Hillary To Return $850,000 Bundled By Hsu

AP   |   September 10, 2007 07:59 PM


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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign said Monday it will return $850,000 in donations raised by Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu, who is under federal investigation for allegedly violating election laws.

Clinton, D-N.Y., previously had planned only to give to charity $23,000 she received from Hsu for her presidential and senatorial campaigns and to her political action committee, HillPac.

The FBI is investigating whether Hsu paid so-called straw donors to send campaign contributions to Clinton and other candidates, a law enforcement official said Monday.

"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."

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Oh Oh Oh my little China Doll. I'll give you new world visions/ and a pardon for your TREASON ,oh Norman just you shut your mouth. Shhh Shhh.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:05 AM on 09/11/2007

True ... True ...

average joe, I loved the David Bowie reference and lyric revamping!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:34 PM on 09/11/2007

Never heard of Hsu before, will be happy to forget about him at my earliest opportunity.

But either photographers are very lucky, or this guy has a naturally furtive and guilty expression.

Every photo I've seen (on HuffPo, mostly) makes him look like Peter Lorre in "Casablanca".

"Rick! Rick! You've got to help me!"

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:15 AM on 09/11/2007

Shocker. She is sooooo gonna pardon this guy someday.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:41 AM on 09/11/2007

Hillary's $850,000 Shit Hsu.
What an inheritance...

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:51 PM on 09/10/2007

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if by return Hillary Bush means she will give the money to charity and take tax breaks on it..

then Hillary is demonstrating why she is a Bush.. always looking for an angle..

always looking to get the benefit...

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:38 PM on 09/10/2007

This kinda fucks up NoNoNanette's spam du jour, now doesn't it?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:15 PM on 09/10/2007

Hillary Clinton has a huge lust for special interest money. That's why she and "K Street Fred" Thompson are so ethically obtuse.

Dr. Ron Paul for President.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:50 PM on 09/10/2007

Where there's smoke there is fire. All these candidates are swimming in PAC and lobbyist monies. Clinton happens to be the big collector regardless of how her handlers spin it.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:22 PM on 09/10/2007

AS I have said repeatedly
Clintons
Most corrupt couple in American History
Only 850,000 in illegal campaign contributions from Hsu

Hillary initially tried to say only 23,000
What a liar

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:21 PM on 09/10/2007

Ok, so there's $52mill donated. $850k turns up sour...but only tied to one guy? I'd really like the FEC or HillPac (that means you Wolfson/Ickes) to turn over the list that HSU bundled from. You should give it to the IRS.

She is going to get a pass, just watch. Hell this story is basically below the fold in this toilet. Eliot Spitzer is now Gov and he has to turn back money too, so it's not like he will go Ronnie Earle on her. That much we can expect.

I wonder if the wingnuts at infowars will try to say HSU had eaten a little V Foster medicine on the train before he started tripping. First Katherine Willey gets intimidated; Now it's a game of if the HSU fits...carville and begala are spinning there little testes off

yawn... they're all crooks. How anyone could vote for a Clinton or a Bush ever again is beyond me. It boggles the mind. Maher is right. The country is full of fookin stupid assed meat heads.

I wish Obama would get some serious fire power in his campaign. He is just barely competing right now.

Obama needs a

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:17 PM on 09/10/2007

The blind loyalist "Clintonite Cult" members, will always defend Hillary and her gang's criminal activities.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:46 PM on 09/10/2007


"Hear no Evil,...See no Evil....Give the money back.. IF I get caught"

The Motto of the clinton campaign.

NOW, I know why they claim she has more experience. She has more "experience" taking money from SLEAZY people.


    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:30 PM on 09/10/2007



Hillary Clinton claimed to be "surprised" to find out about these campaign donations.

Hillary Clinton was "surprised" to learn of her husband's extramarital affairs while in the Oval Office.

Hillary Clinton was "surprised" to learn of her brother's sale of pardons during her husband's presidential term.

Hillary Clinton was "surprised" to learn of missing files.

Hillary Clinton was "surprised" to learn of Chinese monetary donations during the 1990s.

I'm always told, on this website, that President Bush "knows nothing".

Hillary Clinton seems to "know nothing" and is constantly "surprised"

Tomrrow, will Hillary Clinton personally attack General David Patraeus?

God bless our troops.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:46 PM on 09/10/2007

With as much as she's "surprised", everyday must seem like a birthday to her.

I don't know if I want somebody who's always caught off guard running this country.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:18 PM on 09/10/2007

If this is all the money he gave/earned for her, it is a drop in the bucket of the real money. I suggest a little perspective on everyone's part.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:31 PM on 09/10/2007


Perspective? With all due respect, give us a break. $5,000.00 is a political faux pas; $850,000.00 means this campaign fish stinks from the head down, right?

LOL

"[Confronted] with new evidence that it had [ignored warnings about fundraiser Norman Hsu], Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign abruptly announced late today that it was returning $850,000 from 260 donors associated with Hsu.

The announcement was made five minutes after the Los Angeles Times asked Clinton officials to respond to mid-June campaign e-mails the newspaper obtained that dismissed concerns about Hsu and his business practices."

- L.A. Times

Here is an interesting 'perspective' on Hillary Clinton's campaign money machine for you to ponder upon:

>>> The Nation: Hillary Inc.: The Corporate Ties That Bind (by Ari Berman)

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070604/berman

I will never vote for Hillary Clinton.

America Deserves Better!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:11 PM on 09/10/2007

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i will not be voting for Hillary Bush either.. many of us who want this misery in Iraq to end will not support Hillary Bush..

Hillary Bush.. just more of the same Bush failure.. with a few speeches for the masses that drink the Kool Aid...

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:42 PM on 09/10/2007

If I register as a Democrat, rob a bank, get caught, and give it back, can I avoid prosecution?

I wonder how much money she's been getting from shady donors that we don't know about and she won't give back (unless caught).

If she's pledging a criminal investigation into big donors, will she start with her husband?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:20 PM on 09/10/2007

Ha!

That last line is great!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:27 PM on 09/10/2007

Arianna Rove is at it again....could you find a WORSE photo than the one on your homepage of HRC??? You've bashed her so many times, you MUST have a better one...but,Arianna Rove would never bother, because she hates Hillary and is envious of her chance to become prez...something a witch like Arianna has NO CHANCE to attain!!!!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:19 PM on 09/10/2007

You're right, she can't be prisident.

It's not because she's a witch, she has that in common with Clinton 44, it's because she was foreign born - Greece, doncha know.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:26 PM on 09/10/2007
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