Clinton Supporter Arrested in N.J. Corruption Sting (2007)

[ProSense]

September 6, 2007, 4:57 pm

Clinton Supporter Arrested in N.J. Corruption Sting

By Patrick Healy

Update: Blake Zeff, a spokesman for the Clinton campaign, just e-mailed to say that Mayor Rivera stepped down from Mrs. Clinton’s Mayors Council today.

Among the 11 public officials arrested in an F.B.I. corruption sting in New Jersey today was a leading Democratic supporter of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential campaign in that state, Mayor Samuel Rivera of Passaic.

It was the latest legal embarrassment involving an ally of the Clinton campaign, coming only one day after a wealthy Clinton donor, Norman Hsu, missed his court date in a California fraud case and apparently disappeared.

Clinton advisers this spring and summer have been aggressively touting their long list of endorsements from elected officials and prominent Democratic donors, to indicate the breadth of establishment support that Mrs. Clinton enjoys. Yet, in the case of Mr. Hsu and now Mayor Rivera, the criminal allegations indicate a cost that can come with quickly rounding up political support from far and wide.

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Hillary Clinton has the audacity to raise questions Obama on Rezko...

[acmavm]

1. No mob ties? Oh wait, that's the other guy's thing.

[Egnever]

2. There's tons more

I cant believe the hillary camp is actually pushing this shit. Its like an open invitation for the media to eat them for lunch.

[rucky]

3. Nice pissing contest, folks: Who's surrounded by more corruption?

There's something the winner can take to the bank!

:applause:

[Fresh_Start]

5. lol, good point

what we really need them to brag about is that
'my criminal supporters are smarter than your criminal supporters' because they haven't been caught yet

[ProSense]

6. Have you checked out Hillary's cmpaign site:

Fact Check: Sen. Obama Claims 'Nobody Had An Inkling' About Rezko

That's how she is playing it!


Obama comes clean, but Hillary's sleaze machine thrives

Has Hillary returned money bundled by Myron Cherry?

Clinton received $130,000 from same Rezko-linked lawyer Obama had to return money from.

[Scurrilous]

4. Kick

:kick:

[Beacool]

7. Rivera's problems have nothing to do with Clinton.

He is just one of many NJ mayors who endorsed her. Not even remotely does it compare to Obama's VERY close relationship of 17 years with Rezko.

[itsrobert]

8. Where is the shady real estate deal?

Nothing to see here.

[11 Bravo]

9. Holy fuck. Get. Help. Now.

[ProSense]

10. NYT: "spokesman for the Clinton campaign, just e-mailed to say that Mayor Rivera stepped down"

"Holy fuck. Get. Help. Now."

Deperate and pathetic response.

[ProSense]

11. Let's see how long Hillary keeps up the charade

Obama has been accused of no wrongdoing involving Rezko or anyone else.

[11 Bravo]

12. Just say "kick".

You're fooling no one, and it's at least honest. DU has a long and honored history of shameless, self-promoting kicks to totally bullshit threads. Embrace it.

[ProSense]

13. "You're fooling no one,"? With what a line from an AP report? n/t

[11 Bravo]

14. Your link leads to another link of yet another tedious post by you.

You appear to believe that repeated links to your own opinions (complete with copious self-kicks) somehow validate those opinions. You're wrong. And worse, you're boring.

[ProSense]

16. Ah, the old it's a link to your link denial that the source is AP. n/t

[11 Bravo]

17. OK, I'll play.

Did your post contain a link to another of your posts? Has every post you have spammed the board with recently also contained one or more links to another of your posts? It's a simple question, really. Yes, or no?

[mtnsnake]

15. Oh boy I think I'll go stumping for Obama now

This is serious. lol