The Dems are focused on Craig when they ignore their own problems and corruption. Why isn't this a top story?

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

-Wall Street Journal



A poor family is making big donations to Hillary Clinton... and their donations just happen to track with the donations of a wealthy Chinese businessman.





One of the biggest sources of political donations to Hillary Rodham Clinton is a tiny, lime-green bungalow that lies under the flight path from San Francisco International Airport.

Six members of the Paw family, each listing the house at 41 Shelbourne Ave. as their residence, have donated a combined $45,000 to the Democratic senator from New York since 2005, for her presidential campaign, her Senate re-election last year and her political action committee. In all, the six Paws have donated a total of $200,000 to Democratic candidates since 2005, election records show.



That total ranks the house with residences in Greenwich, Conn., and Manhattan's Upper East Side among the top addresses to donate to the Democratic presidential front-runner over the past two years, according to an analysis by The Wall Street Journal of donations listed with the Federal Election Commission.



It isn't obvious how the Paw family is able to afford such political largess. Records show they own a gift shop and live in a 1,280-square-foot house that they recently refinanced for $270,000. William Paw, the 64-year-old head of the household, is a mail carrier with the U.S. Postal Service who earns about $49,000 a year, according to a union representative. Alice Paw, also 64, is a homemaker. The couple's grown children have jobs ranging from account manager at a software company to "attendance liaison" at a local public high school. One is listed on campaign records as an executive at a mutual fund.



The Paws' political donations closely track donations made by Norman Hsu, a wealthy New York businessman in the apparel industry who once listed the Paw home as his address, according to public records. Mr. Hsu is one of the top fund-raisers for Mrs. Clinton's presidential campaign. He has hosted or co-hosted some of her most prominent money-raising events.



People who answered the phone and the door at the Paws' residence declined requests for comment last week. In an email last night, one of the Paws' sons, Winkle, said he had sometimes been asked by Mr. Hsu to make contributions, and sometimes he himself had asked family members to donate. But he added: "I have been fortunate in my investments and all of my contributions have been my money."



He's got $45,000 laying around and decides to continue living at home with mom and dad instead of getting his own apartment?



I guess he's really committed to the cause.The Dems are focused on Craig when they ignore their own problems and corruption. Why isn't this a top story?
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And somehow you think this is as juicy to the media as a man that that tries to push his "family values" on the country then trolls for sausage in the mens room?.........get a life sex sellsThe Dems are focused on Craig when they ignore their own problems and corruption. Why isn't this a top story?
nice spin.

you'll say anything to get attention off Craig and is hypocrisy.



Besides, the story about the Paw's is being looked into. So don't try to use it to take the spot-light off Craig.
Believe it or not. $290,000 is not very much when you are talking about campaign monies. If you think that all candidates are not getting campaign money in the same types of ways you are mistaken.

I think there should be no personal money spent on campaigns and that each candidate get exactly the same amount of news coverage because the wealthy have an unfair ability to get their names recognised and ideas heard by more people which doesn't equal the best candidate at all. I don't think the wealthy should be the only people who can run "successfully" for office.The Dems are focused on Craig when they ignore their own problems and corruption. Why isn't this a top story?
I believe it was the party of Senator Craig the REPUBLICANS who have called for an investigation.