Archive for September 20th, 2007
John Edwards – “When I’m Appointed King…”
Just before Democratic rival Hillary Clinton rolled out her massive universal health care program, “Hillary Care version Two”, former ambulance chaser John Edwards was making another outrageous claim; as president he would cut off health care coverage for himself, Congress, and every other government official until his health care plan was passed into law.
Speaking before the Laborers Leadership Convention last Monday, Edwards said,
“To show Congress just how serious I am, on the first day of my administration, I will submit legislation that ends health care coverage for the president, all members of Congress, and all political appointees in both branches of government on July 20, 2009 – unless we have passed universal health care reform.”
One of Edwards’ handlers needs to set the Breck Girl down and explain that even if by some weird quirk of fate he was elected president, he does not have the constitutional authority to cancel the health insurance for Congress, political appointees - or anyone else for that matter.
Q. How does a Clinton spell “Chinese?” A. $$$$$$$$
“Talk about déjà vu. Pressed by questions about a scandal tarred fundraiser, a candidate named Clinton decides to return hundreds of thousands of dollars. The politician’s operation promises to conduct criminal background checks on big fundraisers in the future. And it leaks its decisions at night, after a busy day, in hopes of burying the news and minimizing the damage.”
That particular Clinton was of course the former president, Bill Clinton, and the the tainted money came from such “honorable” folks like John Huang, Charlie Trie, and Johnny Chung.
Now comes Hillary Clinton, who last week returned over $860,000 in campaign contributions from Chinese con man Norman Hsu. After learning of a Los Angeles Times report that the FBI was investigating Hsu, who has been a fugitive from justice for the past 15 years, Clinton personally ordered her campaign to return all the money he had raised.
Hillary now leads her fellow Democratic candidates in giving back more campaign contributions than the total campaign contributions raised by Kucinich, Gravel, Dodd, and Richardson combined.
“Few American political families in modern times have proved as adept at raising money – or as practiced in the art of giving it back if it comes with too much baggage.” Or maybe it’s just that the Chinese Cash Cow doesn’t fall far from one Clinton to the other.
