Let's say you wanted to buy a used car and you put a down payment on it. Now let's say, the money wasn't yours to give, you bilked people out of it. Would it then be okay for the car dealer, who knew you acted unethically, to accept that money? If you live in Iowa, the answer is yes. According to KWWL TV and the AP, former Republican Senate majority leader Bill Dix gave upwards of $522,000 to the state GOP on March 26. This was within two weeks of resigning his office when being videoed smooching a lobbyist in a Des Moines tavern while presumably, Mrs. Dix was tucking the kids in.
Under Iowa law, he could have given the money to political and charitable groups, returned it to donors or sent it to the state general fund. A fair question to ask is: did anyone bother to ask the donors if they authorized the transfer of funds to the state party? Did they ask the state if they could contribute it to the state coffers to help offset the 1.75 million settlement the state paid out for a former state employee who had been sexually harassed? Surely a home for unwanted kittens could have used the infusion?
No, but here's what the Republican party spokesperson Jesse Dougherty said "the money was raised to help elect and defend a Republican majority this fall." Good luck with that. With those type of ethics, how could things possibly go sideways. Oh, by the way, Dix's contribution amounted to nearly half the $1.2 million that the Republican Party of Iowa reported raising since Jan. 1.
Under Iowa law, he could have given the money to political and charitable groups, returned it to donors or sent it to the state general fund. A fair question to ask is: did anyone bother to ask the donors if they authorized the transfer of funds to the state party? Did they ask the state if they could contribute it to the state coffers to help offset the 1.75 million settlement the state paid out for a former state employee who had been sexually harassed? Surely a home for unwanted kittens could have used the infusion?
No, but here's what the Republican party spokesperson Jesse Dougherty said "the money was raised to help elect and defend a Republican majority this fall." Good luck with that. With those type of ethics, how could things possibly go sideways. Oh, by the way, Dix's contribution amounted to nearly half the $1.2 million that the Republican Party of Iowa reported raising since Jan. 1.
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