Chesley donates $10,000 to Bush

[k8conant]

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041229/NEWS01/412290368/1056/news01
Democrat says inaugural bash merits support

By Carl Weiser
Enquirer Washington Bureau


WASHINGTON - President Bush's inaugural picked up a $10,000 donation from an unlikely source: Cincinnati's top Democratic fund-raiser.

Trial lawyer Stanley Chesley, who helped raise more than $1 million for the John Kerry campaign this year, said he made his donation last week without being asked.

"It's simple," said Chesley, 68, of Amberley Village. "He's the president, and he should be supported at his inauguration. That's the tradition of the United States. I have always felt that the inauguration is special. That's a coming together for everyone."

[burythehatchet]

1. that's simply the lamest manouver of 2004

[Mr_Spock]

2. Yeah, but he's also a lying mass-murdering war-criminal ass hole

What a stupid fuck - he should be kicked directly in the nuts for that.

[da_chimperor]

3. What an ass-kisser

Shit like this makes me sick. Why doesn't he just blow him while he's at it? :puke:

[shanti]

10. my thoughts exactly!!!

could he be any more of a suck up? bleahhhh!

[K8-EEE]

44. Brown Nose Award To This Asshole

UGH!! DISgusting...

[WindRavenX]

4. oh bullshit

"He's the president, and he should be supported at his inauguration. That's the tradition of the United States. I have always felt that the inauguration is special. That's a coming together for everyone."
A coming together for everyone? Not when * has basically told Democrats to piss off. Unity, my ass.

[Solly Mack]

5. LMAO

[imabadman]

52. Typical lawyer

He's on all sides of all issues.

[InvisibleBallots]

6. no surprise

These people are all on the same side

[VegasWolf]

11. That is sounding more and more plausible everyday. n/t

[Algorem]

41. does seem a little hard to tell if the Democratic Party is real or not

[BlueEyedSon]

7. Idiot.

[Rose Siding]

8. Zell on valium

dis gustin.

[CatholicEdHead]

9. I thought Chesley Clinton for a sec

until I read the link. I know she is getting good pay with her recent Master's.

[Thor_MN]

27. I read it as Cheney... and thought well, you should pay your employees...

[Dude_CalmDown]

38. I don't think it's her Master's...

...that's going to help her career as much as her name.

[WilliamPitt]

12. Some folks in Asia coulda used that cash

or so I have been told.

[Khephra]

15. True

Except for the fact that he gave it last week, before the tsunami hit.

Still, the man is an idiot for doing that.

[bear425]

32. I was just about to post something along those lines...

then I saw your post. I'm appalled that we initially only pledged 15 million and had to be shamed into upping the amount. And I can't get over the price of the coronation ceremony. That money could be much better spent on humanitarian relief.

[movonne]

13. Why didn't he donate it to the victims of the earthquake??bush

really needs it bad.

[Acryliccalico]

14. Sounds like a sick person n/t

[Khephra]

16. See my post above

He gave the money last week, not this week.

(Please know I'm not defending him, but he couldn't have known about the tsunami when he gave the money. You can accuse him of being a Democratic turncoat (or whatever) and I'll agree with you. But he gave before the earthquake hit.)

[Khephra]

17. Also from the article:

"Federal election records show Chesley donated $2,000 to Bush last year, mostly because of the president's strong stand for Israel, Chesley said. He also donated $2,000 (the most an individual can give a candidate) to Kerry."

Maybe he should pick a party and stick with it? Sheesh.

[Rockerdem]

43. One of those moneyed creeps who play both sides

I could be in error. His heart could be golden, and this might just be protection money to prevent a bigger shakedown later. But its sends the WRONG MESSAGE, dude.

[EC]

18. Typical

Covered the wrong horse, so now has to pony up to the winner...

[Darranar]

19. He's NOT the president, and he should NOT be supported ever, period. n/t

[genieroze]

20. WTF

:puke:

[Just Me]

21. He hurts my feelings.

F*ck him!!! *LOL*

[Inland]

22. Inaugural a "coming together for everyone?" So I'm invited, huh?

Bullshit. It is a coming together of contributors and functionaries, a coming together of the same lickspittles and corporate sponsors that has been the Bush Adminstration symbiants for four years and more, a coming together of the buying and the bought.

[Bouncy Ball]

23. Oh. My. God.

If that guy isn't just DRUMMED out of the Democratic party for good, I'll hang my head in shame. Sure he's allowed to give whatever money to whomever he wants. And the Dems in that state are also free to tell him to kiss their collective ass. But I bet they won't, if he's one of the top fundraisers.

Oh and by the way, I wasn't aware smirkboy's inauguration needed any financial help.

That's just WRONG.

Can anyone here even imagine one of the top repuke fundraisers giving 10K to Clinton's second inauguration? They'd be blacklisted so fast it'd make their fucking head spin.

[Redstone]

24. And then he wonders....

why everyone hates fucking lawyers so much.

