Clinton associates who attract unwanted attention

R. Emmett Tyrell:

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Late last winter when the Clinton presidential campaign was getting under way, a New York Times writer interviewed me about Senator Clinton's prospects with those who have been critical of her in years past. His thesis was that they had tired of criticizing her and would be relatively inert. My answer to him was that Senator Clinton would continue to rouse critics because the Clintons inveterately do things that run the gamut from being shady to being illegal. They act as though they are above the law. That rouses critics.

Since then reports have accumulated naming some of the ethically-challenged patrons in their camp. There is the spectacular Hsu, and such picturesque figures as William Paw and his son, Winkle Paw, middle class Americans of murky Asian ancestry who suddenly had hundreds of thousands to contribute. There is Vinod Gupta, CEO of InfoUSA who after donating millions to various Clinton campaigns was unceremoniously removed from the Clinton campaign after it was reported that his company was being investigated for questionable dealings with the elderly. There is the founder of the Bombay Palaces restaurant chain, Sant S. Chatwal. He has raised millions of dollars for Senator Clinton's campaigns while facing bank fraud charges in India and contending with bankruptcy and tax liens amounting to millions of dollars on two continents.

In its late-afternoon announcement this week, the Clinton campaign promised to run criminal background checks on those who raise large amounts for it. Well, I suggest also scrutinizing those Bill raises money from too. Three years ago at the Tavern on the Green, Bill served as pitchman for a little known Internet search engine founded by Marc Armand Rousso. Rousso is a former promoter of penny stocks who in the late 1990s pleaded guilty to stock fraud in the United States and was convicted of similar fraud in France.

No family in public life has so long a record of misbehavior as the Clintons. Often they get caught red-handed. Their record began in Arkansas and has continued on the national scene. The Clintons, according to anonymous Democratic sources, were warned about Hsu but took the money anyway. Back in Arkansas, every gubernatorial campaign Bill Clinton ran was surrounded by either questionable donations or questionable bank loans or both. His two presidential campaigns featured illegal campaign donations, often from shadowy Asian fellows just like Hsu. Doubtless this behavior will continue.

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The Clintons appear to be comfortable with these men of questionable character. Perhaps it is because they are all willing to say what ever it takes to reach their objectives. Bill Clinton was always willing to practice the politics of fraud usually by failing to disclose a material fact that would have made people reject his policies. Hillary is not as good at doing that, but she has her own "congenital" willingness to deceive.

Captain's Quarters has more on the sleazy company that Hillary is keeping these days.