Hsu, fly, don’t bother me Update: Ed Rendell ditches the money, keeps the “friend;” Update Chris Dodd smacks Hillary Update: Wisconsin Democrat guv shows Hsu the love
Democrat Jim Doyle’s got a Hsu fetish
Update 4:30pm Eastern: Wisconsin’s Democrat governor is standing by Hsu…
Even though Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu remains a fugitive from justice, Democratic Governor Jim Doyle is not parting with the $2,000 in donations he got from the New York businessman. Doyle says he is monitoring the situation with Hsu to see if there was anything wrong with the contribution received in 2005. Doyle says he doesn’t know “one way or the other” whether the allegations against Hsu are true.
Here’s Gov. Doyle’s contact info.
Update 2:50pm Eastern. Via Christina Bellatoni at the WashTimes, Democrat Chris Dodd draws first blood on the left side of the aisle:
Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) just sent out his “campaign policy on money raised by fugitives from justice,” a dig at Democratic rival Sen. Hillary Clinton (N.Y.). “I understand that it is simply impossible for a presidential campaign to know everything about its donors and raisers, however once criminal activity of this sort - being a fugitive from justice - comes to the candidate’s attention they certainly should not keep the money linked to those criminals. Indeed, all money raised by a fugitive from justice is irreparably tainted,” Dodd said in a statement…Clinton is giving the $23,000 Hsu donated to her presidential bid to charity, but has not said if she will return the cash he brought in to the campaign as a “Hillraiser” who bundled checks. That’s what Dodd seems to be criticizing with his statement, which also noted: “It is the policy of my campaign to refuse to accept or possess campaign contributions raised, solicited, or delivered by fugitives from justice.” He didn’t directly call for Clinton to give back the cash, but you get the picture.
Yep.
Update 2:40pm Eastern. Ed Rendell has decided to bail on the bail hearing-skipper/fugitive bagman who was just last week one of the 10 best people he has known. But he is still Hsu’s “friend” and “remains so:”
Gov. Ed Rendell said Thursday he has decided to donate to charity the nearly $40,000 he received from a disgraced Democratic fundraiser who failed to show up for a California court hearing.
Rendell had said last week he planned to keep the money he received from Norman Hsu, who had failed to appear for sentencing on a 1991 grand theft charge, but would return it if California prosecutors won a “sustainable conviction” in the case.
On Wednesday, Hsu skipped a bail hearing.
“Though Norman is my friend, and remains so, his failure to appear casts a new light on his assertions regarding the original case,” Rendell said in a statement. “As a result, I will follow other elected officials and donate the money he contributed to me to charity.”
Here’s Rendell’s full statement:
After learning that Norman Hsu failed to appear in a California court on 15-year-old fraud allegations, Governor Rendell today said that he is disappointed in Hsu’s actions and that he will donate Hsu’s campaign contributions to charity.
“Though Norman is my friend, and remains so, his failure to appear casts a new light on his assertions regarding the original case,” Governor Rendell said. “As a result, I will follow other elected officials and donate the money he contributed to me to charity.
“It was never about the money,” the Governor said. “It’s about standing up for one of the principles of our judicial system — that a person is presumed innocent until proven guilty.
“The media feeding frenzy around Norman is likely to continue, but I intend to focus now on the tremendous amount of work we have to complete in Harrisburg this fall for the people of Pennsylvania.”
Update: While we’re on the subject of Democrat corruption, check out the latest bust in NJ (hat tip - Dan Riehl)…
Eleven public officials in New Jersey were arrested Thursday in a widespread FBI corruption investigation, officials said. Among those charged were two state assemblymen, the mayor and council members in the city of Passaic, and local Board of Education officials from southern parts of the state. Investigators said the officials were demanding and taking cash bribes in exchange for official favors and help in awarding government contracts…NewsChannel 4’s cameras were in place as the suspects were arrested, including Passaic Mayor Sammy Rivera and Orange Mayor and State Assemblyman Mims Hackett. The early morning arrests also included numerous current and former Board of Education officials from Pleasantville. Current board President James Pressley, board member Rafeal Velez and former board members Jayson Adams, James McCormick and Pete Callaway were charged. Callaway is currently serving as a member of the Pleasantville City Council….Sources told WNBC.com that several of the officials were allegedly caught in a sting operation accepting payoffs from undercover agents. Officials said the officials took bribes to steer insurance contracts for schools and municipalities. The officials charged serve in at least three counties including Essex, Atlantic and Passaic.
I grew up in Atlantic County. Let’s just say I’m not surprised.
