Posted on 08/29/2007 10:11:25 AM PDT by shortstop
*chuckle*
Any luck?
>>> “He is a fugitive,” Ronald Smetana, who handled the
>>> case for the state attorney general, said in an
>>> interview. “Do you know where he is?”
Funniest single line I have read in months . . .
...obviously a Clintonite.
today's Opinion Journal Political Diary:
In Case You Forgot Who John Huang Was...
Hillary Clinton suddenly has her own version of John Huang, the mysterious fund-raiser and former Clinton political appointee who was at the heart of her husband's 1996 campaign scandals. He's Norman Hsu, a wealthy New Yorker and Democratic fundraiser whose questionable political giving was the subject of an investigative report in yesterday's Wall Street Journal. Mr. Hsu also happens to be an official high-dollar "HillRaiser" for the Clinton campaign -- and, it turns out, a fugitive from justice since 1992, when he reportedly pleaded no contest to a charge of grand theft, agreed to serve three years in prison and then vanished.
How very reminiscent of the strange cast of characters who swirled around the 1996 Clinton campaign. At the center of the controversy over improper contributions and alleged links between the contributors and the Chinese government was James Riady, scion of the shadowy Hong Kong-based Lippo Group, who returned to Asia and never cooperated with investigators. Pauline Kanchanalak, whose $253,000 in contributions had to be returned by the DNC, decamped to her native Thailand. Little Rock restaurateur Charlie Trie, a major-league fund-raiser and recipient of wire transfers from the Bank of China in Hong Kong, took up residence in Beijing to avoid questioning.
Mr. Hsu appears to be following in the footsteps of Mr. Huang, a genius at finding contributors of apparent modest means to donate lavishly to the Clinton campaign. The Journal reported this week that among his prize catches was the family of William Paw, a mail carrier in Daly City, Calif. None of the Paws ever donated to any candidate before 2004, but seven adults in the Paw family have donated $213,000 to Democratic candidates in the last three years, including $55,000 to Mrs. Clinton. In Mr. Huang's day, an Indonesian gardener and his wife, despite being foreign nationals, donated $450,000 to the Democratic National Committee in 1996 and then suddenly had to leave for Jakarta.
E. Lawrence Barcella Jr., the Washington lawyer who represents Mr. Hsu, says his client had nothing to do with the 1996 fundraising scandal and is simply a big fan of the Clintons and Democrats in general. As for that pesky grand theft charge, Mr. Barcella says his client doesn't recall pleading guilty to any criminal charge or having an obligation to serve jail time.
Hmm. Similar memory failures were rampant in the 1996 scandal. Witnesses called before the Senate investigative committee chaired by then-Senator Fred Thompson suffered collective amnesia on just about any subject much beyond their names, titles and Social Security numbers.
To its credit, the Clinton campaign does remember Mr. Hsu and is bravely defending him -- for now. "Norman Hsu is a longtime and generous supporter of the Democratic Party and its candidates, including Sen. Clinton," said Howard Wolfson, a Clinton spokesman, on Tuesday. Of course, that was before the latest revelations about Mr. Hsu's criminal record. No doubt he will now be placed in the same memory hole as Mr. Huang and all the other fundraisers for the Clinton political machine whose tactics proved embarrassing.
-- John Fund
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This is the way communists do their dealings. What’s the news?
I assume from this that he is also known for occassionally showing up in public having forgotten to zip his fly, put on shoes, (or pants), and for speaking chinese to local hispanic donors?
Poor guy probably needs help finding his keys, not to mention his own house.
Hillary probably deserves a humanitarian medal for keeping close watch on him, so long as he can find his wallet.
“Bust this con-man and money-launderer immediately”
No way, he will be nominated as AG in the Hillary Cabinet!
Maybe. :)
A boy named Hsu?
Leslie Wayne of the NY TIMES wrote abous Hsu. She returned my call within about 10 minutes and now has a wealth of info. Let’s see if the editors allow her to tell her readers of the Sept. 7 hearing in Los Angeles and the illegal $1.6 mil.
Up on Drudge front and center.
Doug, Keep us updated on Leslie Wayne’s progress. Something tells me she’s got a two week vacation coming over the Labor Day holiday, whether she wants it or not.
Drudge has had an article about the donations and the Paw family up since yesterday. However, I just checked and he doesn't have Michelle Malkin's "fugitive" article up yet. What's taking you so long, Matt?
If I were any Republican in the house or senate, I would IMMEDIATELY go through all donors to their campaigns to look for ANY suspicious contributers.
It wouldn’t be significant donations, just enough for democrats and their media to defend themselves...”Republicans took money too” or “Everybody does it”.
If they don’t find any donations from this “group”, especially now that this scandal is becoming public, they instruct their staff who handles contributions to be alert for any donations which might be deemed suspicious or unusual.
These socialists are not to be underestimated, they will make sure they have explanations for ANY circumstances which may arise.
Well, it only took him two years for a brief mention recently that David Rose was indicted early in 2005.
Bump to save my spot.
>This is the way communists do their dealings. What’s the news?<
With Red China, Red Moveon and Warren Buffet financing her, let’s hope - no, PRAY - that money cannot buy the votes of the American people!
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