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Strategists involved in retired Gen. Wesley Clark's presidential campaign are discussing whether he should give up making paid speeches during his run for office, according to sources close to the campaign. Here's an example of why: At a speech at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, TX, on Sept. 29th, Clark talked about his life and did a book-signing, avoiding discussion of his campaign. But in the question and answer session after the speech, "Most of the questions were about his candidacy, and he answered them," said Keith Lamb, associate vice-president for student affairs. Clark also...
...That could be a problem under Federal Election Commission regulations, which bar a candidate from being paid by corporations, universities or labor unions for campaign events. The payment -$25,000 in the case of Midwestern State - could be considered an illegal contribution to Clark's nascent campaign if the FEC found that the speech and related activity dealt with his candidacy in any but the most incidental of ways, said veteran campaign finance lawyer Ken Gross. The potential problem first surfaced in a Washington Post story Wednesday about a speech Clark made at DePauw University in Indiana on Sept...
...According to Midwestern State University vice-president Howard Farrell, Clark "was asked what he would do if he was president on a couple of issues - one question was on the budget, and another was on military affairs, and there may have been more. He answered those." The university did not record the speech...
...Individual students have the frustration of not having people to relate to,” she said. “I would relate more to my Midwestern white friends than to my black classmates...
...neighbor is just a woman who is severely out of context. She’s an immigrant from rural eastern Europe who moved to my town with the intention of retiring to a house in “the country”—in an open midwestern space where her dogs and trees and plants would be spread over several acres. She even bought an RV when she retired, made an attempt to sell her house and build her country life elsewhere, but has yet to actually do so. Instead, she stays next door, creating her own little...