‘I never stole a penny from a veteran in my life’
'Bobby Thompson' with House Speaker John Boehner, one of many Republicans he plied with tens of thousands in campaign cash while he was running the phony charity, U.S. Navy Veterans Association.
That comment, from the alleged con man who won’t reveal his real identity but who is known as “Bobby Thomson,” is one of many interesting tidbits you can find on Cleveland.com.
It’s in comes a story about Thompson’s public defender quitting Thursday, after he went into a 10-minute tirade about Ohio courts’ policy of appointing only one public defender per indigent defendant.
Stanton got removed as Thompson’s attorney during a pretrial hearing in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court after the lawyer delivered a 10-minute tirade about the courts’ ineffectiveness.
Stanton argued that a single attorney would not be enough to represent Thompson, who faces up to 80 years in prison if convicted.
“I reluctantly, begrudgingly and, quite honestly, disdainfully had to file that particular motion,” Stanton exclaimed in front of Judge Annette Butler.
The prosecutor in the case estimated he’s got more than 50,000 pieces of evidence against “Thompson,” who when he was finally caught had a suitcase stuffed with almost $1 million in cash; and who is charged with defrauding Ohio citizens of more than $2 million through his phony charity, the U.S. Navy Veterans Association. But there’s more!
After excusing Stanton, Butler gave Thompson a chance to be his own lawyer. Thompson declined, despite previously asking to do the job and filing numerous motions with the court on his own behalf.
Thompson continuously tried to defend himself during the hearing. But Butler didn’t want to hear it until the trial begins.
“I never stole a penny from a veteran in my life,” Thompson said once, before Butler interrupted.
Whether that’s true remains to be seen. It might be technically correct, if no veteran ever sent the U.S. Navy Vets money. Perhaps Thompson (allegedly) stole money only from non vets, eh?
July 13, 2012 - 3:41 PM
‘Bobby Thompson’ with House Speaker John Boehner, one of many Republicans he plied with tens of thousands in campaign cash while he was running the phony charity, U.S. Navy Veterans Association
Dang, why does Dan always forget to mention Patsy Ticer, the Democrat who actually sponsored the bill that allowed Thompson to operate in Virginia and shepherded it through the General Assembly?
“Dang, why does Dan always forget to mention Patsy Ticer, the Democrat who actually sponsored the bill that allowed Thompson to operate in Virginia and shepherded it through the General Assembly?”
Oh, that would just confuse the sheeple. Did you see the picture with Boehner in it? Keep looking at that instead.
Doesn’t fit the agenda…..
FACT to ponder. Bobby Thompson “donations”:
$55,500 to Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s campaign
$5,000 to McDonnell’s campaign,
Thompson gave $1,000 to Ticer
http://www.roanoke.com/247014
So I guess you don’t see how ludicrous your inference is that $1000 was so persuasive she submitted a bill that she believed would be helpful to vets. As opposed to the AG – the top LAW ENFORCEMENT official in Virginia – who did not investigate this guy nor, return the money even after knowing there was something shady with Bobby Thompson until the public outcry.
Big difference between, $55000 and $1000, no? Always trying to divert attention from your vomitous republican representatives.
Sorry, it will not work.
So how much did George Soros give Obama and what did that buy?
#5 I don’t know, Henry. Tell us.
And while you’re at it Henry, tell us how much David Koch, Sherman Adelson, The Chamber of Commerce, etc have given so far to Mitt Romney and to Karl Roves shady groups.
Hmmm. Good story Dan. Fine reporting. Now, why don’t you give us a good read into the Atty General’s dealings over the past four years?
-Voter intimidation by members of the New Black Panther Party in Philly (yes, it happened. The case was dropped with the blessing of the Obama Admin).
-Fast & Furious…no need to recollect here. You all have read about this and Atty General Holder’s refusal to submit/handover documentation about this program (which led to an agent’s death). *Actually, I would like to read more about this particular case…I think that the Atty General may have had very good intentions when he signed off on this program. He needs to come clean.
