Unvetted: InfoUSA, Vin Gupta, and the long, long list

[sandnsea]

I've been talking about the Clinton connections to corrupt Indian businessmen for months.

He's one that I've been talking about, there are more.

"..Such expenditures caught the attention of fund managers who had invested in infoUSA. The funds filed a lawsuit last year accusing Mr. Gupta of wasting millions of dollars on the payments to Mr. Clinton, as well as houses, cars and a yacht for himself and corporate-jet flights for the Clintons and Mr. McAuliffe. Mr. Gupta denies misspending company money.

The funds have also questioned Mr. Gupta’s decision to pay a substantial premium last December to acquire the Opinion Research Corporation, which has done opinion surveys for CNN since April 2006. In January, CNN began using Opinion Research for its presidential polling, leading conservative bloggers to ask if Mr. Gupta, as a Clinton supporter, should have influence over CNN’s polling..

Mr. Gupta began to withdraw from Democratic politics after The New York Times and other papers ran articles in May about the lawsuit, and about the sales of infoUSA call lists to telemarketers who exploited the elderly."

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/14/us/politics/14gupta.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1

Remember Dr. Funkenstein's Long, Long List of Shady Clinton Donors

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4473288

No more of this.

[thunder rising]

1. For Billary that's just good company. Ha Ha BillaryBots you've been sold out!! For all your worth

$80K. Is that a dime or a penny each?

[KittyWampus]

3. they sold $800,000 info for the bargain price of $8000.

[Kittycat]

2. Another scandal that Clinton Supporters will overlook.

Much to their own detriment, and that of the country if she manages to squeak and election by us.

[KittyWampus]

4. the shareholders sued Gupta for giving so much to Bill Clinton for doing nothing

[jefferson_dem]

5. Just another item on the long list of shady ClintonInc dealings.

Let's be done with them...now. America doesn't deserve any more. Time to turn the page.

[Araxen]

6. When I looked up the word scandal in the dictionary

It has a picture of the Clintons next to the word! /boggle



:sarcasm:

[ProSense]

7. Accounting 101: The Clintons

CAMPAIGN FINANCE

Accounting 101: The Clintons

Where did Hillary Clinton get the money for her $5 million loan to her campaign?


On Board: Hillary and Bill Clinton on her campaign plane last month
By Mark Hosenball and Michael Isikoff | NEWSWEEK
Feb 18, 2008 Issue | Updated: 2:45 p.m. ET Feb 9, 2008


Hillary and Bill Clinton are not nearly as wealthy as, say, Mitt Romney, but her recent $5 million emergency loan to her own presidential campaign has made one thing clear: the Clintons are doing just fine, thanks. Other matters related to the loan are less clear. For starters, where did Hillary Clinton find the cash? Her aides were reluctant to provide details. In e-mail responses to NEWSWEEK, campaign spokesman Howard Wolfson wrote that she "didn't borrow any money" and noted that she "has made considerably more than" $5 million from her 2003 memoir, "Living History." The loan itself, Wolfson wrote, "came from Senator Clinton's (50 percent) share" of joint resources with her husband.

Clinton, unlike rival Barack Obama, has not released her tax returns. But disclosure forms that Clinton filed with the Senate provide some clues to her family finances. They show Bill Clinton has earned tens of millions of dollars in recent years giving speeches at rates of up to $450,000 apiece. During one week in 2006, the former president collected $1.7 million for talks in Europe and South Africa. (He also collected speaking fees from Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, the Mortgage Bankers Association and other big firms.) The documents are more circumspect about other Clinton financial interests, including his annual income as a "partner" in billionaire pal Ron Burkle's businesses and from Vinod Gupta's InfoUSA. Both payouts are listed as "over $1,000"—a description that is legally adequate but not very enlightening. Clinton spokespeople recently said the former president is preparing to sever his dealings with Burkle and Gupta "should Senator Clinton become the Democratic nominee," in order to avoid any conflicts. But Gupta, whose firm has paid Bill at least $3.3 million since 2003, told NEWSWEEK that he is still paying fees to him; Burkle's spokesman could not be reached for comment.

When the Clintons left the White House, they were drowning in legal bills. But by last year, they had sufficient cash flow to pay off the mortgage on their home in Washington, D.C. According to local property records, they took out a 30-year, $1.995 million mortgage in 2001 but paid it off in full last November. (The Clintons also own a home in Chappaqua, N.Y., but there is no record of a similar mortgage payoff.) Election-law experts say that it is legal for candidates to make unlimited loans—or outright donations—to their own campaigns, as long as they do not seek public campaign subsidies. Candidates can even charge their campaigns interest, as John Kerry did in 2004. But a Clinton campaign adviser, who asked not to be identified discussing internal matters, said that fund-raisers have been told that Hillary's loan is interest-free. Wolfson wrote that the campaign had signed a promissory note for the loan and that Clinton could forgive the debt if she wishes, though the campaign adviser said "she expects to get paid back when this is over."

Hillary's Curious Campaign Loan

[madrchsod]

8. he has two foundations in india named after the clintons

do they think we would`t notice?

wait a minute----- is`t this the same thing she accused obama of with the rezko deal?

[JimGinPA]

10. I Wonder If All That Comes Up At The Next Debate

He'll have to bring it up though, none of those moderators will.

[madrchsod]

11. he won`t

..he`s not running against her anymore ,he`s running against big john.. :rofl:

[stillcool]

9. "Well Connected"

The Government Division of infoUSA offers the most accurate business and household data available for use by government agencies.

We are proud to Serve:

* Federal, State, County, and Municipal Agencies;
* Social Security Administration; U.S. Postal Service; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics;
* U.S. Air Force; U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; U.S. Food and Drug Administration;
* U.S. Customs Service; Internal Revenue Service; Department of State;
* Small Business Administration; Bureau of ATF;
* Health and Human Services; multiple prime and subcontractors.

http://www.infousagov.com

Press Release Source: infoUSA
2008 Will See Price Increases According to infoUSAPoll.com(TM)
Monday February 11, 12:55 pm ET

A $750 million public company,
over 4 million customers.

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eTail 2008

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About infoUSA

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Clinton Global Initiative
ORGANIZATION
Founded 2005, "a non-partisan catalyst for action, bringing together a community of global leaders to devise and implement innovative solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges."

Official Website:
http://www.clintonglobalinitiative.org/

Susan E. Arnold Global Business President, Proctor & Gamble
Richard Branson Founder of Virgin chain
Laura Bush First Lady under George W. Bush
Bill Clinton 42nd US President, 1993-2001
Edward Djerejian US Ambassador to Israel, 1994
Vin Gupta CEO, InfoUSA
Norman Hsu Notorious Democratic donor
Julian H. Robertson, Jr. Tiger Management
Hector Ruiz Chairman and CEO, AMD
http://www.nndb.com/org/780/000119423/

[Major Hogwash]

12. There has never been anything False about HOPE - damn good signature.

And I'm damn glad to keep HOPE alive.

[sandnsea]

13. The truth is always damn good

That's what Harry Truman thought and that's good enough for me!

[FrenchieCat]

14. Hillary supporters are ignoring this at their own peril!

It ain't going away.

And SNOPES will not be debunking it.

[Major Hogwash]

15. They stand at the edge of the cliff, waiting to be pushed off.

McCain will push them, you watch. Romney just endorsed Mister Bomb Bomb Bomb Iran.

[sandnsea]

16. But Obama bought a driveway n/t