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Some of the leading Dems who’ve taken fugitive-former fugitive-fugitive Norman Hsu’s money can’t decide what to do. Looks like Pennsylvania’s Democrat governor Ed Rendell may need some public feedback to help him make up his mind:
Disgraced Democratic fund-raiser Norman Hsu, who was wanted by California authorities for the last 15 years, is once again on the lam, putting Gov. Rendell, a staunch supporter, in an increasingly awkward political corner.
And for now, Rendell isn’t saying whether he will reverse his decision and return nearly $38,000 in contributions from Hsu or continue to stand by the man he recently called “one of the best 10 people I’ve met.”
Press secretary Chuck Ardo said the governor had no immediate comment on Hsu’s disappearance.
“The governor will respond to today’s events after having time to review them,” Ardo said, adding only that Rendell likely would address the matter sometime today.
Hsu, who had raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for top Democratic candidates nationwide, including presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, failed to appear yesterday morning at a bail-reduction hearing in a California courtroom.
San Mateo Superior Court Judge Robert Foiles ordered Hsu’s $2 million bail forfeited and issued a new arrest warrant. If Hsu is arrested again, he will be jailed without bail.
Hsu pleaded no contest in 1991 to a felony count of grand theft, admitting he had defrauded investors of $1 million after falsely claiming to have contracts to purchase and sell latex gloves. He was facing up to three years in prison when he skipped town before his 1992 sentencing date.
For the time being, Rendell remains one of the few politicians across the nation who have decided to keep campaign contributions from Hsu.
Rendell took $37,866 from Hsu during 2005 and 2006. Here’s what Rendell said about Hsu last week:
“I want to hear him out; I don’t want to be one of the guys to pile on,” Rendell said last Thursday.
“Norman Hsu’s one of the best 10 people I’ve met. He raised money for me because he believes in all the things we’re doing and he never asked for a bloody thing - not a job, not a contract, not to attend a wedding.”
The next day, the governor said: “I think this whole thing stinks. If this conviction stands I will give the money back, but this idea of making him out to be some sort of major criminal is absurd.”
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Gumshoe (or should I say, Gum-Hsu) investigative blogger Flip Pidot headed over to Hsu’s NYC apartment yesterday and concludes after his visit: “We’ll never hear from Norman Hsu again.” And here’s Flip’s corrupt-o-meter comparison of dirty money:
You won’t see that in the NYTimes.
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Ed Morrissey lambastes the clueless California AG who didn’t consider fugitive Norman Hsu, who had evaded the law for 15 years, a flight risk:
How many other people who flee their sentencing and get recaptured get granted bail? Does California routinely let people post bond after having run out on it before? The Times doesn’t ask those questions, and neither does their West Coast counterpart, the Los Angeles Times. Investigative journalists interested in how Hsu got sprung from custody might want to start asking those questions as well as how Hsu got his $2 million bail bond in the first place — because what bondsman would consider him an acceptable risk?
Jim Hoft spotlights fishy Hsu lawyer stories.
Bill Hobbs tracks dirty Hsu money in Tennessee.
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Where did the money come from?
Charlie Trie? Maria Hsa?
Question: Do Clinton’s fugitives get to vote by absentee ballot?
I’ve met some very great people, none of whom made their way into my heart or my top ten best people list with cash. What makes Hsu, Mr Rendell qualify for this (ten best) list you have other than 38 thousand dollars? Please explain.
I need to wake up I missed this a minute ago, gee I guess this explains it… gag.
ajmontana
morning … I see I am not the only one still “Caffeine-Challenged” this morning … lol
Hsu was into textiles and clothing imports according to all “reports” …
Truth be known I suspect he had a large Chinese Laundry where he cleaned a lot of money from the Chi-Coms to give to the Clintons, their political hacks and cronies and other Dems …
Thanks to MM for staying on this story since the MSM will do their best to bury it as quickly as possible …
Well in Rendell’s defense, I’d be pretty fond of a guy who gave me $37,866…
I’m just sayin’…
If all the Democrats who took Hsu’s funny money were forced to resign, would there be any left?
NOTICE:
oh, and I dont do weddings.
Anyone wishing to make my top ten list please send 38 grand.
There’s ways of asking - and then there’s ways of asking….
When a contributor of $38,000 to your coffers introduces someone to you afterwards and tells you they’re a big supporter and in such-and-such a business…. as I’m sure goes on daily …. there’s an implication there.
Does anyone think that hasn’t happened?
If this conviction stands I will give the money back, but this idea of making him out to be some sort of major criminal is absurd.”