Redstone

[PROGRESSIVE1]

25. and again, why we Democrats keep on loosing elections.....

is this idiotic Alan Colmes/Al Franken lefty mentality of how we are to "get along" and support the "President" and be "fair".

:grr:

[yorkiemommie1]

28. the message this sends to the GOP, the voting public

and us, is that he really isn't bothered by all of the nastiness the GOP has displayed, all of the ruinous agendas they propose to act on.

there are those among DUers who have cut ties w/ Repubs and here is one of the Dem elite who turns on his own party. P*** on him.

[Sara Beverley]

26. Why not donate $10,000 to a homeless shelter in Bush's name?

An inauguration for a fascist pig is not tradition.

[livinginphotographs]

29. Urge to kill rising....

n/t


(note to Agent Mike: that's a Simpsons quote, damn it!)

[kc.ink]

30. makes me sick, have to run and throw up now. . . . . . .

[TahitiNut]

31. "Money attracts money." As time goes on, more and more affluent people ..

... will say "What the hell" and move closer and closer to the Bushoilini Regime. After all, it's in their (short term?) interests, isn't it? As the Reichpublican Populist Propaganda Machine continually feeds the delusions and bigotries of their boob-tubed base and continues to trigger their knee-jerk support for jingoism, Jesusism, and ignoramusism, the affluent will shrug their figurative shoulders and say "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" ... or at least stop being a target. It can always be rationalized by "it's good business" and "it can't really be all that bad." Even the affluent can be WRONG.

It's going to get a LOT worse before it gets better. Some lessons are hard for many to learn. They often need the first-hand experience of pain and suffering. And then they need periodic remedial "learning experiences." 'Liberal' is now an accepted ad hominem for anyone who sees the great danger in the political path we're on. Thus, the counsel of those who're raising tha alarm is ignored. That eliminates the least painful opportunities to learn. That leaves only the painful ones.

[BiggJawn]

33. Which party did Stanley get a ticket to for his 10 kilobucks?

THERE'S your motive. He wanted to get in to one of the bashes, dontchaknow....

[goforit]

34. Skull n Bones.........bottom line!!!

[tx_dem41]

36. Where did you find the info that Chesley was a member of...

Skull n Bones?

[skippythwndrdog]

35. Chesley HOSTED CLINTON twice.

He hosted two big Clinton fundraisers, that Clinton actually attended. His wife was appointed by Clinton to the US District Court in Cincinnati (where she's known as being somewhat eccentric, her dogs have a throne up on the judges bench, and her clerks are forced to walk them in the halls and scoop up their poop in the courtroom). He's a trial lawyer, and has made his fortune in class action lawsuits. He's watching out for number one, himself. He also lives in the same community as the chief fund raiser for the inauguration, and is making himself look good and get a little bit of access. He lives in a 22,000 square foot house that has a 16 car garage. The place is spectacular. I have family in the neighborhood and have gotten the chance to visit the house and meet him multiple times. I rather suspect that he isn't really that much of a Democrat, I think he's more interested in himself. Democrats in power will help him, no tort reform. However, if the Republicans are in power, then he'll throw some money their way to gain a little influence.

[dhinojosa]

37. I.O.W. Please don't kill me when the cleansing begins.

[saracat]

39. This is what the DLCers and the centrists approve of!

He is "reaching out" to Bush! They are comimg together. Isn't that special. Note the Clinton connection. Centrism. That is the worst thing Clinton did. I loved his charisma, but his centrism hurt the Party and here is the perfect example of it. Fuck this guy. He should help buy health insurance for a couple of middleclass folks instead of "helping George " with $10,000 for a party to celebrate stealing an election. Better yet,he should donate to the recount!

[mazzarro]

42. Exactly! Centrism and Clinton have come back to haunt Democrats.

And it will take a while before the adoring rank-and-file democrats begin to put the tow together, lower their adoration of Clinton accordingly and expunge the DLC from the party.

[proudbluestater]

40. Damn trial lawyers. Always soaking people dry. TORT REFORM! NOW!

;)

[Skittles]

45. disgusting

nt

[aikido15]

46. Traitor!

:thumbsdown:

[Supersedeas]

49. one wonders whose side these folks are on anyways???

Coming together for another protest maybe!!!

[Piperay]

47. That's fucking nuts!!!

Doesn't fool me, he just wants to buy influence with chimp but he is going to have to give more than that to get chimp's ear. :freak:

[indepat]

48. Surely we are coming together as a nation and people

[spanone]

50. They call it 'covering your ass' in the political world.

[SOS]

53. Or , in less charitable terms, bribery for access.

nt

[barb162]

51. I wish the pugs had such largesse toward Clinton and other Dems

[Deja Q]

54. He can shove $10,000 up his rectum and then twist it.

And it is a coming-together. There were tens of thousands of protesters last time, and this time it'll be hundreds of thousands.