Keyes Fined For 2000 Campaign Finance Violations

[cal04]

WASHINGTON (AP) Illinois Senate candidate Alan Keyes' 2000 presidential campaign has been fined $23,000 for campaign finance violations. The Federal Election Commission also ordered Keyes' presidential campaign to repay the federal government $95,302.

Keyes accepted partial government financing for the 2000 presidential primaries, in which he competed unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination against President Bush and others. The campaign admitted accepting $168,200 worth of contributions over the individual donation limit, which in 2000 was $1,000 per person.

Keyes is now a Republican candidate in a race for an open Illinois Senate seat. He faces Democrat Barack Obama in the November second election. Keyes moved from Maryland to Illinois to run in the election.

http://wjz.com/localstories/local_story_288180808.html

[physioex]

1. I say we let Keyes slide...

He has brought so much comic relief that it would be sad to see him go.... Who's with me on this one? :evilgrin:

[maine_raptor]

2. Never!!!!!

He's a REPUG!!!! I say screw him into the ground like a dizzy, right-hand threaded badger!!!!

Note: the above comment should not be taken wrong by any badgers of the right-handed persuasion lurking on the board. :evilgrin: