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Lindner received the same red-carpet treatment as some of Clinton's more flamboyant benefactors, including coffee with the President and a night in the Lincoln Bedroom. Last week the WTO panel issued a preliminary ruling in Lindner's favor. When that is made final, Lindner stands to gain millions in revenues from new sales in Europe--a good return on the $2 million in soft money that he and his firms have handed both parties since 1990. Republicans too have supported Lindner's banana crusade. (Lindner and Kantor declined to comment...
...small wonder the U.S. government has scant success in selling democratic principles to foreign governments such as China [NATION, March 10]. The whole world watches as the President transforms the White House's Lincoln Bedroom into a high-perk bed-and-breakfast free-enterprise zone to raise campaign funds. If any foreign-government honcho wanted to play down the merits of democracy, all he would need to do is tell his people to sit in front of the TV during a U.S. presidential campaign and watch the democratic process degenerate into disgusting mudslinging. The worst part is imagining where...
...earth would anyone want to spend a night in a place like the Lincoln Bedroom, let alone pay for the privilege? The furnishings of the room look like stage props from the Addams Family set. Do guests in the morning wake up to Lurch entering with orange juice and eggs over easy? GEORGE SONNENSCHEIN La Jolla, California...
...sell products to consumers. Unlike TV or radio, the Net offers a very personal way to contact the audience. Some people are particularly vulnerable to email and chatroom conversations with folks they may meet in the intimate setting of the computer screen in their own den or bedroom...
What about the morning coffees and the Lincoln Bedroom sleepovers at the White House? The Hatch Act does forbid executive branch employees from fundraising, and it prohibits all fundraising on government property. But on this score, you can pick your loophole from a number of options: (1)The Hatch Act exempts the President and Vice President from its provisions; (2) specific areas of the White House are exempt from the governmental property provision; (3) the entire act applies only to contributions to campaigns, not parties. The conclusion: No illegal activity here either...