Oops - messed up my quote boxes…
Michelle …
Perhaps you can help some of us here with a concern we have …
It is a “PC” term that needs badly to be ended as it injects racial overtones into most every news story …
Many would like to see an end to “hyphenated-American” descriptions … such as “Asian-American” or “Mexican-American” or “anything-American” …
These descriptions come across as the ethnic background being the more important part of the term (being Mexican is more important than being American for example) …
We just want to see Americans as Americans … regardless of the color of their skin or their ethnic origins …
Here’s hoping that with your visibility in the media and on TV as well as here that you can help us make this happen …
Thanks for listening …
P.S … to those that think I am not serious in this …
I have 3 sons-in-law … 1 of Chinese heritage, 1 of Mexican heritage, and 1 of Italian heritage … my daughter-in-law is of German ancestry … they and their families are all proud Americans first and have pride in their ethnicity second … assimilation requires that be the case in this country …
lol jrl, its the morning disease dont sweat it we all got it.
dl, I hear ya. You’re either American or not its simple if say you’re a Mexican or Italian American that would imply daul citizenship am I wrong? We should drop all that PC “bullcrap”
dual, opps
Crud, the disease is spreading…
There’s a cure - it’s called Starbucks.
I like it black and starbucks is the closest thing to Nitro on earth. I think this Califonian American might have to go get some.
You are having way too much fun with the name Hsu. LOL!
Ah Hsu! Bless you, handing hankerchief.
I normally take it black as well - but at Starbucks, I’m with Michelle on the Caramel Machiatto’s… Man….now I’m jones’n for one.. damn.
Brings to mind the scene from ‘Airplane’… “Roger, Roger… What’s our vector, Victor… Roger…Huh?”
NOTICE:
Then maybe I could afford a caramel whatchamacallit.
Still ten spots open for that 38 grand.
Doesn’t that Hsu guy look like a Chinese Bill Maher? Maybe it’s the giant forehead.
Already mentioned yesterday by sirgregory, foxforce:
http://michellemalkin.com/2007/09/05/all-points-bulletin-where-in-the-world-is-norman-hsu-part-ii/#comment-124513
But yes….
Jerry Brown (AG for California) is a loser….always has been. His father wasn’t much better.
Agreed that the Hsu issue needs to be front and center because it is happening now. But as I understand the Abramoff case, it was less about campaign contributions and more about lobbying money.
I know you are comparing media coverage differences (appropriately), but this shouldn’t excuse what Abramoff did. He played bribes from Indian tribes against each other for casino rights among other things. Abramoff is seemingly in a different league than Hsu. However, this is likely the tip of the iceburg with Hsu . . . . so GET HIM MM!
And I do like the nifty graphic comparing the two.
aj#2-Rendell is a Liberal Democrat,the money is the explanation.Give me money,your a great person.I’ve read that this a$$wipe is being considered for V.P.If he can do to the U.S. what he has done to Pa.,we are all up the creek.
Oh, big surprise, Fast Eddie Rendell won’t give up his ill gotten money. Typical Speaking of Rendell, can we please give Philly to Jersey? I think everyone would be happier.
Sorry aj.,I didn’t get to #7 before my 1st comment.
Mark my words…..Norman Hsu will suffer (or has suffered) the same fate as Vince Foster. He is a threat to the Clinton Machine.
Eddie doesn’t think Hsu is a criminal.What does that make Eddie?
Answer:
A judge nowadays, lol
A relative of Geraldo Rivera.
These morons at all the Newspapers better wise up soon or they will sink more and more off the map and end up extinct. The Internet is calling the fabricators and spinners out and they are hurting themselves badly with the “bullcrap” they print these days.
Amazing how some of the liberal network hacks at MSNBC such as Matthews and Olbermann rail on Fox for being biased, but conveniently omit any mention of this case’s developments in their programs last night……
Nothing but talk about Larry Craig and Iraq’s failings….
How much airtime did they give to Abramoff and the GOP?
That reply is full of “win”…
The quote commands, they mock me…
STILL not enough caffeine, there, swj?
Shouldn’t have hooked up my Xbox 360 last night…
When Halo 3 comes out, odds are good that no one will see me for a week…
Where do these guys think they are anyway, Mexico City?
Well..? Maybe I speak too soon.
jrl stands in the corner…jealous…pouting….
I wonder, all those NJ officials caught in the bribery case, what were their party affiliations? I didn’t see it mentioned anywhere in the story.
Oh, they’re all Democrats? Never mind.
