Other fundraisers for Clinton, Obama have questionable backgrounds

[onehandle]

Source: McClatchy

WASHINGTON — Besides Kase Lawal, several other controversial figures have raised money for Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama:
Clinton's presidential campaign announced last September that it was returning $850,000 that Chinese fundraiser Norman Hsu raised from 260 donors while facing federal charges that he defrauded investors of $20 million and strong-armed them into donating.

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A longtime Obama associate, Tony Rezko, is on trial in Chicago on federal fraud charges stemming from alleged schemes to bilk investors and extract kickbacks from businesses. The Obama campaign says it's given $159,000 that Rezko donated and raised for the Illinois senator's unsuccessful 2000 congressional campaign and his 2004 Senate run to charity.

Read more: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/election2008/story/32614.html

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This is a different story from the other "McClatchy" story.

Both campaigns have connections the the GOP will use this Fall.

[mrJJ]

1. Idiot Norman

No one outside of the Chinese community knows the true history of Idiot Norman. I'll let it go under the assumption you are not Chinese. As a youngster Norman was under the "wings" of Eddie Chan. Eddie was part of a larger group of err "Merchants" from overseas. After Eddie made his exit Idiot Norman landed up under Wing Yeung Chan. A now confirmed, Federal Informant. His HQ office was wired for video & sound for 24 mos. But you really think those funds came from 260 REAL donors? Your right about Sen Obama getting funds for his freshman run for the US Senate from Idiot. But guess who directed or should I say refered Idiot to Sen Obama... ding ding ding... A DLC member. Did you forget about the 40K Rendell got from idiot Norman? But I digress a little history

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/campfin/stories/op080397.htm

Norman Hsu's Boss Chan Tse-Chiu aka Eddie Chan
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE2D6173AF931A3575AC0A966958260

Norman
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=local&id=5643329

Wing Yeung Chan
http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/1995/07/02/1995-07-02_a_look_inside_the_city_s_dea.html
http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/1995/10/27/1995-10-27_judge_slaps_ban_on_leader_in.html


A closer look at the political activity of those Hsu donors suggests their contributions to Clinton's presidential campaign did not mark their first donations to the senator from New York. Hsu's donors gave $256,945 to Clinton's senate campaign since 2005, and $40,000 to her political action committee, "Hill Pac" during that period.

Some of that money may have eventually found its way into Clinton's presidential accounts, because she transfered about $10 million from her senate fund into her presidential coffers.

Asked if the campaign was considering returning any of that additional money, campaign spokesman Howard Wolfson said the campaign was not. "We didn't keep track of the contributions in the same way so we do not know which contributions to credit to Mr. Hsu," Wolfson said.

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2007/10/17/mosk_on_hrc.html

[mcollier]

2. Stop - Error

I ask you to join the Obama team to help take our country in an new direction, one of openness, honesty, integrity, hope, respect, wise judgment and prosperity... Together we can make the difference. We all have worked hard to get power back to the people. With Barack Obama, we have that opportunity...

Lets enjoy watching John McCain get beat too...

Obama = more that just an educated guess.

He's the right answer...


Thanks All