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09-09-2007, 10:43 AM
Michelle Malkin
The Washington Times
9 Sep 07
Here's a peculiar thing about the holier-than-thou Campaign Finance Reform crowd. Whenever the stench of dirty money starts wafting from Democratic Party coffers, the clean election lobbyists are nowhere to be found. They'll raise hell and hackles over American corporate donors. But when it's shady foreign operators infusing cash into our electoral system, you'll only hear one sound: the deafening swell of crickets chirping.
Hillary and Bill Clinton have declared themselves "shocked" at revelations about one of the Democratic Party's mysterious, deep-pocketed bagmen, Hong Kong native Norman Hsu. This prodigious Democrat donor, was arrested last week after having evaded the law for 15 years over grand theft swindling charges. Hsu pleaded no contest and was supposed to serve jail time. Instead, he managed to remain a fugitive while raking in hundreds of thousands of dollars for Democratic candidates and officeholders — and posing openly for photographs with the likes of Hillary Clinton.
More (http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20070909/COMMENTARY/109090013/1012)
The Washington Times
9 Sep 07
Here's a peculiar thing about the holier-than-thou Campaign Finance Reform crowd. Whenever the stench of dirty money starts wafting from Democratic Party coffers, the clean election lobbyists are nowhere to be found. They'll raise hell and hackles over American corporate donors. But when it's shady foreign operators infusing cash into our electoral system, you'll only hear one sound: the deafening swell of crickets chirping.
Hillary and Bill Clinton have declared themselves "shocked" at revelations about one of the Democratic Party's mysterious, deep-pocketed bagmen, Hong Kong native Norman Hsu. This prodigious Democrat donor, was arrested last week after having evaded the law for 15 years over grand theft swindling charges. Hsu pleaded no contest and was supposed to serve jail time. Instead, he managed to remain a fugitive while raking in hundreds of thousands of dollars for Democratic candidates and officeholders — and posing openly for photographs with the likes of Hillary Clinton.
More (http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20070909/COMMENTARY/109090013/1012)