MM I grew up in Ocean City and can’t remember a time NJ wasn’t corrupt…….I think Byrne was the most corrupt.
I’m still trying to figure out where all the money goes and NJ always cries it’s broke.
Sorry jrl. I’m only in central IL. Come on down. We’ll do some co-op pwnage in H2…
MacRanger reminds us that while Hsu may have flown the coop, the Paw family remain here in the states, and time is running out for the Feds to put pressure on the Paws and other “shadow families” to find out what they know about Hsu’s financial connections.
Jammie #1 - As often as they want!
What? does he know like 11 people in total?
Unsure - but I sure as hell don’t want to hang around the people he’s meeting
Well, he knows the Clintons, right?
Oh… I see what you mean…
I suspect one of his “friends” is Jack Murtha … need I say more?
gayle … you’re scaring me … lol …
I know I speak for many when I say I can hardly wait to see GR get “Malkined”
he has definitely earned it …
hmmmm … just realized the last post I made in another thread somehow posted here as well … ok gayle … guess you will see the response … lol
Allegations? Huh? What? am I missing something here?
No lie. He’d pled guilty. A plea had been entered, accepted, and he’d been sentenced.
They weren’t allegations, they were legal fact.
Rendell, add another to the HUA club.
And way to go Dodd.
What’s this guy’s stance on Shamnesty and the War?
Dodd is a tool swj….lol
Anyone that publicly digs at Hillary can’t be all bad…
It’s hard to believe, but Dodd may even worse scum then Hillery. Did you catch him on Orilly a couple of weeks ago?
I try not to get any of that stuff on me.
Frankly, my chances to watch TV in the evenings has plumetted.
And with the new toy at home, it will become even less…
LOL #22, his forehead is so big it should be called a 5head.
Has anyone considered to check LAX or other airports in CA to see if he used his passport. Or did I miss something?
xler8bmw,
I axed rick moran (lol i had to say it once) and he said Hsu’s attorney is cooperating but no other details.
Thxs aj I would think that would be at least 1 0r 2 on the list to check out.
I think from the beginning the lawyer is culpable somehow.
Apparently a guilty plea doesn’t cut it for Dems..
He was, effectively, CONVICTED, you MORONS!!!
#64, Unless you’re a republican playing footsy in a stall. THen the guilty plea sticks.
and sentenced swj for three years… lmao, I’ve havn’t seen so much spin since my daughter gave up the hoola-hoop.
Our WI Governor is a disgrace. He, like many liberals, talks out of both sides of his mouth so many times I believe he literally can french-kiss himself.
His Governor-appointed State Election Board, during the 2006 election cycle, investigated Mark Green for PAC contributions from out-of-state and ruled that his opponent, Mark Green, had to return nearly 500,000 in contributions, even though similar contributions in past elections to democrats were never questioned or investigated.
His history of questionable contributions and links to questionable donors grows with Mr. Hsu.
Remember folks, about Jim Doyle and his reluctance to see the facts - he’s a former Attorney General.
Yet he cannot see the blatant wrongfulness in the donation he received from a convicted felon and bail-jumper who has been hiding in plain sight from his prosecutors for 15 years, and now has fled again to avoid imprisonment.
Anyone here who is from Wisconsin and has thought about voting for this man again - you need to wake up.
I’ll still post any e-mail or letter I get from Doyle…but it doesn’t surprise me.
That guy’s as corrupt as the day is long.
Anyone have leads to jobs outside of Wisconsin? My husband and I might be looking to get out of this hell-hole.
jrlingreenbay:
I would NEVER vote for that liar, cheat, and fraud.
Doyle is going to ruin this state.
I just hope I can get out before he ruins my family.
Englishqueen - we need all the conservative voters we can get to battle this idiot - don’t leave!!!!
I still can’t believe the hypocracy of his administration. It’s mind-boggling.
Liberals rail all the time about Bush 41’s “No new taxes” - but those same Wisconsin liberals won’t say a word about the same pledge made by Doyle, and his, and the liberals in the state legislature’s desire to create the largest tax increase in this nation’s history.
This guy stinks - I didn’t vote for him - I never will. He needs to go.
No Hsu for you. One year!
(Sorry…couldn’t resist).
Doyle sounds just as bad as Gov. Bag-o-Chips in Illinois.
So Edddie is giving the money to charity–that’s really big of him…since he ALREADY WON THE ELECTION:Low Life POS.
Hey,why don’t we all just get together,skip the middleman and assign Hsu ” King of America”?…Ooops,that is Hillary’s job.Sorry.