Culture of Corruption.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has no idea how Chinagate scandal figure and old family friend James Riady found his way back into the country this year. No idea whatsoever, according to the Washington Post: Oh, and that $20,000 Riady dona
Is it possible for Barack Obama to pick a Commerce Secretary nominee who'll actually make it past first base? Bill Richardson withdrew in the midst of a pay-for-play scandal. Judd Gregg withdrew in the midst of a humiliating power play over the Census and porkulus bill. Now, former Democrat Gov. Gary Locke -- a lawyer...
Read MoreHe's got gobs of cash and lots of grumbly Democrats who want to get their paws on it all. Legally, he can: 1) donate the extra money to charity 2) Transfer it to another political campaign 3) Dole it out in $2,000 increments to local candidates. What to do? What to do? Who votes
Charge!
Have you visited Barack Obama's campaign website yet tonight? He's aggressively seeking more money online to help out the DNC: I reported to you on an insider's observation that he had "never seen such flagrant disregard for online security as I have seen on Obama’s Website and ACTBLUE (DNC PAC).” Will John Galt get to...
Read MoreTip of the iceberg.
Over the past two weeks, I've noted the excellent work done by bloggers and investigative reporter Ken Timmerman on Barack Obama's lax credit card/donation policies. The MSM grudgingly picked up on some of the Internet detective work, but it's the tip of the iceberg. Yesterday, I heard from an industry insider who says the problem...
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Bloggers have been doing great work on Barack Obama's chronic donor credit card fraud problems. See Power Line, Mark Steyn (more), 24Ahead, and Hot Air. The sinking NYTimes, mirabile dictu, picked up on the story -- but spins it away. Waiting for the Associated Press to divine the "racial tinge" in bloggers' investigative work and...
Read MoreSwiped.
More than a week ago, a north Kansas City couple blew the whistle on credit card fraud benefiting the Obama campaign. Investigative journalist Ken Timmerman has uncovered more: What do Bart Simpson, Family Guy, Daffy Duck, King Kong, O.J. Simpson, and Raela Odinga have in common? All are celebrities; and with the exception of Odinga...
Read MoreFunny money.
Mirabile dictu: There is cash the DNC won't take. They've returned $100,000 to Charlie Rangel. The NYPost has the scoop.
Update 9/7 1:45pm Eastern. Hmmmmm. The foreign funny money mystery just got murkier. Update 9/7. More details. He was "delirious:" 1:15am Eastern update. The Grand Junction Sentinel reports that Hsu was captured after getting sick on an Amtrak train: "Disgraced Democratic fundra
Democrat Jim Doyle's got a Hsu fetish Update 4:30pm Eastern: Wisconsin's Democrat governor is standing by Hsu... Here's Gov. Doyle's contact info. Update 2:50pm Eastern. Via Christina Bellatoni at the WashTimes, Democrat Chris Dodd draws first blood on the left side of the aisle: Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) just sent out his "campaign policy on...
Read MoreUpdate 9:15am Eastern 9/5. My column today is about Hsu and the Democrats' funny money. I take on the Asian-American groups who are doing exactly what they did during Chinagate in the 1990s--play the race card. While the campaign finance reform crowd ducks under the table, there is one vociferous group making noise. Like clockwork,...
Read MoreMeet Rehman Jinnah.
Say sleaze! Hillary with former fugitive donor Rehman Jinnah in 2000. Sweetness and Light recalls yet another fugitive moneyman who shelled out big bucks to Hillary Clinton. Via the LATimes from last year noted by Rantburg: Clinton donor wanted by FBI in scheme to funnel money Robin Fields and Chuck Neubauer, Los Angeles Times, March...
Read MoreThere's an important breaking court decision on a political free speech case involving my friends at KVI radio in Seattle. A reader e-mails: Seattle Times coverage: The state Supreme Court said in an opinion released this morning that KVI talk show hosts did not need to report their advocacy for an anti-gas tax campaign as...
Read MoreFor those of you who have been following the story of the McCain-Feingold-inspired crackdown on Seattle's conservative talk radio, Ryan Sager has an update: Heh-heh. Stay tuned... *** Previous: Free speech fight in Washington State Free speech fight in Washington State, Pt II
Ryan Sager at the NYPost follows up on the McCain-Feingold-inspired crackdown on Seattle's conservative talk radio: Bingo. Keep your eye on this. *** Previous: Free speech fight in Washington
Been meaning to bring this important story to your attention: Last week, a Thurston County, Washington, judge ruled that on-air editorial comments by two of my old friends, Seattle talk hosts Kirby Wilbur and John Carlson of KVI-AM, are considered in-kind campaign contributions, subject to reporting under state disclosure laws. Brian Maloney, a former talk...
Read MoreThis is pretty amazing - a searchable database put together by an enterprising team at FundRace that allows you to find out who your neighbors have been giving political donations to and how much. Personally, my husband discourages me from talking politics with the neighbors. Our kids wouldn't have anyone to play with if I...
Read MoreHow many times have you read a story about ethics or campaign finance that quotes "non-partisan" groups such as the Center for Responsive Politics, Common Cause, Democracy 21, Public Citizen and the Center for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington? (A Nexis search I just ran for "non-partisan Center for Responsive Politics" brings up 421 hits.)...
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