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To: combjelly who wrote (349478)	9/2/2007 7:09:08 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1571527

"or every crooked Democrat, there at least 10 crooked Republicans" got a link ? oh that's right

To: combjelly who wrote (349478)	9/2/2007 7:26:21 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571527

Ted Strickland, Jennifer Brunner, Sherrod Brown Get Rid of Dirty Money Aug 31, 2007 at 9:17 am - Submitted By: Matthew 2 Comments From the AP: COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Three prominent Ohio Democrats are giving away contributions associated with a New York apparel executive who skipped his 1991 sentencing on charges he defrauded investors in California. Governor Ted Strickland, Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner and US Senator Sherrod Brown are donating to charity money given to them by Norman Hsu, or those reportedly associated with him. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton announced earlier this week that it would return $23,000 that Hsu made to her present and past campaigns and political action committee. Strickland is donating $10,000 he received from Hsu. Brunner is donating the 3,000 she received from Hsu. And Brown is donating $1,500 he received from donors reportedly associated with Hsu. According to Mark Niquette’s report in The Dispatch, Ted Strickland’s memory is suspiciously fuzzy and Brunner spoke at the criminal’s house: Records show that Hsu gave $10,000 to Strickland as part of events or meetings in New York on May 19, 2006, that raised nearly $98,000 for the governor’s campaign. Strickland doesn’t recall meeting with Hsu, but it’s possible he did, said Randy Borntrager, an Ohio Democratic Party spokesman responding on behalf of the governor. Brunner isn’t certain whether the $3,000 she got from Hsu on Nov. 9, 2006, came from a campaign fundraising letter or through a Democratic National Committee appeal, spokesman Jeff Ortega said. But Brunner did speak at Hsu’s New York home on June 27 this year at the request of the Twenty-First Century Democrats, which held a fundraiser there, he said. Brunner had “minimal conversation” with Hsu at the event, but he has had no other interaction with her or the office, Ortega said. This is just another example of the Democrat’s new culture of corruption. And as Mark said in the comments, Strickland needs to give back $98,000, not $10,000.

To: combjelly who wrote (349478)	9/2/2007 7:34:41 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571527

Rep. Bob Filner Charged With Assault on Virginia Airport Worker Monday, August 20, 2007 WASHINGTON — California Rep. Bob Filner was facing charges Monday for allegedly assaulting an airline worker at Dulles International Airport after becoming upset that his luggage had not arrived at a baggage carousel. Filner, 64, is slated to appear in Loudoun County, Va., General District Court on Oct. 2. Court officials could not say whether the San Diego Democrat had been served the summons yet to show up on that date. According to law enforcement officials, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority police were called to the United Airlines baggage claim office at about 6 p.m. Sunday evening for a report of an incident with a passenger regarding his baggage. "The individual allegedly attempted to enter an area authorized for airline employees only, pushed aside the employees outstretched arm and refused to leave the area when asked by an airline employee," according to airport police. "When MWAA officers arrived a few minutes later, the man had left the office and was waiting in the area of a bag carousel. Officers interviewed him and witnesses and released him. Before the individual left the airport, officers advised him that the airline employee would be pursuing charges," the police statement reads. The statement says the airport worker filed assault and battery charges, a class 1 misdemeanor. Filner is on his way to Iraq to see the troops, his office said in a statement late Monday, and will have a full statement when he returns. "Suffice it to say now, that the story that has appeared in the press is factually incorrect and the charges are ridiculous," the statement reads. A source familiar with the incident told FOX News that when Filner's luggage didn’t show up in the claim area fast enough, he allegedly stormed into the United baggage office and insisted on knowing where his bag was. The agent was working with another customer and told him to wait. The source alleged that Filner refused to step back and when the worker told him to leave the office, he said, “You can’t stop me.” She replied: "No, but the police can.” Filner allegedly pushed aside the agent's outstretched arm and proceeded into an area off-limits to customers, where another agent was on the line with police. The agent could be heard from the back room telling him, “You have to go.” He supposedly responded: “I’m not going until I get my bag. You’re treating us like animals.” As the Democratic lawmaker grappled with the police, his bags arrived. United Airlines issued a statement expressing regret over the incident. "United regrets that the customer experienced a delay in claiming his bag. The safety and security of our employees and our customers is our number one priority, and we are fully cooperating with the authorities in the investigation into this incident," the statement reads. Filner, a founding member of the Progressive Caucus, is chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, which has been dealing this term with post-traumatic stress disorder issues and veterans patient care in the wake of the Walter Reed Army hospital scandal, among other issues. He is one of a handful of lawmakers who earlier this month opposed the Defense Department appropriations for fiscal year 2006. Click here to see how your representative voted. The eight-term lawmaker faced considerable criticism in the four-candidate Democratic primary last year after a long-time rival accused him of corruption for supporting a Mexican water-treatment company that gave him large contributions. He also has paid his wife more than a half million dollars for campaign consulting, a practice that is legal.

To: combjelly who wrote (349478)	9/2/2007 7:42:52 PM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571527

I'll see your 10 republicans and raise you 20 democrats...

To: combjelly who wrote (349478)	9/2/2007 7:43:18 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571527

Rep. Maxine Waters: The report cites a December 2004 Los Angeles Times investigation disclosing how members of the congresswoman's family have made more than $1 million in the last eight years by doing business with companies, candidates and causes that Waters has helped. Before publication of the Times investigation last year, Waters declined to be interviewed, but said of her family members: "They do their business, and I do mine."