-Atty General Holder’s speech, in front of the NAACP, referring to voter identification (pushed by the GOP)as a “Pole Tax” similar to the reconstruction era taxes levied in the post-Civil War South. I have an idea Dan…why should you and I, or any of us have to show an ID when it comes to voting? Seriously, we are citizens of the USA and we really should not have any privilege or rights over anyone who wants to enter the USofA in whatever manner that he/she chooses. If you are here in the US visiting, fill out a ballot and be on your merry way. I think that for this election year, we should all skip showing our identification at the voting centers and dare, or holler, about our god-given right to vote (whether we are citizens or not [you can include convicted felons, etc]). There is obviously no need to prove that you are a registered voter in this country. I am really getting tired of the race-card thing. Atty General Holder played it. Let’s call him on it (Dem or Republican…if you are white, you carry a sizeable load of guilt here in 2012).
Okay, that’s enough at this point. Let the conjecture flow. I for one and tired of the liberal lean of this paper. I am also tired of the lack of information from the conservatives on how to right the ship here in this country. Both parties stink at this point. Dan, be fair and report on the maloderous offenses of both please.
Regards,
The Attorney General who needs to be investigated is Ken Cuccinelli who begged Bobby Thompson for the cash and has follwed a fringe agenda during his term which has cost va taxpayers bundles of money for specious lawsuits and made our state a laughingstock.
“I never stole a penny from a veteran in my life,” yeah and Romney never outsourced jobs, fired workers or closed businesses for a profit either!
Devino, when you want to whine about “maloderous offenses” try finding some!
“-Voter intimidation by members of the New Black Panther Party” did not happen. They were in no danger of knowing much less deciding anyone’s vote, they were there to prevent any disruption from the Obama haters. Who the hell are the Black Panthers going to “intimidate” in that precinct?
“-Fast & Furious” Do some reading that is not propaganda dude:
The truth about the Fast and Furious scandal:
A Fortune investigation reveals that the ATF never intentionally allowed guns to fall into the hands of Mexican drug cartels. How the world came to believe just the opposite is a tale of rivalry, murder, and political bloodlust.
“-Atty General Holder’s speech, in front of the NAACP” Unless you have lived through the Jim Crow mentality, you cannot understand how such blatant political shenanigans are received. If voter fraud was a real issue, it would be able to be proven. The real voter fraud, found in absentee ballots is not even being addressed by the same people screaming for photo ID for people who are not proven to be ineligible to vote. You have no right to inconvenience people because you BELIEVE something is happening. Isn’t that the whole crux of the gun rights movement?
I thought about responding to the two posters (Dave & Sandi Saunders)…or not responding to either of them because like an old ball coach of mine used to say; “Talk to an idiot in public and people will pretty much put you in the same category.” However, I am going to respond because both Mental Midgets (I know, name calling is petty…but hey, Sandi did kind of start things off with the “Dude” moniker aimed at me) responded to my post, threw out some “interesting facts” and are likely not used to being confronted on these threads. Well, let us roll, because I am certainly in the mood to debate.
Note to the Mental Midgets: I cannot log on to this site daily or hourly, as both of you can. However, I will be glad to read your responses or drivel when I do have the opportunity to do so (work does get in the way sometimes).
Let’s start with Dan, the lesser of the offenders (to me that is): I am not sure what the heck your post was supposed to convey or what the heck “specious lawsuits” are (note that I am subbing “heck” for another 4-letter word).
Now, let’s focus on Sandi. We’ll start from the top (1st blog post in response to my initial entry). Sandi, besides the commercials that you have seen, please advise what sources (confirmable) that you have that Mitt outsourced jobs, fired workers or closed businesses for a profit. Please, list your source(s)…not just a t.v. commercial. If you have read anything over the last two days, then you would have a pretty good idea that Mitt did NOT have any Executive decision authority (or even any participation) with Bain after 1999. A bi-partisan group attests to this on…wait for it…CNN! Read it (and pay attention to the actual names of the businessmen and members of Congress who absolve Mitt of any wrongdoing) . Good lord, you’re going to be fun to address on this site.
