Clinton to Return Money Linked to Fund-Raiser

NY Times ^ | September 11, 2007 | PATRICK HEALY

[neverdem]

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential campaign announced last night that it would return about $850,000 to about 260 donors who had been recruited or tapped by Norman Hsu, the disgraced Clinton campaign fund-raiser who recently fled arrest and is now under investigation for his fund-raising practices.

The Clinton campaign also disclosed last night that it would begin running criminal background checks on its bundlers — the dozens of individuals who raise hundreds of thousands of dollars from donors on behalf of a candidate, as Mr. Hsu had done for Mrs. Clinton. A Clinton adviser said that “vigorous additional vetting” of the bundlers, including the criminal checks, would begin this week, and that the campaign was hiring people for that purpose.

Mr. Hsu’s legal problems have created the Clinton campaign’s first major in-house controversy. While Mr. Hsu donated $600,000 to an array of candidates over the last three years, he had become primarily a Clinton fund-raiser for this presidential cycle — one of the so-called Hillraisers who held events for Mrs. Clinton and aided her in the money race with a leading Democratic rival, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois.

The Clinton adviser, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal campaign deliberations, said Mrs. Clinton, of New York, “did not want the Hsu issue to be a distraction for...”

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The Clinton campaign made its announcement around 6:40 p.m., shortly after the network news programs had begun on the East Coast. The timing was roughly the same Aug. 29, when Clinton advisers disclosed that they were giving Mr. Hsu’s $23,000 in personal donations to charity. Clinton aides, who have been trying to contain the damage from the case, have been monitoring the number of stories the evening news programs have run on Mr. Hsu — only a handful thus far.

[neverdem]

http://www.nytimes.com/pages/todayspaper/index.html

What I find interesting is that the NY Times is still putting this on the front page, albeit as a minor story. They haven't provided the image of the front page yet, but they have the link.

[Darkwolf377]

So her answer when asked about this will be to cut off the questioner with "Oh, that's old news, we've addressed that, I want to talk about this mismanaged war and how we can help hardworking families" blah blah blah.

And of course they will let her get away with it. Not one of these boobs in the press can give a coherent answer about her scandals.

[spyone]

The answer is there is tons of lead story info out there and the NYT is trying to cut it off.

[Hi Heels]

welp, that’s good. I think he needs the money./sarc

[rfp1234]

The Clinton campaign made its announcement around 6:40 p.m., shortly after the network news programs had begun on the East Coast.

Morons! They can't escape The Great One and Rush.

[Wil H]

ROTFLMAO!

“Oh my god get rid of the money and get the investigative dogs off us before they discover ALL THE OTHER crooked money laundering going on here...”

[DoughtyOne]

If I were Hillary and the DNC, I’d keep the $850,000.00. It’ll be a good five percent deposit on the publicity campaign this B is going to have to launch to cover her bare a— on this one.

Looks like Blubba and Bubba are in the dog house again. Which reminds me. Who let the dogs out? Who, Who, Who Who let the dogs out...

[Joe Bfstplk]

Who audits returns of such funds?

[george76]

She may say that she will return the money, but will she show both sides of the check ?

The money may return to her promptly thru a friendly PAC.

[neverdem]

Who audits returns of such funds?

I don't know, maybe the Federal Elections Commission?

[KayEyeDoubleDee]

Repeat after me: Bernard L. Schwartz.

Bernard L. Schwartz.

Bernard L. Schwartz.

Bernard L. Schwartz put Norman Hsu on the Board of Trustees of The New School:

http://www.newschool.edu/administration.html

Screen capture here:

http://s175.photobucket.com/albums/w146/luciusvorenusfreeper/?action=view&current=new_school_hsu_schwartz.jpg

Bernard L. Schwartz parties down at fundraisers with Norman Hsu:

http://www.creators.com/opinion/robert-novak/will-newt-run.html

A further 148,000 pages at Google listing both their names [up from 109,000 when the scandal broke]:

http://www.google.com/search?safe=off&q=%2BBernard+%2BSchwartz++%2BNorman+%2BHsu

And, of course, Bernard L. Schartz taught the Chicoms how to build missiles that could make their way out of the lower atmosphere, giving rise to Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles which could reach the continental United States and anti-satellite missiles which could take out our command and control infrastructure:

http://www.google.com/search?safe=off&q=loral+china+missile

Bernard L. Schartz should be hung for treason.

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PS: WorldNetDaily has [finally!] picked up on the story:

Is the other Hsu about to drop?
Hillary's donor linked to China missile trader
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/printer-friendly.asp?ARTICLE_ID=57450

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PPS: Freeper TommyDale says we need to keep alive the name of Kearn A. Cottingham.

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[nothingnew]

Yer probably on top of this already, but here's a pang anyways...

FMCDH(BITS)

[SAJ]

Harold Ickes, of course. He'll make sure that Hitlery only keeps a small ''handling fee'', certainly.

(Do we really need the /sarc here?)

[knarf]

A Clinton advisor ... and the Clinton campaign, do not mean the bwitch (no typo) has said or done anything.

This must be explored, exposed and exploited to the maximum degree and effect ... Our liberty, freedom and great nation hang in the balance beneath the sword of Damacles.

I do not trust nor believe a word any democrat says, writes or authorizes regarding their love or patriotism for the united states of America.

[Darkwolf377]

This must be explored, exposed and exploited to the maximum degree and effect ... Our liberty, freedom and great nation hang in the balance beneath the sword of Damacles.

Well said.

If we expect the MSM to do the exposing, though, we're already doomed.

[devolve]

[Redcloak]

Trying to deny her Hsu fetish?

[Aria]

It’s going to be like having to pry this cash out of cold dead hands.

I suspect she loves cash even more than power.

[x_plus_one]

Saudis buy more politicians than chicoms.

[pookie18]

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