“Pioneers and Rangers”

The crème de la crooks of Republican fund raisers in Ohio.

Part one of the four part investigation by The Toledo Blade:

"George Bush comes to Ohio and inherits that very powerful Republican infrastructure to help him, and John Kerry comes to Ohio and inherits a very weak Democrat infrastructure, said Mark Weaver, a Republican consultant who has worked on Ohio campaigns since 1990. In a race that was otherwise pretty much even, that was a factor. But now scandal is threatening the GOP machine - and money is at its roots. A Bush Pioneer, former Toledo-area coin dealer Tom Noe, was indicted last week on charges that included laundering money to Mr. Bush's re-election campaign. The scandal surrounding Mr. Noe led to criminal ethics convictions for Mr. Taft, now the governor, and two of his top aides."
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