Big Source of Clinton's Cash Is an Unlikely Address (Caught!)

Wall Street Journal ^ | 8/28/07 | BRODY MULLINS

[BurbankKarl]

DALY CITY, Calif. -- One of the biggest sources of political donations to Hillary Rodham Clinton is a tiny, lime-green bungalow that lies under the flight path from San Francisco International Airport.

Six members of the Paw family, each listing the house at 41 Shelbourne Ave. as their residence, have donated a combined $45,000 to the Democratic senator from New York since 2005, for her presidential campaign, her Senate re-election last year and her political action committee. In all, the six Paws have donated a total of $200,000 to Democratic candidates since 2005, election records show.

That total ranks the house with residences in Greenwich, Conn., and Manhattan's Upper East Side among the top addresses to donate to the Democratic presidential front-runner over the past two years, according to an analysis by The Wall Street Journal of donations listed with the Federal Election Commission.

It isn't obvious how the Paw family is able to afford such political largess. Records show they own a gift shop and live in a 1,280-square-foot house that they recently refinanced for $270,000. William Paw, the 64-year-old head of the household, is a mail carrier with the U.S. Postal Service who earns about $49,000 a year, according to a union representative. Alice Paw, also 64, is a homemaker. The couple's grown children have jobs ranging from account manager at a software company to "attendance liaison" at a local public high school. One is listed on campaign records as an executive at a mutual fund.

The Paws' political donations closely track donations made by Norman Hsu, a wealthy New York businessman in the apparel industry who once listed the Paw home as his address, according to public records. Mr. Hsu is one of the top fund-raisers for Mrs. Clinton's presidential campaign.

[Graymatter]

Yeah, if anything comes of it, which I doubt!
(OTOH I doubted the swift boat thing too.)

[P-Marlowe]

There is a Peter Tan who also appears to be residing in that house and is listed as the Agent for Service of Process for a business located in the residence. Here are his donations. (sourced at newsmeat.com) Coincidence?

Peter Tan » CA » DALY CITY

Contributor	Candidate or PAC	Amount	Date
TAN, PETER DALY CITY, CA 94014 WEST COAST EMBROIDERY/GENERAL MANAG	CLINTON, HILLARY RODHAM (D) Senate - NY FRIENDS OF HILLARY	$2,100 primary	01/28/06
TAN, PETER DALY CITY, CA 94014 WEST COAST EMBROIDERY/GENERAL MANAG	CLINTON, HILLARY RODHAM (D) Senate - NY FRIENDS OF HILLARY	$2,100 general	01/28/06	.

[DoughtyOne]

Wouldn’t it be interesting to see the paper trail on their bank account...

[Panzerlied]

Where’s Jeff Feiger when you REALLY need him?

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

The Paws' political donations closely track donations made by Norman Hsu, a wealthy New York businessman in the apparel industry who once listed the Paw home as his address, according to public records. Mr. Hsu is one of the top fund-raisers for Mrs. Clinton's presidential campaign.

Dead skunk in the middle of the road....and it's stinkin' to high, high heaven.

[Dad yer funny]

if nothing much happens from this Smoke Situation , . . .

then I’ll know that Sir Edmund Hillary Clinton really did glean pricele$$ info from those FBI files , and it gets put to use , .. no?

[EternalVigilance]

All over the road, technicolor man!

[StopGlobalWhining]

Here we go again! The Asian Campaign Finance Scandal of 1996 reborn in 2007-2008.

For those readers too young to remember, or if you just weren't paying attention at the time, see Year of the Rat which provides the details of the scandals in excruciating detail.

It's what we have to look forward to if the Clintons reoccupy the White House. (Not to mention suicides, drive up murders, deadly plane crashes and lots of Asian campaign contributions.)

[ElkGroveDan]

This sounds like a scandal similar to the one that brought down California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley — complete with the San Francisco Asian front donors. I wonder if any of the names are the same...

[Bullish]

Expensive favors being bought.

Nothing’s free with the Clintons.

[tomnbeverly]

LOL... but what news anchor would actually be froggy enough to spar with the Clintonistas...

My money would be on Brit Hume... I would love to see him get a good break out with a story like this...

[Fedora]

Thanks!

[Fizzie]

THIS THREAD IS GREAT !! !! !! {{ it could rival the “unmasking Ward Churchill” thread a few years ago , .. this one carries much more weight }}

I remember that thread well! "Look at all those left handed Indians!" (Referring to Churchill's reversal of original art.) There were some very talented people with serious computer skills on line that night! How quickly did we get the superimposing of Churchill's "art" on the original artist's rendering? As I recall, less than an hour.

I do take task with your comment that this Hillary campaign finance deal carries more weight than unmasking Ward Churchill. I would agree that the urgency of unmasking Hillary Clinton carries more weight....but I would argue that it is the Ward Churchills of the world that create the Hillary Clintons of the world.

By the time the Hillary Clintons of the world have reached the level of power they are currently in, it's URGENT. But, by stopping the Ward Churchills of the world, we are curbing the epidemic for future generations.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

But of course. The source of money laundering and other shenanigans does best when hiding in plain site. Having these scams run directly by the rich guys in 3-piece suits who live in mansions would be too obvious. Everybody is watching for that.

That house sure is a funky green, probably so that the various Klinton mafioso and their underlings who transport cash can find the place. I’m sure it’s a running joke, “Follow the green.”

[TeleStraightShooter]

I hate to admit it, but it is "theoretically" possible.

I doubt it on both accounts.

How does a boy named Hsu who pulls down 49K make that house payment and launder that money donate so generously to the DNC?

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Norman Hsu, a wealthy New York businessman

Betcha 50 bucks that he's a Chicom.

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

What exactly does Winkle do for a living? On opensecrets.org, Mr. Winkle Paw’s occupation is listed as:

NEXT COMPONENTS LTD/MANAGING DIRECT
NEXT COMPONENTS, LTD./MANAGING PART
COORPORALANTS LTD/DIRECTOR
COOLPOWERS LTD/DIRECTOR
USPS/MAIL CARRIER
Components Ltd.
FRANKLIN TEMPLETON/EXECUTIVE
COMPONENTS LTD./MANAGING DIRECTOR
NEXT COMPONENTS LTD./MANAGING DIREC
UNITED POSTAL SERVICE/MAIL CARRIER
NEXT COMPONENTS LTD/BUSINESS ANALYS
NEXT ELECTRONICS LTD/DIRECTOR OF OP
FRANKLIN RESOURCES/BUSINESS ANALYST

Each donation seems to have slightly different spellings, misspellings and job titles.

I also was wondering about the name Winkle Paw and how closely it could resemble the name Dimiple or Dimple. Now this Dimple person who also lives at this address has a different job description altogether...
MILLS PENINSULA HEALTH SERVICES/REG
CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER/N
PENESULA HOSPITAL/RN

[supremedoctrine]

In response to your observation , I will re-write the Paterson Physician William Carlos Williams’ famous Imagist lines from the 1930s:

So much depends
on a lime green bungalow
glazed with rain water
beside the white chickens.

(originally it was “red wheelbarrow”)
If this is a whacky response, it’s must be
because I’ve gotten positively delirious with
having to deal intellectually, morally and every other way with the relentless predictably of this and every year’s new crop of Clinton scandals, which should stand right beside Death and Taxes as Icons of Inevitability.

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

What do you think about this?

[Roccus]

I’ll ask the same question I asked earlier, has anyone ever seen ALL the Paws in the same room.....at the same time?