<p>Hillary Clinton’s campaign abruptly announced the return of almost a million dollars raised by a fugitive wanted on a 15-year-old bench warrant stemming from an early 1990s investment fraud case, Hsu.</p>
<p>The money came from 260 donors associated with the disgraced Democratic fundraiser. The campaign had recently called him ‘legit.’</p>
<p>Yup, let’s just put the first corrupted female crook in the White House.</p>
<p>Any Republican has got a lot of nerve to talk about corruption. Hsu is a standalone freelancer. Compare and contrast to the systematic & institutionalized corruption of Rove & the K Street project, Abramoff and all the lobbyists and government officials, Duke Cunningham, James Doolittle, Bob Ney, and the whole rotting mass. </p>
<p>But I guess “nerve” is the only thing Republicans have left to play. </p>
<p>Don’t worry, they’re going to get rolled, big time, in just another 422 days.</p>
<p>^^^ A corrupt politician is a corrupt politician, whether a republican or a female democrat. It won;t be the first time, it wont be the last time.</p>
<p>I like the part of how the campaign was just calling him legit just last month. Nothing has really changed about him since then. Some democrats are just putting more pressure.</p>
<p>Too bad she wont be the one “rolling” in just another 422 days. She might be tempted to Pardon him, just like her husband did to so many of his corrupt contributers.</p>
<p>Can’t wait for that day! Bye-bye neo-cons!</p>
<p>He is the one who hid his conviction! Sheesh! You guys are so desperate that you would state that black is white, if you thought it would deflect from the mess your Pres and his puppeters have made in this country.</p>
<p>Uh…I believe that the story is that Clinton is returning every penny raised by Hsu. A corrupt politician would keep it.</p>
<p>BTW, this is on top of the Clintons liquidating their entire blind trust back in January and moving every dime out of stocks into interest bearing money market bonds and the like – just to avoid even a whiff of impropriety. I’ve never heard of a major candidate taking this step.</p>
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<p>Uh, nothing unless you count finding out that he was on the lam.</p>
<p>Ahh…the naive liberals…</p>
<p>If you head over to the DNC website, you will find a remarkable list of the 50 most recent Republican scandals…about half of which are less than 6 mos old. Happy reading!</p>
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<p>You’re not going to have to worry about this…Clinton doesn’t stand a chance in hell during a general election.</p>
<p>I’m not sure that Clinton will be the one rolling in 422 days…it could be Obama.</p>
<p>However, if Clinton is the one, I think a lot of Republicans are going to be keeling over from apoplexy and terminal brain cramps. “No…no…it can’t be happing, it <em>can’t</em> be!” Mwuhahahhahhahhah!</p>
<p>ID, I’m trying to do my part but our party isn’t completely efficient: I’d already committed to going to a fundraiser for Tim Allen next week and darned if I didn’t get an invitation today to a similar do at the same fundraising price to meet Bill. Well, heck. The thing for Allen blew the political donation budget for this year anyway but I hope I get an opportunity that I can afford to meet Hill & Bill next year.</p>
<p>Ha. I got to shake their hands for free. Just had to stand in line for five hours!</p>
<p>I think Obama has burned his tires off trying to catch the leader and lost the handle on his car. He’s done. Ducking the AARP convention and the AARP debate in Iowa tells me that he’s thrown in the towel and is just in it for the Hollywood galas.</p>
<p>Off all people, Reagan speechwriter captured Obama’s strategic dilemma this week in the WSJ:</p>
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<p>His problem is so obvious a school child could see it. He entered the race with an unprecedented lack of experience. In my lifetime, nobody has ever had the audacity to make a Presidential run just two years removed from a stint in the state legislature. He can’t cross the “commander-in-chief” threshold. It’s killing him in the campaign because he has no record to run on. He’s selling grand themes and magic political messiah dust to a Democratic base (outside of the Starbucks elites) who respond to meat 'n potatoes working class economic issues. That’s why Hillary’s campaign turned Bill loose last week, not only on the campaign trail, but on every TV show in the known universe, playing the beloved statesman role talking about how much he likes Obama and Obama’s youth appeal (“I get it. I was his age, too.”)</p>
