Ed Rendell and his shady FEC issues
Ed Rendell looks like he’s one of the democrats with campaign donation problems. Even more then just Hsu. Fast Eddie has already been linked to CAIR so we know he’s not particular about the company he keeps. Now it seems that in addition to claiming Hsu is a good guy he’s not going to give the money back unless the guy gets “convicted”.
“I want to hear him out; I don’t want to be one of the guys to pile on,” Rendell said last Thursday. “Norman Hsu’s one of the best 10 people I’ve met. He raised money for me because he believes in all the things we’re doing and he never asked for a bloody thing – not a job, not a contract, not to attend a wedding.”
The next day, the governor said: “I think this whole thing stinks. If this conviction stands I will give the money back, but this idea of making him out to be some sort of major criminal is absurd.”
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For the time being, Rendell remains one of the few politicians across the nation who have decided to keep campaign contributions from Hsu.
Seems Ed Rendell might be called to testify in a potentially large FEC campaign donation case involving….Hillary. Bob Parks at blackandright.mensnewsdaily.com has all the full details on it as well as Freepers are all over it here. You can also go here for some more background. I’m all for Eddie getting indicted, impeached, etc. Lynn Swann, stay near your phone.
**update** right after I wrote this post I saw that Eddie had caved in and decided to donate the money to charity.
“Though Norman is my friend, and remains so, his failure to appear casts a new light on his assertions regarding the original case,” Rendell said in a statement. “As a result, I will follow other elected officials and donate the money he contributed to me to charity.”
Poor Eddie he doesn’t seem happy about it at all. That’s a lot of cheesesteaks he’s giving up there.
