Gore in Funding Flap in Red China: Ambassador Holbrooke Defends Ex-V.P.

NY SUN ^ | 12/6/02 | TIMOTHY STARKS

[KSCITYBOY]

Al wakes up everyday and sticks his hand out for cash. When communists are a leading source of campaign money it tells you a little about the candidate. The only difference between Bill Murray and Gore is that Murry eventually changed.

[wideawake]

The real Gore is thicker.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

You're right, Gore is pretty thick.

[SevenDaysInMay]

No one should doubt that the Democrat Party has its own DNC Politburo, preparing.

[Liz]

Wouldn't rule it out. Dim Dems love internecine warfare.

[Liz]

D'ja hear? Gore's next trip is on "de Nile."

[tallhappy]

Clinton did the same thing not too long ago either.

This illegal fund raising and Clinton/Gore-Red China axis isn't over and should be watched.

[Eala]

Amazing how empty the Wall is! I've been to that exact spot (at Badaling, outside of Beijing), and even in December when it was freezing the Wall was crawling with tourists. (The picture in my office shows several dozen people on that stretch.)

[Eala]

[TigersEye]

“We are grateful that Vice President Gore took the time to speak to the Asia Society Hong Kong." Mr. Holbrooke said in a statement "He knows so much more about communism than the Chinese, it was very informative."

[bonesmccoy]

[Liz]

Fund-raiser? What fuund-raiser algore said, stuffing plenty yen into his pocket.

[Liz]

You got that right.

[aShepard]

Amazing how empty the Wall is

Are you possibly thinking of "photoshop"???

Note that Gore is in his Naomi Alpha male shirtsleeves, and Tipper is bundled up, in late November, in China. Must be that the Goron has his own personal global warming kit surrounding him.

[Eala]

Are you possibly thinking of "photoshop"???

No, actually, I'm thinking "security." How everybody else that was going to see the Wall at that time didn't get to because Gore wanted a photo-op there. (Years ago we were showing a visitor around the area; we were run out of the Boeing Museum of Flight and weren't able to go to the Butchart Gardens because some former president wanted to go at the same time.)

Note that Gore is in his Naomi Alpha male shirtsleeves, and Tipper is bundled up, in late November, in China.

Good catch. It is pretty chilly that time of year there; around freezing.

[staytrue]

I find absolutely nothing wrong with posing for photos for cash. Gore is a private citizen and not a govt. official. A former pres. or vp can do anything he wants in my book. The Japanese paid Reagan a million dollars for a short speech and appearance AFTER he left office. During the 2002 campaign, Bush raised money for other candidates with photo ops (unlike Clinton, outside the white house) around the country if you coughed up 10 to 20 thousand dollars. A photo with Cheaney cost only 2k, a photo with Doro (W's sister) cost only 500 dollars. An acquaintance of mine coughed up 50 grand to get his and his wife's picture taken with Clinton in the White House and also got a small piece of regulatory "undersight" or "overlooking" that was probably worth about half a million dollars. That was wrong, but a former vp should be allowed to do anything legal and this is 100% legal.

[Liz]

Disagree. Gore is a former VP who promotes himself as a future presidential candidate. Big difference.

[staytrue]

He is not a candidate yet. I may sell Chinese shoes for a living, does this mean I can't run for office 2 years from now. I think 20k for a photo with Bush is worse than what Gore did. The Buddist temple was illegal and wrong because he was a sitting VP. Gore should be in a jail cell beside Maria Hsia for this. But the incident here is completely ok.

Regarding my acquaintance getting some "overlooking". I think the "overlooking" was the right thing in his case even if he did not cough up the 50k. But, Clinton is still a scumbag.

[fuzzthatwuz]

"Does Clinton know about this ?"

He will get his standard 10% kickback on the photo fees.

[johnb838]

“To suggest that Vice President Gore’s activities in Hong Kong was somehow improper because he visited China during his trip — as has every president since Richard Nixon — is ridiculous and smacks of old school McCarthyism.”

Now he's an ex-president. The fantasies keep getting wilder in Algoreland. And I suppose the "old school" McCarthyism is to distinguish it from the new communist PC variety.