Your next comment Sandi truly shows your “intellect”…please note the quotation marks (if you do not know what that means/implies, ask someone). You state: “Who the hell are the Black Panthers going to “intimidate” in that precinct (quote by Sandi)? Okay genius, that precinct is in the city of Philadelphia…those not voting for Obama were (and will be) in the vast minority. And by the way, go back and read the news reports (you can even skip FOX News…go to CNN or even BBC online-2008)…those fine folks representing the NBPP (New Black Panther Party) were holding clubs (sticks)…photo evidence/witness evidence. What part of that is in line with voting disruption prevention? Are you fully “out to lunch?!” There are authorized legal agencies that are responsible for protecting my (and yours, Sandi) voting rights, such as the local police department. If you advocate that the New Black Panther Party was working to protect voter freedom, then I suppose that you would also support the KKK doing the same thing at any polling station. No, you would not. I would love to hear your explanation of why the New Black Panther Party is a better, more acceptable choice to “guard” a polling center than the KKK. Can’t wait for your response…and please respond (or I will keep asking you to clarify no matter which topic board that you post on).
Your last comment Sandi, is likely your most ABSURD. No, I did not live through the Jim Crow era, did you? Times have changed since then and I will not allow my children to feel guilt about something that we had nothing to do with. But let’s get to the point here. What are the “blatant political shenanigans?” What is the voter fraud you ask…being proven? I will research this some more, but I do believe that “ACORN” had a lot of worm holes (pun definitely intended) that came out in the past 2-3 years. And by the way, who did I inconvenience with my original post? You? Oh my, I am certainly apologetic for inconveniencing you SANDI. I make a simple point-if you vote, show your ID. How hard is that? How in the world is a legal ID (issued by your state of domicile) an intrusion on anyone’s rights? If we cannot ensure that only our citizens vote in our elections, then we open a pandora’s box for anyone and everyone to travel here an influence legislation at some point (okay, this would require long-range planning, but it is feasible).
Oh, and SANDI SAUNDERS…what does the crux of the gun rights movement have to do with anything that we have opined about thus far? Nice try, attempting to paint the right-wing gun-nut brush-stroke on my initial post. Come at me with some facts. Make this interesting, please. As it stands now, you do not offer much…”Dude-ette.”
Devino,
I can’t believe you fell for that New Black Panther Party stuff. Did you just fall off a turnip truck or something? The outfit likely was created either by Karl Rove or James O’Keefe, purely for the purpose of staging one incident that could be shot on video and fed to Breitbart, and purely to make some alleged Democratic allies look bad.
It may even have been financed through Rove’s pal, the subject of this article, Bobby Thompson. Can’t wait until that dude begins talking.
“Oh, and SANDI SAUNDERS…what does the crux of the gun rights movement have to do with anything that we have opined about thus far?”
Devino, gun rights haters can universally throw that into to anything when they are upset… which is pretty much all the time. Have fun debating her!
Devino – fine posts..sandi will just show more insults and ignorance…but she and other libbies here cannot deny everything you’ve mentioned..oh and Devino “(work does get in the way sometimes).”,,not to worry , sandi posts during her work hours, wasting her boss’ time and money…of course, she’s a libbie, what else would you expect. she cannot think for herself as most libbies cant, they rely on 0bamas lies and 100mil spent on commercials.
sure daniella, rove made the black panthers go and threaten voters..sure, keep on dreaming babe.
“sure daniella, rove made the black panthers go and threaten voters..sure, keep on dreaming babe.”
No, pammalalala, you got that wrong. Rove (or someone else) created the “group” solely so they could threaten one or two voters on video that could be busted on the ‘Net by Breitbart and promoted by Drudge and played far and wide.
Because that’s the kind of “evidence” RWers just love to sink their teeth into. It’s the same with food stamps, or welfare: if you can find a single instance of abuse in a program that serves millions of people, then you want to throw the whole program out.
Is Dan really saying the New Black Panther Party doesn’t exist? That Karl Rove invented it?
Here’s another pesky factual refutation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Black_Panther_Party
I guess Karl designed the logo, too. LOL.
And yet another lamb to slaughter shows up to be gutted by Sandi.
Tell me, “Devino” , how you define confirmed sources, and by all means tell us those from which you amassed all that sooper secret info about Holder et al. Blogs don’t count, thanks, so no “Flame” or “Breitbart”.
“Is Dan really saying the New Black Panther Party doesn’t exist? That Karl Rove invented it?
Here’s another pesky factual refutation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Black_Panther_Party
I guess Karl designed the logo, too. LOL.”
