(Paul v Clinton in Wall Street Journal) For Clinton, 2000 Fund-Raising Controversy Lingers

WSJ ^ | 9-14-07 | Emshwiller

[doug from upland]

For Clinton, 2000 Fund-Raising Controversy Lingers Ex-Supporter Paul Stays on the Attack With Suit, Claims By JOHN R. EMSHWILLER September 14, 2007; Page A7

LOS ANGELES -- As Sen. Hillary Clinton grapples with the burgeoning scandal surrounding disgraced fund-raiser Norman Hsu, she can't quite shake a fund-raising controversy from her 2000 Senate campaign.

Mrs. Clinton's entanglement with a thrice-convicted felon named Peter Paul is proof of how long campaign-finance problems can haunt a public official. Mr. Paul became a problem for Mrs. Clinton when his criminal past became public shortly after he helped organize and finance a gala Hollywood fund-raiser for her in August 2000.

• The Issue: A fund-raising scandal from 2000 continues to dog Hillary Clinton. • Sound Familiar? The entanglement with Peter Paul foreshadows events involving fund-raiser Norman Hsu. • What's Next: A court is to decide if Mrs. Clinton is reinstated as a defendant in the long legal battle with Mr. Paul.Rather than drift away, Mr. Paul has been on the attack against Mrs. Clinton ever since. In a lawsuit in California state court that has been grinding along for years, Mr. Paul accuses Mrs. Clinton and former President Bill Clinton of deceiving him into spending well over $1 million on the fund-raiser for her Senate campaign. Mr. Paul contends the Clintons obtained the money by falsely promising that Mr. Clinton would become Mr. Paul's business associate after leaving the White House in January 2001. Mr. Paul also maintains that Mrs. Clinton and her campaign violated federal election law in connection with the fund-raiser.

[Miss Didi]

Great work, Doug! Did you mean the Woodstock connection?



The Hillary-Hsu-Woodstock Connection

[Miss Didi]

More from Rush on Wednesday:

Hillary Embroiled in Hsu Scandal

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Every time David Kendall and Ed Rendell open their mouths, they’re lying. Same could pretty much be said for the Clintons - obviously - as well. These people really burn me up!

[grandpa jones]

Speaking Truth to Power

BTTT

[doug from upland]

Stan Lee Media did indeed go out of business. They went out of business because Clinton stole the Japanese business partner and prevented him from infusing an additional $5 mil into the company in November as he had promised. The company ran out of money because of that interference. They would have had plenty of money to keep things afloat until Clinton came aboard. When the official announcement would have been made on Jan. 21, 2001, what do you think would have happened to the stock price of Stan Lee Media?

HERE IS THE TIMELINE WITH LINKS AND VIDEO THAT TELLS THE STORY

[Aria]

If you haven’t read the lawsuit that Paul filed listing the sequence of events then you should. It’s at Hillcap.org. Very interesting and shows these people, without hyperbole, for what they are. It is truly terrifying that they have such power.

[doug from upland]

Rush said that Hillary would know he wasn’t just giving a load of money because he was a believer. He wanted something.

[Miss Didi]

RUSH: Three small little observations here, and this, to me, is the most obvious question about Norman Hsu. Here is the most obvious question: How is it conceivable that the Clinton people don't know who he is and don't know his background? For somebody to have contributed that much money, he would have demanded something in return. People do not make donations of this size for ideas. You people sending $25, $50, you're sending your ideas in. Somebody like this, who is out there raising money, bundling money from people who don't have it, is expecting something in return for this. For that to happen, they have to know who he is and who he represents. You cannot return favors, unless you know who you're supposed to deliver to. This, to me, is the most obvious question about this, and this, ladies and gentlemen, is why I am host.

Also, you remember back in one of the first reporting periods of campaign fundraising when Obama had overtaken Hillary? You remember the, "Oh, my God, why, look at that, why, how can this be?" There was a story around that time that came and went, folks. Hillary's campaign had accidentally doubled some contributions, because she had to roll back her total number. She had accidentally doubled some contributions and noticed that some contributions were checks that bounced. This happened when the action line was the fundraising contest between Obama versus Hillary, and she originally put out some false numbers, that she was way ahead, and that was what was first reported. Then a week or so later, some days later, "By the way, we need revise our numbers." After everybody had already got the first number in their head, "Oh, wow, look at Hillary, she is really raising a lot of money." They had to revise the numbers down a little bit. And, of course, can we forget -- we cannot, can we? -- the cattles future scandal where Mrs. Clinton invested $10,000 in the cattle futures market, what, six months later the ten grand became a hundred grand, and they asked her, "How did this happen?" "Well, I read the Wall Street Journal." Remember that? Well, when did she stop reading the Wall Street Journal for cattle tips? You talk about suspending belief? How about Hillary making a hundred grand off ten grand in a matter of a few months?

Here's another thing, folks. Let's take her at her word. She didn't know who the guy was, couldn't find him, couldn't uncover one bit of information about Norman Hsu. Despite this incredible vetting process, Wolfson couldn't do it, the punk couldn't do it, Terry McAuliffe couldn't do it. She wants to be president of the United States. Do you realize how many things over the years she's admitted to not knowing? This makes her totally inept. If we take her at her word, that she didn't know, she is totally inept, ladies and gentlemen, especially her own past with money. Her self-assumed victim-hood with the media. This is an accident waiting to happen if this woman takes it far.

[doug from upland]

That’s it. Thanks.

[neverdem]

dfu & wsj bump!

[GalaxieFiveHundred]

As Sen. Hillary Clinton grapples with the burgeoning scandal surrounding disgraced fund-raiser Norman Hsu, she can't quite shake a fund-raising controversy from her 2000 Senate campaign.

[doug from upland]

HILLARY FELONIES CAUGHT ON TAPE: http://youtube.com/watch?v=qcbg72tK_ks

[doug from upland]

THIS IS A MUST SEE - IT EXPLAINS THE FELONIES AND THE RIP OFF OF CASTRO

[doug from upland]

Here is how the media works in protecting Hillary Clinton. Four months ago I met face to face with Mike Isikoff of NEWSWEEK and shared all of the info with him. He acknowledged Peter had some amazing evidence, including remarkable home video of Hillary. Either he has suppressed the story or his editor refused to let him do it.

[icwhatudo]

Great work Doug!

[kitchen]

well done, Doug.

How many others, besides Paul, have been fleeced for millions but kept their mouths shut? Sure helps to explain how two penniless grifters, on the government dole their entire lives, end up worth megabucks.

[PA-RIVER]

How did Rendell get this far without getting busted?
He offerd a state job for cash while being taped?

It would not be a surprise that Rendell is selling state jobs .....

McGreevy, Rendell, Clinton, Tucker, Corzine, Davis .... These Dem Governors are as crooked as the day is long.

[PA-RIVER]

Answere ......

Hillary knew the Hsu.

Hillary picked the Hsu, precisely because he had a felony record.

That way, if or when Hsu was outed for laundering, everything could be pinned on the Hsu.

The donors to Hsu could claim victim hood, in that they were robbed, and the Shrew, Hillary, could claim the same.

The Hsu was used to dirty up Kerry, the man who announced that Clintons were Liars.

The dirty little secret is that Hsu was used.
No way were the Clintons were unaware. They have email trails to cover their tracks,IE, “Hsu is Legit”. Thats just preemptive cover.

[doug from upland]

I don’t know how Rendell has gotten away with it. Perhaps because he is a Democrat and they always get a pass from the Bush Justice Department?

[Republicus2001]

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