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To: Bearcatbob who wrote (2849)	7/29/2004 12:57:46 AM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 4965

Bearcat, that article was a new low even for you. What slander central did you get that crap from? I know Steve Bing. The guy doesn't have anything to do with mobsters or anyone else unsavory unless you think Hugh Hefner is. Steve is a bachelor, so how can you blame him for hanging with Hef? If he paid someone's legal fees it's because he's just a very-very generous guy. He inherited 800 million and gives it to whomever or whatever means something to him. If I were a better friend of his or you were and we were in trouble he'd bail us out too. Here's the real scoop. Bing is a huge Edwards supporter, which is why this BS SMEAR + SLANDER story came out from the rightwing dirty tricks brigade today. Steve Bing is just a guy who gives tremendous amounts of money away and asks nothing in return. Unlike the polluters, energy gougers, drug company gougers, timber companies, defense contractors, wall street tycoons and HMO's Bush-Cheney get much of their money from. All those are special interests who get billions back (of our money) for their million dollar contributions. To attack Bing as some "mob connected" is laughable. The guy doesn't have a corrupt bone in his body. It is also laughable when the GOP is considering replacing Cheney with Guliani, a guy who probably DOES have connections.

To: Bearcatbob who wrote (2849)	7/29/2004 7:32:06 AM
From: tonto	Respond to of 4965

There is a lot of information available on Bing's friend...not an acceptable person of character. AS will probably defend them... ganglandnews.com Message #2849 from Bearcatbob at Jul 28, 2004 9:57 PM Shades of Marc Rich? The implosion keeps getting better and better! Fattest Cat Officials: Democrat’s Biggest Money Man Has Mob Connections By Brian Ross B O S T O N, July 28, 2004 — As Sens. John Kerry and John Edwards arrived in Boston today for the Democratic National Convention, so did the California man who is their single biggest contributor. He is Stephen Bing, a wealthy film producer who, with little fanfare, has managed to steer a total of more than $16 million of his money to Democratic candidates and the supposedly independent groups that support them. "To most of the people who track money and politics, they're like, who the hell is Steve Bing?" said Chuck Lewis, founder of the Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit, nonpartisan watchdog organization. Bing is perhaps best known for sparking a tabloid frenzy when he publicly expressed doubt that he was the father of actress Elizabeth Hurley's baby. (A paternity test proved he was indeed the father.) He repeatedly has refused to say why he is funneling millions of dollars to the Democrats. Lewis thinks it is cause for concern. "We can identify who the big donors are, but how much do we really know about any of them?" he said. In fact, Democratic Party officials said they knew nothing about the man who law enforcement officials tell ABC News is Bing's friend and business partner — Dominic Montemarano, a New York Mafia figure currently in federal prison on racketeering charges. Montemarano has a long criminal record and is known to organized crime investigators by his street name, Donnie Shacks. "Donnie Shacks' main activity was murder. No question about it. That was his main function for the Colombo family and for organized crime in general. He was one of the top hit men in the New York area," said Joe Coffey, a former NYPD investigator. According to The Los Angeles Times, Bing paid Montemarano's legal fees after his most recent scrape with the law. Montemerano's lawyer said his client was an employee of Bing's. After a recent private lunch with Democratic vice-presidential candidate Edwards, Bing also declined to answer questions about his relationship with Montemarano.