Clinton Sees Fear Realized in Trouble With Donor

NY Times ^ | September 12, 2007 | PATRICK HEALY

[Enchante]

Wow, Mr. Patrick Healy, you really did a tough, probing investigative story here.... /s

This article accomplishes just about exactly what a DNC press release or a Shrillery campaign PR would want to accomplish on this story. The NY Slimes really knows how to pursue a tough, no-holds-barred investigation. /s

[neverdem]

Also, not everyone gives the maximum of $2,300 or whatever it is, surely..... I wonder if all their numbers will add to something proper and legal.

IIRC, you may be able to donate $2,300 for the primary and $2,300 for the general election each year. I hope someone can confirm that.

[neverdem]

This article accomplishes just about exactly what a DNC press release or a Shrillery campaign PR would want to accomplish on this story. The NY Slimes really knows how to pursue a tough, no-holds-barred investigation. /s

Be happy with what you get. It's better than nothing. Frontpage coverage is keeping this story alive. I'm seeing it on NBC and PBS's NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.

[kenth]

Hsu will have a sudden and mysterious illness any day now.

[az_gila]

Notice the accuracy in reporting...

“...donated or raised by Norman Hsu, a one-time fugitive and one of her top fund-raisers,...”

I believe the term should be ‘current fugitive’, which was his status when he donated....
But we can’t expect accuracy can we?

[Caipirabob]

RESIGN NOW, HILLARY...

[weegee]

I thought he was already hospitalized.

[ReleaseTheHounds]

Hey, what’s the big deal being concerned about vetting donors? We’re electing the person who’s going to manage the war against Islamofascist terrorists, and corruption in government, and setting national policies like reforming social security and No Child Left Behind and the like. Those are difficult issues — but nearly as tough as running a campain for president and raising all that illegal money. So let’s not judge her by this.

[Jim Noble]

As a result, Mrs. Clinton told aides this year to vet major donors carefully and help her avoid situations in which she might appear to be trading access for big money

In other news, a beautiful bridge is for sale in Brooklyn...

[Hardastarboard]

I’ve often said that Bill Clinton could shotgun murder a gaggle of praying nuns on the White House lawn at noon in front of a hundred TV cameras while he was high on cocaine and tequila, and it would never be reported. Or it would be blamed on the nuns. Apparently the media has the same high standard for Hillary.

[metmom]

So she’s worried about how it would look, not whether it’s right or wrong.

Says a lot.

[Calvin Locke]

True, she is greedy, and doesn't have any ethics.

What she is really worried about is that her fifth column in the remains of the fourth estate will no longer be able to cover for her, her husband, and their unending stream of lawless scandals,

[PGalt]

This “article” is yet another “In kind” donation by the owners and managers of the New York Times to benefit partisan political organizations and members of the Democrat Party.

The article is pure BS...

More framing Clinton as a “victim” BS.

This is a transparent attempt by the New York Slimes to minimize the impact, by presenting Hillary as the victim of a nasty little Chinese crook....

The nytimes employees have endeavored mightily to find the other source. They telephoned some acquaintances of Mr. Hsu but alas none returned the nytimes employees' calls. What's a body to do? They did their best. They are professionals.

Wow, Mr. Patrick Healy, you really did a tough, probing investigative story here.... /s

BUMP!

[kenth]

Yeah, I should have clarified: “ that he dies from.”

I guess it’s still to be seen at the moment.

[Steve_Seattle]

This piece is a thinly-disguised apologetic for Clinton, making it seem that this scandal erupted despite her best efforts to run a clean campaign. In reality, her campaign ignored all sorts of red flags about Hsu, going back to the 1990’s, and only gave back the money after he was firmly in the hands of the law. There was a similar piece on Yahoo yesterday, coming from A.P. They would have cut no such slack for a Republican under similar circumstances.

[Steve_Seattle]

The story also fails to mention that hefty contributions came from families of very modest means, suggesting that the money was being funneled from another source. The LA Times, to their credit, ran a story on this angle a week ago, so the NYT is aware of it, but chose to ignore it.

[xJones]

Will this story grow legs, will it gain traction? It most certainly should, but we’re talking about the Hildabeast.

[DoughtyOne]

No.

[iopscusa]

I think it is time to revisit the Ron Brown story by our intrpid FBeeEye...he was the point man for Clinton and China Donor money wasn’t he...

[DoughtyOne]

I believe he was, but it’s been quite a while.

I think our best bet is to raise the profile of Hsu. I’d love to see a dead pool started on him. It is morbid, but it would get attention and you know damned well he’s going to die.

The point would be that it’s grown so obvious what the Clintons have been up to, that the public was so convinced that Hsu was going toes up, that the Justice Department would have to investigate in earnest when he did.

But of course, they investigated Foster’s death too. And did such a bang-up job with it...