WASHINGTON - Somebody is trying to make 8th Congressional District Republican candidate Stephen Fincher's $250,000 bank loan, after declaring no assets or savings in his financial disclosure to the House clerk, look suspicious.
A new YouTube video circulated this afternoon by the press secretary of his Democratic opponent, Roy Herron, makes the case that Fincher has not explained how he was able to obtain the bank loan or what collateral he put up for it if he is in fact without assets or savings. Fincher's disclosure to the House clerk listed no bank accounts, no assets and income of $60,000 last year and $124,000 through May of this year.
Covington lawyer Houston Gordon, a former Democratic party chairman and candidate for the U.S. Senate, wrote to the U.S. Attorney in Memphis last week asking him to look into the accuracy and adequacy of Fincher's required disclosure to the House clerk. A Fincher spokesman said the effort was a "sideshow" and that Fincher has complied with all necessary disclosure requirements.
The video shows repeated examples of Fincher himself saying that the person voters send to Congress should be held accountable. He even suggests that if he's elected and he isn't accountable, voters should go get a rope and hang him.
The soundtrack is from the O'Jays "For the Love of Money," with the refrain, "Money, money, money, MONey."
See the video, whose provenance is at the moment unknown, here.
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