Posted on 02/06/2008 12:58:59 PM PST by Greg F
Spokesman Howard Wolfson emails:
Late last month Senator Clinton loaned her campaign $5 million.The loan illustrates Sen. Clinton’s commitment to this effort and to ensuring that our campaign has the resources it needs to compete and win across this nation. We have had one of our best fundraising efforts ever on the web stoday and our Super Tuesday victories will only help in bringing more support for her candidacy.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
In February 2005, Clinton traveled to the Paradise Island resort in the Bahamas and collected $150,000 from Swiss biotechnology giant Serono International for a speech that touched on global AIDS. Serono's U.S. arm was then embroiled in a well-publicized federal investigation into giveaways to doctors who unnecessarily prescribed its AIDS drug. A few months after the speech, the company pleaded guilty to two federal conspiracy charges and agreed to pay $704 million in fines.excerpted from "For Clinton, New Wealth In Speeches", By John Solomon and Matthew Mosk, Washington Post,Friday, February 23, 2007; Page A01.Clinton also accepted $125,000 in December 2001 to address workers at International Profit Associates, an Illinois company that advises small businesses. At the time, IPA was the focus of a federal investigation -- started during the Clinton administration -- and a government lawsuit alleging widespread sexual harassment.
what a bunch of dirtballs.
at least they’re not carrying around grocery bags full of money orders for campaign contributions.....or are they?
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