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Talking Out Of Both Sides Of Her Mouth, Hillary Pandering To Iranian Mullahs and Persian Jewish Leaders Alike For Campaign Dollars.

Posted by Gabrielle Cusumano on Monday, March 26, 2007 4:52:36 PM
 “Senator Clinton voted against the very munitions necessary to avoid a nuclear confrontation with Iran while at the same time accepting money from supporters of the Iranian Mullahs. Senator Clinton lacks the credibility to keep New York safe and she should return this tainted money.” John Spencer



"According to critics, Senator Clinton’s modus operandi is to tell audiences what she believes they wish to hear. Tell Americans to get tough on Iran so as to present herself as tough on national security, then tell Iranians she wants to help them. " Jim Kouri

Senator Hillary Clinton Takes Money from Pro-Regime Iranians
By Jim Kouri, CPP on Jan 20, 06

Senator Hillary Clinton yesterday accused President George W. Bush of mishandling the threat from Iran while she’s been accepting money from supporters of the renegade Iranian regime.


Wealthy businessmen Hassan Nemazee and Faraj Aalaei who are associated with the American Iranian Council, a pro-regime, anti-sanctions group, are vocal Clinton supporters and contributors. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, Namazee has contributed $4,000 to Clinton’s reelection while Aalaei contributed $1,000.

Insight Magazine, published by the Washington Times, describes their lobby this way: “the American-Iranian Council [AIC], a pro-regime lobbying group [are] trying to get Congress and the Bush administration to lift the trade embargo on Iran.”

According to reports in Hillary Clinton’s home state, she’s also raising money from Gati Kashani, another figure linked with the Iranian Mullahs and who also supports the regime.

On its website, the Iranian American Political Action Committee (PAC) noted, “On Friday, June 3rd [2005], Iranian-American friends of the Hillary Clinton Senate re-election campaign hosted a fundraising event in honor of Senator Clinton. The event took place at the home of Gita and Behzad Kashani in Los Altos Hills, California.”

The PAC favors relaxing or eliminating Visa rule for Iranians coming to the United States and believes that Clinton would be helpful in achieving their goals. The Federal Bureau of Investigation opposes such liberalization of the visa process for the terrorist state.

But in full pander mode, the Iranian PAC reported that Clinton attacked United States Visa policy. “Senator Clinton went on to address the audience on topics specifically relevant to the Iranian-American community. She discussed immigration and acknowledged the difficulties Iranian nationals have in obtaining visas to visit family members residing in America. She stated, ‘Our visa policy is not only unfair but it’s not good for America.’”

During her speech yesterday Senator Clinton attacked the Bush Administration, charging that the US government has wasted precious time in dealing with the looming Iranian nuclear threat.

“I believe that we lost critical time in dealing with Iran because the White House chose to downplay the threats and to outsource the negotiations,” Clinton said during a speech at Princeton University, referring to American willingness to allow European powers to handle talks with Teheran. 

“We cannot and should not—must not—permit Iran to build or acquire nuclear weapons,” Clinton added. “In order to prevent that from occurring, we must have more support vigorously and publicly expressed by China and Russia, and we must move as quickly as feasible for sanctions in the United Nations.”

This is the exact opposite of what she’s said regarding the run up to the Iraq war. Democrat Party bigwigs accused Bush then of not working with our allies—France, Germany, Russia—and not allowing the United Nations more time to deal with the Saddam Hussein regime.

According to critics, Senator Clinton’s modus operandi is to tell audiences what she believes they wish to hear. Tell Americans to get tough on Iran so as to present herself as tough on national security, then tell Iranians she wants to help them.

At least she did use the “plantation” word which I believe was calculated to bring about controversy as was her latest diatribes against Bush. The release of the Barrett Report brings up questions of her and her husband’s own—excuse the phrase—culture of corruption.

She’s done this before when she criticized the Bush Administration’s lack of resolve to stop rampant illegal immigration and to increase border security. However, when a bill went to the senate that would increase funding for border patrol agents and additional detention facilities, she and the senior Senator from New York, Chuck Schumer, voted no.

Then when speaking before a Latino group in California, Hillary told the audience that she would work to get them healthcare and education assistance.

