[antimedia] antimedia: There's lots of dirty connections....

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Posted by antimedia:
There's lots of dirty connections....
http://www.antimedia.us/posts/1181184700.shtml


   ....between Democrat leaders and [1]a questionable fundraiser, Vinod
   Gupta.

     A database company that has showered money on Bill and Hillary
     Clinton â and is alleged to have aided scam artists â now appears
     to have close links to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's family as well.
     The firm InfoUSA, headed by major Clinton backer Vinod Gupta, has
     placed Pelosi's son, Paul Pelosi Jr., on its payroll â even though
     he has no experience in the company's main business activities,
     NewsMax has learned.
     As NewsMax previously reported, InfoUSA repeatedly rented marketing
     databases to unscrupulous persons who used the information to
     defraud the unsuspecting elderly, investigators found.
     The company is also under fire in a shareholder lawsuit which
     alleges that Gupta is appropriating company funds for personal use
     and his political pet projects.
     Shareholder critics are furious that Gupta had InfoUsa pay former
     President Bill Clinton $2.1 million in "consulting fees" since he
     left the White House, with another $1.2 million promised.

   Pelosi's son was hired, at a $180,000 salary, just four weeks after
   Pelosi became Speaker of the House. Gupta treats him like a trophy,
   flying him around the country trying to impress people with his
   connections to power.
   This is the party that campaigned on ethics, and Pelosi was the leader
   of the charge. They're not off to a good start.
   Tags: [2]Pelosi [3]ethics [4]Democrats

References

   1. http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2007/6/4/210922.shtml?s=lh
   2. http://technorati.com/tag/Pelosi
   3. http://technorati.com/tag/ethics
   4. http://technorati.com/tag/Democrats