Did Durbin Violate Senate Ethics Rules At Kos? Why Is Kos Calling Himself A Gulf War Vet?

August 6, 2007 6:08 PM
Posted By:Pam
Filed in: Election '06, Election '08, Eye on the Left, General Politics, National News, Our Troops, The Constitution

yKos panelists threw a fit when Army reservist David Aguina tried to present another point of view, while wearing his uniform. Therefore, I’ve got to believe that kos and company will come down just as hard on Durbin. The Senate Ethics Manual explicitly forbids the use of the Senate seal for campaign use. The video had been posted on the DailyKos website since Saturday.
Anne Leary:

In his video presentation to the YearlyKos convention in Chicago, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL),the second-ranking Dem leader in the Senate, appears to have violated Senate ethics rules. Dick Durbin either broke Senate ethics rules by improperly using the Senate seal on a campaign video, or he used official resources to produce the video and then his campaign used that video.

And apparently our stellar Senator Durbin has now realized this himself, as he has changed the wording on his YouTube channel after the fact. Look at the before screenshot campaign wording on the channel title “Dick Durbin for Senate” and the page says “All the latest videos from Senator Dick Durbin’s election campaign”. The url is the campaign website, not the official one, and you can see the U.S. Senate seal superimposed on the frozen video screen.

WaPo incorrectly referred to kos as a Gulf War Vet. I may be wrong, but isn’t a Gulf War Vet, one that actually served their time in the conflict? kos was stationed in Germany during the first Gulf War. He is a veteran of the military, but not of a war. Am I wrong? Ace seems to agree with me and is asking the paper for a correction.

Others blogging:

Did Dick Durbin Violate Senate Ethics Rules
Dick Durbin’s disappearing YouTube video to YearlyKos « Volunteer Opinion Journal
Hot Air » Blog Archive » Pandering idiot uses official Senate seal on Yearly Kos kiss-ass video
Riehl World View
Bill’s Bites





3 Responses to “Did Durbin Violate Senate Ethics Rules At Kos? Why Is Kos Calling Himself A Gulf War Vet?”

  1. Robert
    August 7, 2007 - 08:04 AM on August 7th, 2007

    Daily Kos = Daily Pos

  2. PCD
    August 7, 2007 - 08:18 AM on August 7th, 2007

    Dick Dirtbag wouldn’t know what ethics was even it they bit him.

  3. Bubba
    August 8, 2007 - 05:31 PM on August 8th, 2007

    So wait, did kos identify himself as a vet, or did the paper identify him as such incorrectly?

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