Democrats Are Fined $243,000 for Fund-Raising Violations (People's Republic of China and Clinton)

nytimes ^ | 9/21/2002 | RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr.

[M. Peach]

By suggesting otherwise, you're saying that this is the only thing Clinton and his cronies did wrong - because this is the only thing that I have seen a hand slapped for, or should I say a mild rebuke.....No - make that a secret double probation....

This means that Clinton or Gore or Reno did nothing wrong during their administration, because what punishment did they receive for the illegal campaign contributions - the illegal pardons, etc. etc.

[cyncooper]

Bump for this "blink and you missed it" story.

[Pagey]

Mr. Cooper said the documents provided further evidence of the tactics Democratic operatives used to raise money before the 1996 elections. "Here, we're dealing with wire transfers and shuffling money to accounts...",

I missed this story on Friday BUMP

[Pagey]

Sure glad this came out on Friday

Just one more action intentionally swept under the rug.I sure wish someone at FOX NEWS would mention this tonight.If it was a Republican committing crimes,it would've been the main story all weekend.(I need to Freep Al Gore when he runs in 2004.)

[KSCITYBOY]

more proof of organized crime in the DNC.

[Musket]

BUMP. I just did a search on CNN.com for this story and found nothing. And the NYT link now says "Speicified server could not be found" so this story was buried right quick.

[Marysecretary]

Yes, he's the best, isn't he? I really like him and Jim Angle, too. They're gentlemen.

[Marysecretary]

I LOVE IT!

[Marysecretary]

Oh. Thanks for clearing that up for me.

[kcvl]

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[snopercod]

Thanks. So Noble was a clinton appointee. 'nuf said.

[kcvl]

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[WatchNKorea]

this one deserves a hard bttt

[enemy9oclock]

No serious fines...no serious jailtime. Is it too much to hope that some die-hard Dems may see the light and NOT vote for corrupt liberals in the next election? Er...wait...what am I thinking. This is just another example of the right wing conservative media picking on the poor lefties.

[goldilucky]

A HARD BUMP HERE! Although Judicial Watch has made a reputable name for itself and is a non-profit judicial watchdog, it appears from the above post that it is in some stiff competition image-wise both domestic and abroad.

[goldilucky]

I sent you two freepmails.

[WatchNKorea]

"...that it is in some stiff competition image-wise both domestic and abroad."

That's O.K. because there is no other entity investigating bastard Clinton's Chinagate. No other entity pursuing treasonous bitch Hillary. And what's on the news everyday now ie. Clinton and Carter's insane 'Agreed Framework' in which Clinton gave North Korea two light-water nuclear reactors which -in essence ...fully armed North Korea with nuclear bombs.

[WatchNKorea]

"Clinton Bankrolled North Korea's Nuke Program"
http://www.newsmax.com/showinsidecover.shtml?a=2002/10/17/80959

"Clinton Deal Gave N. Korea 100-Nuke-Per-Year Capacity"
http://www.newsmax.com/showinsidecover.shtml?a=2002/10/19/114657

[cardinal4]

Clinton and Carter's insane 'Agreed Framework' in which Clinton gave North Korea two light-water nuclear reactors which -in essence ...fully armed North Korea with nuclear bombs.

I remember watching in disbelief as Clinton unveiled his masterplan for Nuclear Disarmament on the Korean Peninsula. My first thought was " If you promise to to use these reactors for nukes, we will build them for you,"

WHAT????? Thats like telling gang members they can have newly made automatic weapons if they promise not to shoot them. But the American people, myself included, are just as guilty for allowing the Clintons to screw us at every turn.

[WatchNKorea]

"I just did a search on CNN.com for this story and found nothing."

Surely this story was aired on abc, cbs, nbc and msnbc the week it came out...surely so? (yeah, right!)