The Story Behind Clinton's $10 Million Haul

Politico:

Shortly after Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's decisive 9.2-point triumph in Tuesday's Pennsylvania primary, her campaign won another key victory. By trumpeting a record $10 million fundraising haul in the 24 hours after the primary, the Clinton camp managed to silence speculation about whether she'll be able to compete in the next round of states after emptying her coffers in Pennsylvania.

Even as questions were being raised about the timing, number and type of donations that comprised the one-day windfall, the cash-strapped campaign managed a rare political feat. It not only amplified the significance of Clinton's decisive win, it also achieved its goal of erasing doubts about whether she would have the resources to compete in the May 6 contests in Indiana and North Carolina.

Read the whole story: Politico

Comments

[AdamX]

She should be behind bars:

The illegalities detailed in Peter Paul’s civil complaint and FEC complaint caused Hillary’s finance director to be criminally indicted and tried in 2005 by the Department of Justice Office of Public Integrity (the same group that prosecuted Scooter Libby) for hiding the cost of a fundraiser paid for by Paul. Paul’s FEC allegations forced Hillary’s campaign to admit to the FEC in October, 2005, that it violated FEC reporting requirements by hiding more than $700,000 received from Paul that Hillary personally said she never received. She lied.

http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/2008/04/breaking-news-hillary-clinton.php

[HumeSkeptic]

So, let me try and digest the information on two pages written by this political pundit Kenneth Vogel of politico.

Hillary campaign either actually did, or actually didn't raise $10 million in one day.

What would we ever do without such investigative journalism!

[AdamX]

Impossible to verify? Not true. But, she is going for a lot of impossible to verify stories now - easier to lie about things that can't be verified.

Shoot any ducks lately?

[Umungus]

My favorite Clinton lie is the one where upon hearing of the assination of MLK, she threw her bookbag against the wall in anger.

Who had a bookbag in 1968?

[Tropiholic]

we used to have those rubber straps around our books that had a clip on the end, did you??

[Fitzy]

Actually, in 1965 I had a book bag. I went to a private Catholic HIgh Shool and we were issued canvas drawstring bags. But....that doesn't mean I believe that she raised $10 million dollars the day after her single digit victory in PA. But......if she did that means she can cover her debts. Maybe pay off those small vendors who are struggling to make a living. I believe nothing she says, until I verify it on the Internet. I sure as hell can't count on msm to give me the facts. All they're interested in is trying to tell us what we think.

[anthonylee]

Does it really matter? Her campaign has been a failure from the start, no amount of money can/will fix that . . . one truth!

[globality]

If she raises less than 30 million in April we will know she lied AGAIN

[ishy]

Wasn't true then - not true now. It's just another Bosnia story - again she "misspoke".
We will never ever get the truth about anything - GO AWAY HILLARY !!!!!!!

[thedave25]

do you know how to tell if the Clinton's are lying?

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/4/28/12049/2577/655/504812


there lips are moving

[gwhizz]

Get a grammar book, will you?

[utd]

Says the guy with poor grammatical sentence. Classic.

[kenjisan]

thank you for the link - that is exactly the problem with Clinton's claims of being against NAFTA - she was part of the administration that sent our jobs to China, Canada, Mexico and now coming up - Colombia - 800 thousand dollars in their pockets from that government. Mark Penn lobbying for Colombia... shameful.

[TheSecularist]

Didn't believe it then and still don't. It sounds like her over-the-top Bosnia story and her over-the-top act in the PA bar where she knocked one back and talked about her gun totin' days as a child. But hey, what does she have to lose by telling yet another lie? She probably figures they'll raise at least $10M for the month, so why not claim to have done it over night.

[J E Mugford]

Ok, so the candidate that caused more investigations and court cases than any other is once again caught in the middle of a lie....are we surprised? Time to just shut her down.

[dooleynoted]

By claiming to have raised $10M they can trick TV stations and others in upcoming states into believing she will be able to pay for TV time, while forestalling claims from past primary states. Why Democrats support people who are very bit as unethical as the Bush crowd is beyond me.

[morticia]

WHAT MORE LIES?? FROM THE PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULL??? she is like a bad dream, please wake me when she`s gone.

[CivilDisobedient]

You may be sleeping for the next 4 1/2 years.

[utd]

You're absolutely right, we will all be sleeping soundly for the next 4 1/2 to 8 1/2 years knowing that Hillary was not there to screw our country up.

[butchie65]

I just read on another site, she is 15 million in the hole. She doesn't tell all the facts when she said she got 10 million .A liar, plain and simple.

[CivilDisobedient]

Link?

[Missmn]

The extra 5 million is the loan she made to herself earlier this year. She did not report it last month as a debt.

[pollster08]

I never believed it for one minute and never will. All of her supporters are broke or have given the max.......

[CivilDisobedient]

You don't know this. You are speculating.

[Smartey]

With the sniper brigade backing her up, I bet little Miss Wrinkle Face did manage to raise the dough. Kinda like armed robbery, ya know?

[CivilDisobedient]

Nice. Are you an Obama supporter?? By the immaturity in your post, you must be an Obamian.

[dooleynoted]

And you prove your maturity by indulging i name-calling. Nice. Hypocrite.

[utd]

It's the internet dude. He could be Rush Limbaugh, it might be some guy who doesn't even live in America, hell maybe it's Hillary Clinton herself having a self-deprecating moment for all you know.