You know, it's starting to seem like a good thing that Bill Clinton is so good at raking in the bucks, because it looks like Hillary is just lousy at financial matters. Her campaign has been in financial trouble every other month. They have a trail of unpaid bills in their wake, including rents and health insurance premiums. Their major fundraisers have turned into a Rogue's Gallery of knaves, thieves, con men, and -- in one memorable case -- a guy who was a wanted federal fugitive since before Bill's inauguration.
Well, there's yet another Hillary fundraising scandal. It seems that one of her big bundlers (someone who collects contributions from a bunch of sources and delivers them all, gift-wrapped with a big bow, to the candidate) is yet another "troubled" individual.
Kase Lawal of Houston, Texas (what IS it with that city lately?) turns out to be accused of stealing roughly 10 million barrels of oil from Nigeria.
(Hat tip: Hot Air, via Say Anything)
This time, though, I'm feeling a bit contrarian. If anything, this one makes me like Hillary more.
She's won the support of someone who ripped off Nigerians? There's gotta be some kind of "Robin Hood" exemption there. I'd not only support a sentencing break for this guy if he gets convicted, I'd be tempted to give him some kind of a medal.
Hell, Hillary ought to make him her campaign treasurer. He allegedly stole 10 MILLION BARRELS OF OIL from Nigeria? That's enough to pay for her entire campaign -- as well as Obama's and McCain's and Nader's. Hell, it's probably enough to cover the energy bills for Al Gore's and John Edwards' mansions for at almost two years.
Yeah, Hillary's a nightmare. But in just this one case, let's give her a pass.
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Honest people wouldn't be a... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Steve Crickmore | April 4, 2008 9:29 AM | Score: -2 (4 votes cast)
Honest people wouldn't be attracted to Hillary in the first place. At least if a honest person gives or works for a conservative, some of whom are admittedly rogues themselves, there is an animating philosophy or ideology at work, larger than themselves, but no so with Hillary and many of her bundlers.
1. Posted by Steve Crickmore | April 4, 2008 9:29 AM |
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Posted on April 4, 2008 09:29
2. Posted by WildWillie | April 4, 2008 10:09 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Easy on the Houston insinuations my friend ;) ww
2. Posted by WildWillie | April 4, 2008 10:09 AM |
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Posted on April 4, 2008 10:09
3. Posted by philw1776 | April 4, 2008 10:58 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Ripped off scheming Nigerians? :)
Finally, a reason to vote for Hill!
3. Posted by philw1776 | April 4, 2008 10:58 AM |
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Posted on April 4, 2008 10:58
4. Posted by jp2 | April 4, 2008 12:23 PM | Score: -2 (2 votes cast)
"Her campaign has been in financial trouble every other month."
She's spending a lot to lose, that's for sure. I don't think any campaign is in more danger than McCain's though - the whole public financing thing will either hamstring him or have him break the law. (look for actual news at non-Wizbang sites)
4. Posted by jp2 | April 4, 2008 12:23 PM |
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Posted on April 4, 2008 12:23
5. Posted by WildWillie | April 4, 2008 12:59 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Get whitey, white people are satan, US of KKK. Yeah! McCain has problems. What world do you live in J2? ww
5. Posted by WildWillie | April 4, 2008 12:59 PM |
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Posted on April 4, 2008 12:59
6. Posted by Jim Addison | April 4, 2008 3:18 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
McCain actually managed to right his fiscal ship without defaulting on any campaign debts when he ran into financial trouble last year.
He did agree to Obama's challenge to accept public financing, but Obama seems to have LIED about that, didn't he?
Why would Obama LIE about that, like he lied about his relationship with Rezko and his knowledge of Wright's positions?
As to Hillary - what the heck does anyone expect? Remember Riady and Chung? The Clintons have NEVER looked too hard at anyone trying to give them money.
6. Posted by Jim Addison | April 4, 2008 3:18 PM |
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Posted on April 4, 2008 15:18
7. Posted by Chris G | April 4, 2008 4:14 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
"Rogue's Gallery of knaves, thieves, con men"
Also currently in the mix are "rustlers, cut throats, murderers, bounty hunters, desperados, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, halfwits, dimwits, vipers, snipers, con men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, muggers, buggerers, bushwhackers, hornswogglers, horse thieves, bull dykes, train robbers, bank robbers, ass-kickers, shit-kickers and Methodists" Blazing Sadddles *(1974)
7. Posted by Chris G | April 4, 2008 4:14 PM |
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Posted on April 4, 2008 16:14