You would think a politician who is currently being investigated by the FBI for corruption might want to lay low and ride out the situation as best he could. That of course would not be anything like Joe Bruno. Instead he had to make an ass out of himself and criticize Eliot Spitzer's birthday fundraiser coming up on June 7th. Of course that doesn't mean he would cancel his own money-raising bash next month for the New York state Senate Republican Campaign Committee.
From The Daily News:
Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, whose ally, state GOP Chairman Joe Mondello, called yesterday for Gov. Eliot Spitzer to cancel his June 7 birthday fundraiser, claiming it "makes a mockery of the governor's self-imposed campaign finance limitations," will be holding his own big-ticket fundraiser at the New York Sheraton Hotel on May 3.The 33rd annual spring event, which costs $5,000-a-head for a private reception and $1,000 for general admission, will benefit the state Senate Republican Campaign Committee. The current contribution limit for a state Senate race is $15,500 - $6,000 primary, $9,500 general. (Please note, I've fixed that).
I am seriously tired of using the term "the pot calling the kettle black" but the Republicans here in New York (and across the country for that matter) are forcing me to type it almost on a daily basis. The difference between them and us is that the Democratic party actually wants to change things (for the most part) and the Republicans want the status quo (through and through).
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