Fallon Credibility Gap Grows
April 3rd, 2008 at 09:27pm Geraldine
Although we find it a bit repetitive and dull writing about Ed Fallon, one would think that the Fallon campaign would feel the same way about lying. Unfortunately, Fallon’s now endemic dishonesty was exposed again. A Fallon press release claimed that the FEC had given Fallon a clean bill of ethical health after mounting evidence of Fallon committing campaign finance violations. Unfortunately, the FEC didn’t. According to FEC spokesman George Smaragdis, “no Commission employee made any determination relative to the specific circumstances of any campaign. Only the Commission can make such a determination.” Even prior to the FEC disavowing Fallon’s claims, suspicions were raised due to the fact Fallon never used a direct quote or cited a specific FEC employee by name in his press release.
However, the same Fallon staffer who contacted the FEC, campaign manager Lynn Heuss, was the same Fallon staffer who told the Iowa Campaign and Ethics Board that Fallon was considering a third party bid for Governor, something Fallon immediately denied and claimed was a miscommunication. This comes after earlier this week when Fallon lied about his income from I’m for Iowa. Between that and his false claim of a statement from the FEC, that’s a minimum of two outright Fallon lies this week alone. In fact, there’s even a third lie if you believe Fallon was actually lying about considering a third party run for Governor in 2006, considering that Heuss is Fallon’s current and former campaign manager, former legislative aide, partner in I’M for Iowa and is registered to vote at the same address as Fallon. One presumes that a miscommunication between two people so close on a such a basic question would be rather unlikely.
It’s sad that Fallon, a former clean elections advocate, has sunk so low. When the Iowa House tries to pass a bill to ban candidates from paying themselves (incidentally, one of the election law reforms Barack Obama passed in Illinois), he attacks the Democratic Party leadership as “bought and paid for” and expresses the hope that, unless his favored clean elections legislation passes, Democrats lose their majority in the Iowa House. It seems that Fallon doesn’t just support Ralph Nader anymore, he’s starting to warm towards Chris Rants too.
The shame of it is that Fallon believes everything he’s doing is right. He’s been so caught up in his crusade for Congress, he seems to have lost track of right and wrong. He’s a clean elections advocate who is refusing to disclose donors to his amorphous partnership. He’s a man running on integrity who is brazenly lying. One is reminded of a Greek tragedy, or at least the Alec Guinness character from Bridge on the River Kwai. He’s so caught up and obsessed with his bid for Congress, he thinks no one will notice when he makes up FEC opinions, not even the FEC itself. Imbued with self-righteousness, Fallon seems to think he’s starring in Mr. Smith Goes To Washington when he’s merely playing the title role in Billy Liar.
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9 Comments Add your own
1. Adam Smith | April 9th, 2008 at 8:14 am
Alright, maybe he has made questionable calls, but he is more loyal than Boswell.
Either way I would rather have a dem in office than a pub
2. desmoinesdem | April 11th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
Fallon endorsed Culver at a public event two days after the June 2006 primary.
Less than two weeks after that, he backed Culver in a speech to the IDP state convention.
And you are telling me that he was considering running as an independent?
Sounds like Heuss made a mistake in her letter.
By the way, Boswell will NOT go on record promising not to pull a Joe Lieberman if he loses this primary.
Also, the post you link to about Fallon’s I’M for Iowa salary is inaccurate. You say he “lied” when he told the Register’s Thomas Beaumont that he took a “small draw” on the business last year. Go back and read that article. He is referring to taking a “small draw” in 2007, when the business was “just getting going.”
When Heuss says Fallon has received $3,000 per month from I’M for Iowa “this year,” she is referring to 2008.
Check it for yourself.
Hey, how much did American taxpayers spend on Boswell’s three campaign-style fliers that he printed and mailed on the taxpayer’s dime?
3. wow | April 11th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
Desmoinesdem do us all a favor and shut it. writing he was considering an independent run is no little mistake, and for the love of god stop trying to make noise about some absurd idea u have of boswell running as an independent against fallon if he looses. He is a 12 yr incumbent he can’t say that, have some political sense for once. The im for iowa thing is a big deal and its not going negative, its just vetting, you dont think the republicans will attack that you are living in a fairy land. There are so many shady things that are going on with that i dont even know where to begin with it. Fallon is going to lose and hopefully he will be done running for office
4. Gavin | April 12th, 2008 at 11:14 am
Yikes.
5. Iowa Progress » Fal&hellip | April 15th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
[…] sad truth. Fallon’s ethics woes may have cost him quite heavily among donors. Fallon’s credibility gap over issues related to I’M for Iowa led to fewer and fewer donors trusting him. While Fallon […]
6. Iowa Progress » Fal&hellip | April 18th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
[…] would emerge to comment upon, other than Ed Fallon’s continued trawl through the gutters of dishonesty, sleaze and self-aggrandizement, it is disappointing that it is just Fallon’s political […]
7. TheDemoMemo | April 21st, 2008 at 2:50 pm
Oh yeah, and let’s not forget the personal sleaze of Fallon’s ugly affair during his marriage. I’m sorry to see that Lynn Heuss, who is a very decent and kind and lovely woman, has fallen for the likes of a loser like Ed Fallon.
8. Iowa Progress » Wha&hellip | May 5th, 2008 at 6:45 am
[…] is increasingly unlikely that Ed Fallon will win the Third District Primary as his campaign is both broke and languishing far behind […]
9. Iowa Progress » Ed &hellip | May 22nd, 2008 at 7:49 pm
[…] a survey and a poll. (Which is covered the second week of Statistics 101). Fallon has a history of lying and of sleazy behavior. He may have just made up his “internal polling” entirely, which […]
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