Hillary Clinton and Norman Hsu: Echoes of a Culture of Corruption

Hillary Clinton's campaign has been strong and error free, but recent troubles may bring her into a defensive mode. By now, most people are familiar with the long history of Democrats and questionable campaign finance ideas. The fact is, many funding issues arise on the left, and thanks to McCain-Feingold, the waters are murkier than ever.

Ask someone about a 527 organization and he or she may know what it is, but that is unlikely. Ask someone who "Swiftboated" whom in the last election, and you'll likely hear about the travails of poor John Kerry. But how many more would know that Howard Dean was a "Frankenstein" created by Moveon.org, who are also a creation of McCain-Feingold?

George Soros must be laughing all the way to the next bankrupted country.

Harry Reid brought to the front the howls about a culture of corruption, but he must certainly have been staring into a mirror as he recited and practiced his delivery of the speech. Some would claim that's vanity, I call it divination and prophecy.

All of which brings us back to Hillary Clinton and the Questionable Mr. Hsu. Thanks to McCain-Feingold, the evidence is building that instead of America's politics "becoming accessible for the average person," we've opened the door to foreign investment in the Presidential campaign. Hsu is probably one cog in a filthy wheel of corruption and shady tactics. If the Democrats want to "clean up Washington," they can start with Mrs. Clinton's doorstep and "Moveon" to repeal McCain-Feingold. Otherwise the corruption will keep occuring.

I doubt the Democrats will rank it as a priority. Apparently their front-runner is benefitting greatly from the maze of regulation that shields contributions. That or maybe they're comfortable with the culture they wanted to cure. Mrs. Clinton may be giving the money back, but that doesn't solve this problem.

Perhaps she could lead the charge to repeal the awful regulations of McCain-Feingold and bring intelligible and meaningful reporting back to campaign finance. It is the least she could do.