leftist elites: hypocrisy

[traderob]

I got into college without doctoring transcripts, faking extra cuticular activities and taking my own SATs... AMA.

Of course. For the elites people like you should follow the rules. They are above them.


My children are in private schools but had to go through a proper assessment, so I follow the rules too.

 

[viruscore1]

I don't blame them. If we had the means to help our children get ahead, we'd use them. How do you think corporate and political leaders are made. Not saying all but some are born with a silver spoon. Hmm what an old cliche. Anyone work in corporations have seen new executives parachute in with no experience half your age. You know they didn't earn their way. Coming from the right gene pool helps. Here's another cliche; it's not what you know, it's who. And money talks.

 

[exGOPer]

Lets just be honest and admit that the elitist class of all political stripes have been playing this game for quite some time. Post secondary education is about the money first and foremost, with political indoctrination running not too far behind. Other than that it's a four year party time. The entire system is a scam.

LOL, when Republicans get caught and right wingers get caught posting fake news, you come up with 'both sides' bullshit.

Otherwise you are crying about leftists on every thread without a hint of bothsideism.

 

[exGOPer]

Of course. For the elites people like you should follow the rules. They are above them.


My children are in private schools but had to go through a proper assessment, so I follow the rules too.

So how about apologizing for posting fake news that the actresses are liberals which is a bunch of bullshit as already proven. The only lying hypocrite on this thread is you and your fake news.

 

[Tony Stark]

Democratic Donors Charged in College Admissions Scam
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BY: Mikhael Smits
March 12, 2019 3:13 pm

Several Democratic donors were among those charged Tuesday in a federal crackdown on a nationwide fraudulent college admissions conspiracy.

"Dozens of individuals involved in a nationwide conspiracy that facilitated cheating on college entrance exams and the admission of students to elite universities as purported athletic recruits," according to the Department of Justice. Documents unsealed Tuesday in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts show fraud extending to Yale, Georgetown, and other American universities.

Parents paid William Rick Singer, owner of The Edge College & Career Network, LLC, to ensure their children's admissions to university, according to court documents. Singer would then arrange for special proctors to fly from Texas and California for the SAT and ACT tests, correcting students' answers, according to the court filing. He's also accused of creating fake athletic profiles for students, even though some did not play sports at all. Singer then bribed coaches and administrators of NCAA Division I programs like Yale, Stanford, and the University of Southern California to recruit the students, all but guaranteeing their admission, according to the DOJ.

Those charged represent a "catalog of wealth and privilege," U.S. attorney Andrew Lelling told reporters Tuesday. "The real victims in this case are the hardworking students" who were denied admissions because the children of wealthy parents "simply bought their way in," according to Lelling.

The 33 parents paid a total of $25 million to Singer's company as part of the scheme, ABC News reported. Also implicated were top college coaches for their alleged role in accepting millions of dollars to help admit students.

Most of the press reaction Tuesday centered on Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin, two prominent Hollywood stars charged in the sting.

Huffman, when not acting, is a generous donor to Democratic candidates. Huffman has donated thousands of dollars since 2016 to Sen. Kamala Harris (D., Calif.), according to the Federal Election Commission's site. Prior to that, she donated frequently to President Barack Obama's election efforts.

She is far from the only Democratic donor on the list, some of whom have also donated to Republican candidates at times.

Gordon Caplan is co-chairman of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, a major law firm. He lives in Greenwich, Connecticut and New York City. Caplan paid $125,000 to have his daughter's ACT exam corrected by the proctor, according to the DOJ. He is charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud in the District of Connecticut.

During a conversation recorded by investigators, Caplan asked how the scheme would work. A cooperating witness explained over the phone:

I just explained it to you. You get extended time, you gotta get the extended time first. Then you’re going to fly to L.A. And you’re going to be going on a fake recruiting visit. You’ll visit some schools, while you’re out here in L.A. And then on a Saturday, which is the national test day if it’s ACT or SAT, she’s going to sit down and take the test. I will have a proctor in the room, that’s why, when you have 100% extended time, you have– you get to take it at a– you don’t take it with everybody else, you get to take it over multiple days. And you get to take it at a– you can take it at your school or another school. Okay? And then this kid, ’cause she’s taking online classes, you have to go somewhere anyway.9 So you come to my school, take the test on a Saturday. She’ll be in the room for six, six and a half hours taking this test. My proctor would then answer her questions, and by the end of the day, she would leave, and my proctor would make sure she would gets a score that would be equivalent to the number that we need to get.

