Representative Patrick Kennedy (D- RI) has decided he will keep over $6,000 in donations from Norman Hsu, despite the revelation that Hsu is a fugitive wanted for over 15 years.

WASHINGTON (AP) – Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy said Tuesday he’s not returning $6,600 in donations he got from Norman Hsu, a prominent Democratic donor whose criminal past was recently revealed.

Several top Democrats, including 2008 presidential candidates Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama, Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry and Kennedy’s father, Sen. Edward Kennedy, have said they will return Hsu’s donations or give them to charity.

Rep. Kennedy will keep the money because there is no indication that Hsu’s contributions to him were illegal, according to his chief of staff, Adam Brand.

“We are complying with all applicable (Federal Election Commission) rules and regulations with regards to campaign contributions,” Brand said. “If something changes with respect to those rules, we’ll take appropriate action.”

There’s probably nothing wrong with the other donations, either. However, they were made by a fugitive wanted for 15 years for charges of grand theft. That would be, you know, morally wrong. But I forgot. He’s a Kennedy. There are no morals.

Now, if he was a Republican donor, and we replaced “Kennedy” with, say “Boehner”, Democrats would be demanding he give them away immediately. If they want to be smart politically, they’ll demand the same of Kennedy.

H/t Hot Air Headlines.