<p>I do think he will ultimately go intensely negative. He didn’t hire Robert Gibbs for nothing. If you recall, Gibbs was responsible for the TV advertising morphing Osama bin Laden into Howard Dean. And, of course, we can’t forget that Obama started his campaign with that lovely 1984 attack ad from his internet consultants. </p>
<p>The problem is that going negative involves attacking Bill Clinton, who currently enjoys an 89% approval rating among Democrats. As Paul Begala pondered the folly of that, he asked, “Who’s he going to attack after Bill Clinton? Mother Theresa?”</p>
<p>Meanwhile, the Clinton campaign - day after day after day, like clockwork - releases the same response to media inquiries asking about the latest Obama and Edwards attacks:</p>
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<p>This may explain why some still think George W. Bush is an honorable man . </p>
<p><a href=“Study finds left-wing brain, right-wing brain”>Study finds left-wing brain, right-wing brain;
<p>Yup, this helps to explain why knee jerk conservatives can never change their minds.</p>
<p>It’s not impossible to change a conservative’s mind…it just takes a long time. And in many ways the conservative mind is a valuable thing. They are perhaps more rigid in their viewpoints but they also have a different way of analyzing data that can be useful. </p>
<p>Side note: I’m married to a Republican who has, over time, come to the conclusion that the conservative viewpoint as presently represented by the Republican party is dangerous to the country’s health.</p>
<p>Hillary’s involvement with the Hsu scandal is the last thing that her campaign needs. The scandal isn’t going to go away and it reminds everyone of the corrupt to the bone Presidency of her husband. </p>
<p>As I’ve said before, she’ll never be elected President. Do you really believe that people in this country want 12 or 16 years of the Clintons. You guys have to get out more.</p>
<p>Those of you who confine your life to the same news shows, magazines, blogs, etc. seem to have no idea of the level of discomfort that so many Americans have for her. The Hsu scandal does nothing but remind everyone of the Whitewater billing records, the missing FBI files, cash in envelopes at the front door of the White House, ad nauseum.</p>
<p>She’s going to be your gal and I couldn’t be happier.</p>
<p>She’s toast.</p>
<p>I guess you have a pretty low opinion of Kenneth Starr, huh?</p>
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<p>Girl. It’s “I’m your girl!”</p>
<p>I wish you Republicans would start to sort out your primary race. Looks like Grandpa Fred is taking a chunk out of the Crossdresser’s lead.</p>
<p>Here are the hot off presses matchup polls from the CNN poll released this afternoon:</p>
<p>Head-To-Head Matchups
Clinton 50, Giuliani 46 (49-48 in last poll, June 22-24)
Clinton 55, Thompson 42 (50-46)
Obama 45, Guliani 49 (46-48)
Obama 53, Thompson 41 (52-40)</p>
<p>And two additional questions for Democratic voters that must make the Clinton campaign very happy since their podium posters starting on Labor Day have read “CHANGE + EXPERIENCE”:</p>
<p>Who has the right experience to be president?
Clinton 60
Edwards 15
Obama 9</p>
<p>Who is most likely to bring needed change to the U.S.?
Clinton 42
Obama 30
Edwards 10</p>
<p><a href=“http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2007/images/09/11/rel9f.pdf[/url]”>http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2007/images/09/11/rel9f.pdf</a></p>
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<p>We know you love her. That’s fine. </p>
<p>We know you’ve got all the polling data at your finger tips. Good for you.</p>
<p>You can switch the subject to Grandpa Fred or the crossdresser or the mormon. I’m OK with that.</p>
<p>That being said, she has no chance. Zero. Nada.</p>
<p>Please nominate her.</p>
<p>VD, you really think you’re VD? Or do you have something to back up your certainty besides blind faith and the fact that all the Republicans you know can’t stand Hillary? </p>
<p>Frankly, I’m looking forward to next year. As dear departed Brownie observed, “Elections are fun.”</p>
<p>I have mentioned once before that your username is not in good taste. I really find your avatar, offensive.</p>