Cao states he believes Obama just didn't know about Richmond record, although I highly doub't that.
But Cao says there must be an explanation -- Obama must not have known about Richmond's ethical problems.
"I believe that has happened in the congressional race for District 2 here in Louisiana," Cao said in a written statement. "No one apparently told the president that Cedric Richmond had his law license suspended for lying to the voters; that he has been the subject of two ethics violations while a legislator."
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Cao's campaign is drawing attention to several reports about Richmond's history, including a state Supreme Court decision suspending the state representative's law license. The Times-Picayune reported that the court suspended his license for 60 days in late 2008 for falsely claiming residence in a New Orleans district before a City Council election in 2005. The court had earlier kicked him off the ballot in that race just days before the April 2005 election.
The newspaper also reported that a state ethics board ruled in 2008 that Richmond had violated ethics rules by not properly disclosing legal work with a state agency. But Richmond reportedly was planning to appeal and has argued that he merely filled out an incorrect form.
If these are the type of Representatives Barack Obama says he needs, then that tells the story about the President himself, doesn't it?
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