First the RGA took half a million dollars of the proceeds of Jack Abramoff's fraud scheme.  

Then they didn't report it for 18 months.

Now Governor Mitt Romney is trying to pose as some kind of ethics do-gooder while keeping the money for another TWO YEARS!

From the Boston Globe version of the AP story:

Romney said an internal review, triggered by questions about the donations on Tuesday from the AP, deemed the donations legal. But he and Gov. Sonny Perdue of Georgia, the RGA vice chairman, decided to split them equally over two years among Red Cross chapters in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Texas and Florida.

This cannot be tolerated.  Republican Governors around the country benefitted from this ill-gotten gain.  The RGA took the money over a six day period in October of 2002, right before the election.

There is NO reason for them to keep this money another single day!  Republican Governors everywhere should be asked about this every day until they give this money back immediately.

See previous Fired Up! coverage of this scandal here and here and here.