Sen. Claire McCaskill, a driving force for rooting out waste and fraud to protect American taxpayers, just tripped on Politics 101: Make darn sure you pay your own taxes correctly. She apologized this week for failing to pay several years of personal property taxes owed on a private plane.
Friday, March 25, 2011
KC Star: McCaskill damaged her reputation
The Kansas City Star, in an editorial, said today that Sen. Claire McCaskill has damaged her reputation with the ongoing plane scandal:
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Sen. McCaskill quote "... don't ever vote for me again."
Even NPR notices the problem with the Senator's private plane violations:
In the wake of reports that she charged taxpayers for a number of business flights she took on a charter aircraft she co-owns with her husband, and that she failed to pay property taxes on the plane, the National Republican Senatorial Committee has created a fairly devastating ad. (It has an accompanying web site: www.claireair.com)
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At the end of the ad, which contains snippets of TV anchors talking about the controversy, there's video of the senator telling an audience:
"... (If) my walk doesn't match my talk, then shame on me and don't ever vote for me again."
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