June 30, 2010 05:04 AM UTC

Bob Hislop: The Smoking Gun

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• by: oncart

(What you’re really going to see here is a FAILed attempt at gotcha journalism by a right-wing Republican (and one who claims to want to end “self serving political agendas) who is trying to damage the campaign of another Republican running in HD-54. You can read the notes in the comments for more info, but there was no law broken here — not even close. – promoted by Colorado Pols)

http://themoveright.com/2010/0…

The Ethics Violation and Broken Laws:

What you’re going to see here is Bob Hislop himself using an online forum to raise funds for his campaign. The law that’s been broken comes into play not because he was raising funds, but because the forum Bob used was a Non-Profit forum. It’s from the AFAUSSS message board. This is a private chat forums which allows it’s members to chat amongst themselves. AFAUSSS is a 501(c)3 organization, which is strictly prohibited in promoting a candidate. Looks like Bob feels he’s above the law though.

Here’s the funny thing about this piece you’re about to see. I met with Bob during Parker Days. He and I sat in a sandwich shop, he bought me a soda, and we talked about him and his race. Near the end of our converstation, I through out a “hypothetical” to Bob. It went something  like this…

Me: So I’m working this story that I have a candidate that may have raised funds illegally. He apparently went onto this online message board, that’s owned by a non-profit, and solicited funds from people all over the country. Is that a violation?

Bob: Yes it is. It’s a major violation if someone were to do that.

Me: So in you’re view they’d be in violation of the law. If this were to come out, during the election, should that person drop out of the race?

Bob: It would be hard for them not to. It would be a serious ethics violation and they would probably be in some sort of legal troubles.