Nothing to see here, just move along. If the MSM doesn't report it, it didn't happen!
Posted on 08/31/2007 7:02:11 AM PDT by teddyballgame
The mystery of Norman Hsu deepens today with a New York Times report on his collapsing cover stories. While the Gray Lady tries to focus on the sudden retreat of Democrats from a man who has raised almost a million dollars for them, the real story comes in the second half of the article -- in which Hsu appears to be a front:
People who met him said they knew only that he ran an apparel business. Efforts to learn more about his trade hit dead-ends yesterday. Visits to companies at addresses listed by Mr. Hsu on campaign finance records provided little information. There were no offices in buildings in New York’s garment district whose addresses were given for businesses with names like Components Ltd., Cool Planets, Next Components, Coopgors Ltd., NBT and Because Men’s clothing — all listed by Mr. Hsu in federal filings at different times.
(Excerpt) Read more at captainsquartersblog.com ...
Nothing to see here, just move along. If the MSM doesn't report it, it didn't happen!
The old advice of “follow the money” should get real interesting on this one!
Why aren’t the MINORITY party screaming for an investigation? If they start yelling that this is worse than Ambramhof...
Spineless!
Yah Lin “Charlie” Trie (b. August 15, 1949), a major figure in the 1996 United States campaign finance controversy, was convicted and sentenced to three years probation and four months home detention for violating federal campaign finance laws by making political contributions in someone else’s name and by causing a false statement to be made to the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
Born in Taiwan, Trie emigrated to the United States in 1974 where he started off as a busboy in a Washington, D.C. restaurant. Eventually, Trie became an American citizen and co-owner of a restaurant named Fu Lin (in Chinese the name can mean “enrich your neighbor”) in Little Rock, Arkansas where he became friends with then-Governor Bill Clinton. Clinton later named Trie to the Arkansas State fire extinguisher board in 1988. After Clinton was elected President, Trie rented a suite at the Watergate complex in Washington and began work as a fundraiser for the Democratic Party where he met and began working with fellow scandal figure John Huang. His suite was also used as the mailing address for Daihatsu International Trading Company, an import-export business he started that mainly conducted business with the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
Immediately after donating $460,000 to President Clinton’s legal defense fund in March 1996, Trie sent a letter to President Clinton that expressed concern about America’s intervention in tensions arising from China’s military exercises being conducted near Taiwan. Trie told the President in his letter that war with China was a possibility should U.S. intervention continue:
“ ...[O]nce the hard parties of the Chinese military incline to grasp U.S. involvement as foreign intervention, is [sic] U.S. ready to face such [a] challenge... [I]t is highly possible for China to launch [sic] real war based on its past behavior in [sic] Sino-Vietnam war and Zhen Bao Tao war with Russia — Charlie Trie in a letter to President Clinton, March 21, 1996 ”
The money donated to Clinton’s defense fund originated from followers of Suma Ching Hai International Association, a Taiwan-based Buddhist sect. All of the money was eventually returned.
A month earlier, Trie had invited Wang Jun, chairman of CITIC and Poly Technologies (a “front company for the Chinese military”) to a White House “coffee” with President Clinton.
When questions first arose regarding Charlie Trie’s fundraising activities during Congressional investigations in late 1996, he fled the country for the PRC. He returned was sent back to the United States in 1998 to remind Clinton to stay bought .
I’m sure glad you guys are looking into this, because personally I can’t hog down a whole lot of anything that moves while you’re eating it.
And....
Wish these REAL scandals would bite Spitz, Hill, and company permanently.
But the accomplices in the press like to keep silent about the faults of their shiny gods.
Nice work,thank you. Just saved me some time.
This guy stinks to high heaven. And just think, he could have kept on going if it hadn’t been for the WSJ piece. A compklete surprise to The Ms.. and all the others. I wonder how many like ‘contributors’ are involved.
Great article.
Thank you.
"You are Number 6."
-PJ
Foxnews.com banner says he’s been arrested!
You are kidding!!!
That is great news. Thank you for the heads up. Please keep us posted.
The TV is in my bedroom and my computer is in another room; therefore, I am not watching TV. (I would rather be at the compter.)
“Spineless!”
Corrupt.
Naturally, the Bush Justice Department will never investigate this because they are to busy imprisoning border guards and combat soldiers.
“Why aren’t the MINORITY party screaming for an investigation? If they start yelling that this is worse than Ambramhof...
Spineless!”
Hit post before I realized minority means Republicans now.
Indeed, they rarely take the offensive when things are handed to them on a golden platter.
Hsu is simply a front...nothing more than that. I would guess that there are well over 1,000 of these Hsu guys walking around the US...with millions of dollars given to them via various countries (not just China)...to deal with politicians, police, or the tax authorities. When you need something done in Little Rock for tax credit...you find the local “Hsu-dude”, and he calls in the top two of both political parties and arranges the requirement. Same thing for a IRS official to overlook some suspicious paperwork. Hillary simply got caught because he wasn’t that bright...but there have to be another dozen Hsu-dudes contributing to her...and getting away with it. The amount of corruption in DC would stagger the public and probably cause alot of people to loose faith in their supposed democracy.
Hey SueRae,
Go here: (It was just posted on FR.)
Fugitive Democratic Fundraiser Norman Hsu Turns Self in to Police
Fox News/AP ^
Posted on 08/31/2007 11:32:18 AM CDT by B Knotts
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