You would think at some point people would learn. Not yet....Mysterious people in some of the poorest Chinese neighborhoods in Queens, Brooklyn and the Bronx, have been swept by an extraordinary impulse to shower money on one particular presidential candidate -- Democratic front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Dishwashers, waiters and others whose jobs and dilapidated home addresses seem to make them unpromising targets for political fundraisers are pouring $1,000 and $2,000 contributions into Clinton's campaign.
Clinton has raised more money than any candidate in history, but where is it all coming from???
Clinton has enlisted the aid of Chinese neighborhood associations. Many of Clinton's Chinatown donors said they had contributed because leaders in neighborhood associations told them to. The other piece of the strategy involves holding out hope that, if Clinton becomes president, she will move quickly to reunite families and help illegal residents move toward citizenship. At least one reported donor denies making a contribution. Another admitted to lacking the legal-resident status required for giving campaign money.
The Times examined the cases of more than 150 donors who provided checks to Clinton after fundraising events geared to the Chinese community. One-third of those donors could not be found using property, telephone or business records. Most have not registered to vote, according to public records.
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