[…]

That’s how simple it is. She doesn’t know. Nobody knows what happens. It happened, she feels great about herself. She got a test a score, and now you’re actually capable for help getting into a school. Because the test score’s no longer an issue. Does that make sense?

Caplan gave the maximum allowable donation to Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign. He donated an additional $25,000 to the Hillary Victory Fund and $22,300 to the Democratic National Committee in 2016, months before Clinton lost to Donald Trump. Caplan began giving to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D., N.Y.) in 2005.

During the 2018 midterms, Caplan shelled out thousands of dollars to support Democratic candidates in Connecticut, Indiana, Florida, Arizona, and Nevada. His lavish political spending used to be bipartisan. In 2011 and 2012, he gave tens of thousands of dollars to both Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney's presidential campaigns.

Robert Flaxman, the owner of Crown Realty and Development, was also charged. The Beverly Hills, California resident paid for assistance with both his son and daughter's admissions, according to the DOJ. For a fee of $250,000, the fraudulent college consultant had ACT tests falsified and arranged for a varsity coach at the University of San Diego to claim Flaxman's son as an athlete, according to the charges.

During the 2016 election cycle, Flaxman donated to Clinton's campaign and gave thousands of dollars to the Democratic Party in states including Colorado, Maine, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin. He also donated to several Republicans, albeit on a far less frequent basis. Several years earlier, in the 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns, he also spent upwards of $125,000 supporting Republicans.

Agustin Huneeus is a winemaker in California. He paid $50,000 to administer a false SAT test to his daughter, according to investigators. He is also accused of conspiring to bribe USC athletic staff to accept his daughter as a water polo recruit. During the 2016 cycle, Huneeus gave $33,400 to Clinton's super PAC. He's given over $150,000 the DNC and DCCC, $60,000 the Nancy Pelosi Victory Fund, $10,000 to Sen. Kamala Harris (D., Calif.) and thousands more to various other California candidates.

Jane Buckingham is the founder and president of Trendera, a boutique marketing firm. She agreed to pay $50,000 for her son to take a false ACT test in Houston, according to investigators. At the test site, a co-conspirator faked her son's handwriting and took the test for him, investigators say. Buckingham's son received a 35 out of a maximum 36 points. She later expressed interest in arranging the same for her younger daughter, according to the charges.

Buckingham is also a generous donor to the Democratic Party. She gave $35,800 to the Obama Victory Fund and $30,800 to the DNC in 2012. She gave more than $22,000 to support Gillibrand's races.

Of the 50 people charged in the college scandal, the Washington Free Beacon found only one gave consistently to Republican candidates. Mossimo G. Giannulli, founder of the clothing company Mossimo, Inc., is married to actress Lori Loughlin. He and his wife gave over $500,000 to secure admission to USC for his two daughters via the crew team. Neither daughter rows. He supported Sen. Marco Rubio (R., Fla.) in 2016, and Romney and John Boehner before that. He has also donated to Democrats.

The scandal comes at a pivotal moment for admissions policies nationwide. A Massachusetts district federal court is currently determining whether Harvard University's admissions policy of affirmative action unfairly discriminates on account of race. Though the legality of athletic recruitment is not at issue in the latter case, both threaten to pull back the curtain on the secretive process of admissions at America's most selective institutions

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/poli...admissions-scandal_n_5c883861e4b0fbd7661ed2fb



The contributions were made to both Democratic and Republican candidates and committees. HuffPost did not include contributions made by unindicted spouses.


