Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Latest Government Actions (NFC) OT

[Doug and Terri Anderson (dnt]

Treason doth never prosper: what 's the reason?
Why, if it prosper, none dare call it treason.

Sir John Harrington - 1561-1612

Aint that so so true, or so it seems - heh heh

DOGU


From: "Rich" <Richf355 [at] comcast.net>
To: "DOUG" <dnt [at] dock.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 4:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Latest Government Actions (NFC) OT


> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Paul Bennett" <pbennett [at] macnet.com>
> To: "Rich" <RichF355 [at] comcast.net>
> Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 6:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Latest Government Actions (NFC) OT
>
>
> > >I hate to say it, but Steve - you may as well book your ticket now. The
> > > media will ensure that Obama wins.
> >
> > And if it takes a few ads to push him over the top...
> >
> > Obama has recently raised over $400MM in foreign money chopped
> > up into $200 unreportable pieces.   Such practice is a felony but
> > the campaign finance auditors won't go over the reports until
> > after the election and probably issue a small fine...
> >
> > ============================
>
> Just like all the illegal Chinese money that Clinton / Gore raised in 96. 
> By
> the time the FEC got to the bottom of it all in 2002 and fined them $ 1
> million, they were out of office. AG Janet Sterno swept it all under the
> carpet for 4 years , as raising foreign money is a felony and the whole
> Clinton / Gore clan should have been jailed.
>
> Rich
>
>
> FEC Issues Record Fines In Democrats' Scandals
> Commission Faults Players in 1996 Foreign Fundraising
>
>
> By Thomas B. Edsall and Edward Walsh
> Washington Post Staff Writers
> Saturday, September 21, 2002; Page A05
>
>
> The Federal Election Commission disclosed yesterday it has imposed a
> record-setting $719,000 in fines against participants in the 1996 
> Democratic
> Party fundraising scandals involving contributions from China, Korea and
> other foreign sources.
>
> The FEC documents describe Democratic fundraisers who set specific prices
> for foreign nationals to make illegal campaign contributions in return for
> meetings with then-President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore. A
> Democratic finance vice chair, for example, said organizers would have to
> contribute $100,000 in return for Gore's appearance at a Buddhist temple 
> in
> Los Angeles.
>
> Those penalized included the Democratic National Committee, the 
> Clinton-Gore
> campaign, the Buddhist temple and nearly two dozen people and corporations
> acting as conduits for illegal contributions. All have agreed to pay,
> according to the documents.
>
> The total in fines would have been significantly higher except that some 
> of
> the corporations have folded and others were dummy operations, with no
> assets, set up as conduits for money from China, Venezuela, Canada and 
> other
> countries. Foreign individuals and organizations are barred from
> contributing to federal elections. In some cases, foreigners who would 
> have
> been subject to fines could not be located and served with papers. In 
> other
> cases, the individuals pleaded guilty in criminal cases and are bankrupt.
>
>
>
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