Suzie is just loving those wiki links now. Did she notice the quote near the top of the link she gave, in which one of the original Black Panthers, says, “there is no New Black Panther Party.” ??
Thank you for the proof that the outfit is a phony one. It’s been astroturfed, though on a much smaller scale, just like most of the Tea Party was.
Rove or somebody associated with him hired a stooge to hold a nightstick and shout racial slurs outside a single polling place in the 2008 presidential election. And the McCain campaign just happened to send an operative down there that day, with a video camera. It’s pretty much the same as the act O’Keefe pulled, dressing up like caricature of a pimp and pretending he visited ACORN offices dressed that way.
“O’Keefe”
A 25-year-old kid did all that, huh? Leftwingers are LIVID at his exposing ACORN’S fraud, aren’t they?
“He doctored the video of the ACORN employees in that office. It’s a lie”
“Uh, well he exposed ACORN fraud in SIX cities in six separate videos.”
“Oh…….”
It’s funny how right wingers seem scared to death of a “party” that barely even exists — if it actually exists at all — and that might have — MIGHT HAVE — intimidated one or two voters at one site. Note that the guy with the nightstick was thrown out of the “party.” And like Dan, I have to wonder how a videographer just happened to show up at this one spot. MAGIC!!
Anyway, the NBPP or some guy who claims to be the leader of it claims a few thousand followers. Even the Anti-Defamation League, which isn’t known for downplaying threats, says “membership” is much, much tinier.
What a frightening threat to Democracy.
Once again, Suzie…you have to realize what thier make-up is…They are SCARED to DEATH because they saw the beginning of the end in 2010(Thanks Tea Party for your MAJOR help in that Historic Election)…Delusion + Desparation = Havok…..You didn`t hear the libs say a word about the Black Panther Party until the Party itself came out against democrats, smartly and FINALLY understanding that the Democrats are and have been destroying the lives of the African-American people….I invite you each to go to http://www.whathappenedtocommonsense.com and enjoy a fine video.
Dan..The NBBP was created by Karl Rove …..OR….. James O`Keefe ? OR ?Which one is it ? You seem so sure…..OR…do you ? Well, Dan….we`re waiting ! In the real world you can`t just turn a blind eye to everything that you don`t like…it WILL NOT go away just because you want it to…… http://www.whathappenedtocommonsense.com
Gdud…you become more and more ignorant with time…How did a vidoegrapher show up just for this event ???????????Magic ????? Did you not take time to think before this stupid statement ??? Everybody on GODS green earth is walking around with these things…Cameras, cell phones with cameras…Yeah, buddy…that was truly some magic, there Gdud…what a fool you must feel like….www.whathappenedtocommonsense.com
#23 Oh, you’ve decided to be Doto again, Doto?
Faked by Karl Rove?….What delusion..if not,Just show us the proof, Dan…just show us the proof! We`re still waiting……..Unlike most of the incidents in your life that you close your eyes to, this obviously ain`t gonna be one of them…Closing your eyes and pretending not to hear the rattle, doesn`t mean the snake is going away. Oh…we`re still waiting…..
They are SCARED to DEATH because they saw the beginning of the end in 2010
You are spot-on, Jeff. They are whistling past the grave yard. I’ve asked them this question before and they’ve declined to answer: “What conditions have improved for Idiot Boy since 2010 that would cause people to change their views from 2010 that resulted in a huge GOP landslide in Congress?”
Dead silence on that one.
“Delusion + Desparation = Havok”
JeffD, have this put on a tee shirt for your fellow tea whatevers.
“Delusion + Desparation = Havok…..”
Um…Jethro, does this sense to you on any level? Let’s start with spelling before you move on to the far more complex task of reasoning at the 5th grade level; assuming you knew how to spell, which you clearly don’t, what the hell does “Delusion + Desperation = Havoc…..” mean? (Spelling corrected for your benefit. It might somehow make more sense this way). How does “Delusion + Desparation = Havok…..”?
Dude, you’re not making any sense at all. Please stop projecting your inner dumbass redneck. Why are you here? Are you purposefully trying to make all republicans look like half-wits? Mission accomplished, my friend.
