I didn't know that Chelsea's new father-in-law just got out of prison

[grasswire]

Apparently he's some kind of junior Bernie Madoff -- sentenced to five years for bilking his clients. Just recently released on parole. Marc's mother is a former congresswoman. They had two separate tables at the rehearsal dinner.

[Yupster]

1. I thought they were both former congresscritters

which might explain the just getting out of jail.

[Jackpine Radical]

2. I believe that is correct.

[3waygeek]

9. Yes -- Marc's dad Ed

represented Iowa's first district (northeastern part of the state, including Dubuque & Davenport) in the late 60s/early 70s. IIRC, he was succeeded by Jim Leach in '70 or '72 -- I barely remember Leach making a campaign stop at my grade school in Pleasant Valley.

[Wilms]

3. Relax.

It's different for rich people. And they're all rich people.

[Kurovski]

15. Exactly.

We should revel in the luxury they enjoy. If only in our minds.

As my departed fa used to say, "They're rich, so they must be smart."

Poor, dear fa.

[eilen]

4. She did marry a bankster. nt

[tabatha]

5. It is difficult for children with parents like that.

They will be tarred, usually unfairly, with the same brush.

Thankfully, Hillary is the mother-in-law - her capacity to forgive is remarkable.

[timtom]

8. Noblesse oblige.

[dmosh42]

6. Must have been a Democrat....

Republicans prosecute any Dems they can, while Dems don't prosecute anybody.

[Kurovski]

17. That's an elegant observation.

Not unlike a Vera Wang in its simple beauty.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

31. Actually Dems prosecute other Dems.....

....and Republicans allow their own to walk.

[Kurovski]

47. Is impeachment considered prosecution? (nt)

[deminks]

7. Shhhh, they are all beautiful people. The rich will give us all jobs, the beautiful will lead us.

http://www.finalternatives.com/node/13364

The New York Times’ “Weddings and Celebrations” pages are filled every week with stories about the weddings of beautiful young hedge funder to one another. But one hedge fund trader’s wedding to a former hedge fund employee has already stolen an unusual number of column inches in the Grey Lady and breathless coverage around the world.

Despite the best efforts of the planners, the details of former first daughter Chelsea Clinton’s marriage to 3G Capital Management trader Marc Mezvinsky are everywhere. The two will tie the knot at the Astor Courts estate in Rhinebeck, N.Y., 90 miles north of New York City, on tomorrow in a confab said to cost between $3 million and $5 million.

Clinton, the daughter of former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, is no stranger to the hedge fund world herself: The 30-year-old worked at Avenue Capital Group, headed by Marc Lasry, a generous donor to the campaigns of both of her parents, before leaving to study public health at Columbia University. Nor is her 32-year-old intended a stranger to politics. Both of Mezvinsky’s parents served in Congress, although his father spent time in prison for fraud.

[mitchum]

10. Kicking this to piss off all the starry-eyed tools

[Kurovski]

16. God bless you.

I saw you wandering in the lion's den.

[mitchum]

23. Thanks :)

[Dreamer Tatum]

11. Just goes to show you the overwhelming power of a capital D. nt

[grasswire]

12. oh he was released from prison in 2008

http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/07/31/chelsea-clinton-marc-mezvinsky-finally-married-mazel-tov/?icid=main|htmlws-main-n|dl1|link3|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicsdaily.com%2F2010%2F07%2F31%2Fchelsea-clinton-marc-mezvinsky-finally-married-mazel-tov%2F


The NupCouple's table was in the center of the stone barn there, flanked by those of their parents. One was anchored by the mother of the groom, Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky, another by Bill and Hill. The groom's father, Ed Mezvinsky was seated elsewhere in the barn, with his four daughters from a previous marriage. His most recent claim to fame, alas, is that he spent five years in federal prison for bilking hundreds of unsuspecting investors, including family members, out of $10 million in an elaborate fraud scheme. He was released in November 2008 but remains on parole. There is, not surprisingly, lingering bad blood in the family.

One partisan of the groom's mother described him as a "mini-Bernie Madoff," but don't ask who told me this; my lips are also sealed.

[grasswire]

13. Ed Mezvinsky was the originator of the Nigerian money scams

And he solicited some ill-gotten gains by claiming his access to the Clintons.

Wot a guy.

http://crab.rutgers.edu/~mchugh/nigeriamezvinsky.html

[upi402]

14. Bilked $10 Million from investors and family?

Did Chelsey's dadums pardon him or something? It's all too intertwined, I wouldn't doubt the absurd.

[Kurovski]

20. A clip...

"Some of the African schemes were not far removed from the classic, laughable Nigerian scams often run through the Internet - seeking victims with financial backing to extract millions out of bogus accounts. Others were sophisticated oil prospects."

[alarimer]

49. I wonder how far the apple falls from this tree?

He is a bankster, after all.

[me b zola]

18. LOL, when I saw the subject line

...I said to myself, "is he a hedge-funder too?"

[Kurovski]

19. Kick for actual news we didn't already know.

[Kurovski]

21. Kick for all the naughty unrec'cers.

[Wilms]

24. My turn.

[Kurovski]

29. Hey, don't I know you from somewhere?

The Hamptons? Vail? Barcelona? The Clinton affair?

:hug:

[Wilms]

30. All the above. Don't you remember?

I gave you my jar of Grey Poupon when you realized there wasn't any in your limo. LOL!

[Kurovski]

32. I was so extremely bollixed up on Tatt's, please forgive me luv!

I've already forgotten, however, do let's do it again, very, very soon.

Something smoochy! :*

[Kurovski]

22. K

[Kurovski]

28. I

[Kurovski]

38. C

[Kurovski]

40. K

[GoCubsGo]

25. So?

???

[Kurovski]

35. Buttons!

!!!

[Sebastian Doyle]

26. Chelsea's new husband should BE in prison.

As should every other piece of criminal filth who works for Gold Mansacks.

[Brooklyns_Finest]

27. Goldman Sach

There is another message board I frequent(non-political) where most of the guys that post there hold a career at Goldman Sach as the pinnacle of WIN.

[proteus_lives]

39. So he's a criminal?

Do you have any evidence of that?

[Sebastian Doyle]

42. He works for Gold Mansacks, doesn't he?

They're ALL criminals.

[underpants]

33. Howard Dean "the Democratic wing of the Democratic party"

need any more explanation?

[Ted_White]

34. Sounds like you have been watching too much Fox News.

[Kurovski]

36. That's a good thing, right?

:shrug:

[Wilms]

41. !

:rofl:

[Kurovski]

45. There's something...I don't know...

I guess there's something concave about that post.

[Wilms]

46. ConCave or ConVex(ed), they're ConArtists.

All you need to know are the first letters of their self-description. C O N S

[PCIntern]

37. I knew him rather well after he came to PA...

I'll tell stories much much later...someday...maybe.

I used to be politically involved peripherally, but at the highest levels, of fundraising and the so-called hot-shots here in Philly.

[Kurovski]

48. Tease.

What's it gonna take?

[WI_DEM]

43. The mother is the congresswoman who provided the crucial vote in the House for the Clinton

Economic plan, btw. She lost in '94 due to that vote.

[DefenseLawyer]

44. Well I was drunk... the day my mom... got outta prison...

And I went... to pick er up... in the raaaaaain.

I do hope they played the perfect country and western song at the reception. But I bet they didn't.