From Ankle Biting Pundits

Over the past several years, our friends in the Democrat Party have attempted to tar any Republican in New Hampshire as sleazy and corrupt. It stems from a very real scandal that occurred during the 2002 campaign when a hare-brained Republican phone jamming scam targeted Democrat and union get-out-the-vote phone banks.

Well, if we are going to paint with such a broad brush, then I hope the Democrats, who took over my beloved Granite State (over false pretenses, it is becoming increasingly obvious), face scorn in the MSM for the direct ties top New Hampshire Dems have with jailed campaign financier Norman Hsu.

Granite Grok has the story:

According to followthemoney.org, Hsu contributed $2,000 to Gov. John Lynch last year and $5,000 to the New Hampshire Democrat Senate Caucus PAC. In addition, Winkle Paw, one of the many people who lived at a house owned by Hsu and whose contributions have drawn scrutiny, also gave Gov. Lynch $2,000 last year.

Hsu’s contribution to the Senate Democrats is listed on the PAC’s September 20, 2006 filing in the NH Secretary of State’s office. Paw’s donations are listed on page 88 of Gov. Lynch’s August 21, 2006 campaign finance report on file at the Secretary of State’s office and available online.

“The question I have is this: How did a fugitive New York financier and a family from San Francisco get hooked up with Gov. Lynch, Sen. Silvia Larson, and Ray Buckley last year? This money didn’t just arrive out of the blue,” [said GOP Chairman Fergus Cullen].

Meanwhile, Michelle Malkin says the Justice Department may look into Mr. Hsu’s contributions to federal and state candidates. We expect that Gov. Lynch and the New Hampshire Democrats will be included in that investigation.

Source: Ankle Biting Pundits