“My wife never committed tax fraud”
Kinda catchy, don’t you think? I just made that one up. Moe Lane has his own slogan for the case against Patrice Tierney, wife of a Massachusetts Democrat, but I think simpler is better when it comes to campaign slogans. Another one that might work: “My brother-in-law isn’t a federal fugitive.”
The wife of US Representative John F. Tierney pleaded guilty today in US District Court in Boston to four counts of aiding and abetting the filing of false tax returns for her brother, who is a federal fugitive indicted on illegal gambling charges. . . .
Prosecutors say Patrice Tierney managed a Massachusetts bank account for her brother, Robert Eremian, that received more than $7 million in illegal gambling profits and that she provided information to his tax preparer that mischaracterized his profits as commissions. Eremian and another brother, Daniel Eremian, were recently charged with racketeering, money laundering, operating an illegal gambling business, filing false tax returns, and other charges in connection with running an illegal gambling business in the United States from the Caribbean island of Antigua. . . .
John Tierney’s re-election slogan? “Married to the Mob.”
Tierney’s Republican challenger Bill Hudak is a lawyer and small business owner who, as Da Tech Guy says, started running for Congress before the Scott Brown victory called everybody’s attention to the potential weakness of Massachusetts Democrats. Hudak sees that voters are getting tired of the same old thing:
My opponent, John Tierney, is a direct cause of this gridlock, with a 14-year record of voting 98 percent of the time with the far left liberal wing of the Democratic Party. He is one of the most uncompromising partisans in Washington.
Let’s talk about the Massachusetts 6th District. Continue reading MA-6: Bill Hudak Has a New Slogan →
