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The Breck Girl's mystery donor
The American Thinker ^ | 9-15-06 | Thomas Lifson

Posted on 09/15/2006 8:54:49 AM PDT by Renfield

John Edwards, widely derided as “the Breck Girl” for his well-coifed hair, has a secret admirer. Well, secret from the voting public, anyway. And quite a generous secret admirer, too. The New York Sun reports:

A mysterious $250,000 donation used to bankroll a political committee controlled by a potential candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008, John Edwards, highlights a gap in federal laws requiring reporting of political contributions.

In June, a closely held company gave a quarter of a million dollars to the One America Committee, a so-called 527 organization affiliated with Mr. Edwards, who became the Democrats’ vice presidential nominee in 2004 after making a spirited but ultimately unsuccessful bid for the presidential nomination.

A report that the committee filed with the Internal Revenue Service identified the donor as Oak Spring Farms, LLC, and listed an address of 160 Central Park South, which is the location of the Jumeirah Essex House Hotel. The firm’s “occupation” was described as “investments/savings.” No other details about the company were made public.

However, a search of Federal Election Commission records linked the firm to a Manhattan trust attorney, Alexander Forger. Reached at his midtown office Wednesday, the lawyer told The New York Sun that he was not a principal in Oak Spring Farms.

“I’m simply acting on behalf of somebody else,” Mr. Forger said. He declined to identify the owners of the company or to discuss its other activities.

The gist underscores the ridiculous failure of the McCain-Feingold legislation attempting to regulate money in politics. We are worse off for its passage, and it should be repealed.

Hat tip: Ed Lasky

Thomas Lifson 9 15 06


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: breckgirl; contributions; dems; edwards; johnedwards; money
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To: Renfield; Watery Tart; KRAUTMAN; reformedliberal; Mygirlsmom; codercpc; s2baccha; ozaukeemom; ...

"Foolish Feingold" Ping!

"The gist underscores the ridiculous failure of the McCain-Feingold legislation attempting to regulate money in politics. We are worse off for its passage, and it should be repealed."

The continuing gift of unintended consequences. Some Campaign Finance Reform! Funding the Breck Girl. Blech!


21 posted on 09/15/2006 9:16:58 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: beyond the sea
John Edwards: The political equivalent of breast implants.

Are you saying he's a phoney boob?

22 posted on 09/15/2006 9:18:11 AM PDT by null and void (Islamic communities belong in Islamic countries.- Eric in the Ozarks)
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To: Renfield; All
"...John Edwards, widely derided as “the Breck Girl” for his well-coifed hair..."

Watch this video of him, and you will understand WHY he was widely derided. It is hilarious, but at the same time, disturbing that this "man" came so close to the Vice Presidency.

Watch the Breck Girl Primp and Preen...

(You need Quicktime...and give it just a few seconds to load)

23 posted on 09/15/2006 9:25:23 AM PDT by rlmorel (Islamofacism: It is all fun and games until someone puts an eye out. Or chops off a head.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
The continuing gift of unintended consequences.

This was an intended consequence.

24 posted on 09/15/2006 9:32:01 AM PDT by steveegg (Let's make the deeply-saddened Head KOmmie deeply soddened in Nov. - deny the 'RATs the election)
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To: null and void; beyond the sea

At least phoney boobs have a useful purpose...:)


25 posted on 09/15/2006 9:33:55 AM PDT by rlmorel (Islamofacism: It is all fun and games until someone puts an eye out. Or chops off a head.)
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To: rlmorel

Good point(s)...


26 posted on 09/15/2006 9:35:26 AM PDT by null and void (Islamic communities belong in Islamic countries.- Eric in the Ozarks)
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To: dighton
Alexander Forger

From Cheeder, Forger and Lahyer.

27 posted on 09/15/2006 9:38:42 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: MNJohnnie
Yes..... things are starting to smell good!

****

By the way................ the old slimy media trying to tell us there is a “Republican Rebellion” against G.W. ......... that's about as real as a “Democrat Spine”.

28 posted on 09/15/2006 9:40:24 AM PDT by beyond the sea ( How much freedom of speech you enjoy depends on who you insult.)
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To: Paloma_55
It is a mystery as to who wants to put him in the white house.

Trial lawyers of course.

29 posted on 09/15/2006 9:53:50 AM PDT by Uncledave
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To: Renfield
It seems that there is a Dassault Falcon 2000 (N1929Y) registered to an Oak Spring Farms, LLC., at Essex House in New York.

The aircraft flies regularly between Washington, New York, Nantcukett, Hyannis, and a private airport in Upperville, VA. That airport is owned by a "Rokeby Farms".

Freepers start your (search) engines!

30 posted on 09/15/2006 9:54:42 AM PDT by Restore
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To: Restore

Mellon?


31 posted on 09/15/2006 10:08:56 AM PDT by Restore
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To: dighton
“I’m simply acting on behalf of somebody else,” Mr. Forger said.

Self-explanatory -- isn't that usually the part that gets them in trouble?? ;D

32 posted on 09/15/2006 11:53:37 AM PDT by MozarkDawg
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To: rlmorel
That video is funny...and revealing. I wish that had made the news during the campaign...
33 posted on 09/15/2006 12:02:14 PM PDT by Renfield
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To: Renfield
As you well know the "News" did everything it could to mask the failings and ridiculous shortcomings of Kerry and Edwards. What's frightening is that these ass-hats came much too close to becoming President/Vice president. I am scared silly of the party of treason taking over as captains of this country. We have serious moonbats in the Dem party who want to run the United States into the ground. Absolutely frightening.
34 posted on 09/15/2006 12:21:19 PM PDT by mallardx
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
Alexander Forger

No, really? Not "Chatsworth Osborne, Jr.?" Or "Thurston Howell, III?" Or even John F. al-Kerry, Almost Esq.?"

Was ol' Al's secretary named "Anita Coffee?"


Flipper and Breck Girl

35 posted on 09/15/2006 11:48:41 PM PDT by Watery Tart (Mark Green for Governor.|J.B. Van Hollen for A.G.| Russ Feingold for clerk at the Mustard Museum)
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To: Renfield

The Clinton Library and Massage Parlor secretly gave the donation to keep the former Pervert in Chief from having to cut short his dating agenda to play the role of "First Lady" in the White House to the Dyke?


36 posted on 09/15/2006 11:56:41 PM PDT by zerosix (Native Sunflower)
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To: Renfield

One America Cmte
Donors gave 785 large ($200+) contributions to this PAC in 2005-2006.



http://tinyurl.com/ebcao


37 posted on 09/16/2006 12:19:12 AM PDT by kcvl
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To: Watery Tart

Now that's just being mean to Flipper, LOL!


38 posted on 09/16/2006 1:53:47 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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