John Spencer, the former Yonkers Mayor and Vietnam combat veteran who will challenge Senator Clinton in November, made the following statement, “Senator Clinton voted against the very munitions necessary to avoid a nuclear confrontation with Iran while at the same time accepting money from supporters of the Iranian Mullahs. Senator Clinton lacks the credibility to keep New York safe and she should return this tainted money.”




By Jim Kouri, CPP on Jan 20, 06 | Email | Profile   Permalink

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Foreign & Defense Policy
PAC Contributions to Federal Candidates, 2005-2006
VIEW FULL SECTOR: Ideological/Single-Issue

Select a Cycle:

Total Amount: $1,197,387  
Total to Democrats: $642,268 (54%)
Total to Republicans: $536,134 (45%)
Number of PACs Making Contributions: 17  

PAC Name Affiliate Total Dems Repubs
Aerospace & Defense PAC   $7,000 $2,750 $4,250
American Task Force for Lebanon Policy   $5,175 $1,850 $3,325
Americans for a Palestinian State   $3,601 $3,601 $0
Arab American Leadership PAC   $80,500 $56,000 $24,500
Council for a Livable World   $137,604 $125,834 $5,785
GradPAC   $8,500 $2,500 $6,000
Iranian American PAC   $22,500 $13,000 $9,500
Iraq Veterans for Progress   $6,000 $6,000 $0
Liberty Bell PAC   $300 $300 $0
NAAA-ADC Inc   $5,000 $3,750 $1,250
National Defense PAC   $1,000 $1,000 $0
Peace Action   $1,700 $1,700 $0
Stop the Arms Race PAC   $7,033 $7,033 $0
Taiwanese American Action Council   $7,950 $6,950 $1,000
US-Cuba Democracy PAC   $569,624 $247,000 $312,624
Veterans for Victory   $25,900 $0 $25,900
Veterans of Foreign Wars   $308,000 $161,000 $144,000

Based on data released by the FEC on Monday, February 19, 2007.

http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/industry.asp?txt=Q04&cycle=2006Results:

42 records found in 0.0469 seconds.
 

