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Clintons' InfoUSA Ties Scrutinized (Hillary! sells donor list to Spammers)
NPR ^ | 2-13-2008 | Peter Overby

Posted on 02/13/2008 5:26:59 PM PST by freedomwarrior998

Last year, New York Sen. Hillary Clinton took the unusual step of renting out some of her lists. The transaction once again highlights the Clintons' connections to a businessman who now faces questions from the Securities and Exchange Commission.


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: clinton; cnnpollster; hillary; infousa; sleaze; spam; vinodgupta; walterkarl
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1 posted on 02/13/2008 5:27:09 PM PST by freedomwarrior998
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To: freedomwarrior998

Maybe that’s where the $5 million came from.


2 posted on 02/13/2008 5:32:28 PM PST by mtbopfuyn (The fence is "absolutely not the answer" - Gov. Rick Perry (R, TX))
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To: freedomwarrior998

Not only does she pimp out her daughter, she pimps out her donors.


3 posted on 02/13/2008 5:33:14 PM PST by mass55th
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To: freedomwarrior998

Vin Gupta? Who would have known? The Clintons sure know how to turn a profit!


4 posted on 02/13/2008 5:33:31 PM PST by fuzzthatwuz
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To: freedomwarrior998

Good post, but would have been smarter to post the real headline and post more than just two sentences.


5 posted on 02/13/2008 5:33:41 PM PST by jdm (You must have cookies enabled to log-in.)
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To: freedomwarrior998

[Reports from Clinton’s campaign show that on Dec. 3, it collected payment for renting out three mailing lists, the sale of which netted them $8,225.]

Obviously there was a lot more transacted under the table since the list would be worth much more.


6 posted on 02/13/2008 5:33:41 PM PST by Brad from Tennessee ("A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.")
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To: freedomwarrior998

I downloaded one of their “business” databases from a chinese ftp site a couple years ago. It was basically only useful for some manual sales prospecting and IIRC it couldn’t be queried with a programming language without some modifications. They do have a huge customer database. It would be interesting to query myself in it.

http://infousa.com/


7 posted on 02/13/2008 5:34:35 PM PST by bahblahbah
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**EXCERPT**

Reports from Clinton’s campaign show that on Dec. 3, it collected payment for renting out three mailing lists, the sale of which netted them $8,225.

It was an unusual transaction, according to Roger Craver, a liberal guru of the political direct-mail industry.

“As a general rule, a campaign will not let its donor list out into the markets until the campaign is over,” he said. “This is the mother’s milk of small-gift fundraising, and they use these lists frequently.”

There are no records that any other presidential candidates rented out mailing lists last year.


8 posted on 02/13/2008 5:35:02 PM PST by jdm (You must have cookies enabled to log-in.)
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To: freedomwarrior998

bump


9 posted on 02/13/2008 5:35:16 PM PST by lowbridge
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Wonder what she gets for research data from FBI files?


10 posted on 02/13/2008 5:37:18 PM PST by umgud
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To: jdm

I didn’t think we were allowed to post more than two sentences under fair use.


11 posted on 02/13/2008 5:37:56 PM PST by freedomwarrior998
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To: mass55th

Anybody Remember DEMZILLA, and how it would ASSURE the Democrats a 2000 Election victory?

And how the Clinton’s STOLE IT when Dean took over the DNC?


12 posted on 02/13/2008 5:37:57 PM PST by tcrlaf (VOTE DEMOCRAT-You'll look great in a Burka!)
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To: freedomwarrior998

Well, to be fair, I did receive 2 free copies of Townhall mag this week. Wonder how they got my name?


13 posted on 02/13/2008 5:38:33 PM PST by sageb1 (This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
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There are no records that any other presidential candidates rented out mailing lists last year.

...or Motel 6'ing the Lincoln bedroom

14 posted on 02/13/2008 5:39:03 PM PST by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: jdm

Well I’m shocked, I tell you, shocked, that I can’t make a confidential secret donation to Hillary. She will let others solicit me for donations. oh no...........


15 posted on 02/13/2008 5:39:59 PM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: doug from upland

Ping! Say, Doug, about that strange mail you’re about to be receiving...


16 posted on 02/13/2008 5:42:23 PM PST by Billthedrill
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17 posted on 02/13/2008 5:45:13 PM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
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Interesting source for this article. So, NPR is now critiquing and bringing into question the actions of their once favorite gal. Who woulda thunkit!


18 posted on 02/13/2008 5:46:23 PM PST by CitizenM ("An excuse is worse than an lie, because an excuse is a lie hidden." Pope John Paul, II)
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To: freedomwarrior998
She’s already sold her soul, her daughter, her respect and most of her close associates down the river.... What’s a few thousand chumps who have donated to her Hollow-Blather campaign? -Wb
19 posted on 02/13/2008 5:50:02 PM PST by Wagonboy (STOP GLOBAL WHINING!)
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To: tcrlaf

Don’t remember that, but I recall the computer database that the Clintons put in place while they were in the White House to keep track of all their donors...or so they said that’s what it was for. Turns out it was much more than that. If you Google WHODB and “Big Brother,” or simply “Clinton’s White House donor database,” you’ll find a lot of links on the subject.


20 posted on 02/13/2008 5:50:16 PM PST by mass55th
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