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...Dole was more angry, lashing out at the New York Times and so on." In recent days, Dole has tried to get some political traction over the issue of the President's relationship with John Huang, the former Democratic fundraiser who steered millions from the billionaire Riady family of Indonesia into Democratic coffers. Unfortunately for the GOP, Dole's persistent questioning of the Clinton Administration's ethical standards probably won't resonate with voters come election day. "Even the developing Democratic fundraising scandal won't effect voting, because people don't understand it," notes Edwards. "It's tough to unravel...
...files that turned up in the White House, without explaining the potential abuse of power they represented. And when he did raise questions about the Democrats' sloppy handling of foreign contributions, Dole lapsed into disjointed senatorial shorthand: "Campaign finance might help, might help contributions coming in from Indonesia or other foreign countries, rich people in those countries, and then being sent back after the L.A. Times discovers it-- $250,000." Dole's invocation drew little response from the earnest San Diego audience. Their attitude seemed to be, if this was his use of the bully pulpit, he seemed more like...
...Mochtar Riady. Not long after the card was received, Hashim's daughter and son-in-law, Soraya and Arief Wiriadinata, donated $425,000 to the D.N.C. The Wiriadinata couple, who were living in suburban Virginia, had been U.S. residents for only a short time. They have since returned to Indonesia, where several of the checks they contributed may have been signed...
...over there," says Stanford University economist Lawrence Lau. "You want to be able to tell people you are a big man in Washington. You have dinner with the President, and your picture is taken with him. People back home will then say, 'Ah, this guy is well connected.'" In Indonesia last week, as news of the controversy spread, the Riadys were variously reported by their secretaries as being "out of the office," "on a business trip" or "on the other line." --Reported by Sandra Burton/Hong Kong, Michael Shari/Jakarta, Douglas Waller/Washington and James Willwerth/Los Angeles
Lippo's connection to Clinton goes back a long way. When Mochtar Riady's son James headed up a local bank in Little Rock in the 1980s, the Riadys discovered that the back-scratching political culture that prevails in Indonesia meshed perfectly with the cozy world of Arkansas. Within a few years, James Riady was part of Governor Clinton's inner circle of friends. When Clinton became President, that helped James become a minor player in U.S.-Indonesia relations. In 1993 he assisted in setting up a meeting between Clinton and Indonesian President Suharto. This has led human-rights activists...