Frasier's "Platform" vs. Frasier's donors
On the issue of immigration, it seems like Frasier is saying one thing to the public, but the opposite to his few campaign donors.
At a February 12, 2013 forum in Beaufort County, for example, Frasier said he supports strict immigration laws, and refuses any type of amnesty for illegal immigrants.
“Somehow we have to find a way to get them back across the border. They are a threat to the American way of life.”
At a February 12, 2013 forum in Beaufort County, for example, Frasier said he supports strict immigration laws, and refuses any type of amnesty for illegal immigrants.
“Somehow we have to find a way to get them back across the border. They are a threat to the American way of life.”
Zenaida Frasier (see photo of Ben Frasier circled in background)
But his very few campaign donors are being fed quite a different story, as his wife said to foreign press in 2010.
A native of the Philippines herself, Zenaida Frasier told Manila's ABS-CBN News that her husband was committed to "working on immigration reforms."
So why would such double-talk be issued to the Filipino press?
A native of the Philippines herself, Zenaida Frasier told Manila's ABS-CBN News that her husband was committed to "working on immigration reforms."
So why would such double-talk be issued to the Filipino press?
Maybe because only Filipinos donate to Frasier's campaigns. The few donations that Frasier's received throughout his long campaign history come from persons of apparent Filipino nationality -- even from the uncle of the current president of the Philippines. (All of these donors reside in or very near Frasier's actual home state of Maryland.)
Making Frasier's double-talk even more hypocritical, approximately 270,000 illegal immigrants in the United States are Filipinos, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security -- that's the fifth-highest nationality of illegal aliens in the country.
So is Frasier only saying one thing to the public, and something completely different to those Filipino donors?
Making Frasier's double-talk even more hypocritical, approximately 270,000 illegal immigrants in the United States are Filipinos, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security -- that's the fifth-highest nationality of illegal aliens in the country.
So is Frasier only saying one thing to the public, and something completely different to those Filipino donors?
Filipino media report that this Benigno Aquino of Maryland is the uncle of "Noynoy" Aquino, president of the Philippines.
Aida and Abraham Bacarra donated separately to Frasier in 2008, but contributed to a Republican political candidate in 2010.
Wilfrido Buhain has donated over $2,500 to political campaigns, but Frasier was the only non-Republican recipient.
Frasier is the only candidate reported to have received campaign donations from Loyda Sore.
Wilhelmina Camina donated to Frasier and to a Republican congressional candidate in 2010.
Jorge Garcia donated to Frasier's 2010 campaign. (Despite the Hispanic name, Garcia is a Philippines native, as described in the image below from the website of his declared employer, Washington Hospital Center. Many Filipinos have Hispanic names due to cultural influence that began when Spaniards settled the Philippines.)
Restututo Cando donated to Frasier's 2002 campaign.
The Ecarmas of Maryland donated to Frasier's run in 2002 and 2008.
The above images of campaign donation records are derived from www.campaignmoney.com and from www.fec.gov.