymously in the West Virginia Republican Senate primary using the same arrangement.
In Arizona, like in West Virginia, the super PAC avoided disclosure by forming on August 1, within a month of the August 30 primary, and electing to file monthly FEC reports. Per FEC requirements, that meant the group wouldn't file a report detailing its fundraising and spending until September 20, nearly a month after the contest took place.
By forming shortly before the contest, getting a rush of contributions from other PACs and donors, and bombarding voters with ads over the final month, the Democratic groups played a significant, and anonymous, role in the election even over a short period of time.