Total for this search: $131,000

Search Criteria:
Donor name: Nemazee
Cycle(s) selected: 2006

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Contributor

Occupation

Date

Amount

Recipient

NEMAZEE, HASSAN
NEW YORK,NY 10019

HOUSTON VENTURE INC

6/17/2005

$26,700

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte

NEMAZEE, HASSAN
NEW YORK,NY 10022

CARRETT MANAGEMENT/CHAIRMAN & CEO

3/29/2006

$25,000

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte

NEMAZEE, SHEILA
NEW YORK,NY 10021

HOMEMAKER

11/30/2005

$15,000

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte

NEMAZEE, HASSAN
NEW YORK,NY 10021

NEMAZEE CAPITAL/CEO

3/21/2005

$5,000

Keeping America's Promise

NEMAZEE, HASSAN
NEW YORK,NY 10019

NEMAZEE CAPITAL CORPORATION/CHAIRMA

7/6/2005

$5,000

Unite Our States

NEMAZEE, HASSAN
NEW YORK,NY 10019

NEMAZEE CAPITOL CORP/BUSINESS EXEUC

2/16/2005

$5,000

Iranian American PAC

NEMAZEE, SHEILA
NEW YORK,NY 10019

HOMEMAKER/HOMEMAKER

12/22/2005

$5,000

Iranian American PAC

NEMAZEE, SHEILA
NEW YORK,NY 10021

HOMEMAKER

11/1/2005

$5,000

Keeping America's Promise

NEMAZEE, SHEILA
NEW YORK,NY 10021

HOMEMAKER

5/22/2006

$5,000

Keeping America's Promise

NEMAZEE, HASSAN
NEW YORK,NY 10019

NEMAZEE CAPITAL CORP./CHAIRMAN

9/30/2005

$2,100

Biden, Joseph R Jr

NEMAZEE, SHEILA
NEW YORK,NY 10019

HOMEMAKER/HOMEMAKER

9/30/2005

$2,100

Biden, Joseph R Jr

NEMAZEE, SHEILA
NEW YORK,NY 10019

HOMEMAKER/HOMEMAKER

9/30/2005

$2,100

Biden, Joseph R Jr

NEMAZEE, HASSAN
NEW YORK,NY 10019

NEMAZEE CAPITAL/CHAIRMAN AND CEO

9/20/2005

$2,000

Casey, Bob

NEMAZEE, HASSAN
NEW YORK,NY 10021

NEMAZEE CAPITAL

1/31/2005

$2,000

Clinton, Hillary

NEMAZEE, HASSAN
NEW YORK,NY 10021

NEMAZEE CAPITAL

1/31/2005

$2,000

Clinton, Hillary

NEMAZEE, HASSAN
NEW YORK,NY 10019

NEMAZEE CAPITAL/CEO

5/12/2005

$2,000

Maloney, Carolyn B

NEMAZEE, HASSAN
NEW YORK,NY 10019

NEMAZEE CAPITAL/CEO

5/12/2005

$2,000

Maloney, Carolyn B

NEMAZEE, SHEILA
NEW YORK,NY 10021

NEMAZEE CAPITAL CORPORATION

1/31/2005

$2,000

Clinton, Hillary

NEMAZEE, SHEILA
NEW YORK,NY 10021

NEMAZEE CAPITAL CORPORATION

1/31/2005

$2,000

Clinton, Hillary

NEMAZEE, HASSAN
NEW YORK,NY 10021

NEMAZEE CAPITAL/CHAIRMAN/CEO

4/26/2005

$1,600

Meehan, Marty

NEMAZEE, HASSAN
NEW YORK,NY 10019

NEMAZEE CAPITAL/CHAIRMAN & CEO

9/29/2006

$1,000

Tester, Jon

NEMAZEE, HASSAN
NEW YORK,NY 10021

NEMAZEE CAPITAL CORP./CHAIRMAN/CEO

12/14/2005

$1,000

Aydelott, Judy

NEMAZEE, HASSAN
NEW YORK,NY 10021

NEMAZEE CAPITAL CORP/CHAIRMAN & CEO

12/16/2005

$1,000

Nelson, Bill

NEMAZEE, HASSAN
NEW YORK,NY 10021

NEMAZEE CAPITAL CORPORATION/CHAIRMA

11/2/2006

$1,000

Lamont, Ned

NEMAZEE, HASSAN
NEW YORK,NY 10019

NEMAZEE CAPITAL CORP./CHAIRMAN & CE

5/2/2006

$1,000

Emanuel, Rahm

NEMAZEE, HASSAN
,NY 

  

9/21/2006

$1,000

Ford, Harold E Jr

NEMAZEE, HASSAN
NEW YORK,NY 10019

NEMAZEE CAPITAL CORPORATION/CEO

12/28/2005

$1,000

Gillibrand, Kirsten E

NEMAZEE, HASSAN
NEW YORK,NY 10019

NEMAZEE CAPITAL CORPORATION/CEO

9/30/2006

$1,000

Gillibrand, Kirsten E

NEMAZEE, HASSAN
NEW YORK,NY 10019

NEMAZEE CAPITAL CORPORATION/CEO

10/23/2006

$1,000

Klobuchar, Amy

NEMAZEE, HASSAN
NEW YORK,NY 10019

NEMAZEE CAPITAL/CHAIRMAN/CEO

6/13/2006

$1,000

Brown, Sherrod

NEMAZEE, HASSAN
NEW YORK,NY 10019

NEMAZEE CAPITAL/INVESTMENT

9/21/2006

$1,000

Whitehouse, Sheldon

NEMAZEE, HASSAN
NEW YORK,NY 10021

NEMAZEE CAPITAL/CHAIRMAN AND CEO

6/10/2006

$1,000

Webb, James

NEMAZEE, HASSAN
NEW YORK,NY 10021

NEMAZEE CAPITAL/CHAIRMAN AND CEO

7/31/2006

$1,000

Webb, James

NEMAZEE, HASSAN
NEW YORK,NY 10022

CORRETT MANAGEMENT/CHIEF EXECUTIVE

6/14/2006

$1,000

McCaskill, Claire

NEMAZEE, HASSAN
NEW YORK,NY 10022

CORRETT MANAGEMENT/CHIEF EXECUTIVE

9/29/2006

$1,000

McCaskill, Claire

NEMAZEE, HASSAN MR
NEW YORK,NY 10019

NEMAZEE CAPITAL/EXECUTIVE

6/30/2005

$1,000

Cantwell, Maria

NEMAZEE, SHEILA
NEW YORK,NY 10021

NOT EMPLOYED/HOMEMAKER

5/31/2006

$1,000

Unite Our States

NEMAZEE, HASSAN
NEW YORK,NY 10019

NEMAZEE CAPITAL CORP/CHAIRMAN CEO

3/10/2006

$500

Shays, Christopher

NEMAZEE, HASSAN MR
NEW YORK,NY 10021

NEMAZEE CAPITAL CORP./PARTNER

3/16/2006

$500

Yassky, David

NEMAZEE, HASSAN
NEW YORK,NY 10021

NEMAZEE CAPITAL/CHAIRMAN/CEO

4/26/2005

$400

Meehan, Marty

NEMAZEE, HASSAN MR
NEW YORK,NY 10019

  

