Media complains about Todd's Palin's 1986 DUI

[mooseracing]

http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/08/bidens-lobbyist-son-brother-named-in-2.html
Biden's Lobbyist Son & Brother Named In 2 Lawsuits

Democratic Vice Presidential Candidate Joe Biden's lobbyist son and brother are accused of defrauding a former business partner and an investor of millions of dollars.

R. Hunter Biden is one of Senator Joe Biden's (D-DE) three children. He was a founding partner of Oldaker, Biden & Belair, a D.C. lawyer-lobbyist shop, served as a Senior Vice President at a major financial services firm and most recently was a Presidential appointee at the U.S. Department of Commerce, where he served as the Executive Director for e-Commerce Policy Coordination under Transportation Secretary" Norman Y. Mineta during the Clinton administration... In 2003, he got a $100,000 annual retainer from MBNA to advise the company on 'the Internet and privacy law. MBNA is Senator Biden's biggest contributor. (Muckety)

The Washington Post reported:

A son and a brother of Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del.) are accused in two lawsuits of defrauding a former business partner and an investor of millions of dollars in a hedge fund deal that went sour, court records show.

The Democratic vice presidential candidate's son Hunter, 38, and brother James, 59, assert instead that their former partner defrauded them by misrepresenting his experience in the hedge fund industry and recommending that they hire a lawyer with felony convictions.

The legal actions have been playing out in New York State Supreme Court since 2007, and they focus on Hunter and James Biden's involvement in Paradigm Companies LLC, a hedge fund group. Hunter Biden, a Washington lobbyist, briefly served as president of the firm.

A lawsuit filed by their former partner Anthony Lotito Jr. asserts in court papers that the deal was crafted to get Hunter Biden out of lobbying because his father was concerned about the impact it would have on his bid for the White House. Biden was running for the Democratic nomination at the time the suit was filed.

The suit against Hunter Biden was previously reported in January 2007.

Joe Biden does not talk much about his son's lobbyist background. Hunter Biden lobbied for clients that paid his firm at least $380,000 in the first six months of this year, federal records show.

This was cross posted at Founding Bloggers.

Dan Riehl has more on the Biden Amtrak connections.

http://articles.latimes.com/20...04/nation/na-briefs4.1
Sen. Biden?s Daughter Arrested in Altercation August 04, 2002 in print edition A-15 The daughter of Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del.) was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of obstructing a police officer outside a Chicago bar. Ashley Blazer Biden, 21, of Wilmington, Del., was with a group of people on a North Side street where several bars are located when someone else threw a bottle at an officer, police said. When police tried to arrest another person, Biden blocked the officer?s path and made intimidating statements, officer JoAnn Taylor said. Biden was later released and is scheduled to appear in court Sept. 20. Sen. Biden?s spokeswoman, Margaret Aitken, declined to comment, calling it a private, family matter.

nice of the media to not eat that up....


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Nothing in your psot has any reference to Palin.

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[Balt]

Topic Title: Media complains about Todd's Palin's 1986 DUI

They do? I hadn't even heard of that until you mentioned it.

 

[Vette73]

Originally posted by: Balt

Topic Title: Media complains about Todd's Palin's 1986 DUI

They do? I hadn't even heard of that until you mentioned it.

Same here.

More "outrage" from the right I see. :roll:

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: Balt

Topic Title: Media complains about Todd's Palin's 1986 DUI

They do? I hadn't even heard of that until you mentioned it.

Indeed. I can't really see what impact a 22 year old DUI for the possible VP's husband would have on anyone's voting decision.

I just googled it, and I don't see any links to articles from reputable news sites. Just blogs. Are blogs "the Media" now?

 

[Slick5150]

First I'd heard of a DUI as well.

[fake outrage]Damn you liberal media!![/f]

 

[compuwiz1]

Why in the hell does the media sensationalize someone else in the family's DUI? Not that I'm a Palin fan, but the tactics being used these days are downright sickening. :thumbsdown:

 

[Thump553]

Please-the country didn't care at all about GWB's drunk driving conviction. But thanks to a hypersensitive apologist, we are now all aware of the First Dude's two decade old DWI.

 

[Robor]

Cliffs:

1. Feign outrage about an alleged allegation with no proof of said allegation.
2. Post unrelated crap about Biden family.
3. Provide 9 words of sarcastic commentary.

Nice thread, troll.

 

[dphantom]

It was in the news either the day of or the day after Palin's selection as the Veep candidate. It died a quick death in the media when the media outlets found no one cared.

 

[Mani]

Liberal Media!

 

[RightIsWrong]

Topic Title: Media complains about Todd's Palin's 1986 DUI

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Conclusion: EPIC FAIL!