It’s a loaner
Posted by Josh Friedlander | 2 Comments
But Ms. Morris did highlight two other issues aimed at damaging Mr. Stevens’s credibility. She challenged Mr. Stevens about his possession for seven years of an expensive massage chair bought for him in 2001 by another friend, Bob Persons.
Mr. Stevens did not list the chair on his disclosure forms as a gift, he said, because it was a loan.
“That chair, it’s still at your house?” Ms. Morris asked.
“Yes,” Mr. Stevens replied. “How is that not a gift?” she then asked.
Mr. Stevens said Mr. Persons “bought the chair as a gift but I refused it as a gift.” He said he agreed to have the chair stored in his home for Mr. Persons.
“So, if you say it’s not a gift, it’s not a gift?” the prosecutor asked. She then confronted Mr. Stevens with a note he wrote to Mr. Persons thanking him for the chair, saying how much he loved using the chair and even sometimes fell asleep in it.
This is so great. What a dumbo. I understand political graft, but to be so dumb about it?
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And maybe when he’s found to have violated ethics rules he can follow in the footsteps of his esteemed governor who, after being found to have violated the rules of ethical conduct, made the incredible statement that she was glad the report found she did nothing wrong.
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Senator Thaddeus Stevens is a perfect example of the kind of person who has been elected to public office for the past 40 years or so. His is totally lacking in any introspective qualities. The man actually believes that he did nothing wrong and that the chair is on loan. On the other hand, next time you go over to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, make a note of how many paintings have notations that they are on long term loan to the museum! Why should a chair be any different from a painting? All we need to do to correct the situation is to put a plaque on the chair that says it is on loan to the Senator.