Meet Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT). Senator Baucus is the senior Senator from Montana, first being elected in 1978. He is the chairman of the extremely powerful Senate Finance Committee. This committee controls the Senate side of Congress' ability to raise and spend money. As such, he is a key figure in Obamacare, and is the 'author' of the Senate version of the bill.
Max has been busted. He has admitted to having an affair with a staff member, Ms. Melodee Hanes.
Not only was she employed as a staff member, Max nominated her for a US Attorney's slot in Montana. As a staff member, she was paid by taxpayer funds, and was presented with a $14,000 raise last year (I guess she performed her assigned duties under the desk with distinction). She was included on his overseas trips to Southeast Asia and the Middle East, at taxpayer expense, even though she has absolutely no foreign policy duties or experience. She also consulted with Max's divorce attorney, helping arrange the divorce even before Ms. Baucus was even aware it was taking place.
Hanes is now employed by Obama's DoJ in Washington, and she is living with Baucus.
Now, why is this important?
Democrat hypocrisy is exposed once again. Remember South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, and his bizarre affair with an Argentine woman? Remember the outrage expressed over yet again another example of the Republican Culture of Corruption? Remember the outrage over Sanford using taxpayer money to take a plane to visit her? Remember that Democrats pushed for his impeachment, an effort which had mysteriously been retracted early this week (not coincidently just before this Baucus story broke)? Democrats were screaming for Sanford's head over just his affair while being in office. Yet, they are mysteriously quiet on Baucus, which involves not only an affair while in office, but misuse of public funds, inappropriate hiring, and lying to the public. If Sanford should have been impeached, Baucus should be thrown in jail.
Baucus is a key figure in Obamacare. The Finance Committee, which he runs, is the one key component of the effort to pass this legislation in the Senate. We have a crook, a liar, and a thief controlling a 2300 page piece of legistation that will define how 1/6 of our country's economy is controlled. He should be removed from his position on the committee immediately, and prohibited from participating until an ethics investigation has been convened and run its course (yeah, like Reid is going to allow that to happen ...).
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