Tea Party Senate candidate Jamie Radtke apparently isn’t practicing what she preaches. On Friday she stated on her website that she was running for office because of the fiscal “ineptitude, mismanagement and irresponsibility” of the nation’s current leaders. However, it appears her own house isn’t in order.
According to the Washington Post:
The larger problem for Radtke emerges further down in her report. As of June 30, she had $46,000 in the bank and $84,000 in debt. While about $6,000 of that total is money Radtke owes to herself for campaign expenses, roughly $70,000 is money she owes to various consulting firms.
Asked for comment, Radtke’s campaign turned its guns against Allen.
“Here are the facts: When this campaign is over, Jamie’s debt will be paid and gone,” said Radtke spokesman Chuck Hansen. “Meanwhile, the $3.1 trillion in debt George Allen voted for while senator is still on our books.”
It’s not uncommon for campaigns to owe money to vendors, but it’s relatively rare for candidates to have more debts than money in the bank. And given that Radtke isn’t nearly as well-known among Virginia voters as Allen is, it’s widely assumed in state political circles that she will have to improve her fundraising if she hopes to mount a strong challenge in the GOP primary.
I don’t care if the lady is in debt or not. Campaign financing is obscene to me anyway. It takes one’s breath away. But isn’t Ms. Radtke a little on the hypocritical side to be in debt herself all while telling us that the current national leaders are inept, irresponsible and mismanage their financial responsibilities?
Radtke needs to learn to run with the big dogs or stay on the porch. She also needs to tell her IT staff to check for code error mistakes on the website. Ouch.
The teahadis are hypocrites.
Its her money, not the taxpayers. And she’s not going to keep borrowing to “pay” it plus a little more for next year.
So…no. She’s not a hypocrite. She’s not using taxpayer money.
She is in debt. It doesn’t matter what the source of the money is if you are in debt, you are in debt.
As I said, I could care less about her finances but she is sure getting some attention over it and is quick to jump on George Allen’s pork chops.
I contend that she is a hypocrite for criticizing others over something she has done herself.
I just remember the mantra…tea party good. democrat bad. [sarcasm button on] Poor George Allen is out there in no man’s land.
I can tell how much you sympathize with ol’ George…. 😉
As much as I would like new blood in the Senate, its obvious that she’s not going to win any primary. Not enough name recognition.
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Agree 100% with you Moon, I can’t believe this! Man, to think that this moron actually has the balls to run for PWC Chairman while at the same time is under investigation for wire fraud and bank fraud. What a POS!
Continue to work on those reading skills, Dan. We are speaking of the US Senate race. Raise your hand if you need help with sounding out a word. Last I heard Corey was not considering the Senate. He has nothing to do with any of this.
huh…. what’s that? She isn’t currently under a criminal investigation for wire fraud and bank fraud? And she isn’t running to be Chairman of our entire county?
Sorry everyone, I obviously have mistaken her for someone else? Who in the hell was I thinking of…..
Sorry Moon… I got this non-story about someone having some debt, who is not currently under criminal investigation and who hasn’t even won a primary, mixed up an actual story of someone Democrats picked to run for county Chairman who IS currently under criminal investigation for wire and bank fraud. My bad.
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@Dan Cooper The bar for personal-finance management was already lowered with the appointment of Tim Geithner. It would surprise me to find a Democratic candidate who hasn’t gotten a pass for gaming the system. It’s practically a rite of passage.