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Rendell Backer Hsu Goes Missing
The Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | September 6, 2007 | Mario F. Carrabiatti

Posted on 09/06/2007 6:22:35 AM PDT by Dems_R_Losers

Disgraced Democratic fund-raiser Norman Hsu, who was wanted by California authorities for the last 15 years, is once again on the lam, putting Gov. Rendell, a staunch supporter, in an increasingly awkward political corner.

And for now, Rendell isn't saying whether he will reverse his decision and return nearly $38,000 in contributions from Hsu or continue to stand by the man he recently called "one of the best 10 people I've met."

Press secretary Chuck Ardo said the governor had no immediate comment on Hsu's disappearance.

"The governor will respond to today's events after having time to review them," Ardo said, adding only that Rendell likely would address the matter sometime today.

Hsu, who had raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for top Democratic candidates nationwide, including presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, failed to appear yesterday morning at a bail-reduction hearing in a California courtroom.

San Mateo Superior Court Judge Robert Foiles ordered Hsu's $2 million bail forfeited and issued a new arrest warrant. If Hsu is arrested again, he will be jailed without bail.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Politics/Elections; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: corruption; hillary; hsu; missing; rendell
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Could Rendell go down over this? The Inquirer is all over this story.
1 posted on 09/06/2007 6:22:37 AM PDT by Dems_R_Losers
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To: Dems_R_Losers

Another hit by the Clintons.................


2 posted on 09/06/2007 6:24:15 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heros have always been cowboys--Reagan and Bush)
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To: Dems_R_Losers
"one of the best 10 people I've met."

Gee, I wonder who the other 9 are (and are they all on the lam or in Federal Prison somewhere)?
3 posted on 09/06/2007 6:27:48 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia (You know a liberal has lost the argument when he calls you a Nazi.)
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To: yldstrk

Don’t know if this has been addressed yet?
Why did the judge not have his pasport taken away/
Who promoted this judge? Was it Clinton?


4 posted on 09/06/2007 6:27:55 AM PDT by Holicheese (1-21-09 Hillary starts to destroy America!)
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To: Dems_R_Losers

Three possible outcomes. 1. He will never be found. 2. He will be found dead, reported as a “suicide” (arkancide). 3. He’ll turn up in a country with no extradition treaty with the US, living the high life (as long as he keeps his mouth shut).


5 posted on 09/06/2007 6:27:57 AM PDT by MizSterious (Deport all the illegals to sanctuary cities.)
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To: Dems_R_Losers
If Hsu is arrested again, he will be jailed without bail.

That's what Foiles should have done the first time.

6 posted on 09/06/2007 6:32:14 AM PDT by expatpat
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To: MizSterious

Number 2 is most likely... and the GOP needs to get on the investigation band wagon now.


7 posted on 09/06/2007 6:35:29 AM PDT by tomnbeverly (“Show me just what Obama brought that was new, and there you will find only evil and Hillary.")
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To: tomnbeverly

Don’t count on that. The GOP couldn’t find its backside with either hand.


8 posted on 09/06/2007 6:37:05 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Go Hawks !)
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To: Dems_R_Losers

What did this guy do- search around for the worst possible s**bags to support? Hillary, Rendell, Obama, Patrick Kennedy, et al. And 50 cents to the reporter who asks one of these turds why the Chinese are such avid supporters of Democrats.


9 posted on 09/06/2007 6:37:13 AM PDT by Inwoodian
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What did this guy do- search around for the worst possible s**bags to support?

In a word, yes. He looked for people he knew would sell out the US to his handlers in China. For example, all the Clintons had to do in exchange for his (i.e., China's) massive campaign contributions was hand over our most sophisticated nuclear weapons technology to China.

10 posted on 09/06/2007 6:40:17 AM PDT by piytar
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The Inquirer earlier reoprted that Hsu threw a dinner party in New York last year for Rendell at Per Se, which is the most expensive restaurant in the country. So much for the Man of the People!

