Dishwashers, waiters and others whose jobs and dilapidated home addresses seem to make them unpromising targets for political fundraisers are pouring $1,000 and $2,000 contributions into Clinton’s campaign treasury. In April, a single fundraiser in an area long known for its gritty urban poverty yielded a whopping $380,000. When Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) ran for president in 2004, he received $24,000 from Chinatown…
…Of 74 residents of New York’s Chinatown, Flushing, the Bronx or Brooklyn that The Times called or visited, only 24 could be reached for comment.
This is from a LA Times story. I couldn't link because you much be a subscriber.
2007-10-19 07:53:57 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I didn't write this story OXY, the LA Times did, yeah they're the lunatic ring fringe. What a hippie.
2007-10-19 08:16:51 · update #1
She makes the Crips and Bloods seem honest in comparison.
2007-10-19 08:02:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Unfortunately, all politicians are corrupt to a certain degree. Most do small corrupt things, like bypassing federal campaign rules on fundraising and spending. A few get really corrupt, like the page-sex scandal from a few years ago or taking bribes.
You (or the LA Times article) assumes that a fundraiser held in one location can only include residents of that location. A political fundraising dinner held in Chinatown can include people from all over New York, the US, even China itself. It all depends upon who receives an invitation. Not to sound crass, but I seriously doubt any campaign is inviting dishwashers and waiters to any $1,000 a plate fundraisers. Instead, the rich, well-connected and famous get invited.
Lastly, compared to other confirmed episodes of corruption ranging from sexual misconduct to purgery, Hillary Clinton probably ranks relatively low. Whitewater, while probably illegal, was not proven by investigations to be illegal.
2007-10-19 08:04:56 · answer #2 · answered by PopeKing 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This sounds like all the other phony "scandal" storiies the lunatic right-wing fringe invented against Hillary while her husband was president.
Republicans wasted 6 years and $70 million investigating the phony allegations and all they found out was that Bill Clinton likes blow jobs.
So much for you and your crazy little stories.
2007-10-19 08:14:06 · answer #3 · answered by obl_alive_and_well 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hillary has been in polotics for many many years.
All poloticians have some level of corruption.
She is no more corrupt then any of the other candiadates except maybe Barrack. Even Mit is corrupt....and hes MORMON!
2007-10-19 08:04:20 · answer #4 · answered by Summer 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Remember, she was the puppet master behind the "Futures & Option" (Think the press called this "White Water") scandle Billy-B- Job first faced as a President.
2007-10-19 07:59:15 · answer #5 · answered by Giggly Giraffe 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
She's not corrupt at all. Nothing in the world except radical conservative mantras even suggest corruption. Look at Georgie & Dickie when you're looking for corruption!
2007-10-19 08:08:25 · answer #6 · answered by hohn m 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A ton less than Bush
2007-10-19 08:03:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
The Clinton's are well known for their corrupt and illegal fund raising endeavors. What her camp is doing now is sort of like laundering campaign funds. She will get away with it too.
2007-10-19 08:00:40 · answer #8 · answered by skycat 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
There is no measuring system vast enough to cover the depth of Hillary's corruption.
Hillary's corruption is as broad as the speed of light multiplied by the age of the universe.
That would be approx:
186,100 (miles per second) X 14,000,000,000 years
2007-10-19 07:58:34 · answer #9 · answered by Chi Guy 5 · 4⤊ 3⤋
She is approximately 1/9th as corrupt as George and Dick.
2007-10-19 08:02:08 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