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

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (765629)	10/3/2007 6:54:24 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769667

But... only after Bush I signed an executive order authorizing a kill on Saddam.... What, you thought he wouldn't notice?) link

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (765629)	10/3/2007 6:57:28 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Paul is suing Sen. Clinton, former President Bill Clinton, and others Barely a week after questions emerged about suspicious donations to Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, a three-judge panel in California will hear arguments Friday regarding an illegal fundraising event from her 2000 Senate campaign. The California Court of Appeals, Second Appellate District, will hear arguments about whether Clinton, a New York senator and leading Democratic presidential candidate, should be a defendant in a lawsuit brought by Hollywood mogul Peter Paul. Attorneys for each side will also debate the inclusion of a videotape as evidence -- a video in which Clinton can be heard apparently agreeing to plan a fundraiser, which was later determined to be illegal by the Federal Elections Commission (FEC). The appeals court, made of two Democratic appointees and one Republican appointee, will issue a ruling within 90 days. Paul's legal counsel, the United States Justice Foundation (USJF), filed a brief in July. It said the videotape "captures the very commission of a crime, namely, that of knowingly soliciting, coordinating and accepting federal campaign contributions far in excess of the legal limit of $2,000." Clinton's attorney filed a brief in response that claimed the tape is "pure fantasy" and "much ado about nothing." Paul is appealing a California Superior Court ruling that dismissed Hillary Clinton from an earlier lawsuit under a statute that protects politicians from harassing or frivolous lawsuits. Paul's legal team argues the statute does not apply to a political figure who violates the law. "We will accomplish what Ken Starr wasn't able to achieve," Paul told Cybercast News Service, referring to the independent counsel who investigated several Clinton scandals in the 1990s. "We have three judges reviewing Hillary Clinton's illegal conduct. Presidential candidates have never been forced to defend themselves in court from being a felon." cnsnews.com After failing to properly report the money raised, the Clinton Senate campaign had to pay a $35,000 fine to the FEC. Clinton's campaign finance director, David Rosen, was accused of lying to the FEC. He was indicted but eventually acquitted. "Everything I complained about in 2001, and she denied, was supported in the Rosen trial and the FEC," Paul said. "Only her direct knowledge continues to be denied, and the tape contradicts that. Hillary's obstruction is worse than Nixon's obstruction in Watergate." Over the last six years Clinton's staff said she played no role in planning the fundraiser. Yet the videotape shows Paul, Lee, and movie director Aaron Tonkin speaking with Hillary Clinton on speakerphone as she expresses enthusiasm about the event and telling Paul to contact her aide any time to further plan details.