Posted on 07/28/2004 5:11:29 PM PDT by Liz
AUGUST 2, 2002
Having dragged a group of Manhattan elites back from the Hamptons last week to attend a fund-raiser at a tony Chelsea night club, Al Gore criticized the Bush administration for "working on behalf of the powerful, and letting the people of this country get the short end of the stick."
Back when he was exhibiting the Democrats' renowned good sportsmanship after he lost the presidential election, Gore managed to fund his tantrum with donations sent in from such ordinary Americans as dot-com multimillionaire Steven Kirsch ($500,000), former Slim-Fast Foods chief S. Daniel Abraham ($100,000) and Minneapolis multimillionaire Vance Opperman ($100,000).
Gore also got some help from the Manhattan "working poor" such as Loews Hotels scion and tobacco company beneficiary Jon Tisch ($50,000) -- who must have been on a break from demanding that West African peddlers be thrown off the streets of Manhattan; songwriter and ex-wife of pardoned financier Marc Rich, Denise Rich ($25,000); and investment banker Jon Corzine ($25,000), now representing working families against "the powerful" in the U.S. Senate.
Also warming to Gore's pledge to fight for "working families" were many Hollywood billionaires. Notorious inseminator and Hollywood "producer" Stephen Bing ponied up $200,000. (In Democratic Party parlance, "producer" evidently means "a do-nothing who inherited a lot of money.") Actress and traitor Jane Fonda gave the Gore-Lieberman fund $100,000.
George W. Bush limited donations to his Election Recount Fund to $5,000 or less and still raised $13.8 million -- four times more than the $3.2 million collected by Gore. Americans saw what the Democrats were up to, and thousands upon thousands of small contributions poured in to Bush from across the country.
Gore's Tantrum Fund took in $2.1 million from just 38 individuals -- or, "working families." He had 84 donations above Bush's $5,000 maximum -- totaling about $2.8 million. Of those, 30 were from California and 23 from New York. (Jane Fonda lists her address as Georgia.) Only $56,216 of the Gore-Lieberman fund came from donations of $200 or less. Bush raised more than $3 million in individual donations of $200 or less -- more than the entire amount raised by Gore's Tantrum Fund.
The genuine and spontaneous outrage of ordinary Americans against a small band of Democratic royalists was pointedly ignored in news accounts about the recount funds. The Washington Post's headline was: "Bush Far Outspent Gore on Recount." The Chicago Tribune's was: "Bush spent 4 times as much as Gore in Florida recount." The AP headline was: "IRS: Bush spent four times as much as Gore on Florida recount."
The thousands of small donations sent to Bush from average Americans all across the country was said to demonstrate "the powerful fund-raising abilities of the Republican Party" -- as The Washington Post obtusely put it.
Meanwhile, back at the Party of the People headquarters, the Democratic National Committee recently took in its largest single donation ever: $5 million from "producer" Stephen Bing -- our featured Democrat this week.
In the current Vanity Fair, Bing is described by other Hollywood billionaires as a self-effacing, modest man. As evidence, they note that he has only one maid. "Name anyone else with his wealth who has only one maid," Man of the People Rob Reiner says. "You'd be hard-pressed."
I'd be hard-pressed to think of one of my friends who has a maid. Marie Antoinette did not flaunt her wealth in such a way as "progressive" liberals in America do.
Rich Hollywood progressives raved about how Bing helps out strippers when they're down on their luck. (And, one may surmise, also down on their knees.) "I've helped so many," Bing says, "you'd have to get me the names." That's "self-effacing" for a liberal.
Bing's admiration for the underclass is mainly shown by his predilection for siring children out of wedlock. This seems to be the new status symbol among liberals, with Bing currently leading Jesse Jackson 2-to-1 in disclosed illegitimate children. (Q: How do you empty a room full of rich liberals? A: Ask for a paternity test.)
