Wow. The GOPers really have no ethics. And the biggest GOP cesspool outside of DC is in Ohio.
Ken Blackwell, the Ohio Secretary of State who is also a GOP candidate for Governor -- the guy who chose the voting machines for his state -- and chose Diebold -- announced that he actually owned stock in Diebold:
Secretary of State Ken Blackwell made an embarrassing announcement Monday: He accidentally bought stock in Diebold Inc., a voting machine maker that benefited from decisions made by his office.Yes, it is viewed as a conflict. What a coincidental "accident." Not that conflicts-of-interest have ever been a concern for the GOP. They're in power. Like the GOP in DC, the GOP in Ohio has absolute power -- they control the executive branch, the Senate and the House. And absolute power really does corrupt absolutely.
In a required filing with the Ohio Ethics Commission, the GOP gubernatorial hopeful said his hefty portfolio included 178 shares of Diebold stock, which sold for a loss.
"While I was unaware of this stock in my portfolio, its mere presence may be viewed as a conflict," Blackwell wrote in a letter that accompanies his annual financial disclosure statement.
Blackwell is running for Governor as the ultra-right wing, theocratic candidate. But that crowd is only concerned about the morals of others, not their own.
