Time: Fri Aug 22 13:58:20 1997 by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA23670; Fri, 22 Aug 1997 12:40:37 -0700 (MST) by usr03.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id MAA19204; Fri, 22 Aug 1997 12:26:13 -0700 (MST) Date: Fri, 22 Aug 1997 12:24:42 -0700 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SLS: Buying Politicians (fwd) <snip> > >SICK AT HEART - ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK >by >Eric Margolis 21 August 1997 > > >NEW YORK - Presented with yet more evidence that laundered Asian >money had bought influence with the White House and Democratic >Party, President Clinton put on his Earnest-Concerned Look >#2, and told the press that this news made him, `sick at >heart.' > >The elegant Claude Raines played it much better as the >French police chief in `Casablanca.' When informed gambling >was going on in `Rick's Bar,' his eyes widened in innocent >astonishment. `I am shocked, deeply shocked,' said Raines - >as he pocketed his winnings. > >Each week brings new revelations about Asiagate. So many >shady oriental gentlemen visited the President, the Oval >Office must have resembled an old Charlie Chan movie set. >Vice President Al Gore got caught accepting laundered >Taiwanese money from a bunch of Buddhist monks. A >mysterious Mr Woo of Macau - since vanished up the Yangtze- >hand-carried Red Chinese money to the White House. An Asian- >American restaurant owner pal of Clinton delivered more illegal >Chinese money along with bo-bo balls and fried rice.. > >Republicans are flaming with moral outrage over Asiagate. >They accuse Democrats of taking outright Chinese bribes, and >bending American policy to benefit of Beijing. Some hint >darkly of espionage. > >The Republican-led congressional investigation of 1996 >campaign financing has uncovered a torrent of smelly, >domestic and foreign contributions to Democrats. But, so >far, no smoking gun. The wily Clintons have always >obscured their iffy financial and political dealings behind >an impenetrable legal fog created by their retinue of sharp >lawyers. > >Asiagate makes highly entertaining, often comic, political >theater. And it shows politicians always manage to surpass >themselves in hypocrisy and selective indignation. > >Of course China was trying to buy influence in Washington, >from money-hungry Democrats. So do other nations. Beijing's >campaign got exposed because it was so ham-handed and inept. >Taiwan has been discreetly paying of Republicans for the past 40 >years, but discreetly, and with tact. . > >While indignant Republicans fulminated against China, and >investigated the role of Beijing and Asian-American groups >in the 1996 campaign, not a single legislator made a peep >about the foreign nation with the most potent influence over >US politics and policy, Israel. > >In the same 1996 election, pro-Israel groups, coordinated by the >American Israel Public Affairs Committee, an arm of of the >Israeli government, made $2.7 million in direct contributions >to senators and congressmen. , as well as large amounts of `soft' >money and media support to candidates. As a result of these >efforts, Israel gets US $3-5 billion in official and covert >US aid each year - over 50% of the total US foreign aid for >the entire world - and a virtual veto over US Mideast >policy. > >Compared to the skilled Israelis, the Chinese are clumsy >beginners when it comes to making money talk in Washington. >Next comes the rich, powerful Greek and Armenian lobbies. They >have exerted a strongly negative influence on US >policy towards Turkey. But you'll never hear a single >congressman dare complain about untoward foreign influence >from Israel, Greece or Armenia. > >Nor will you hear American legislators, who are so indignant >about Chinese meddling in US politics, ever raise the issue >about American meddling in other nation's politics. > >For example: CIA's secret funding of Italy's ruling >Christian Democrats from 1945-1994, and outright buying >votes in southern Italy and Sicily. Or Washington's >financing of key members of Japan's long-ruling Liberal >Democrats, or of leaders and parties in South Korea, India, >Pakistan and SE Asia. > >American money has influenced elections all over Central and >Latin America, and West Indies. The rulers of Morocco, >Tunisia, Egypt, and Jordan all receive secret stipends from >Washington. The same congressmen who denounce China's >meddling in Washington recently voted money to finance the >armed overthrow of Saddam Hussein and the government of >Iran. > >Why shouldn't China join the fun? Where is it written that >only Washington has the right to buy other country's >politicians? > >copyright eric margolis 1997 > > >***************************************************************** >***************************************************************** > <snip> ======================================================================== Paul Andrew Mitchell : Counselor at Law, federal witness B.A., Political Science, UCLA; M.S., Public Administration, U.C. Irvine tel: (520) 320-1514: machine; fax: (520) 320-1256: 24-hour/day-night email: [address in tool bar] : using Eudora Pro 3.0.3 on 586 CPU website: http://www.supremelaw.com : visit the Supreme Law Library now ship to: c/o 2509 N. Campbell, #1776 : this is free speech, at its best Tucson, Arizona state : state zone, not the federal zone Postal Zone 85719/tdc : USPS delays first class w/o this As agents of the Most High, we came here to establish justice. 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