5/4/2006

($1,000)

Unite Our States

NEMAZEE, HASSAN
NEW YORK,NY 10019

  

5/3/2006

($5,000)

Keeping America's Promise

OpenSecrets' Donor Lookup comprises contribution data available electronically from the Federal Election Commission on Monday, February 19, 2007. Because campaigns and other political committees typically disclose their contributions on a quarterly or monthly schedule, it can take several months for a contribution to be recorded in this database.

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Total for this search: $6,750

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Donor name: Aalaei
Cycle(s) selected: 2006

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Contributor

Occupation

Date

Amount

Recipient

AALAEI, FARAJ
ATHERTON,AL 94027

CENTILLIUM/CEO

5/12/2005

$2,500

Iranian American PAC

AALAEI, FARAJ
ATHERTON,AL 94027

CENTILLIUM/CEO

3/4/2006

$2,500

Iranian American PAC

AALAEI, FARAJ
ATHERTON,CA 94027

CENTILLIUM

3/8/2005

$1,000

Clinton, Hillary

AALAEI, FARAJ
ATHERTON,AL 94027

CENTILLIUM/CEO

3/3/2006

$500

Iranian American PAC

AALAEI, FARAJ
ATHERTON,CA 94027

CENTILLIUM COMMUNICATIONS/CEO

11/4/2006

$250

Democratic Congressional Campaign Cmte

OpenSecrets' Donor Lookup comprises contribution data available electronically from the Federal Election Commission on Monday, February 19, 2007. Because campaigns and other political committees typically disclose their contributions on a quarterly or monthly schedule, it can take several months for a contribution to be recorded in this database.

Iranian American PAC
PAC Contributions to Federal Candidates
2004 Cycle
House Candidate Total Contribs
Ameri, Goli Yazdi (R-OR) $5,000
Davis, Tom (R-VA) $1,000
Maloney, Carolyn B (D-NY) $1,000
Shays, Christopher (R-CT) $1,000
Total to Democratic House Candidates: $1,000
Total to Republican House Candidates: $7,000


Senate Candidate Total Contribs
Boxer, Barbara (D-CA) $2,500
Daschle, Tom (D-SD) $2,500
Hatch, Orrin G (R-UT) $1,000
Kennedy, Edward M (D-MA) $1,000
Martinez, Mel (R-FL) $2,000
Schumer, Charles E (D-NY) $1,000
Specter, Arlen (R-PA) $1,000
Total to Democratic Senate Candidates: $7,000
Total to Republican Senate Candidates: $4,000

Based on data released by the FEC on Monday, May 16, 2005. Figures in parentheses denote negative numbers, and may indicate returned contributions or bounced checks.

Iranian American PAC
PAC Contributions to Federal Candidates
2006 Cycle
House Candidate Total Contribs
Campbell, John (R-CA) $1,000
Feeney, Tom (R-FL) $1,000
Honda, Mike (D-CA) $1,000
Maloney, Carolyn B (D-NY) $1,000
Mica, John L (R-FL) $1,000
Omar, Ameer (R-TX) $1,000
Pelosi, Nancy (D-CA) $1,000
Shays, Christopher (R-CT) $2,500
Waxman, Henry A (D-CA) $1,000
Weiner, Anthony D (D-NY) $1,000
Total to Democratic House Candidates: $5,000
Total to Republican House Candidates: $6,500


Senate Candidate Total Contribs
Clinton, Hillary (D-NY) $5,000
Hagel, Chuck (R-NE) $1,000
Hutchison, Kay Bailey (R-TX) $1,000
Kennedy, Edward M (D-MA) $1,000
Specter, Arlen (R-PA) $1,000
Webb, James (D-VA) $2,000
Total to Democratic Senate Candidates: $8,000
Total to Republican Senate Candidates: $3,000


