Posted on 10/29/2007 3:32:32 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
WASHINGTON (AP) - First came the Orwellian mash up YouTube video that portrayed Hillary Rodham Clinton as Big Brother. Then came a clip of her off-key rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner." Now, a stinging 13-minute video by a bitter Clinton foe is finding its own Internet audience.
The clip, a preview of a longer film by one-time Clinton donor Peter Paul, has scored more than 1.4 million hits on Google Video and about 350,000 on YouTube during the past week. Its popularity has driven it to the top spot on Google Video over the past two weeks.
Paul is a Hollywood entrepreneur, former partner of Spider-Man creator Stan Lee and convicted felon who has sued the Clintons in connection with a celebrity-packed fundraiser he helped organize for her 2000 Senate race. A California appeals court earlier this month ruled that Sen. Clinton should be dismissed from the suit.
But Paul has devoted a Web site to the case and has been on tour in recent days showing his film, "Hillary Uncensored," at New England College campuses. On Tuesday, he is scheduled to screen it at the Metropolitan Club in New York City.
The Clintons have long argued that Paul's criminal record discredits him and in court pleadings have denied Paul's claims against them.
"Peter Paul is a professional liar who has four separate criminal convictions, two for fraud. His video repackages a series of seven- year-old false claims about Senator Clinton that have already been rejected by the California state courts, the Justice Department, the Federal Election Commission, and the Senate Ethics Committee," the Clinton campaign said in a statement.
Paul's anti-Clinton effort is getting help from two technical producers who set up the Web site for Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, the 2004 campaign that went after Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry by raising questions about his decorated military service in Vietnam.
Robert Hahn and Scott Swett operate http://www.HillCAP.org, the Web site that Paul set up in 2005 to showcase court documents, videos and news articles related to his lawsuit. The video trailer "Hillary Uncensored," and the schedule for the movie are prominently displayed on the site.
Among those featured in the video speaking in support of Paul is David Schippers, who served as chief investigative counsel for the House Judiciary Committee during President Clinton's 1998 impeachment hearings.
In his lawsuit and in the film, Paul says he spent $1.9 million for the August 2000 Hollywood fundraiser that featured such stars as Brad Pitt, Diana Ross and Cher. Paul maintains he organized the event because President Clinton falsely agreed to assist him in a new venture with Stan Lee after leaving the presidency in January 2000.
Campaign reports filed with the Federal Election Commission estimated the cost of the event at about $500,000. An ensuing criminal trial of Clinton's former national finance director, David Rosen, on charges that he lied to the FEC about the fundraiser resulted in an acquittal. At the time, Rosen's lawyer said Paul concealed the actual cost of the event from Rosen, a claim Paul denies.
The complexities of the case are all fodder for the video clip and the movie, spiced with clips of Hollywood performers.
"Her abuse of her power as reflected in my case should make everybody pause about entrusting her with the reins of government," Paul said in an interview.
Paul is awaiting sentencing on his 2005 guilty plea to charges of stock fraud involving Stan Lee Media, the company Paul had wanted Clinton to join. In the 1970s, he was convicted of cocaine possession and of attempting to defraud the Cuban government of Fidel Castro.
Swett, who is running Paul's HillCAP Web site, said the video has helped drive more traffic to the Web site, but that the activity is far less frequent than it was on the site he operated for Swift Boat Veterans in 2004.
"Then it was in the final months before the election and we're a year out at this point," he said. "There's a lot of complexity to the Peter Paul lawsuit. You have to read through some of the documents to get a handle on it. That was less the case with the charges that the Swift Boat Veterans and POWs were making against John Kerry."
Sometimes news reaches a critical mass where they have to report on it despite their biases. This is one of those cases. The Google popularity has gotten too big to ignore.
Also, a lot of people on the left actually despise the Clintons.
There's reasons this hasn't really stuck, and sour grapes might be one of them.
Anti-Clinton video draws Web audience
Posted by mdittmar
On News/Activism 10/29/2007 3:58:45 PM PDT · 15 replies
Times Union ^ | October 29, 2007 | JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press
Anti-Clinton Video Draws Attention
Posted by Jet Jaguar
On News/Activism 10/29/2007 3:32:32 PM PDT · 22 replies
AP via brietbart ^ | 10/29/2007 | JIM KUHNHENN
Hillary Uncensored;Banned by the Media Screened at Harvard U.
Posted by KPfromDerryNH
On News/Activism 10/29/2007 7:41:40 AM PDT · 24 replies
The Harvard Crimson ^ | October 29, 2007 | Sarah J. Howland, Contributing Editor
FR EXCLUSIVE: Talk radio host Mancow threatened for talking about Hillary scandal [Paul v. Hillary]
Posted by RonDog
On News/Activism 10/29/2007 7:14:33 AM PDT · 104 replies
phone call from doug | October 29, 2007 | doug from upland (via RonDog)
The Shocking Video Hillary Does NOT Want You To See!
Posted by advance_copy
On News/Activism 10/27/2007 9:46:14 AM PDT · 38 replies
YouTube ^ | 10/18/07
That’s really a secondary issue. A more pertinent question is this: did Hillary Clinton commit felonies under the campaign finance laws? Quite a bit of documented evidence suggests that she did.
Ooooh....the pots and the kettles are at it again!
Wonder what Hillbill thinks David Brock's job title is?
And I fully expect the Republican nominee to be exposing those things in about a year from now. Why do Edwards' and Obama's dirty work for them?
As a matter of fact, I fully expect Edwards to be doing this just before the Iowa caucuses. Trial lawyers don't show their hand during jury selection.
Fair and balanced...the way MSM should be. Kudos to you both!
Freepers-in-the-news ping...
BTTT
“a stinging 13-minute video by a bitter Clinton foe”
ummm, would that beeeee............SATAN? satan...satan...satan...
No. How about Doug from Upland?
I’ll watch it later
Typical Democrat Comment on the YouTube video:
“I can’t believe I just wasted 15 mins of my life watching this “shocking” two part video. So she took a million dollars from multi-millionaires, so what? I like Obama over her too, but if she gets the nomination I’ll vote for her.”
WOW! It’s absolutely magnifico...a work of political genius.
Scary satire
http://www.anthonydelia.com/tp/2001_disgrace_odyssey.html
That video was a trip!
Classic Clinton strategery, get the story out there, let it stew. Next August and September it’s old news, nothing to see here, move along.
“Peter Paul is a professional liar who has four separate criminal convictions, two for fraud.”
“Bill Clinton, former impeached President and disbarred attorney is a professional liar who has four separate criminal convictions, two for fraud.”
Much better.
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