In a romance borne of progressivism, the mother of one of his illegitimate children, Elizabeth Hurley, crossed a Screen Actors Guild picket line. Bing gallantly paid her fine to the union. So much for the little people.
Also, he plays the blues on the piano. I take it back: He (BEGIN ITALS)is(END ITALS) a man of the people.
Interestingly, Bing doesn't make a fuss about the estate tax. His professional accomplishments amount to having dropped out of Stanford -- which we can assume he did not enter on the basis of his SAT scores -- and then spending a decade writing a single episode of "Married With Children." Bing's credentials as a producer are as credible as his belief that women are attracted to him for himself.
The current Democratic Party is a crowd of idle rich degenerates the likes of which hasn't been seen since the czar's court. When not occupied with abortions or strippers, they busy themselves denouncing the Cossacks as "the powerful."
___________________________________________________
AUGUST 2002
Ann Coulter's Slander skyrockets to #1 on New York Times Best-Seller list. Prominent liberals -- desperate to gain even more political power in America -- pull no punches in their effort to defame and discredit conservatives. And their pals in the media are forever letting them get away with it. But finally someone is calling their bluff. In "Slander", Ann Coulter exposes those carrying out this campaign and refutes their vicious slanders and outright lies.
Contact Ann Coulter | Read her biography (at web site)
©2002 Universal Press Syndicate
Want to take action about what you have just read? Then write a letter to your Members of Congress or your local newspapers, who you can find by entering your ZIP code in the boxes below (at web site). Also make sure to tell your newspaper editors that they should carry your favorite conservative columnists!
Oh they wanted campaign finance reform, didn't they?????????
Didn't they??????????
ABC also reports on an interesting Bing employee: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1180516/posts
Yeah, they did (/sarc).
More on the Dims $16M donor.
(Excerpt): "In fact, Democratic Party officials said they knew nothing about the man who law enforcement officials tell ABC News is Bing's friend and business partner — Dominic Montemarano, a New York Mafia figure currently in federal prison on racketeering charges. Montemarano has a long criminal record and is known to organized crime investigators by his street name, Donnie Shacks. "
"Donnie Shacks' main activity was murder. No question about it. That was his main function for the Colombo family and for organized crime in general. He was one of the top hit men in the New York area," said Joe Coffey, a former NYPD investigator. According to The Los Angeles Times, Bing paid Montemarano's legal fees after his most recent scrape with the law. Montemerano's lawyer said his client was an employee of Bing's."
"After a recent private lunch with Democratic vice-presidential candidate Edwards, Bing also declined to answer questions about his relationship with Montemarano."
I'm literally speechless.
Nice article. Good idea about contacting our local news papers.
May I remind you of FR's informal protocol when posting Ann's work? Where are the pictures?
Moral equivalent of "Let 'em eat cake."
HA!!!!
Finally, I'm the first one....
pics?
Bing was so arrogant in the ABC-TV interview......glared when a reporter asked him questions. It was clear Bing didn't expect to be found out.
There's a good one at the web site.
Wow! And only one maid! You don't mean it!
Boy Howdy! Whoopee! What a guy! I AM
hard pressed to name anyone who has even
one maid, but then I'm not in the "beautiful
people" crowd. Around here, I AM the maid!
Both the Ann Coulter article and your article are must reads for everyone. Don't let the hype of the convention overshadow this.
Bump.
Having dragged a group of Manhattan elites back from the Hamptons last week to attend a fund-raiser at a tony Chelsea night club, Al Gore criticized the Bush administration for "working on behalf of the powerful, and letting the people of this country get the short end of the stick."
later Gore on his cell phone to Tipper, " Hi honey, did we get those tickets to the A-List Hollywood parties for next week? Is the lear jet fueled and ready to go? Is our son neatly tucked away at boarding school for next semester? Kisses and hugs, later."
I have to wonder how many maids are in Meathead's employ.
Ok, I feel better.
Too bad a certain POTUS did not veto it...the only thing it does is silence we the people...does not do a thing for... CFR ...
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.