Ask yourself this: Who is the most insanely inappropriate person to be cheerleading from the sidelines as GOP senators put the brakes on Rep. Hilda Solis’ (D-CA) nomination to lead the Labor Department?
(Alberto Gonzales would be a good guess, but he’s job hunting right now.)
The answer is Hans von Spakovsky. Yes, the Bush appointee who doggedly worked to decimate the reputation of the Justice Department’s civil rights division while disenfranchising minority voters. The same von Spakovsky who could not honestly come by a seat on the Federal Election Commission is now accusing Solis of “ethics problems” and skirting FEC rules.
Seriously, the pot-kettle joke writes itself. But we digress. As hard as it is to pick my favorite part of von Spakovsky’s treatise against Solis, this section takes the cake:
This latest problem raises serious questions about the involvement of Solis with an organization [American Rights at Work] that received soft money funds from union contributors that are outside of the limits and prohibitions of [campaign finance law] and then may have spent those funds on ads intended to affect federal campaigns. This issue needs to be investigated and Solis and ARW need to answer questions about it. The ramifications for Solis could be severe and throw even greater doubt on the wisdom of Obama’s nomination.
Von Spakovsky is alleging (with zero evidence) that Solis violated soft money rules that he voted against as a member of the FEC.
Late Update: Von Spakovsky is also taking his anti-Solis campaign to the pages of the Weekly Standard.
