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Originally Posted by host
My intent is not to single you out, reconmike, you're one of many who has posted "stuff" like this:
This thread offered you an opportunity to present "your evidence". You didn't take it.
The_Jazz and ngdawg, I am having trouble believing that neither of you "get it".
I operate with two repetitious themes on this forum. One is, "how do you know what you know?", and the other is that what comes to us from the "news" media is closer to the "Op" that was waged against Upton Sinclair in his 1934 California gubernatorial campaign, by the two major newspaper publishers, assisted by the "visuals" dutifully provided by the Hollywood studies, than "the liberal message" so often perceived and described by conservatives.
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No, Host, you 'operate' with one theme: Your venomous hatred for McCain. You have, what? 4 different threads with the same "message".
Try showing one candidate in the last 12 years who DIDN'T take funds or get advice from a questionable source or place.
Let's see....didn't Hillary get a shitload of money from someone now facing major jail time?
Who cares about Sinclair, ferchrissakes?
Take all your passion and go out and campaign, raise funds, whatever, for your candidate, but for the love of liberals, stop wasting bandwidth on this stuff!!  Or at least send Halx a sizable donation.
Judith Exner.
Sam Giancana.
Gennifer Flowers.
"I did NOT have...sexual relations...with that woman."
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While no one ever deserted Momo without accepting the bloody consequences, even he could not prevent Death from stalking the lives of wife Ange nor father Antonio. Both died in 1954, only a couple months apart and both after long illnesses. Politicos, businessmen and mob leaders from across the country turned out for both services, noting Momo particularly solemn and well-behaved at both.
But, by 1955 the world he knew best, the Underworld, was occupying his every hour. Tony Accardo was being investigated by the FBI and, to steer them away from current gang activities, he stepped down to appoint Momo il capo di Chicago. The moniker was misleading, however, for Momo’s territory extended far beyond mere city limits. But, in one way, it brought leisure: he no longer had to travel to see anyone on business; everyone came to him.
Robert, John & Joseph Kennedy
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This included Joseph Kennedy, the wealthy financier and Wall Street jackal. Kennedy had been a partner of Diamond Joe Esposito during the days of Prohibition; together the two men had made a fortune smuggling sugar and mash into the East Coast and trans-continentally. Momo was never partial to the toothsome fellow, disliking the smiling hypocritical facade of the Irish Catholic businessman hiding a thieving pirate. "If there ever was a crook it was Joe Kennedy," he told his brother and confidante, Chuck. "Old man Kennedy made over a million bucks selling the market short before it fell. He manipulated the whole damn Depression."
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John Kennedy, along with aide from his connected father and illegal bootlegger, Joseph Kennedy, the powerful and ambitious patriarch of the Kennedy clan, had made a deal through Giancana with the large mob families to guarantee that the presidential election would be rigged in the major U.S. cities as well as Illinois, a critical state for campaigning candidates. Joseph wanted to ensure that his son John would become president and was not shy about asking his connections for help.
Gianacana had also helped raise money for JFK’s crucial West Virginia primary campaign, or had arranged to pay off appropriate political figures. Judith Exner, one time girl friend of Giancana, admitted to Larry King on television in 1992 that she repeatedly acted as a courier, shipping satchels of money between the Chicago boss and John Kennedy. This money was used to help Kennedy the underdog defeat Hubert Humphrey, who was the favourite.
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Business mogul Peter Franklin Paul, who claims he was Hillary Clinton's largest contributor to her 2000 campaign, had a demand-letter hand-delivered to the New York Democrat's Senate chambers yesterday, insisting she admit to voters acceptance of an illegal contribution of more than $1 million and the falsifying of statements to the Federal Election Commission.
Paul says he contributed to the senator's campaign in exchange for former President Clinton's personal promotion of a media company after leaving office. The businessman claims he was directed by the Clintons and Democratic operatives to foot the bill for a lavish Hollywood gala and fund-raiser prior to the 2000 election that eventually cost about $2 million.
But a warm, growing friendship with the Clintons suddenly went cold, Paul says, when just after the Aug. 12, 2000, event a Washington Post article mentioned Paul's felony convictions in the 1970s. In stories by the paper Aug. 15 and 17, Sen. Clinton distanced herself from Paul, claiming he made no contribution to the gala. The senator contended she returned Paul's only contribution ? a $2,000 check and vowed not to accept any money from him.
"The real objective of the letter," said Paul, "is to finally get her to admit to voters that she deceived them in 2000 and she continues to deceive them."
Paul also has delivered a letter to his former business partner, Spider Man creator Stan Lee, demanding he notify Sen. Clinton that she must correct a statement filed with the Federal Election Committee that falsely attributes a $225,000 donation to Lee instead of Paul.
In January, responding to a complaint by Paul, the FEC issued a $35,000 fine to a joint fund-raising committee that included Clinton's campaign, New York Senate 2000, for failing to accurately report $721,895 in contributions from Paul.
In May 2005, Clinton's former top fund-raising aide, David Rosen, was acquitted for filing false campaign reports that later were charged by the FEC to treasurer Andrew Grossman, who accepted responsibility in a conciliation agreement. Paul points out the trial established his contention that he personally gave more than $1.2 million to Sen. Clinton's campaign, and his contributions intentionally were hidden from the public and the FEC.
Paul wants Sen. Clinton to refund the contribution, claiming it was illegal under FEC regulations. The senator's direction of those funds, Paul asserts, violated section 441 of the FEC code, which says, "Expenditures made by any person in cooperation, consultation or concert with, or at the request or suggestion of a candidate or their agents shall be considered to be a contribution to such candidate," and, therefore, subject to limits.
Paul argues that while joint campaign committees, such as New York Senate 2000, have helped candidates get around the $2,000 limit on contributions directly to their campaigns, the FEC regulation considers any donation specifically requested by a candidate to be the same as a direct contribution.
FEC spokeswoman Michelle Ryan told WND the agency could not comment on the case.
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That wasn't as much fun as I thought it'd be....but interesting.
Last edited by ngdawg; 03-01-2008 at 08:37 PM..
Reason: Automerged Doublepost
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