Posted on 01/05/2009 10:15:12 AM PST by AJKauf
The big headline story recently has been Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich’s “play for pay” scandal relating to the president-elect’s vacant Senate seat. We’ve also been watching money scandals surrounding other Democrats such as Charlie Rangel and William Jefferson, to name but a few.
It now appears by way of the New York Times that they are not alone in violating ethics. Add Hillary Clinton to the list.
The next secretary of state did a huge favor for a developer who contributed thousands to her campaign and her husband's library....
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PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!! WAIT UNTIL SHE RESIGNS FROM THE SENATE BEFORE SPRINGING THIS
Frankly, there’s not much purpose in many political contributions unless they buy some access (a/k/a influence).
There may be some disinterested true-believers out there among the large donors, but I think they’re in the minority.
I just visited the mall site yesterday having to go to extreme measures just to get around the developer’s addition (in progress) and find any parking (the addition took almost the whole parking lot).
Needless to say, Hillary was the main topic of my comments to my wife during this time.
better yet let’s wait until Queen Caroline ascends the throne before knocking hitlery out.
I wonder what Jim Reith will have to say about this....
Whatever happened to her debacle with Peter Paul???
She is still scheduled to stand trial in Los Angeles for skimming campaign contributions and filing a number of campaign reports with fraudulent information.
Doug From Upland is still working hard on this, I think.
She is still scheduled to stand trial in Los Angeles for skimming campaign contributions and filing a number of campaign reports with fraudulent information.
Doug From Upland is still working hard on this, I think.
This is THE sole purpose of lobbyists. I contibute, you contribute to me. It is the main reason the whole system is corrupt. No big surprise here.
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