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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (126143)	2/8/2001 12:35:52 PM
From: swisstrader	Respond to of 769670

I'm hoping they use that money to re-enter the stock market...we could use some fresh blood!

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (126143)	2/8/2001 12:46:27 PM
From: Zoltan!	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

NYPost: pardon money may have been laundered through Clinton Library fund: IS BILL COOKING HIS LIBRARY BOOKS? Thursday,February 8,2001 By DEBORAH ORIN -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IT'S a measure of how queasy Democrats are getting about Bill Clinton that some now fear there could be a link between large secret gifts to the Clinton library and his controversial presidential pardons. Fueling Dem jitters is the fact the Clinton library just upped its fund-raising goal from $125 million to $200 million, has taken in as much as $5 million per donor, and refuses to release its donor list. "It seems like a logical next place to look," says a senior Democratic strategist, wryly noting all the questions that have already erupted about whether pardons were linked to campaign cash, or to support for Hillary Clinton's Senate bid. One key pardon figure is known to have donated. Denise Rich, whose fugitive financier ex-hubby Marc got a pardon, gave to the Clinton library, just as she gave furniture, campaign cash and legal-defense cash to the Clintons. Her lawyer, Martin Pollner, yesterday confirmed she donated to the Clinton library, but declined to say how much the multimillionaire socialite/songwriter gave. Legally, the library doesn't have to release the donor list. But what worries some Dems is whether there's something to hide. Given all the questions, they say, why not release the names to clear the air? Dubious cash, after all, was a hallmark of the Clinton years. The Democratic National Committee had to return megabucks in dubious donations, and so did the Clinton legal-defense fund. No wonder there's a fear any secret donor list could spell trouble. It's an especially touchy issue, since Democratic National Chairman Terry McAuliffe - the Clintons' champion bucks-raiser for everything from campaigns to legal defense - just joined the Clinton library board, so any fallout will hit the entire Democratic Party. McAuliffe didn't respond to requests for comment yesterday. * Also raising eyebrows is the talk that Clinton spokesman Jack Siewert - Bill's last White House press secretary and transition spokesman - will soon head to a high-profile job at the DNC. Siewert stopped acting as Clinton's transition flack yesterday, but given his longtime close ties to the ex-president, his arrival at the DNC, at McAuliffe's behest, would add to the impression the party is now reduced to a branch office of Clinton Inc. The DNC declined comment, but didn't rule out a Siewert role. Siewert wasn't returning phone calls. But if Clinton's spokesman goes to the DNC, can he avoid using it as a platform to keep on defending Clinton? * Justice Department sources say that, as far as they can tell, Clinton is the first president to pardon one of his own relatives. Brother Roger's pardon for cocaine-conspiracy charges was one of 22 pardons issued when Clinton bypassed the normal procedures. * As Washington buzzes over the revelation that Vice President Al Gore had an angry post-election confrontation with Clinton - with each blaming the other for George W. Bush's win - some Gore fans say wife Tipper is a key factor. They note the Gores have a close marriage, that Tipper was livid over Sexgate, especially Hillary's humiliation - and they suggest Tipper's anger made it especially hard for Gore to ask his boss for campaign help that might have boosted him to victory. nypost.com

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (126143)	2/8/2001 1:00:41 PM
From: DMaA	Respond to of 769670

So What! Bush tax plan seems especially good for high income trial lawyers.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (126143)	2/8/2001 3:28:05 PM
From: Zoltan!	Respond to of 769670

>>Bush tax plan seems especially good for high income trial lawyers. I know many trial lawyers who would benefit substantially by that cut in the top rate from 39.6% to 33%. Perhaps they could use the extra money to finance a few more lawsuits. <g> Look at the percentage cuts in Bush's plan. The poorest earners get a 33 percent cut in their income taxes; the lower middle class gets a 46 percent cut; the upper middle class gets a 30 percent cut; the most successful get a 17 percent cut. Poor Tom Daschle was caught lying by FoxNews' Brit Hume. Daschle claimed the richest would get a new Lexus and the middle couldn't get a muffler. Hume asked the experts and they said $7000 doesn't buy a Lexus and $800 can buy at least two mufflers.