It wasn't that long ago that Howard Dean told us all "You can't trust Republicans with your money." Well, in the case of Jim Gerlach, there is another Republican who can't be trusted with his own money.
This week, following the resignation of Duke Cunningham (R-CA) after pleading guilty to charges of bribery, Republicans Jim Nussle (R-IA) and Rob Simmons (R-CT) both gave back contributions that they had received from Cunningham. Jim Gerlach, however, has done nothing with the money that he received from Duke Cunningham, which totals $6,000, more than any other Pennsylvania member of Congress (www.tray.com).
Earlier this year, Jim Gerlach refused to give back $30,000 in contributions from indicted Republican Majority Leader Tom DeLay. When questioned about holding a fundraiser with White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove, still involved in the CIA leak probe by Patrick Fitzgerald, a Gerlach campaign spokesman said, "you dance with the one that brung ya."
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