Saturday, January 15, 2005

Campaign Reform - Hillary?

The federal government revealed last week that the finance director of Hillary Rodham Clinton's Senate race has been indicted on multiple counts of fraud related to an August 2000 Hollywood fund-raiser, which reportedly raised at least $1 million in hard-money contributions and untold amounts of soft-money donations. It appears that the direct beneficiary of the alleged fraud was Mrs. Clinton's campaign, which at the time was desperate for as much federally restricted, extremely valuable hard money that it could gather.
Do you think Hillary had knowledge of this? I am just curious what she is saying, because had this been a republican the democrats would be calling for the politician's head!
As many as 1,200 people attended the event, which featured Cher, Diana Ross, Michael Bolton, Stevie Wonder, Melissa Etheridge and Patti LaBelle, among others. Attendees paid between $1,000 and $25,000. The first $2,000 of any contribution would have qualified as hard money in 2000.
How do you think these celebrities feel? Read the story here.

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