The Story Behind Clinton's $10 Million Haul

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.

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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?

[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.

[Tropiholic]

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

[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

[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.

[gwhizz]

Get a grammar book, will you?

[utd]

Says the guy with poor grammatical sentence. Classic.

[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.

[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.

[CivilDisobedient]

Link?

[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.

[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.

[CivilDisobedient]

Yeah, like Hillary has time to post on political blogs. Get real. His post was still immature, DUDE. I don't care who he is.

[dooleynoted]

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

[igiveup]

How about the $1.2 million haul Hillary received from Peter Paul for her 2000 Senate campaign?

The media (both mainstream and other) have refused to report or comment on the upcoming Paul vs. Clinton trial. Why is the media hiding this story?

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Aurelio Munoz ruled on Friday, April 25, that Hillary Clinton would not be required to testify in sworn deposition as a material witness in the case until AFTER the November election.

Does this not smell to high heaven? Why is this trial not being reported?

Do we really want the new president's first official in-term act to be submitting a deposition in defense of her husband's illegal contributions trial?

[CommonSensePlease]

CANNOT TRUST Hillary! If you follow her pres releases on the subject, they were all inconsistent in terms of numbers of donors. It is like Bosnia fireshots, like her role in North Ireland peace treaty. SHE WILL SAY ANYTHING, DO ANYTHING to get votes. DON't TRUST HER! She does not have any commense judgement either: she will obliterate Iran alltogether! She will start Worl War III. Will never vote for her.
Tired of Clintons! Tired of Bush!

[robynuva]

She's broke, and not paying her vendors. Air time must be paid for in advance, so even if she got the$10 million, I doubt they are paying off old debts.

If this was like buying stock, she would be asking others to buy stock in her company, but hasn't invested her own money. (she could just donate to her won campaign and pay those poor small businesses) Would you buy stock in a company if the CEO of that same company didn't own any?

So, tell me again how she is the best person to run our country?

[Tropiholic]

That's why she wants another debate, so she can get some free airtime. I'm glad Obama ignored her, he did exactly the right thing. SHE doesn't dictate to him, he's in first place and hillary is runner up.

[drzoon]

how come it never bothers Hilary supporters that HRC stiffs all those vendors.

Most of them are mom and pop outfits.. and getting stiffed like that puts them on the verge of going under.

what doesn't that bother her supporters?

[CivilDisobedient]

how come it never bothers Hilary supporters that HRC stiffs all those vendors"?

First, you need to prove that she is stiffing people. You haven't.

[queotic]

All you have to do is google, "Clinton not paying vendors" and a bunch of links comes up, like this one:

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0308/9259.html

"Hillary Rodham Clinton"s cash-strapped presidential campaign has been putting off paying hundreds of bills for months " freeing up cash for critical media buys but also earning the campaign a reputation as something of a deadbeat in some small-business circles.

A pair of Ohio companies owed more than $25,000 by Clinton for staging events for her campaign are warning others in the tight-knit event production community " and anyone else who will listen " to get their cash upfront when doing business with her. Her campaign, say representatives of the two companies, has stopped returning phone calls and e-mails seeking payment of outstanding invoices. One even got no response from a certified letter.

Their cautionary tales, combined with published reports about similar difficulties faced by a New Hampshire landlord, an Iowa office cleaner and a New York caterer, highlight a less-obvious impact of Clinton"s inability to keep up with the staggering fundraising pace set by her opponent for the Democratic presidential nomination, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama. "

[CivilDisobedient]

So what? Who's to say she didn't make deals with her vendors. She is not dumb enough to rip off her constituants.
This is another huffpo hit piece. That's all you see here. They don't even try to hide it anymore. I think their getting desperate.

The article about left wing MSM using sleazey tactics, is such a good example of this site. In denial about their own ethics. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black.

[Independent_voter]

You're really in the dark on this. She still has unpaid bills in IOWA for cryin' out loud.

[CivilDisobedient]

Maybe she made deals with her creditors. You don't know that she didn't.

[THEDEVILCOMES]

Being a lawyer one should know once you tell a lie why should anyone trust your word like when you are in a court of law.What would a judge tell a jury when the person standing trial lies a lot Q.

[CivilDisobedient]

Oh that's rich, coming from a lawyer.

[utd]

Your comment is ten times funnier when you realize the "lawyer" he is talking about is Hillary and not himself.