I’m not even starting to address the asinine statement “…you have to realize what thier make-up is…” What thier make up is? Are you huffing bath salts or something?
Please stop, Jethro. You are making this way too easy for me.
#30:”(Doto) stop projecting your inner dumbass redneck”
Doto, I disagree with Steve C on this one. I urge you to keep projecting your inner dumbass redneck at every opportunity. No one can refudiate that great minds coin new words, and Steve C may not realize that “desparation” is a word that is formed from the combination of “desperate” and “disparate”, and refers to the increasingly desperate alliance of such disparate groups as Tea Partiers, theocratic Falwellians, and those culturally manipulated working class and middle class wage earners who’ve been herded into supporting mouthpieces of the kleptocracy.
The strain of constantly pretending that Wall Street sharks, pension funds, gas fracking executives, coal miners, religious dogma salesmen, science teachers, the elderly and the handicapped, giant insurance companies, lobbyists, political careerists, small business owners, Sam Walton’s heirs, racists, non-racists, and other disparate groups are all best served by Mitt’s owners, well, that strain understandably creates desperation after awhile. Thus, we get disparate desperate people like you, Doto, and your pal Havok.
In 2008, some people couldn’t imagine what could bother the “desparate” more than a black Democratic president. Doto, you’re doing a stellar job of showing us the answer: a successful black Democratic president.
#28 most ill-informed: I’ll take this remarkably easy challenge.
Here is a primer on just SOME of the changes under President Obama – I am sure the Progressives on this blog could add many more:
√ Tax cuts for up to 3.5 million small business to help pay for employee health coverage.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/obama-signs-bill-on-student-loans-health-care/
√ Tax credits for up to 29 million individuals to help pay for health insurance.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/obama-signs-bill-on-student-loans-health-care/
√ Added $4.6 billion to the Veterans Administration budget to recruit ans retain more mental health professionals. http://www.va.gov/budget/products.asp
√ Eliminated subsidies to private lender middlemen of student loans and protect student borrowers. http://www.smartmoney.com/borrow/student-loans/the-health-care-bill-and-your-student-loans/?print=1
√ Increased funding for national parks and forests by 10%.
http://www.npca.org/news/media-center/press-releases/2009/park_funding_102909.html
√ Developed the stimulus package which includes approx 18 billion for NON-defense scientific research and development.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/18/science/18sfstimulus.html?_r=1
√ Issued executive order to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/22/guantanamo.order/index.html
√ Ended the Bush administration’s CIA program of “enhanced interrogation
Methods” requiring that the Army field manual be uses as the guide for terrorism interrogations. http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/22/guantanamo.order/index.html
√ Health Care Reform bill preventing insurance companies from denying customers insurance because of pre-existing conditions, allow children to remain covered by their parents’ insurance until age 24
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/obama-signs-bill-on-student-loans-health-care/
√ President Obama signed into law the most sweeping overhaul of food safety laws in more than seventy years.
http://www.fda.gov/food/foodsafety/fsma/default.htm
√ President Obama signed the Dream Act into law which means thousands of law-abiding immigrants under 30 will have the right to work
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jun/15/obama-stop-deportation-undocumented-immigrants
√ President Obama signed into law, as his first piece of legislation as president, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/she-the-people/post/paycheck-fairness-lilly-ledbetter-the-bridge-between-women-the-economy/2012/06/05/gJQAtDptFV_blog.html
All of this DESPITE continued republican obstructionism – you know, the one your Senate Minority Leader vowed when he promised to make President Obama a “one term president.”
How’s that working for the republicans?
“…congressional Republicans earned just 23 percent [approval rating].” The Washington Post poll found that “Democrats are significantly more approving of their own party’s performance than are Republicans.” http://www.washingtonpost.com/page/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2012/04/26/National-Politics/Polling/release_40.xml?uuid=QaB32o-zEeGxMuqxn06LLg
#31 I have to agree with Warren that it’s all good for our side when the Dolt guy keeps posting his ignorant confused drivel. What a punk.
So, Dolto, have you decided to be Dolto now?
a successful black Democratic president.
There isn’t a single measure by which you can say Idiot Boy has been successful. Not on any front whatsoever. And that’s why he doesn’t talk about his record.