Thursday, September 13, 2007
The Denver Post - Hsu leaves hospital for jail
From the hospital to jail. It didn't take long for police to track down the fugitive fund raiser. Although I do hope that we get to hear all sorts of gritty details. It seems like criminal types are trying to buy their way into the Clinton's and this appears to be no different.
If he were a regular criminal, then why did he donate such a large amount of money? Why did he skip bail?
Although the article does go into detail, it does make one glaring omission:
Hsu has contributed more than $600,000 in the past three years and did fund-raising for federal, state and municipal candidates, including U.S. Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton, as well as U.S. Rep. Mark Udall, candidate for a Colorado Senate seat.
Those candidates have since given Hsu's contributions to charities.
They don't mention Representative Kennedy's donations as well as his refusal to refund or donate the money.
Very telling indeed.
Travis
Labels: campaign contributions, Hillary Clinton, Illegal
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Clinton to Return $850,000 Raised by Hsu
"In light of recent events and allegations that Mr. Norman Hsu engaged in an illegal investment scheme, we have decided out of an abundance of caution to return the money he raised for our campaign," Clinton spokesman Howard Wolfson said in a statement Monday night. "An estimated 260 donors this week will receive refunds totaling approximately $850,000 from the campaign."
You know the only reason why she's even returning the money is because the spotlight is on her. She originally called for just donating $23,000 that she had gotten directly from Hsu, but when reporters started asking about the other money he had raised for her, she smelled trouble and thought the better of it and decided to return it all.
You'd think that'd be the end of the story. But alas, no, it's not.
Hillary Clinton's links to illegal fundraising by Asian-Americans in 1996 should have made her wary of accepting $850,000 from a fugitive Asian-American this year, a rival presidential campaign said Tuesday.
The criticism came from an adviser to former Republican Sen. Fred Thompson, who chaired a Senate investigation into illegal contributions by Asian-Americans to Bill Clinton's re-election campaign and the couple's legal defense fund in the 1996 election cycle.
Hillary having the same illegal fundraising problems as her husband? That's unthinkable!
"You have to look at this with a great deal of skepticism that - having been through this sort of thing in '96 - that nobody thought to say, 'Hey, you know, we better take another look at this before we take all this money,' " he said.
Oh Hillary, you almost got away with it.
Travis
Labels: Hillary Clinton, Illegal
Friday, August 31, 2007
China Using Underhanded Tactics In Financial War?
It certainly would make sense if China is making illegal concessions to keep costs low and profits high for it's various businesses.
But the World Trade Organization is looking into it and we'll see what happens. The article is a little short on details, but one part did strike me:
The North American countries accuse Beijing of using WTO-prohibited tax breaks to encourage Chinese companies to boost exports, while imposing tax and tariff penalties to limit purchases of foreign products in China.
If that's true, then China should be severely financially punished for such actions.
Travis
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