Hillary Clinton's role in Million Mom March fundraising scandal

Stentorian.com ^ | 1/21/07 | Bill Levinson

[Winged Hussar]

Now that Hillary Clinton has announced her intention to run for President in 2008, the pro-2nd community must remind the country, e.g. through letters to the editor in local papers, of her involvement in the Million Mom March fundraising scandal of 2000.

For those who don't remember this scandal, the 501(c)(3) tax-exempt Million Mom March raised money to "promote gun safety" (or "reduce gun violence," or something to that effect) while actually using the money to run what the American Rifleman called a thinly-disguised campaign rally for Albert Gore and other liberal Democrats. Not only that, the MMM told the IRS it did not attempt to influence legislation, even though it told its constituents that its mission was to demand gun licensing and registration laws. PROOF (relevant portions of the MMM's tax return) here: http://www.stentorian.com/2ndamend/mmm/form990.html

Downloadable Word for Windows documentation (1.2Mb): http://www.stentorian.com/2ndamend/mmm/mmm.doc

This is what the Million Mom March told the Internal Revenue Service about its activities in 2000

This is what the Million Mom March did in 2000 (just a few examples, from its own Web sites or sites friendly to it--some of the links may no longer be active as this was compiled more than five years ago). NOTE THAT HILLARY CLINTON IS INVOLVED IN IT UP TO HER NECK.

http://archive.nandotimes.com/election2000/story/0,3977,500204245-500283510-501519874-0-nandotimes,00.html (Nando Times archive) "Hillary Clinton faces mob scene at Million Mom March" By SHANNON McCAFFREY, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (May 14, 2000 6:09 p.m. EDT http://www.nandotimes.com) - "A crush of media and excited onlookers forced Hillary Rodham Clinton to take a detour shortly after she joined the Million Mom March as it moved along the National Mall on Sunday." "The Mother's Day march was intended to send lawmakers and the gun lobby a message that American families support stricter gun control laws."

http://128.121.250.41/activism/mmm/index.asp (7/6/02) Brady Center testifies that the MMM's tax return is not truthful. "On Mother's Day, Sunday, May 14, 2000, over 750,000 mothers, fathers and children converged on the National Mall in Washington, DC to let our elected officials know that gun control legislation is needed and the rhetoric needs to end."

http://www.zip.com.au/~cpa/garchve2/1002usa.html The Guardian, 31 May 2000 US women rally for gun control

by Tim Wheeler

On Mother's Day 750,000 women rallied in Washington to demand enactment of "sensible gun control" laws. The protesters, many of them mothers holding portraits of their slain children, cheered as speakers called for ousting lawmakers tied to the National Rifle Association (NRA) who block gun control legislation.

Donna Dees-Thomases, Million Mom March initiator, said "Our votes are our power and we will use that in force in the November elections."

...First Lady Hillary Clinton, a candidate for the US Senate from New York, said in a taped message: "We have had enough bloodshed, enough violence. When children are afraid to walk down their own blocks or walk to their own schools ... or even visit neighbours, it is time to say enough!"

http://www.hud.gov/library/bookshelf18/pressrel/pr00-230.html Clinton's HUD Secretary Andrew Cuomo bears witness that the Million Mom March Foundation filed an inaccurate tax return:

HUD News

HUD No. 00-230 For Release Tuesday September 5, 2000 Or contact your local HUD office

SECRETARY CUOMO, MILLION MOM MARCH ORGANIZERS RENEW CALL FOR GUN SAFETY LEGISLATION

WASHINGTON - On the day Congress started its return to session, U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Andrew Cuomo stood on the steps of the U.S. Capitol with local organizers of the Million Mom March to urge passage of sensible gun legislation that would protect children and keep guns out of the hands of criminals. Joining Cuomo at the event were U.S. Representatives Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC) and James Moran (VA); Handgun Control Inc. President Michael Barnes; Million Mom March board member Beckie Brown; and gun violence victims from DC, Maryland, and Virginia.

"On Mother's Day, hundreds of thousands of mothers cried out that they would no longer tolerate gun violence, and demanded lawmakers to pass laws to stop the epidemic. And no one knows the grim reality of gun-related child mortality better than America's mothers," he added. "As my wife and I stood with America's moms on the Mall that day, we all hoped Congress would end its gridlock on this issue. Sadly, little has changed and the gridlock remains."

As a result of the lack of legislation, Million Mom March leaders today announced November's "March to the Polls," a grassroots effort to elect those candidates who pledge to support gun legislation, and vote against those who do not.

Organizers of today's event say they want Congress to:

require handgun owners to be licensed and all handguns be registered; close the "gun show" loophole; limit gun buyers to purchasing one gun a month; and require consumer product safety standards for guns.

"On May 14, we called on Congress to enact sensible gun laws for the sake of our children and our nation," said Claudette Perry, local Field Office Director for the Million Mom March. "Now, we renew our call. And if these lawmakers do not listen, we will elect new ones."

Again, remember that this is what Hillary Clinton's friends in the Million Mom March told the IRS:

[GitmoSailor]

Oh Boy!!!.....It's just another Clinton scandal,No worry!!

[jla]

fyi

[lapsus calami]

 

 

Was doing research for something else and bumped into this little gem from the past.

 

BTT!