HOW MANY CHINAMEN DOES IT TAKE TO ELECT A CLINTON?

For two days the two lead stories every hour on the radio from CNN and CBS have been the Gonzales resignation and the Senator Craig scandal. The Gonzales story allows those on the left a great opportunity for sound bites about how corrupt the Bush administration is and how everyone is abandoning a scandal riddled President. Senator Craig wanted a little man love in the men’s room and now he is the poster child for hypocritical conservatives. In the scheme of things, neither story is worth more then a tag line for the democrats but the media deems them both worthy of endless coverage so it will continue to tell the stories.

One story I haven’t heard at all on any news media outlet is the one about Hillary and the strange donations she has been receiving. I noticed it first on the Drudge report and then later in the day it was mentioned on a talk radio show, but not once was any light shed on it in any news report. And so, in an effort to enlighten those unable to search news outlets for “the rest of the story”, here is what Mrs. Clinton has been up to;

The story tells of a family of Asian immigrants who have been donating substantial amounts of money to Hillary as well as other democrats. They live in a modest green bungalow….

“that lies under the flight path from San Francisco International Airport. Six members of the Paw family, each listing the house at 41 Shelbourne Ave. as their residence, have donated a combined $45,000 to the Democratic senator from New York since 2005, for her presidential campaign, her Senate re-election last year and her political action committee. In all, the six Paws have donated a total of $200,000 to Democratic candidates since 2005, election records show.”- Wall Street Journal

What is interesting is the Paw family history. They all received their social security cards in California in 1982. Since then their voting records have been “sporadic”,

“No one in the Paw family had ever given a campaign contribution before the 2004 presidential election, according to campaign-finance reports. Then, in July 2004, five members of the family contributed a total of $3,600 to the presidential campaign of Sen. John Kerry, the Massachusetts Democrat.”- Wall Street Journal

OK, so perhaps they suddenly saw the light as a family and decided they had to try to change the world, to make it a better place and that giving oodles of loot to democrats was the way to do it. Maybe it was over a sizzling plate of General Tsu’s chicken with a side of steamed dumplings. But it must have been from the Wok Inn and not PF Chang’s because the Paws don’t seem to be of extravagant means;

“It isn't obvious how the Paw family is able to afford such political largess. Records show they own a gift shop and live in a 1,280-square-foot house that they recently refinanced for $270,000. William Paw, the 64-year-old head of the household, is a mail carrier with the U.S. Postal Service who earns about $49,000 a year, according to a union representative. Alice Paw, also 64, is a homemaker. The couple's grown children have jobs ranging from account manager at a software company to "attendance liaison" at a local public high school.”- Wall Street Journal

Or maybe the Paws were merely trying to mirror the actions of another American of Asian ancestry, a Mr. Norman Hsu;

“The Paws' political donations closely track donations made by Norman Hsu, a wealthy New York businessman in the apparel industry who once listed the Paw home as his address, according to public records. Mr. Hsu is one of the top fund-raisers for Mrs. Clinton's presidential campaign. He has hosted or co-hosted some of her most prominent money-raising events.”- Wall Street Journal

You see, the federal election laws drastically limit the amounts an individual can contribute to candidates and political parties;

“For the 2008 election, individuals can donate a maximum of $4,600 per candidate -- $2,300 for a primary election and $2,300 for a general election -- and a total of $108,200 per election to all federal candidates and national political parties.”- Wall Street Journal

It all seems confusing, maybe too confusing for news people because they won’t report any of it. But what is clear is that there is a lot of circumstantial evidence that makes it appears there could possibly be some shenanigans going on with the Paws, Hsu and possibly others;

“The Paw family is just one set of donors whose political donations are similar to Mr. Hsu's. Several business associates of Mr. Hsu in New York have made donations to the same candidates, on the same dates for similar amounts as Mr. Hsu………….. On four separate dates this year, the Paw family, Mr. Hsu and five of his associates gave Mrs. Clinton a total of $47,500. In all, the family, Mr. Hsu and his associates have given Mrs. Clinton $133,000 since 2005 and a total of nearly $720,000 to all Democratic candidates.”- Wall Street Journal

Does any of this sound familiar? Do you remember the Buddhist monks and their vast donations to Al Gore? How about the Chinese connection to contributions to Bill Clinton’s campaign? Perhaps the soliciting of sexual favors in the men’s room is a little easier for the members of the main stream press to understand so that’s what they report.

It will be interesting to see how this plays out; the Clinton’s are good at muddying the waters and playing the victim whenever any accusations of impropriety are insinuated and directed at them. But this time they won’t be able to blame a vast right wing conspiracy if more facts come to light that implicate them in any illegalities because the Republicans aren’t running against them yet, it is all other Democrats….stay tuned, the silence will be deafening.