NY Ping....does anybody know anything at all that could help doug from upland on this project?
Today, I am asking for your help for info and links about Hillary's 2000 Senate campaign. Hassidic Jews voted for Rick Lazio to the tune of about 70 percent in neighboring Hassidic Jewish communties, however, in one area Hillary beat Lazio by about 1400 to 17. To believe it was coincidence is to believe the preposterous.......If you know a Rabbi in this area, that might be helpful.
PROJECT HILLARY: Request No. 3 - Hassidic Jewish Votes for Hillary in New York Senate Race ^
Posted by nicmarlo to 1Old Pro; 2right; 4.1O dana super trac pak; 70times7; 7SonOfRN; Aaron Gulbransen; Adirondack; ...
On 01/13/2004 7:46:51 PM PST #4 of 3
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Assemblyman Dov Hikind, a Democrat from Brooklyn, declined to endorse either candidate. In the past, Hikind has criticized Clinton for accepting money from donors with ties to terrorist organizations.
In the May 26 issue of the Forward, which reported Clinton's attendance at a secret fundraising dinner put on by Palestinian-American businessman Hani Masri, Hikind said, "This is part of the problem with Hillary Clinton. She just doesn't get it. She doesn't understand why many of us have this major problem with her positions."
Masri's family has links to Yasser Arafat and to Al-Ayyam, a Palestinian newspaper whose columnists have encouraged Palestinian violence against Israel. The dinner reportedly raised $50,000 for Clinton.
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Question --- did she give that money back?
It was revealed yesterday that the US Attorney’s office is investigating whether Mr Clinton commuted the sentences of four Hasidic men convicted of stealing millions in government funds in exchange for votes for his wife’s Senate campaign.
The community of New Square voted overwhelmingly for Hillary when she won her Senate seat in November. Many Hasidic communities tend to vote in blocs, and because of that, politicians aggressively court their leaders. Mrs Clinton has said that she sat in on a December meeting with supporters of clemency for the four Hasidic men, but said she played no part in her husband’s decision to commute their sentences.
‘‘I did not play any role whatsoever,’’ Mrs Clinton said last month. ‘‘I had no opinion about it.’’
Mrs Clinton travelled to New Square during her Senate campaign and met Grand Rabbi David Twersky. She got 1,400 votes in New Square; her Republican rival Rick Lazio received 12.
The president and his wife, then New York’s senator elect, met for about 45 minutes on December 22 with two leaders from the New Square Hasidim who supported clemency for the four men. The meeting took place in the White House Map Room.
It is unusual for a first lady to sit in on a clemency meeting, but Mrs Clinton said that meeting was the first time they had spoken to her of the clemency.
The New York Times said yesterday: Democrats say they fear that the Clintons’ persistent troubles not only leave the party with a gaping leadership vacuum, but also with unwanted attention on a former president who is trying to salvage his damaged reputation and a new Senator from New York who is trying to find her footing.