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Mystery Donor Funnels $250K To Edwards
New York Sun ^ | 9/15/06 | JOSH GERSTEIN

Posted on 09/15/2006 5:59:35 AM PDT by bitt

A mysterious $250,000 donation used to bankroll a political committee controlled by a potential candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008, John Edwards, highlights a gap in federal laws requiring reporting of political contributions.

In June, a closely held company gave a quarter of a million dollars to the One America Committee, a so-called 527 organization affiliated with Mr. Edwards, who became the Democrats' vice presidential nominee in 2004 after making a spirited but ultimately unsuccessful bid for the presidential nomination.

A report that the committee filed with the Internal Revenue Service identified the donor as Oak Spring Farms, LLC, and listed an address of 160 Central Park South, which is the location of the Jumeirah Essex House Hotel. The firm's "occupation" was described as "investments/savings." No other details about the company were made public.

However, a search of Federal Election Commission records linked the firm to a Manhattan trust attorney, Alexander Forger. Reached at his midtown office Wednesday, the lawyer told The New York Sun that he was not a principal in Oak Spring Farms.

(Excerpt) Read more at nysun.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Editorial; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Philosophy; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 527; breckgirl; edwards; kerry; mcrino; onetermsenator
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To: bitt

Maybe the unborn channeled it to him.........




http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=4819


Referring to this case, the New York Times described how "Edwards
stood before a jury and channeled the words of an unborn baby girl."


Citing the record of a fetal heartbeat monitor as evidence, Edwards
told the jury: "She said at 3, 'I'm fine.' She said at 4, 'I'm having
a little trouble, but I'm doing OK' Five, she said, 'I'm having
problems.' At 5:30, she said, 'I need out.'"


"She speaks to you through me," Edwards said. "And I have to tell you
right now -- I didn't plan to talk about this -- right now I feel her.
I feel her presence. She's inside me, and she's talking to you."


21 posted on 09/15/2006 7:29:37 AM PDT by Names Ash Housewares
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To: BaBaStooey

How about my all time favorite sleeze George Soros?


22 posted on 09/15/2006 7:31:58 AM PDT by Bitsy
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To: bitt

Refund from the hairdresser?


23 posted on 09/15/2006 7:32:50 AM PDT by spanalot
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To: BaBaStooey

How about my all time favorite sleeze George Soros?


24 posted on 09/15/2006 7:33:17 AM PDT by Bitsy
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To: facedown

Trial Lawyers Association--It's surprising that they haven't "inconvenienced" Hillary, yet.


25 posted on 09/15/2006 8:58:31 AM PDT by TaxRelief (Wal-Mart: Keeping my family on-budget since 1993.)
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To: bitt

Isn't The essex House owned by MUSLIMS??


26 posted on 09/15/2006 9:33:46 AM PDT by Suzy Quzy ("When Cabals Go Kabooms"....upcoming book on Mary McCarthy's Coup-Plotters.)
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To: Sue Perkick

LOL!! That picture is HYSTERICAL!!


27 posted on 09/15/2006 9:34:55 AM PDT by Suzy Quzy ("When Cabals Go Kabooms"....upcoming book on Mary McCarthy's Coup-Plotters.)
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To: bitt
Oak Spring Farms, LLC?

Oh, that's right.

They handled the mail-in rebates for Breck.

28 posted on 09/15/2006 9:40:39 AM PDT by N. Theknow ((Kennedys - Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat - But they know what's best.))
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To: bitt
My top three guesses as to the identity of the "mystery donor":

1. OBL
2. Kim Jong Il
3. Mahmoud Achmedinejad (almost certainly mispelled, but who cares?)

29 posted on 09/15/2006 9:44:21 AM PDT by Sicon
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To: OldFriend

Let us consider this...of all the democrats out there suited for VP...he might have some appeal. Although its doubtful he can carry his own state. And across the south...unless its McCain as the Republican candidate...I don't see much plus-up for Edwards. McCain is not a favored southern candidate...and this could be the scenario that Hillary envisions. I may upset a few folks...but McCain hasn't been a favorite son of the south ever...so we are still waiting for a better choice.


30 posted on 09/15/2006 10:11:58 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: bitt

I just love the fact that a LLC with a name like "Oak Spring Farms" is located in midtown Manhattan. It all but screams out "shell corporation".


31 posted on 09/15/2006 10:15:42 AM PDT by jpl (Victorious warriors win first, then go to war; defeated warriors go to war first, then seek to win.)
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To: bitt
There are today two Americas, two Americas, I tell you...

And 250,000 dollars for two-faced phonies who ply this tired tirade about two Americas.
32 posted on 09/15/2006 11:47:18 AM PDT by George W. Bush
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To: bitt

Suspect #1: ChiComs

Suspect #2: Soros


33 posted on 09/15/2006 12:18:17 PM PDT by thoughtomator ("Martyr" - Arabic for "cannon fodder")
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To: bitt

Thanks for the ping!


34 posted on 09/15/2006 1:22:19 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: bitt

It was probably Opie's biological father, Andy Griffith.



35 posted on 09/15/2006 2:07:46 PM PDT by jmaroneps37 (DON'T BELIEVE PESSIMISM: FEELINGS ARE FOR LOVE SONGS. FACTS ARE FOR PREDICTING WHO WINS IN NOV)
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To: bitt
It is one of those people Edwards got millions for as a trial lawyer. He parlayed "Junk Science" into a fortune and it has since been proven so. So why doesnt he and his clients have to return it.
36 posted on 09/15/2006 2:08:34 PM PDT by gunnedah
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To: Suzy Quzy; All

'LOL!! That picture is HYSTERICAL!!'

that pic is REAL, which is why it is so hysterical...

you've seen the video, right?

here's a really funny one showing the difference between Bush and Edwards...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMvt7aye7K8


37 posted on 09/15/2006 2:50:40 PM PDT by bitt ("And an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm.")
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To: bitt

LOL!!!


38 posted on 09/15/2006 4:19:47 PM PDT by Suzy Quzy ("When Cabals Go Kabooms"....upcoming book on Mary McCarthy's Coup-Plotters.)
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To: bitt

"somethin' fishy?"


I don't know about that.
But, I do know I wouldn't trust an attorney with the name "Forger".


39 posted on 09/15/2006 5:06:22 PM PDT by dixiechick2000 (There ought to be one day-- just one-- when there is open season on senators. ~~ Will Rogers)
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To: bitt; potlatch; ntnychik; PhilDragoo; OXENinFLA; JustPiper; kstewskis; Cindy; MamaDearest; ...
"somethin' fishy?

 

40 posted on 09/15/2006 6:34:51 PM PDT by Smartass (The stars rule men but God rules the stars)
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