I'm following this story for the same reason everyone else is - the gratuitous punnitry!
Mr. Hsu's past, illuminated by documents fished out of storage at various courts and interviews with former partners and friends, is full of failed businesses, a kidnapping, lawsuits and bouts of financial ruin followed by hard-to-explain recovery.[...]
Just how or why he got involved in politics is unclear. In 2004, Mr. Hsu donated $2,000, the most then allowed, to the presidential campaign of Massachusetts Democratic Sen. John Kerry.
Mr. Hsu began contributing generously to an array of Democrats, including California Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer and Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu. He donated $5,000 to Bob Hertzberg, who was running for mayor of Los Angeles. When Bill Richardson ran for governor of New Mexico, Mr. Hsu was among the top contributors, donating $37,000 in all. Mr. Richardson, like most other recipients, now says he'll donate it to charity.
In 2004, Mr. Hsu began giving to federal candidates, including Mrs. Clinton and Illinois Democratic Sen. Barack Obama. He also donated checks from others.
And he frequently threw parties. To celebrate the Democrats' victories in Congress, the Senate and gubernatorial races, he rented a New York club called Buddakan. With several governors and others in the audience, Mr. Hsu grabbed the microphone, according to someone who was there, and ordered anyone who wasn't supporting Hillary Clinton to "get out!"
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Mr. Hsu also is listed on the roster of members for the Clinton Global Initiative -- an effort by Mrs. Clinton's husband, the former president, to recruit people to tackle problems like poverty and disease -- in 2005 and 2006. Members are required to donate $15,000 a year.
Related: A Boy Named Hsu.
Update - Beltway Blogroll: A Man Of Many Puns
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Kate,
If there's anything more noxious than a punster, it's a pedant. Having cheerfully admitted that :-) ...
It's PUNDITRY, not PUNNITRY.
And I've said a million times, don't exaggerate! :-)
Posted by: Dave in Pa. at September 8, 2007 1:33 PMAnd...
Q. What do you get when you cross a crooked lawyer and a crooked politician?
A. Chelsea Clinton.
Posted by: Dave in PA at September 8, 2007 1:36 PM"Q. What do you get when you cross a crooked lawyer and a crooked politician?"
A guy who plays the sax and can't tell the difference between a brief and a thong.
Hsu's on first?
Posted by: Eugene at September 8, 2007 4:24 PMWhat is it about the DNC that attracts such sleazy flakes? Maybe they figure the price of a GOP candidate is too steep so they shop for political patronage in the Walmart of malfeasance; the DNC...The Klintons have never shied away from dirty money...never!
Posted by: W L Mackenzie Redux at September 8, 2007 4:46 PMSidewinder , anyone ?
Posted by: Bill D. Cat at September 8, 2007 6:34 PMShake a Clinton and you never know Hsu will fall out.
Posted by: alan at September 8, 2007 6:43 PMIm Hillary the flake, I am, I am.
Hillary the flake, I am , I am.
I took money from the Hsu next door'
He's been caught seven times before.
and everyone was a democrat.
one was Willy Clinton by the way
Im the next democrat called Hillary
Hillary the flake I am.
but he shook his willy all the same .
Im the next run gal called Hillary
Hillary the flake I am.
Yeah, isn't it great? I'm still waiting for the other Hsu to drop.
Then there is the Paw family, "The Paws That Refresh", as they are known to Dem candidates. The Paws appear to live in a Hsu-box.
PA Dave, "punditry" has nothing to do with puns. "Punnitry" is actually a better choice for haphazard pun-slinging, even if it ain't a word.
Posted by: Ramon Daley at September 8, 2007 11:37 PMcal2, High Fives on the 'enry the Eighth redux!
Do you think 'erman's 'ermits might be reunited for a "Who's Hsu in 'ilary & the Gang" album? :-)
Ramon and Kate, I stand corrected on "punditry".
Posted by: Dave in Pa. at September 8, 2007 11:59 PMhaphazard pun slinging? arrest her for, um, secreting haphazard puns.
don't worry kate I know where you can buy some carbon credits to offset all that icky stuff...pun slingin indeed