CNN/Gupta straw poll on it's way!
Posted on 01/12/2007 12:44:08 PM PST by Howlin
Edited on 01/13/2007 12:51:31 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
I almost feel sorry for Obama. HE HAS NO IDEA WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO HIM. We, here, remember Slick and the Witch and so do know what they will do. But 'Bamma was organizing the poor or something in the 1990s. Now ROCK STAR is going to find out first hand what it's like to have a world-class SLIME MACHINE pointed at you, set to "10", and have the trigger pulled.
Where is attack dog Carville. He'll have some rude things to say about the ROCK STAR. Stephanopolis will use us subtle derrogatory style.
So no matter how horrible it is to contemplate this being turned on us - how fun to see them do it to each other.
Unfortunately, positive polling (even fake polls) can create a bandwagon effect -- they're probably counting on this.
Drudge ....and why not forward this FR Exclusive onto Rush and/or Hannity?????
I almost feel sorry for Obama. HE HAS NO IDEA WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO HIM. We, here, remember Slick and the Witch and so do know what they will do. But 'Bamma was organizing the poor or something in the 1990s. Now ROCK STAR is going to find out first hand what it's like to have a world-class SLIME MACHINE pointed at you, set to "10", and have the trigger pulled.
Where is attack dog Carville. He'll have some rude things to say about the ROCK STAR. Stephanopolis will use us subtle derrogatory style.
So no matter how horrible it is to contemplate this being turned on us - how fun to see them do it to each other.
LOL...........we can have a redacted title!
http://www.slate.com/id/2446/
The Kiddie-Cash CaperGifts from minors are the next big campaign loophole.
By David Mastio
Posted Thursday, May 22, 1997, at 3:30 AM ET
EXCERPT
The Gupta family of Omaha, Neb., is among the more generous sources of student cash. Vinod Gupta is the founder and CEO of American Business Information. Campaign gifts totaling $143,000 tied him at No. 135 on the Mother Jones list of top contributors. His sons, Jess (age 17), Benjamin (14), and Alexander (11), gave an additional $12,000. All this went to two campaigns--Clinton's and Nebraska Gov. Ben Nelson's--in which the senior Gupta had reached his maximum.
Jess, a student at Philips Exeter Academy, freely admits he had nothing to do with the donations. "Dad makes those donations in my name," he says. Vinod Gupta insists his son was misquoted.
What is the source of Gupta's millions? "Omaha business man" but what business?
Accuracy? Here's a little test, folks. In the forthcoming parade of polls leading up to the primaries, check to see which poll continually scores Hillary Rodham more highly than the competing (even left wing) polls score her. (My bet is on Opinion Research Corp.)
These peeps torture the truth, and do so continually, continuously, and obligately.
Ugh.
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CNN either failed to perform due diligence on their partner, or they are complicit in this polling sham.
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Is this a question??? Wow!
Look. Nobody watches CNN anymore.
I knew that sooner or later Bill would have his paws on Laurel.
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METS SWEAT DOLAN DEAL; DESPITE SPITZER'S HANDSHAKE ACCORD, TEAM HAS NET FRET
New York Post (NY)
October 9, 2005
Author: Tim Arango
EXCERPT
BLACKOUT
The alleged financial shenanigans of Vinod Gupta, the Omaha, Neb., businessman and major fundraiser and pal to Bill and Hillary Clinton, are apparently not considered newsworthy by Gupta's hometown paper, the Omaha World-Herald.
Last week's report in On The Money prompted one e-mailer from Nebraska to note the lack of coverage of the allegations that Gupta has been looting company coffers to fund his lavish lifestyle - accusations raised publicly by two hedge funds that own stock in Gupta's company, InfoUSA.
There may be a reason for the silence from the local paper, the e-mailer speculates: Harold Andersen, the ex-publisher of the Omaha World-Herald and a current columnist, is a Gupta pal and sits on InfoUSA's board.
In fact, Andersen, who has been a director since 1993, sits on both the compensation and corporate governance committees and has written about Gupta without disclosing his connection to InfoUSA.
Andersen didn't return a call seeking comment.
CNN/Gupta straw poll on it's way!
Ping!
Good worko Howlin!
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CLINTON PAL EYEBALLED - ACCUSED OF LIVING HIGH ON HIS COMPANY'S DIME
New York Post (NY)
October 2, 2005
Author: Tim Arango
Estimated printed pages: 3
VINOD Gupta, a high-living CEO pal and fundraiser to the Clintons, is being accused of looting his company's coffers and using shareholder money to fund his lavish lifestyle.
Gupta, the CEO of InfoUSA, an Omaha, Neb.-based database company, is coming under fire from investors, including Cardinal Capital, the Greenwich, Conn.-based hedge fund whose last target was newspaper baron Conrad Black, for a variety of alleged offenses, including funneling InfoUSA funds through private companies he controls to pay for things such as jet travel, a fancy yacht and a skybox at University of Nebraska football games.
Gupta did not return a call placed to his office in Omaha.
Despite presiding over a company in a decidedly unsexy industry in an unsexy locale, Gupta moves in elite social circles. He was a guest of the Clintons at the White House, staying in the Lincoln Bedroom, donated $1 million to the Clinton library and helped Hillary Clinton raise money for her senate campaign.
In 2001, Bill Clinton - then an ex-president - was forced to return a $7,000 treadmill sent to him by Gupta after The Post reported on the gift. And just before leaving office, Clinton appointed Gupta to the board of trustees at the Kennedy Center, a seat he still holds.
The alleged corporate shenanigans that caught the eyes of investors began this year, when in March Gupta said publicly he believed In foUSA - a Nasdaq- listed company of which he owns 35 percent - was worth more than $18 a share. Three months later, the company issued an earnings warning, sending shares plummeting 21 percent. Five days later, Gupta made an offer of $11.75 per share in a bid to take the company private.
That offer was rejected by a board special committee, which was promptly disbanded, raising the ire of investors who felt the company should have solicited other offers.
Both Cardinal and another major investor, Dolphin Limited Partnership, have sought books and records from the company, something they have the right to do under Delaware law.
According to a press release, Dolphin is seeking information on "transactions and payments between the company and its CEO and his affiliates relating to the use or acquisition of planes, boats, skyboxes and other assets."
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