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| Hillary Raising Chinese Funny Money Again? |
| 2007-10-19 |
| Something remarkable happened at 44 Henry St., a grimy Chinatown tenement with peeling walls. It also happened nearby at a dimly lighted apartment building with trash bins clustered by the front door. And again not too far away, at 88 E. Broadway beneath the Manhattan bridge, where vendors chatter in Mandarin and Fujianese as they hawk rubber sandals and bargain-basement clothes. All three locations, along with scores of others scattered throughout some of the poorest Chinese neighborhoods in Queens, Brooklyn and the Bronx, have been swept by an extraordinary impulse to shower money on one particular presidential candidate -- Democratic front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton. Hu'd a thunk it? 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. Famous Chinese Generosity™....no Buddhist monks? At this point in the presidential campaign cycle, Clinton has raised more money than any candidate in history. Those dishwashers, waiters and street stall hawkers are part of the reason. And Clinton's success in gathering money from Chinatown's least-affluent residents stems from a two-pronged strategy: mutually beneficial alliances with powerful groups, and appeals to the hopes and dreams of people now consigned to the margins. 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. Perhaps Sandy Burglar is the reachout guy? |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #11 Hillary redecorates the White House with a new picture: |
| Posted by: DMFD 2007-10-19 21:28 |
| #10 This can't be happening, the McCain/Feingold Campaign Finance Reform Bill fixed all the finance problems. What ? Oh, I'm sorry, that kind of fix. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2007-10-19 16:34 |
| #9 "Hillary Still Raising Chinese Funny Money There - fixed. Billary - owned and operated by the ChiComs. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2007-10-19 15:27 |
| #8 Those bottle bottom glasses, those thick eyebrows, that malevolent expression, that insatiable lust for power. shiver...shudder |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque6305 2007-10-19 12:43 |
#7  |
| Posted by: Galactic Coordinator Shins1195 2007-10-19 12:03 |
| #6 She is so corrupt. So corrupt. |
| Posted by: newc 2007-10-19 11:41 |
| #5 Oh come now people I was a dishwasher and I always found an extra $2k laying around that I would send to the DNC. /Sarcasm |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2007-10-19 11:31 |
| #4 I remember a week or so ago during the SNL fake news one of the anchors said something like, "well Hillary Clinton has raised over $30 million this quarter and reports are that some of it was actually legal". |
| Posted by: mhw 2007-10-19 10:58 |
| #3 Senator Clinton isn't interested in their motivations, so long as they give her lots of money. I don't think she's one to stay bought... or even rented. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-10-19 10:30 |
| #2 this scumbag beeoch needs some serious Looking into, the chinese funded the clinton pres bid the first time around and now it looks like, afer the HU bust, they've figured out a way to just transfer cash to poor immagrants and them threaten them into giving the cash to The Hildabeast, this is illegal and almost treasonous, does she think the Chinese are just begnign little yellow men from afar, think again, their government is one of the scourges of the 21st century |
| Posted by: Antihildabeast 2007-10-19 09:52 |
| #1 Like many who traveled this path, most of the Chinese reported as contributing to Clinton's campaign have never voted. Many speak little or no English. Some seem to lead such ephemeral lives that neighbors say they've never heard of them. Geez, it's almost like..."someone else" might be fronting them the money. I wonder who that might be? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-10-19 09:47 |