The contributions included:

• At least $135,525 to the Democratic National Committee
  
• At least $131,800 to committees benefiting or controlled by then-presidential candidate and current U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah)
  
• At least $73,600 to the Republican National Committee
  
• At least $30,000 to committees benefiting Gavin Newsom
  
• At least $25,000 to the Kamala Harris Senate Committee and the committee for her California attorney general candidacy
  
• At least $16,900 to committees benefiting or controlled by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.)
  
• $8,350 to the National Republican Campaign Committee
  
• $8,350 to the National Republican Senatorial Committee
  

The indicted contributors included:

Agustin Huneeus, vintner


$30,000 in contributions to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s campaign committees. (Disclosure: This reporter worked for Newsom in several capacities over a six-year period.)



Robert Flaxman, CEO of Crown Realty & Development

Total federal contributions: $143,065.80




$5,400 to Rep. Ro Khanna’s congressional campaign committee in 2015

$50,000 to Romney Victory Fund in 2012

$2,300 to Romney presidential campaign in 2007

$8,100 to Chris Van Hollen’s Senate account (all contributions were disbursed through a joint committee on Sept. 30, 2016)


$33,400 to the Democratic National Committee

$8,350 to the National Republican Senatorial Committee

$10,000 to the California Republican Party Federal Account

$35,800 to the Republican National Committee



8,350 to the National Republican Congressional Committee


Gordon Caplan, attorney

Caplan has contributed $86,750 to federal candidates and committees.

7,000 to the Republican National Committee

$12,000 to Romney 2012 committees

$22,300 to the Democratic National Committee in 2016

$2,600 to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)


1,000 to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand

$1,250 to Kyrsten Sinema’s Senate campaign

$15,200 to Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.


Jane Buckingham, marketing consultant

Buckingham has donated $71,600 to federal candidates and committees.

A total of $14,700 to Kirsten Gillibrand’s Senate campaign

$1,250 to Gillibrand’s political action committee

$5,700 to committees controlled by Sen. Kamala Harris

$30,800 to the DNC through the Obama Victory Fund in 2012

$7,350 to Harris’ California attorney general campaign committees


Robert Zangrillo, CEO, Dragon Global

$50,000 to Romney Victory Fund in 2012

$30,800 to the Republican National Committee 2012 (distributed through the Romney Victory Fund)


Abdelaziz Gamal, former casino executive

$40,196 in total contributions to federal candidates and committees

$33,096 in contributions to the MGM Resorts International PAC



Douglas Hodge, former Pimco CEO

$29,000 in total contributions to federal campaign funds


Mossimo Giannulli, fashion designer, and Lori Loughlin, actress

$12,800 in total contributions to federal candidates and committees


2,700 to the Marco Rubio senate campaign (via Mossimo Giannulli)

$5,000 to Romney Victory in 2012 (via Mossimo Giannulli)



Felicity Huffman, actress

$10,719.17 in total federal contributions

$1,537.50 of which was to the Kamala Harris Senate campaign committee



Bruce Isackson, president of WP Investments, and Davina Isackson

$2,500 to the Romney presidential campaign (via Bruce Isackson)

$3,500 to the Congressional Leadership Fund, a Republican super PAC, in 2017 (via Bruce Isackson)



Michelle Janavs, former executive of a food manufacturer

$5,000 to the Romney Victory Fund in 2012



Marci Palatella, owner of Preservation Distillery

$3,200 to Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.)



John B. Wilson, president and CEO of Hyannis Port Capital

$1,000 to Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.)

$500 to the NRCC in August 2018

 

[elderado]

And bullshit walks.

It is completely pathetic and they should be shunned. And this David Mamet idiot? Are you kidding me? How vainglorious of him!

https://www.dailywire.com/news/44588/read-it-david-mamet-pens-letter-felicity-huffman-paul-bois

 

[viruscore1]

The best advise for a elite graduate student. Be social, the person next to you could come from a very powerful family. All the academics in world can't get their faster enough than someone pulling strings in your favor.

 

[UsualName]

 

[RRY16]

Of course. For the elites people like you should follow the rules. They are above them.


My children are in private schools but had to go through a proper assessment, so I follow the rules too.

What is proper assessment in Aus? Licking grey poupon flavored vegamite off the headmaster’s helmet?

 

[elderado]