I also want to know why Hsu gave $10,000 to the Philadelphia Democratic Party. Party boss Bob Brady told the Inquirer he had never heard of the guy. Hsu also gave thousands to Bob Casey, Joe Sestak, and Patrick Murphy. Sestak was specifically recruited to run for Congress by the Clintons to get rid of Curt Weldon and stop his investigations of Able Danger. It sure looks to me like Rendell was working hand in glove with the Clintons to funnel illegal cash into these campaigns and get rid of troublesome Republicans who might have dirt on the Clintons that could hurt Hillary.

11 posted on 09/06/2007 6:42:11 AM PDT by Dems_R_Losers (Thanks anyway, Nancy, but we already have a Commander-in-Chief!)
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To: piytar

BTW, that’s not hyperbole: http://www.jonathanpollard.org/1999/031599f.htm


12 posted on 09/06/2007 6:42:26 AM PDT by piytar
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To: Dems_R_Losers
NEVER ... in all the chat and discourse that went on here and the state board, did it EVER come up that fast eddie was on the take from the chi-coms ... and the Inquirer is on it?

God, I hope this has legs ... we lost a good Senator and got a ghost in replacement.

btw ... I'm in SW Pa.

13 posted on 09/06/2007 6:42:45 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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It sure looks to me like Rendell was working hand in glove with the Clintons to funnel illegal cash into these campaigns and get rid of troublesome Republicans who might have dirt on the Clintons that could hurt Hillary.

Yup. Looks like the Clintons got softer in their old age. In the Clinton's earlier days, these Republicans all would have just "committed suicide." In the Clinton's later days, they just accepted and/or funneled massive amounts of illegal Chinese campaign funds to opponents of those Republicans.

Vote People's Party of China, Vote Democrat!

14 posted on 09/06/2007 6:46:27 AM PDT by piytar
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To: Dems_R_Losers
I looked through the list posted on Michelle Malkin’s site and I couldn’t find any Republicans(maybe just a partial list). I can’t believe he wouldn’t at least find a RINO and give money, just for the sake of appearance.
15 posted on 09/06/2007 6:46:38 AM PDT by BallyBill (Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
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To: MizSterious
"1. He will never be found.
2. He will be found dead, reported as a “suicide” (arkancide).
3. He’ll turn up in a country with no extradition treaty with the US, living the high life (as long as he keeps his mouth shut)."

4. Mark Rich's new Chinese houseboy.

16 posted on 09/06/2007 6:49:15 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: yldstrk
Another hit by the Clintons.................

I'd bet Rove made him a deal he couldn't refuse. He's probably on an indefinite expense-paid vacation in some tropical country paid for by Karl Rove. Having him turn himself in and then skip the country is one of the best things that could happen to really make this scandal hurt some major Democrats.

17 posted on 09/06/2007 6:49:40 AM PDT by Spiff
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To: Dems_R_Losers

He will come out smelling like roses, perfumed by the MSM.

It’s all par for the Democrats.


18 posted on 09/06/2007 6:50:04 AM PDT by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (Liberals are blind. They are the dupes of Leftists who know exactly what they're doing.)
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To: Dems_R_Losers

Check this...
#2, and #3 on the list were Elliot Spitzer and Andrew Cuomo...
Go figure...


19 posted on 09/06/2007 6:50:08 AM PDT by xcamel (FDT/2008 -- talk about it >> irc://irc.freenode.net/fredthompson)
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To: Dems_R_Losers
Glad to hear the pressure is being applied locally. Rendell's statement that Hsu is one of the top 10 people he knows is going to make it hard to use the Hillary ploy of distancing himself by saying he can't possibly vet all his many, many donors, lumping Hsu in the landfill with all the other nameless, faceless people who write checks but who he can't reasonably be expected to actually know.

The Inquirer is in the catbird seat for this story if they want it. No governor can afford to be unresponsive to local media.

20 posted on 09/06/2007 6:50:20 AM PDT by Eroteme
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