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Desperate Democrats Equate Nixon’s Lawbreaking with Clerical Error

October 17, 2007

JEFFERSON CITY – In a desperate attempt to gloss over Jay Nixon’s lawbreaking and the ensuing cover-up surrounding his illegal use of a state vehicle, Democrats are trying to equate criminal activity with common clerical errors that can be found even on Nixon’s campaign finance reports.

The Missouri Republican Party today filed a complaint with the Missouri Ethics Commission citing numerous clerical errors in Nixon’s campaign finance reports – the same kind of common errors Democrats are trying to compare to Nixon’s previously hidden violations of state law that prohibit the use of taxpayer dollars for political purposes.

“In a ridiculous and desperate diversionary ploy, Democrats have tried to compare Jay Nixon’s blatant lawbreaking with easily explained clerical errors that even Nixon has made, but the fact remains that Nixon has been using the state car like he’s been using his office – for overtly political purposes. Jay Nixon has always failed to separate official business from politics and this time he broke the law just like Bill Webster did,” said Paul Sloca, communications director for the Missouri Republican Party. “Democrats are playing fast and loose with the truth and that’s an insult to Missourians who are quickly realizing just how corrupt the attorney general’s office has become since Nixon promised to restore integrity to the office 14 years ago.”

Events for supporters at the Governor’s Mansion are traditionally held by Republicans and Democrats alike, but Governor Blunt has insisted they not be held at taxpayer expense. However, Nixon’s recent admission that he has been breaking the law and that he lied to the state auditor by refusing to disclose the political use of his state vehicle is a very different matter. Not surprisingly, Democrat State Auditor Susan Montee has refused to review Nixon’s proposed “reimbursement” to the state for his illegal activity or investigate his failure to admit the political use of his state vehicle to the previous auditor.