LA Times on fishy fundraising by Herself

[SoxFan]

Dishwashers, waiters and others whose jobs and dilapidated home addresses seem to make them unpromising targets for political fundraisers are pouring $1,000 and $2,000 contributions into Clinton's campaign treasury. In April, a single fundraiser in an area long known for its gritty urban poverty yielded a whopping $380,000. When Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) ran for president in 2004, he received $24,000 from Chinatown...

Clinton has enlisted the aid of Chinese neighborhood associations, especially those representing recent immigrants from Fujian province. The organizations, at least one of which is a descendant of Chinatown criminal enterprises that engaged in gambling and human trafficking, exert enormous influence over immigrants. The associations help them with everything from protection against crime to obtaining green cards.

Many of Clinton's Chinatown donors said they had contributed because leaders in neighborhood associations told them to. In some cases, donors said they felt pressure to give.

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-donors19oct19,0,4231217.story?page=1

Yeah, the story is from last fall, but it's time that she was "vetted" on this, don't you think?

[Zachstar]

1. One of the many things that we must ask her about EVERY day.

Bookmarking this as it needs attention.

[jenmito]

2. Yes, I think so. She hasn't really been vetted since 2000. It's a-comin', though.

Don't you worry! :hi:

[MojoMojoMojo]

3. Did you read the last page? Some suspicious but many look verified

"Qun Wu, a 37-year-old waiter at a Chinese restaurant in Flushing, saw a reference to a Clinton fundraiser in a Chinese-language newspaper. He took a day off from work to go. Though he only makes $500 a week, he considers his $1,000 donation to be money well-spent. He got his picture taken with Clinton, hung it prominently in his house, then had color reprints made and sent to family in China.

"Every day I go home and see it," he said. "I see my picture with Hillary, and I feel encouraged. It's a great honor."

Many, on the other hand, said they gave for reasons having more to do with the Chinese community than with Clinton. He Duan Zheng, who gave $1,000, said of the Fujianese community: "They informed us to go, so I went.

"Everybody was making a donation, so I did too," he said. "Otherwise I would lose face.""

[SoxFan]

4. Most aren't

Many couldn't be located at all. I'll wager that a lot of these funds are actually from the "civic associations" but laundered through locals. There's a sketchy pol in Manchester who used to launder gambling money through Greek "civic organizations" and "coffee houses", and this smells like the same type of garbage.

[cali]

5. LOL!!!

You really believe that someone making $500 a week can afford a $1,000 campaign contribution? Want to buy a really nice bridge?

[City Lights]

6. She got some 'splainin' to do.

Thank you for bringing this important issue to my attention. ;-)