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Skidmore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-02-07 08:49 AM
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On WJ this morning, Greta read an article about Rudy being investigated for racketeering?
Something about an organization set up to collect campaign donations for him. I didn't hear the whole thing. Did anyone else?
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Fredda Weinberg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-02-07 08:51 AM
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1. Yup, involved the CA ballot initiative to split electoral votes
Not for Rudy directly.
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-02-07 08:55 AM
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2. I heard that also but also missed the publication
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maddezmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-02-07 09:00 AM
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3. couple of articles
Complaint suggests Giuliani campaign of tie to Calif. vote-change
http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_7054760

Dems Point Finger At Hedge Fund Manager In California Campaign CaperOctober 2, 2007
A prominent hedge fund manager is at the center of what some Democrats have called former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani’s attempt to rig the 2008 U.S. presidential election.

Democrats are crying foul after it was revealed that Paul Singer, the founder of New York-based hedge fund Elliott Associates, bankrolled an aborted effort to change the way that California awards its electoral votes. The move would purportedly favor Republicans.

Singer, a major Giuliani fundraiser and adviser, turned out to be the only donor to the effort, giving $175,000 to Missouri-based Take Initiative America, which in turn gave the money to Californians for Equal Representation. Democrats say they smell something fishy, and have filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission asking it to probe the link between the effort and the Giuliani campaign.

“Why wasn’t Paul Singer’s involvement in this dirty trick aimed at stealing the White House previously disclosed?” Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean demanded in a statement. “Given his role in the Giuliani campaign, voters deserve to know the truth about Rudy’s involvement in and knowledge about this shameful effort to disenfranchise voters.”

more:http://www.finalternatives.com/node/2571
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EST Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-02-07 09:02 AM
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4. They specifically referred to it as "money laundering."
It's the republican attempt to gain a permanent president by forcing California voters to remove the state from the electoral college system, thus assuring the party of innocent molestation a portion of the huge number of electors. Even a portion of the vote would be a larger contribution than many of the other entire states.
Ghouliani's backers-some of them-and operatives were very involved in the financing of this attempt.
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Bitwit1234 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-02-07 10:01 AM
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5. With all the hoop-la over some guy raising money for Clinton
and then proved to be a crook by the MSM, why in hell isn't this being given more coverage in the news. OH I get it, Hillary Clinton is a Democrat while rudi is a republican...remember....they are ABOVE THE LAW.
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