While surely there are Democrats with ethical problems too it is usually the conservatives who are lecturing people about "values" while they disregard them in their own private lives. Just as Limbaugh lectured about drug users and how they should all be put in jail. Newt's problems have nothing to do with anything but himself. He usually cheated on his wives with the next in line and he even served divorce papers on one while she was in the hospital recovering from cancer. There may be a second wife that it also happened to while in the hospital. It was no liberal plot that caused his sleazy behavior. Go look it up. All the while he was lecturing others about family values.
Dick Cheney A man promoting and reveling in war, destruction, and torture all while profiting through connections with Haliburton. Used 5 deferments to get out of serving himself. One definition of a Chicken Hawk.
It's all about the hypocrisy.
Sean Hannity
While there may not be anything illegal here it stinks a bit. It is common for professional fundraisers to burn up 80% in administrative costs. One give away is when charities use an outside fundraiser. Here in Minnesota they have to disclose that by saying we are a professional fundraiser raising money for so and so. When I hear that I hang up.
I lifted this straight out of a news article a few weeks ago and here is a link for another similar article.
http://www.citizensforethics.org/node/44713Freedom Concerts, Sean Hannity's scholarship charity for the children of fallen soldiers, has violated its charitable tax status, according to a Washington advocacy group.
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington alleges that Hannity's Freedom Concerts has "engaged in deceptive and illegal marketing practices by suggesting that all concert ticket sale revenue goes directly to scholarships for children of killed and wounded service members." CREW and veterans group VoteVets have filed complaints with the IRS and the Federal Trade Commission about Freedom Concerts, Freedom Alliance, and Lt. Col. Oliver North.
The two groups hosted a joint press conference Monday to discuss their complaints. VoteVets Chair Jon Soltz questioned Freedom Concert's priorities. "It's appalling and absurd that... 80-90% of the money [raised] is going toward overhead, not scholarships," Soltz said.
"They've made statements that 100% of [all] funds go toward scholarships," said Melanie Sloan, the executive director of CREW. "This is the kind of deceptive marketing the FTC looks poorly upon."
Freedom Concerts events have been organized by Premier Marketing, according to conservative blogger Debbie Schlussel and CREW. Premier Marketing is operated by Duane Ward, the speaking engagement agent for both Sean Hannity and Oliver North, according to Schlussel.
According to CREW, Freedom Concerts donates some money to Freedom Alliance, an organization founded by North. He is now the group's honorary chairman.
A little more than a week ago, Schlussel called out Hannity's charity for what she described as a "huge scam":
...less than 20%-and in two recent years, less than 7% and 4%, respectively-of the money raised by Freedom Alliance went to these causes, while millions of dollars went to expenses, including consultants and apparently to ferry the Hannity posse of family and friends in high style. And, despite Hannity's statements to the contrary on his nationally syndicated radio show, few of the children of fallen soldiers got more than $1,000-$2,000, with apparently none getting more than $6,000, while Freedom Alliance appears to have spent tens of thousands of dollars for private planes.
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Freedom Alliance denied Schlussel's "false and malicious allegations" in a statement to The American Spectator:
Freedom Alliance has never provided planes, hotels, cars, limos, or anything else to Sean. Sean gets nothing from Freedom Alliance except our gratitude for his personal generosity and for all he has done to help the troops and our organization. We have never had to ask Sean for anything, he always generously offers his help before we have a chance to ask him. But to be clear Sean pays for all his own transportation, hotels, and all related expenses for himself and his family and friends and staff, which over the years has added up to tens of thousands of dollars. He does not use any Freedom Alliance Funds or Concert funds in any way, period.
Last week, Media Matters reported that Schlussel's figures "check out," but witheld judgement because Freedom Alliance's mission is broader than just scholarships.
