Posted on 04/10/2002 10:51:35 PM PDT by kattracks
New York Democrat Andrew Cuomo has called on gubernatorial rival Carl McCall to return a $29,000 contribution from collapsed telecommunications giant Global Crossing.
But Cuomo refuses to do the same with New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, even though Global Crossing CEO Gary Winnick has showered more than 30 times that much on the Clinton family.
"The New York State pension fund lost $75 million from Global Crossing," Cuomo campaign manager Josh Isay complained to the New York Post this week.
"[McCall] should return that money and show that he's not profiting when the state's pensioners are losing money," he added. McCall is currently New York State's comptroller.
What about Mrs. Clinton, whose husband has accepted a million-dollar pledge for his presidential library in Arkansas from Global honcho Winnick?
Cuomo campaign manager Isay declined to return NewsMax.com's call Tuesday asking if the Global Crossing money ban applied only to Democrats with names other than Clinton.
Democratic National Committee spokeswoman Jennifer Palmieri also declined to comment on Cuomo's selective Global-phobia.
Palmieri's boss, DNC Chairman Terry McAuliffe, reaped an $18 million profit from a mere $100,000 investment in Global before it collapsed in January, wiping out many of his fellow investors.
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