Stone Gossard gave $2,000 to Howard Dean.  Janeane Garofalo gave $2,050 to Howard Dean, which exceeds the maximum allowed donation of $2,000. If she knew about the limit she may have tried to hide it: she divided her contributions between NY and LA addresses.

Is it a good thing that I can find this information in a few seconds? I don’t think so. But if there is one lesson to take away from this, always, always, use a PO box or PMB for political contributions.

(I guess this post could be titled “George W. Bush: Thanks, Dad!“)

(Note added 30 March 2004, and for readability not in the standard red: This is not how this post originally appeared. There was an alternate version that was on the site for about twelve minutes that I hoped, after revision, that people would miss. That’s the problem with having legions of devoted readers (insert appropriate string of punctuation that qualifies that as a wry attempt at humor): they catch you on that stuff. I was asked if I had “gotten an email” and was trying to “cover [my] ass”. So, for the record: no, I was not. I was just being an ass, and caught myself. My original post, which was intended to be somewhat funny, had said something really snarky along the lines of “Janeane Garofalo gave $2,000, but at least she tried to hide it.” I of course have no evidence of this, and although what she did was illegal, it’s wise to “never attribute to malice [or malfeasance] that which can be attributed to stupidity.” I respect Janeane Garofalo and apologize for any offense. I do, however, think she should get a letter from the FEC.)

Mon, 22 Mar 2004 22:02:44 +0000
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