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To: Liz; NormsRevenge; calcowgirl
Many of Clinton's Chinatown donors said they had contributed because leaders in neighborhood associations told them to. In some cases, donors said they felt pressure to give.

The other piece of the strategy involves holding out hope that, if Clinton becomes president, she will move quickly to reunite families and help illegal residents move toward citizenship. As New York's junior senator, Clinton has expressed support for immigrants and greater family reunification. She is also benefiting from Chinese donors' naive notions of what she could do in the White House.

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Like many who traveled this path, most of the Chinese reported as contributing to Clinton's campaign have never voted. Many speak little or no English. Some seem to lead such ephemeral lives that neighbors say they've never heard of them.

"This is a new game," said Peter Kwong, a professor at Hunter College in New York who studies Chinatown communities across the country. Historically, Kwong said, "voting in Chinatown is so weak" that politicians did not go out of their way to court residents.

"Today it is all about money," he said.

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Cynical manipulation and abuse of those in society who least able defend themselves - Modus operandi of Clintons' careers...

3 posted on 10/19/2007 12:38:49 AM PDT by CutePuppy (If you don't ask the right questions you may not get the right answers)
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To: CutePuppy
"Today it is all about money," he said.

Our posterity sold into bondage.

And it ain't just Hillary Clinton making the sale. We're being sold out by most of our political establishment.

17 posted on 10/19/2007 5:45:34 AM PDT by EternalVigilance (With "Republicans" like this, who needs Democrats?)
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To: CutePuppy
The other piece of the strategy involves holding out hope that, if Clinton becomes president, she will move quickly to reunite families and help illegal residents move toward citizenship.

Not to mention the Clinton MO----presidential pardons for cash.

Lotsa crimes here: smuggling illegals, paying them under the table------and major tax fraud.

28 posted on 10/19/2007 7:21:29 AM PDT by Liz (Rooty's not getting my guns or the name of my hairdresser.)
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