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Hillary Clinton's Shady Campaign Contributions


The New Republic has decided to review all of the questionable contributions to Hillary Clinton's campaign over the years. 

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The New Republic right? You didn't have Volkischer Beobachter?

Huh? Are you saying that THE NEW REPUBLIC is a right-wing journal?

A tiny glimpse of history may be in order; for those too young too remember:

Charle Trie
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/campfin/stories/op080397.htm

Norman Hsu's Boss Chan Tse-Chiu aka Eddie Chan
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE2D6173AF931A3575AC0A966958260

Norman The lil ole apparel mfg
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=local&id=5643329

Those pesky asian organized crime people... They alawys show up on the doosteps of the Clintons cash in hand saying please please just take our money....

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How the hell did this get 30 recommmendations? Someone spoofing the system? Zero content, only a link. And that to nowhere useful.

This place is not getting better as a blog. Still an OK news location.

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I agree, someone is clicking their own recommendations. Sobel's post is suspicious as well, having rocketed to 78 recommendations but barely an comments.

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It's fair. We're hearing Rezko's name over and over again. There's a lot of folks who aren't familiar with Clinton donor history, and they should know some names.

for more on the Clinton attitude about fundraising, check out the transcript from the PBS documentary Frontline:

FRONTLINE #1705
Air Date: October 6, 1998
“Washington's Other Scandal” with Bill Moyers

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/scandal/etc/script.html

excerpted transcript:
BILL MOYERS: In 1996, a "For Sale" sign was hung on the White House.
Pres. BILL CLINTON: [to contributors] And I think it's okay if your investment gets you influence, but your investment shouldn't get you control.

for more on the Clinton attitude about fundraising, check out the transcript from the PBS documentary Frontline:

FRONTLINE #1705
Air Date: October 6, 1998
“Washington's Other Scandal” with Bill Moyers

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/scandal/etc/script.html

excerpted transcript:
BILL MOYERS: In 1996, a "For Sale" sign was hung on the White House.
Pres. BILL CLINTON: [to contributors] And I think it's okay if your investment gets you influence, but your investment shouldn't get you control.

For more on the Clinton philosophy of fundraising, look at the transcript of the PBS Frontline documentary below:

FRONTLINE #1705
Air Date: October 6, 1998
“Washington's Other Scandal” with Bill Moyers

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/scandal/etc/script.html

excerpted transcript:
BILL MOYERS: In 1996, a "For Sale" sign was hung on the White House.
Pres. BILL CLINTON: [to contributors] And I think it's okay if your investment gets you influence, but your investment shouldn't get you control.

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