Iranian American PAC
2006 PAC Summary Data

 
2006 election
so far*

Select a Cycle:

Total Receipts

$257,832

Total Spent  (view expenditures)

$263,566

Begin Cash on Hand

$17,977

End Cash on Hand

$12,238

Debts

$0

Date of last report

December 31, 2006

Contributions from this PAC to federal candidates (list recipients)
(58% to Democrats, 42% to Republicans)		 $22,500
Contributions to this PAC from individual donors of $200 or more (list donors) $243,001

Official PAC Name:
IRANIAN AMERICAN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
Location: New York NY, 10019
Industry: Foreign & Defense Policy; Foreign policy
Treasurer: Ghahary, Akbar Ph.D.
FEC Committee ID: C00382028
(Look up actual documents filed at the FEC)

*Based on data released by the FEC on Thursday, February 08, 2007.

HILLARY CLINTON (D-NY)
Top Industries

The top industries supporting Hillary Clinton are:

1 Lawyers/Law Firms $4,300,176
2 Retired $2,572,080
3 Securities & Investment $2,224,122
4 Real Estate $2,075,408
5 TV/Movies/Music $1,266,078
6 Business Services $1,185,757
7 Misc Finance $878,617
8 Health Professionals $834,011
9 Education $758,539
10 Printing & Publishing $579,490
11 Insurance $506,280
12 Commercial Banks $475,524
13 Misc Business $435,656
14 Hospitals/Nursing Homes $347,961
15 Non-Profit Institutions $327,441
16 Lobbyists $315,876
17 Civil Servants/Public Officials $305,498
18 Computers/Internet $302,844
19 General Contractors $290,805
20 Misc Manufacturing & Distributing $289,090

Percent of Contributions Coded:
(How to read this chart / methodology)

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Coded

$25,016,634

(71.9%)

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Uncoded

$9,779,389

(28.1%)

  Total $34,796,023  

Hillary Clinton is a top Senate recipient from the following industries for the 2005-2006 election cycle:

  • Accountants (#1)
  • Advertising & public relations services (#1)
  • Architectural services (#1)
  • Book, newspaper & periodical publishing (#1)
  • Business Services (#1)
  • Cable & satellite TV production & distribution (#1)
  • Civil Servants (#1)
  • Clergy/Religious (#1)
  • Clothing & accessories (#1)
  • Commercial Banks (#1)
  • Commercial TV & radio stations (#1)
  • Education (#1)
  • Health Professionals (#1)
  • Lawyers/Law Firms (#1)
  • Lodging/Tourism (#1)
  • Misc Services (#1)
  • Mortgage bankers and brokers (#1)
  • Motion Picture production & distribution (#1)
  • Non-Profits (#1)
  • Nurses (#1)
  • Publishing (#1)
  • Recorded Music & music production (#1)
  • Retired (#1)
  • Telecom Svcs/Equip (#1)
  • TV production & distribution (#1)
  • TV/Movies/Music (#1)
  • Construction Svcs (#2)
  • Food & Beverage (#2)
  • Hospitals/Nurs Homes (#2)
  • Real Estate (#2)
  • Restaurants & drinking establishments (#2)
  • Securities/Invest (#2)
  • Telephone Utilities (#2)
  • Textiles (#2)
  • Venture capital (#2)
  • Alternate energy production & services (#3)
  • Computers/Internet (#3)
  • Finance/Credit (#3)
    		•
    HOW TO READ THIS CHART: Most members of Congress get the bulk of their campaign contributions from two main sources: the industries that make up the economic base of their home district and the Washington-based interest groups that pay more attention to the member's committee assignments in Congress. In addition, most Democrats receive substantial sums from labor unions.

    From this chart, you can get a flavor of which are the top industries giving to this member of Congress. Do the industries match your local economy, or are they more Washington-based? If the latter, your representative may have divided loyalties on issues where the interests of their cash constituents conflict with those of the voters who elected them.

    METHODOLOGY

    NOTE: All the numbers on this page are for the 2001-2006 Senate election cycle and based on Federal Election Commission data released electronically on Monday, January 22, 2007. Help! The numbers don't add up...")

    Feel free to distribute or cite this material, but please credit the Center for Responsive Politics.

    http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/indus.asp?CID=N00000019&cycle=2006
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