Matty Moroun
By Joel Thurtell
Who says billionaires don’t make bad bets?
According to the Detroit Free Press, Matty Moroun invested $44,000 in bribes, er, I mean, political contributions, to U.S. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, fourth in line behind U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg ($82,700) and former U.S. representatives Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick ($78,700) and Joe Knollenberg ($61,400). Fifth is House GOP Leader Eric Cantor ($25,000) followed by U.S. Rep. Candace Miller ($23,500).
Matty could have tossed his 44,000 greenbacks off his Ambassador Bridge for all the good McCotter will do him.
Thad is history.
The five-term incumbent in Michigan’s 11th congressional district screwed up his nominating petitions.
Hard to believe that an experienced politician would let such a stupid thing happen.
Bottom line:
McCotter’s name won’t be on the August 7 primary election ballot.
The congressman at first proclaimed a write-in campaign and blamed the signature mess on an unnamed volunteer or volunteers.
Claims he was too busy doing Matty’s — I mean, the nation’s — business.
No time to check the petitions to make sure they were valid before the filing deadline.
How much do congressmen make? Not counting benefits, $174,000 a year.
Busy man of consequence that he was, McCotter left it to staffers to check over his paperwork. He needed 1,000 valid signatures, but turned in less than 300.
He did himself in.
Negligence.
And now, poor Matty won’t have McCotter to do his bidding.
Well, not quite. McCotter still has a few months left in office. When he gets done shamming help to the AG’s investigation into his botched campaign, he might find time to try sabotaging the governor’s plan to build a bridge to replace Matty’s antique Ambassador.
Somehow, though, with the AG investigating his office, he might be smart to keep off the governor’s radar.
Who knows, the AG might decide the buck stopped with McCotter.
Meanwhile, it’s not hard to figure why McCotter bailed out of his write-in campaign.
A bevy of well-known Republicans have announced they might run as write-ins. They include former state senators Nancy Cassis and Loren Bennett, former state representative Randy Raczkowski and Oakland County District Court Judge Kimberly Small.
The lone Republican on the primary ballot is Kerry Bentivolio.
Who?
One report described him as a “reindeer rancher.”
Hey, Matty — wanta buy some reindeer?
